Cable Girls (2017)

A brief scene of a couple having frantic intercourse in a public restroom.

Two women and one man have a three-way sex scene. Bare breasts are glimpsed, but male nudity is avoided.

A man and woman have a brief discussion about a male sexual dysfunction.

Multiple scenes of male/female couples having sex. Bare breasts and buttocks are seen.

Some sex scenes between two homosexual women.

Lots of kissing, some sex scenes. Most nudity is implied, but a few of the more risqué scenes may show exposed breasts and buttocks. A character explores her same-sex desires and experiments with polyamory.

There are scenes depicting sexual content and nudity throughout the series.

Implied sexual activity and intimate moments are shown.

A character is repeatedly physically abused. She can spend seen being kicked and punched a few times.

Another character is struck in the head and killed. His body is shown three times, and blood can be seen. This can be especially disturbing.

A character gets into a drunken bar fight. Punches are exchanged and blood is visible.

We see another character's body on the floor with blood seeeping. He is presumably dead.

Season 5 - bloody war violence, beatings, gun shots directly to heads, etc.

The first 4 seasons are not very violent. Seasons 5-6 are the most violent.

The pilot kicks off with a shooting. A character self-harms with a knife, another character is slapped by her father. One of the women deals with domestic violence; we see her being struck as well as the wounds afterward. More than one murder occurs, and we see the bloody aftermath of an apparent shooting.

A woman struggling with gender confusion is tortured in a mental hospital (brief but upsetting scene).

A man beats and kicks a pregnant woman, resulting in a miscarriage.

A woman is kidnapped, strapped to a table for a forced abortion, and attempts to escape but falls off a ledge.

4-5 uses of 'Bitch', several uses of mild swears like 'shit' and 'damn', but overall, swearing isn't prominent and rare.

Seasons 1 - 3: Extremely mild compared to most other programs on Netflix. Season 4: The language becomes harsher at the end of season 4, with multiple f-words. Season 5: A considerable change in tone, with the full TV-MA assortment of profanity and constant stream of f-words. One character has a particularly foul mouth. (The writer's choice of language adds nothing to the plot or development of characters.)

"Damn," "hell," "bastard." Nothing too extreme.

There is the use of strong language and profanity throughout the series.

Characters often have cigarettes in hand, and are often indulging in alcoholic drinks; champagne, vermouth, cognac, and anisette are all mentioned and imbibed. A character slips a drug in someone's drink to make that person fall asleep.

There are scenes depicting the consumption of alcohol.

References to drug use may be present in some episodes.

Tense scenes and flashing lights are usually viewed throughout the series. Fighting is included, and frightening scenes are present.

A woman struggling with gender confusion is tortured in a mental hospital. Brief but upsetting.

A man beats and kicks a pregnant woman, and she suffers a miscarriage.

A woman is kidnapped and strapped to a table for a forced abortion. She tries to escape but falls off a ledge to the pavement below.

A fire consumes a church during a wedding. Multiple people are killed and an infant is in peril.

A hostage situation develops and people are held at gunpoint. A bomb explodes as people try to escape.

A woman is shot in a prison riot.

Season 5: air raid bombings and associated panic.

Season 5 - soldiers attempt to rape two young women at gun point.

Season 6 - women are tortured in prison.

Season 6 - a man threatens a woman with the lit cigar and forces her to undress to prove her gender.

Several scenes contain intense and emotionally challenging moments.