The Good Doctor
Director(s)Seth Gordon
Production year2017
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes741m
CastFreddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Chuku Modu, Beau Garrett, Tamlyn Tomita
The Good Doctor
strong medical gore, injury detail, suicide scenes
Classified Date:
01/05/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 01 Episodes 01-18
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, doctors help a homeless man and a group of surgeons perform an experimental surgery.
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs.
additional issues
There is a mild sex references where a person talks about catching feelings for people you sleep with. There are mild references to mental health and schizophrenia. There is a mild drug reference in which a woman says she misses being on drugs.
surgical detail, references to female genital mutilation
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
moderate surgical detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the second year residents undergo a 36 hour shift, and Shaun avoids Lea's calls.
language
There is infrequent use of moderate bad language (‘bitch’). Milder terms include ‘ass’ and ‘crap’.
sex
There is a brief sequence of off-screen sexual moaning sounds, followed by very brief sight of a woman straddling a man in bed, without visible nudity. There are comic verbal references to erections and sex when a patient is treated for priapism.
injury detail
Scenes of moderate medical detail include brief images of blood and internal organs during surgical procedures.
additional issues
There is a passing reference to a patient having used marijuana and MDMA.
brief moderate medical gore
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun treats a boy with an intellectual disability and remembers his own childhood in foster care, and Glassman experiences hallucinations of his late daughter.
injury detail
There is a brief images of a bloody injury on a woman’s hand.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset and non-graphic references to the death of a child. Other issues include infrequent, non-graphic verbal references to drug misuse, attempted suicide, and sex. Mild bad language includes ‘ass’ and 'crap'.
eating disorder theme, brief moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the doctors treat a woman who has an eating disorder, and Shaun tries to persuade Lea to be his flatmate.
injury detail
There is a brief, moderate image of surgery being performed on a patient’s intestine.
theme
There are references to eating disorders and weight issues throughout, including scenes in which a woman is treated for heart failure due to long-term anorexia. In one scene we briefly see her choking while pulling a nasogastric tube out of her nose. Another scene features brief references to a man’s discriminatory attitude towards fat people, but the episode does not condone discriminatory attitudes or behaviour.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references.
brief strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun suspects that a violinist is infected with flesh-eating bacteria, and a teenager is admitted for recurring nosebleeds.
injury detail
Occasional surgery scenes include brief images of a severed limb and the resultant stump wound. In another scene a patient coughs up blood.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘crap’ and ‘turd’. There are also mild scenes of emotional upset and infrequent mild references to drug misuse.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Claire asks Dr. Melendez to perform a pain-relief procedure on her terminally-ill friend.
injury detail
There are occasional brief surgery scenes, featuring moderate bloody detail. There is also brief sight of a nail sticking out of a man’s head, with minimal sight of blood.
additional issues
Infrequent mild bad language includes the term ‘ass’. There are also mild scenes of emotional upset.
brief strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the doctors treat a couple who were involved in a car crash and a boy whose parents are opposed to vaccines.
injury detail
Brief strong surgery sequences include a close-up image of intestines and others of an exposed spinal cord.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, as well as infrequent use of mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’).
self-harm, references to child sex abuse and domestic abuse
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun is unconvinced when Park wants to perform a cosmetic procedure to repair a dent in a juvenile offender's forehead.
violence
There are infrequent references to physical child abuse, including sight of a dent in a teenager’s forehead caused by past abuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent non-graphic references to child sex abuse.
suicide and self-harm
A man attempts to castrate himself off-screen, resulting in aftermath sight of a blood soaked sheet covering his lap as he is brought into hospital on a stretcher.
additional issues
Moderate medical detail includes fleeting sight of intestines during a surgical procedure. There is a scene of suicide, without strong visual detail, as well as infrequent, non-graphic verbal suicide references. Other issues include mild bad language (‘piss’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’).
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, several patients and staff are quarantined following an outbreak of a deadly viral disease.
