In the Dark (TV Series 2019–2022) Poster

(2019–2022)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Opening scene to the PILOT is of two people having sex underneath some sheets. You see legs and thrusting, hear some heavy breathing...
  • Episode 2. There is a discussion about people having sex and you can hear sounds of it as they speak. After cuts to a scene of a dog and blurred in the background you can see movement of people having sex.
  • There's a few sex scenes in season two, nothing too explicit. Kissing, and mild nudity.
  • There's kissing frequently but no more than that.
  • Throughout the show in some sex scenes, (although not shown) oral sex is implied.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is shot on her right shoulder, blood is seen as another woman tries to help her. Season 2 is darker than season 1.
  • A woman beats another woman and makes her face bleed as she tries to get up, she continues to kick and punch her.
  • A man who is in prison is stabbed by another man. Not that much blood is shown.
  • Dead bodies are shown. The violence and gore is not that shown.

Profanity

  • Some words like "ass", "bitch".
  • Uses of words like "bitch", "ass", "damn" nothing too intense. The usual profanity for a TV-14 show.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The protagonist drinks throughout season one and two.
  • Season two, there's many drugs shown throughout (more than season one) and there's also use of drug.
  • A man, (depicted as a drug addict) is seen many times throughout season 2 inhaling, and injecting himself with drugs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A woman is forced to strip down as a man points a gun at her this scene can be very hard to watch no nudity shown but it's intense.
  • Rated PG-13 for strong sexual content, language, thematic material and some strong violence

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A woman is forced by a drug dealer, dangerous man to strip naked. This scene can be very intense and frightening however nudity is not shown.
  • One of the main characters is a woman and she helps someone who was shot and she takes a shower, you see her cleavage line in the shower.

Violence & Gore

  • In season two, a man dies from a drug overdose, blood is seen coming out of his mouth and nose. Nothing too gory.
  • Season one, a guy tries to strangle a teenage boy, making him pass out for a while later on the teen wakes up and is shot, that resulting in his death.
  • Season two episode 10, a woman is shot in the back twice. It is shown offscreen but her body is later seen on the floor.
  • There's a car accident at the end of season one, the characters are shown with a few wounds a blood nothing too intense.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man dies from an overdose (check violence & gore for more details).
  • The shows main character smokes and drinks on a very regular basis. She also uses marijuana one or two times.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • in the pilot, the body of a teenage boy is discovered by the protagonist. this scene can be quite sad.
  • Two people die on episode 10 of season 2, it can be quite frightening but nothing too intense.
  • One of the main characters has his head shoved into a toilet by a man after he stole some money. This scene could be a little bit strong but it's not something too violent.
  • At the end of season 1, there's a car accident, the characters are rushed into a hospital nothing too serious but could be a little bit scary.
  • Girl has a nightmare/flashback of finding a dead man coming back to life in the trunk of her car. A bit of a jump scare.
  • At the end of season two one of the characters commit suicide and you can hear it, and you can see the blood splatter they shoot themselves and you see the blood from the gunshot). It's a very emotional and intense scene.

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