Kommissar Rex (1994)

Over the course of the 15+ seasons of Inspector Rex, nudity and sexual content has been relatively infrequent. In the events it has occurred however, due to it being a European show - adhering to different rules than that of Australian and American broadcasting stations, the content does not hold back.

Naked woman go skinny dipping her buttocks only

Full Frontal and rear female nudity

Each episode begins with a crime being committed. Crimes involve; robberies, shootings, beatings, stabbings, poisonings, hit and runs, murders etc. Gruesome as these may sound in theory, they are much tamer when shown particularly in comparison to other crime shows such as Criminal Minds or Law & Order.

The strongest instances of violence in the first season, which the viewer should be aware of are in the pilot episode, where a bomb blast kills, injures and maims several people. There are vivid depictions of injury detail present.

Episode 3 features a homeless man brutally beaten to death by two men. They first knock him down with a wine bottle over the head and then stomp and kick him until he is no longer moving. The impact of the scene is somewhat lessened by the rapid interspersion of camera cuts to fireworks displays which are loud and intense. Albeit normally this would heighten impact, in this scenario it does the opposite.

Episode 9 features a stonemason bludgeoned to death with a hammer/mallet. The deed is seen committed via shadows. Blood-spatter is present as well as the sound of the hammer connecting with brain matter.

A great deal of the crimes occur off-screen where they are implied, sometimes with sound. In other scenarios bodies are discovered by people.

The violence in Inspector Rex is both moderate and mild depending on the episode. In vary rare instances has the violence been strong.

The profanity between the American and Australian versions of the show slightly varies in the subtitled translations.

Language such as shit, crap, damn, ass, hell, bitch, piss off, asshole, bastard, mongrel and other minor swears are occasionally used with shit being the most frequent of the lot.

In all eight of the Austrian seasons of Inspector Rex there is not a single use of the word fuck or higher translated as such in the Australian version with the exception of one instance where it is briefly mouthed. In the American version there are however approximately four or five uses of 'fuck' and its derivatives in season one. Neither version is inherently wrong in their translations because German words such as 'Scheiße' can have multiple meanings whether it be both s**t or f**k.

Therefore Australian subtitlers translated phrases such as 'fucks around' to 'plays around' for a milder impact whilst still being linguistically correct.

Very rarely does Inspector Rex feature alcohol consumption or smoking. Characters may sometimes be shown having a casual drink. None of the main characters ever smoke with the exception of the autopsy doctor and Max Koch whom indulge in a cigar time to time. Miscellaneous characters are occasionally shown smoking. However neither of these practices are ever glorified or promoted and in one case smoking is shunned for being harmful to one's health.