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with brief sight of blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
medical detail, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Murphy must recover from a panic attack in order to perform a difficult delivery of a baby, while the rest of the team struggle to contain a virus.
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, including brief sight of blood and internal organs. There is a sequence in which an unresponsive newborn baby is treated.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, questions are asked about the roles of several staff members at the hospital in responding to a virus crisis. Murphy and Glassman spend a fun day with Lea. Park attempts to reconcile with his ex-wife. Morgan helps Claire deal with her mother's relationship issues.
theme
A woman tells her daughter she was abused by her boyfriend. However, when the daughter and a friend confront the man, he denies the accusation, and the mother later admits she made it up.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'ass'). There are some very mild verbal sex references.
moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, a patient with heart complications has an opportunity to make amends with her estranged daughter, while Murphy struggles with both helping treat Glassman and adapting to Lea's new relationship.
sex
There are number of verbal and visual sex references. A patient has some frank conversations with her doctors about her desire to have sex with her roommate as she believes an orgasm will help her calm down. She says that having sex with him is preferable to masturbation.
injury detail
There are several scenes in which surgical procedures are performed and these include sight of blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap'). There are verbal references to a woman having used marijuana once when she was younger.
medical detail, drug misuse
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Murphy and Glassman bond over a shared drug experience, and a young girl has a face transplant.
drugs
Two men use medicinal, chewable marijuana, ostensibly to treat medical conditions.
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with sight of blood and internal organs. One such procedure is a face transplant, and there is some sight of a girl's face being removed from its donor and transplanted onto a patient.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('ass').
moderate surgical detail, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the parents of a newborn child with critical birth defects face a dilemma over her fate.
injury detail
There are brief gory images seen in the course of a surgical procedure.
theme
There are scenes of emotional upset as the parents of a critically ill newborn, and the doctors taking care of of the child, are asked to make difficult decisions about proceeding with her treatment or withdrawing her life support. The child's mother becomes distressed when she is told that the prescription medication she was taking during pregnancy may have been a factor in her daughter's condition.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('Jeez').
medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series following a young surgeon with Autism and Savant syndrome working in a California hospital; in this episode Shaun starts his new job in the pathology department.
theme
There is brief sight of an internal surgical procedure seen through a medical camera.
additional issues
There is also passing verbal reference to suicide and very mild bad language including 'screwed up' and 'damn'.
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode Shaun tries to get his old job back.
theme
Several sequences feature the sight of surgical procedure, including internal organs and bloody incisions.
additional issues
There are verbal references to baby-shaking when doctors seek to establish the cause of a child's condition. There is a prolonged scene in which a person is emotional upset. There is also mild bad language such as 'ass' and 'son of a bitch' as well as other terms including 'God' and 'hell'.
moderate bloody images, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama; in this episode, Murphy is attacked in a bar.
violence
A man attacks another, with kicks and punches, leaving him with internal bleeding.
sex
A woman refers to being 'subservient' in a sexual context.
injury detail
After a fall, a pool of blood grows beneath a man's head, in close-up detail. There are other bloody images in a medical context.
additional issues
There is mild threat, as well as use of mild bad language such as 'ass'.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun struggles to articulate the reasons why he did not enjoy going on a date.
injury detail
There are scenes of surgical detail including open cavities and organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
moderate injury detail, medical gore, references to self-harm
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Claire prepares for her inaugural surgery but a dispute with the patient's mother jeopardises her involvement.
injury detail
There are a number of scenes of injury detail and medical gore - however, none have occurred as a result of violence. As well as scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, there is sight of a dead, bloodied woman in the aftermath of a vehicle collision, and another sequence in which blood spurts from a wound in a man's leg after a fish with a long, sharp bill has become embedded in it.
suicide and self-harm
The storyline involves a teenage girl who is advised to speak with a counsellor when it becomes evident she has been self-harming.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal sex references.
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
29/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a U.S medical drama. In this episode, Murphy learns about intimacy in his relationship.
language
sex
injury detail
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
additional issues
Injury detail: Images of a woman killed in a car accident include sight of blood on her face. There is also brief medical detail when surgeons operate on a woman's hand.
