Prodigal Son (TV Series 2019–2021) Poster

(2019–2021)

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Sex & Nudity

  • there is little to no sexual stuff in this
  • one episode has a nude body nothing is seen
  • A woman is show dead in a bath her breast are covered by sequence
  • When one of the characters see malcoms straps on his bed she says how do you sleep with some one like this he says I don't then says I have had sex
  • Brief kissing
  • Only one assumed sex scene where two people kiss and one takes off their shirt and they lay down. Bras can be seen but that's about it
  • There is medical talk of sex
  • A scene at a club has people dancing suggestive it's not a strip club
  • One episode is about a woman who likes dead bodies but they say it's not sexual that she finds them soothing
  • Malcoms sister is shown in bed with her boyfriend maybe after sex she is wearing a under shirt and he has his shirt off no sex is shown or talked about and it's a very short
  • The "girl in the box" can see being partially naked with her panties can be seen for a couple of second, not sexual.
  • In the Season 1 episode "Pied-A-Terre" there is graphic and sometimes medical dialogue of sex, and also animated illustrations of sexual activity as well as sex crimes.

Violence & Gore

  • The show is overall not gory but however can get gory at some point and can be very heavy.
  • a man cuts off another mans hand but it is dark comedy
  • Malcom straps to a bed cause of his dreams
  • A man mouth is sewn shut and when opened bunch of snakes come out
  • brief glimpses of a dead womans body
  • A mans hand is cut off not shown
  • A man poisons his wife and daughters but they end up being okay
  • Bodies shown
  • A mans mouth is sewn shut and snakes come out most intense scene
  • Malcom nearly falls out his window
  • Heads are shown in a jar for about half a second
  • A man is shot
  • A woman's dead body is shown
  • Malcoms dad is shown passing out malcom as a child
  • There is graphic talk of dead bodies
  • A very brief scene of a man getting stab. The person getting stabbed spews out a heavy amount of blood

Profanity

  • h**l d**n are said a*s and d**k are said a few times d**k is said 2 times once hard to hear
  • H**l and d**n a*s is said a few times and d**k is said in episode 13
  • One easy to miss F word, it's unfinished and quiet (S1E14)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Malcom takes pills
  • A woman is drugged
  • Drugs explode in malcoms face making him high
  • Cocaine is mentioned

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Blood is shown, and dead bodies could be intense to those who have weak stomaches.
  • The show has a comedic tone but some times things get rough
  • While the show is dark it has a lot of comedy in it to keep it from not being dark

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • Malcom's dad gets stabbed, but however later in the show he survives the stabbing. Pretty bloody.

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