Mr. Mercedes

There is a scene of sexual abuse in which a man’s mother tries to kiss him and rub his crotch. Although he rejects her, he subsequently is seen masturbating in private.

There are scenes involving an incestuous, abusive relationship between a mother and her adult son.

A character is taunted about being sexually abused as a child; the character, now an adult, is then shown receiving the unwanted sexual attention of a family member, but the scene contains no strong detail.

There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as regular strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and other terms such as 'arsehole' and 'Christ'. There is also use of discriminatory language ('faggot').

There are disturbing images in the journal of a mentally disturbed man: these include bloody images and a photograph of a masked man holding a doll to his crotch. In the aftermath of a car bomb, a severed arm lies in the road.

A man is struck on the head twice and killed, accompanied by brief injury detail and blood on his face.

There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as midler terms (for example, 'frig', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'dick', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn').

In one scene, a woman coughs up blood after eating poisoned food. There are also scenes featuring a decomposing corpse.

A woman beats a man over the head, with blood in the aftermath of violence. A man briefly drives his car into a crowd, striking a man and leaving a trail of dead bodies.

There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'pussy', 'frig', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'God').

There is a scene in which a woman masturbates; however, there is no strong detail.

There are close-ups on a man's wounded head which is covered in blood. There is also a scene of strong medical detail in which brain surgery is performed.

A man stabs a woman, accompanied by a brief blood spurt. A comatose killer telepathically compels a woman to leap from a rooftop, followed by blood in the aftermath.

There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as discriminatory language ('retarded') that is not condoned by the work as a whole, and milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'balls').

There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'ass', 'bastard', 'bollocks', 'hell' and 'jerk'.

After an animal is killed off-screen, there are repeated images of a man's blood stained clothes.

Scenes of violence including shootings, a throat cutting, a man's ear being partially cut off, and a car being driven through pedestrians.

There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') and milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'dick', and 'god'.

During an operation, there is gory medical detail of sawing into a man's skull and exposing his brain.

A character refers to being sexually abused as a child by his mother, and makes a specific comment about being masturbated by her.

There are a number of bloody shootings and a scene in which a character uses a drill to remove a bullet from a dead man's head. In a recap of events from previous seasons, a man drives a car into a crowd of people and a woman is stabbed below frame.

A pair of masked men break into an elderly man's house and hold him at gunpoint.

Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'pissed', 'asshole', 'bastard' and 'pussy'.

There is sight of bloody injury in the aftermath of shootings and a car crash.

There is a scene of strong violence in which a character is struck in the head with an axe.

There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms (‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘Jesus’, ‘damn’).

There is a scene of strong sex.

There are references to child sexual abuse.

There is strong injury detail of dead bodies slumped in pools of blood with weapons sticking out of them.

There is a scene of strong violence in which a woman is struck in the head with an axe.

There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms (‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘Jesus’, 'God', 'Christ', ‘damn’).

There is a scene of strong injury detail in which the limbs of a frozen dead body are sawn off and put through a wood chipper.

There are scenes of strong bloody violence, including a woman striking a man in the head with a pick-axe, resulting in strong injury detail in the immediate aftermath and subsequent scenes. There are also scenes of bloody shootings, stabbings and the aftermath of other killings. A crime scene includes the body of a man with one of his severed fingers protruding from his exposed buttocks.

There is very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'bugger', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').

Strong violence includes a blow to the head with a pickaxe, a person run through with a crowbar and a car being driven deliberately into a crowd, hitting and running over people. There is strong bloodshed and bloody images in the aftermath of violent events.

A hacksaw and a knife are held to the throat of a female hostage as she is is threatened with violence.

There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include uses of 'twat', 'shit', 'arse', 'asshole', 'piss' and 'balls'.

There is strong sex which features buttock nudity and thrusting. There are also moderate sex references.

There is an undetailed reference to an adult man in the present-day narrative being the victim of sexual abuse as a child, and as a teenager being "ensnared" by an older woman.