Non Defining issues: A doctor explains to a patient that Viagra encourages blood flow to the penis. There is also mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass' and 'crap').
moderate surgical detail, language, sex references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, Murphy leads a surgery for the first time.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'piss', 'God' and 'BS'.
sex
In a comic scene, a man touches his girlfriend's clothed breast. He talks to others about the experience.
injury detail
Surgery scenes include internal detail, including in close-up. There are bloody images.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset, and references to alcoholism and cancer.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, both Shaun and Claire allow their personal lives to interfere with their professional responsibilities.
injury detail
There are detailed scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with sustained focus on blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bitching', 'crap', 'piss'). A woman asks a colleague, 'Since when were you so slutty?'
moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode Dr Murphy forms a connection with a immune deficient patient, a 12 year old patient is about to become blind and Dr Menendez mourns the loss of a patient in his own way.
sex
There are undetailed references to sexting and phone sex, a woman tries to get a minor into a strip club and it is implied she later briefly exposes her chest to him.
injury detail
There is medical detail during surgeries where doctors remove tissue from a person lung and make an incision with a scalpel.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, Lim and Melendez treat an astronaut with a tumour on her lung, while Shaun struggles to be intimate with Carly.
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs.
additional issues
Other issues include mild sex references and very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell', 'jerk').
moderate surgical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama in which a young doctor with autism and Savant syndrome the the patients of a Chicago hospital; in this episode Shawn struggles with intimacy.
sex
The story focuses on sexual intimacy and there are multiple verbal references to sex as well as bedroom scenes with masked nudity, however there is no sexual activity.
injury detail
There are bloody images within a medical context such as dissections and surgery however these moments are brief and not overly emphasised.
additional issues
There are verbal references to the drug MDMA but no accompanying visual. There is also mild bad language such as 'ass'.
moderate medical detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode Shaun confronts his dying father, and surgeons treat an athlete with a broken neck.
violence
There are verbal references to domestic abuse where a man accuses his father of being an alcoholic, hitting people and being responsible for the death of his brother.
injury detail
There is brief medical detail of a person's spine during surgery.
additional issues
There is a scene where a person with autism slaps themselves in the head repeatedly.
A woman strips down to her underwear to go skinny dipping.
moderate drug references, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun has to deal with his conflicted feelings for two women, and two different surgical patients bring complications related to drugs.
drugs
There are moderate drug references, such as the observation that a patient has "... two kilos of what I'm sure is heroin in his gut. He's not an addict he's a dealer", then sight of many small ballooons full of that drug.
injury detail
There is sight of an a woman yelling in pain as she is operated on for a broken leg, without the use of pain killing medication, and sight of a man's intestine during an operation to remove an obstruction in his bowel.
theme
The theme of a character's autism and difficulty in processing emotional complexity is illustrated in two scenes, in which he becomes upset, gasping and breathing heavily, shouting and throwing up his hands in distress.
additional issues
Also includes mild bad language ('ass') and sex references ("We did not have sex, we just slept together."
moderate surgical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
29/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is US medical drama series; in this episode, the team help a young woman go to prom despite a resurgence of her cancer.
sex
There are some references to sex, including a scene in which a woman straddles a man in bed.
injury detail
There is moderate surgical detail, including medical instruments clutching at bloody internal tissue shown largely on a television screen.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('piss'), as well as other milder terms ('hell'). There are also some verbal and visual references to a doctor choosing not to eat solid foods as it seems to make her sick in combination with the medication she is taking.
moderate sex references, bloody images, infrequent suicide references
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30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Morgan learns that her estranged mother is terminally ill, and Shaun seeks romantic advice.
sex
There are frequent comic verbal sex references and innuendo, including references to the ‘G-spot’ and others to an inexperienced man’s desire to give his girlfriend a ‘parade’ in bed.
injury detail
A woman accidentally severs her finger off screen, causing a fine spray of blood over other people's faces. We also see brief, moderate images of the finger being surgically reattached.
suicide and self-harm
There are infrequent non-graphic references to self-euthanasia in the context of terminal illness.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun's brilliant diagnosis on a social media influencer thrusts him uncomfortably into the public eye.
injury detail
There are gory images seen in the course of surgical procedures.
additional issues
There are tense moments when people, including a young child, are in brief danger from their medical conditions, but these are resolved quickly. There are mild sex references. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'screw up', 'damn').
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama in which a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome treats patients in a California hospital; in this episode Shawn struggles with communication.
injury detail
There are multiple shots of bloody surgery with sight of exposed bone and tissue.
additional issues
There are mild verbal references to sex. There is also moderate bad language 'bitch' as well as other terms including 'damn' and 'God'.
moderate medical detail, bloody images, drug references
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30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun becomes fixated on identifying a deceased patient's cause of death while trying to resolve his own romantic feeling, and Claire and Morgan deal with a patient displaying two contrasting personalities.
drugs
There are verbal references to a man's habit of smoking marijuana.
injury detail
There are scenes involving surgical procedures. In one scene, an operation does not go as planned and blood pours from the patient's nose, then begins spurting from her body in large quantities.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('jerk').
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, the doctors treat a woman with a rare condition and a man in need of a kidney transplant.
drugs
There are references to heroin and 'vaping pot'.
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs. A man is seen with an infected wound on his arm after being pricked by a cactus.
additional issues
Other issues include mild bad language ('piss', 'turd', 'crap', 'ass') and scenes of emotional upset.
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun reels after being rejected by Leah, Morgan considers quitting surgery due to her rheumatoid arthritis, and the doctors treat a man who is cheating on two women.
injury detail
There are brief gory images of a surgical procedure.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ‘ass’ and ‘screw’.
moderate injury detail, threat, language
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30/10/2020
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is US medical drama; in this episode an earthquake traps a number of people in a brewery, including a number of St. Bonaventure Hospital staff.
language
There is use of moderate language ('bitch') and milder term 'screw'.
injury detail
People are are found impaled on metal rods and poles. There is sight of bone sticking through a man's leg.
bloody medical detail
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30/10/2020
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, doctors struggle to treat a colleague in the aftermath of the earthquake, and Shaun risks drowning to save a patient.
injury detail
Several scenes show an injured woman covered in blood. There are also moderate scenes of surgery, including brief sight of intestines.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate threat, when a doctor is forced to perform emergency surgery in rising floodwater, as well as scenes of bereavement and emotional upset. Other issues include infrequent bad language (‘piss’, ‘screw’), and brief verbal references to drug addiction and overdose.
moderate threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama; in this episode the Covid-19 global pandemic causes the staff to face new challenges, while also creating difficulties in Shaun's new relationship.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat occur in which people are admitted to the ICU after contracting Covid-19. There are also scenes in which people fear they have caught or passed on the virus. Upsetting scenes occur in which people fear the loss of loved ones, or experience bereavement.
sex
References are made to sexual intercourse, and masturbation in the context of a couple suggesting having sex over video call when they cannot be together.
scenes of emotional distress, mild bad language
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, as the hospital deals with multiple COVID deaths Shaun keeps upsetting a patient's wife while Claire tries to track down the relatives of a patient who died.
language
There is use of mild bad language such as 'crap' and 'piss'.
theme
There are several scenes in which doctors use a phone to allow the upset relatives of patients to watch them die from remote locations. These scenes focus on the dignity of the patients as well as the stress their deaths cause to the relatives and doctors.
additional issues
In one scene a character plays an online video game, with sight of on-screen characters shooting at each other and causing explosions, but there is no clear injury detail.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, several very different new recruits join the hospital with a view to becoming resident doctors.
injury detail
There is sight of open heart surgery.
additional issues
A woman makes comic references to the size of her breasts. A man comments that he's 'thrilled' by a woman's body.
moderate medical detail, suicide references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun shocks Lea by asking her to move in with him.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of bloody tissue and wounds as surgeons work in the operating theatre.
suicide and self-harm
A character tells a doctor that he once considered buying a gun to put in his mouth to kill himself. However, he changed his mind after helping people in need, and never had suicidal thoughts again. These comments are verbal only and not accompanied by any further detail of the events.
additional issues
There is mild bad language including uses of 'bitch, 'screw' and 'pissed'. There are references to abortion.
moderate medical detail, threat
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode Shaun and Asher operate on a man with a dangerous aneurysm, and a cyst threatens to strip a woman of her memory.
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes a man's heart stopping during surgery.
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail, such as indistinct bloody images when surgeons operate on a man's open torso.
additional issues
There are mild sex references. There is a scene of emotional upset when one member of a surgical team becomes distressed while performing CPR on a patient. There is also very mild bad language ('damn', 'God', 'hell').
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, a woman who has beaten cancer on more than one occasion is admitted with another lesion on her body.
sex
A couple in a shower discuss having sex. There are no crude references and the scene is comic in tone.
injury detail
There are occasional images of a patient's open chest cavity during surgery.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language such as 'bitch', which is not aggressive in tone.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Audrey refuses Claire's help while Shaun meets Lea's parents.
sex
A character makes a comic comment about regretting searching online using the phrase 'eating meat'. He doesn't provide any further detail. There are mild sex references in other scenes, for example when a father questions his daughter on why she wants bigger breasts, and she says that is because she's heard boys talk about 'women with curves'.
injury detail
There is sight of injury to a patient during surgery, including a shot where one of his organs is lifted up and inspected.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language such as 'screwing up', and in one scene characters argue over the effectiveness of vaccines.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, a Black patient accuses Claire of racial profiling while a transgender man who has recently transitioned discovers that he is pregnant.
injury detail
During surgery, there is sight of a patient's skull, as well as sight of open heart surgey.
additional issues
There are references to racism and transphobia.
moderate medical detail, brief references to child abuse
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode Lea tries to tackle a computer hacking attack on the hospital and it is discovered that an influential philanthropist has been lying about having had cancer.
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail, such as when we see a human kidney and liver while the organs are being transplanted.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a reference to a prison inmate having been 'abused sexually and physically' as a child.
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('piss', 'bastards', 'crap', 'jerk', 'hell', 'God').
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Doctor Glassman attempts to help a young man with a serious spine condition, while a woman wakes from a ten-year coma.
injury detail
There are frequent images of a patient's spine during surgery.
additional issues
There is mild bad language including uses of 'bastards', 'screw' and 'ass'.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, an irascible surgeon is a patient at the hospital, while Lea and Shaun make a life-changing decision.
sex
In one scene a character criticises the bright lighting in a hospital room, comparing it to a 'porn shoot'.
injury detail
There is sight of blood and tissue inside a patient's body during an operation.
additional issues
There are references to mental health throughout, with a patient reacting angrily to the suggestion that he might be autistic, and criticising people who have mental health issues. There are occasional mild drug references and non-sexual uses of the term 'screw'.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Lea is frustrated by Shaun's inability to feel something for their unborn baby, while Claire's estranged father comes back into her life.
sex
There are occasional sex references, including a character sarcastically telling another that he needs to rest up for his "Frankenpenis surgery".
injury detail
During operations there is occasional sight of bloody injuries to patients. These injuries are not shown with any lingering or close-up detail.
additional issues
There is mild bad language, such as 'piss off'.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, a superstar MMA fighter is a patient while a fighter pilot has some unusual issues with her blood pressure.
sex
There are occasional references to sexual activity, including a couple lying in bed panting after off-screen sex, and verbal references to dating apps.
injury detail
There are scenes in which surgeons cut into patients' bodies during surgery.
additional issues
There is mild bad language such as 'piss'.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, the surgeons desperately try to save two young boys who were shot during a public rally.
injury detail
There is graphic sight of damaged tissue inside the body of one boy and the head of the other, as surgeons operate on them. In one sequence blood sprays into the air from a boy's gunshot wound.
additional issues
Throughout the episode there is discussion of procedures that surgeons will need to perform on the boys, including removing part of a skull.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Lea and Shaun get worrying news about her pregnancy while Asher tries to help a woman who is determined to end her life on her own terms.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of patient's wounds as surgeons operate on them in hospital.
additional issues
There are scenes in which characters are emotionally distressed as they discuss the possibility of losing their unborn baby. There is mild bad language including uses of 'crap' and 'screwing up'. There are occasional mild sex references; for example, in one scene as a character is eating food and says "I haven't had this much tongue in my mouth since Woodstock".
moderate medical gore, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun and Lea deal with the emotional outcomes of a miscarriage, Shaun fears that a visiting surgeon's bypass surgery will lead to a man's death and Claire faces uncomfortable truths when she has to operate on a Senator who is a hero of hers.
injury detail
There is moderate medical gore during heart surgery scenes.
theme
There is a miscarriage theme and miscarriage references throughout, but the subject is handled sensitively.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('crappy', 'pissed') and milder terms ('damn').
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Lea and Shaun go camping with disastrous results, Claire and her father try to talk through their problems and Aaron puts his marriage in jeopardy.
injury detail
There is a scene in which a character has to perform makeshift emergency surgery, and cuts into another character's ankle with a knife, with sight of blood oozing from the wound. There is also sight of bloody tissue inside patients' bodies during operations in hospital.
additional issues
There are references to the cultivation and misuse of hallucinatory mushrooms, as a patient tells a doctor that he stopped taking prescribed medication for depression, and cultivated his own mushrooms to try to achieve the same effect. The doctors caring for him to do not endorse this form of medication, and its use leads to health issues for him. There are mild sex references and bad language, and a scene in which a woman believes that an intruder has entered her house, and so aims a pistol at him.
mild bad language, threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, the team travels to Guatemala to help patients at a rural hospital.
threat and horror
A doctor is told by a taxi passenger that they are being kidnapped by the cab driver; but the scene is brief before she realises it is to help deliver a baby.
language
The episode features mild bad language ('ass').
sex
A man and woman kiss before entering a woman's hotel room.
theme
A mother is told that doctors are unable to help her child in an emotional scene. There are also references to a miscarriage.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the medical team members face making delicate professional and personal decisions as they continue their work at the Guatemala hospital.
injury detail
There are gory images seen in the course of surgical procedures.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to being convicted for cannabis possession when he was younger. There are mild upsetting scenes. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'jerk', 'God').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, doctors diagnose cancer in a mother and her child.
injury detail
There are close-up images of the inside of a patient's throat during an exploratory procedure. There are bloody images of surgery being performed, but without strong detail.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('screw 'em'), as well as very mild terms. There are scenes of mild threat in which a mother finds out her child is seriously ill and must face an urgent operation. There are brief mild sex references. There are references to cancer, alcoholism, mental health and associated scenes of emotional upset.
moderate bad language, medical detail, threat
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the hospital takes on some unexpected changes that the staff are not prepared for.
threat and horror
In a briefly intense scene a man with autism panics when he is throw off guard by some new equipment at the hospital. In other scenes, doctors rush to assist patients in need of medical assistance.
language
The episode features moderate bad language ('bitch').
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail when a young woman coughs up blood.
additional issues
There are also verbal references to a mother being convicted of causing her baby's death. In another scene a woman is told she has cancer. There is also a mild sex reference.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, Murphy in unhappy about his autism being used to publicise the hospital.
injury detail
There are images of bowel surgery performed on a teenage girl, including in close-up detail. A teenage girl vomits blood.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ("screw 'em!") and very mild terms such as 'hell' and 'butt'. There are scenes of mild threat associated with life-or-death surgery. There are references to discrimination.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, Murphy resolves to improve his inter-personal approval rating.
sex
There are comic verbal references to sexual role-play, as well as a reference to feeling 'pimped out'.
injury detail
There is brief and undetailed sight of surgery, including occasional bloody images.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'crap'), as well as other terms such as 'God' and 'screw up'. There is speculation as to whether a patient was the victim of a racist attack. An autistic man worries about being found 'weird' and making others 'uncomfortable'. There are scenes of mild medical threat and consequent very mild emotional upset.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Morgan has an ethical dilemma while Alex assures a client that he may have a heart for her child.
injury detail
There are moderate bloody images during surgical procedures, some of which feature an emphasis on blood spurting from the body.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'screw').
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun and Lea struggle with their relationship and Aaron's absence while Lea confesses a difficult secret.
injury detail
There are bloody images during surgical procedures, some of which feature an emphasis on cutting into brain tissue.
additional issues
There are upsetting scenes featuring a stillborn baby.
moderate medical detail, language
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun and the team deal with the emotional aftermath and corrupt bureaucracy of the hospital after a stillbirth.
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick') and milder terms (bastard).
injury detail
There is bloody detail during surgical procedures and upsetting scenes featuring a stillborn baby.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, a mother must choose between her own life and that of her baby.
injury detail
There is close-up internal detail of surgery on a tumour, but without sustained bloody detail.
additional issues
There is mild threat, as well as references to cancer and other terminal illness. There are references to miscarriage. Sex references are mild. There is very mild bad language ('damn').
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, a family are brought to hospital after a car crash.
injury detail
There are brief detailed scenes of surgery, including a shot of a man's bleeding and open arm wound as doctors operate on it. There is sight of an amputated leg.
additional issues
There are verbal references to the deaths of babies. There is mild threat to life in a medical context, and associated scenes of emotional upset. There is infrequent mild bad language ('ass').
strong sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun tries to mend his sexual relationship with Lea.
sex
There are frequent sex references, including a scene in which it is implied a woman is masturbating in bed briefly. There is a scene in which it is implied a man's penis becomes stuck inside a woman after they have had sex.
additional issues
There are undetailed drug references.
self-harm references, moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Shaun is confronted by a teenager who has been 'biohacking' his body.
sex
A man comments multiple times that he and his partner have a 'sex schedule'.
injury detail
Medical detail occurs during a surgery scene, in which a replacement joint is fitted.
suicide and self-harm
It is revealed that a teenager has been implaneting foreign objects into his body as a way of bonding with others. However, these implants have serious implications for his health, and the work as a whole does not condone his actions.
additional issues
A complex sibling relationship is seen as abusive and controlling by one party. The issue of mental health is discussed, including someone using antidepressants and turning to other drugs during difficult episodes, resulting in a reported overdose in her past. There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'crap'), along with milder terms ('hell', 'screw'). There are upsetting scenes in the context of people dealing with difficult relationships and health concerns.
drug references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, much of the hospital staff start acting strangely following a potluck lunch.
drugs
Characters begin 'tripping' and hallucinating after they are accidentally dosed with magic mushrooms. There are also verbal references to micro-dosing, and different drugs such as LSD.
additional issues
A man complaining of rectal pain admits that he stuck a toothbrush inside himself because he was 'bored'. A man becomes distressed during an asthma attack, another has damage to his spleen due to off screen stunts, and various people have illnesses and wounds tended to - including a man whose severed toe is being kept in a small bag before being reattached. There are occasional sex references and use of mild bad language ('ass').
moderate bloody images, sex references, references to bullying
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05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Lea tries to fix a patient’s iron lung, and Marcus bonds with a teenager who sustained injuries at his group home.
sex
There are occasional moderate sex references and innuendo.
injury detail
There are moderate images of bloody medical detail, including brief shots of a surgical procedure and sight of a bloody wound on a patient’s side.
theme
When a teenager is treated for injuries including broken ribs, it transpires that he is being targeted by violent bullies due to his dyslexia. In another scene we learn that the teen has deliberately reopened a sutured wound in order to remain in hospital and avoid the bullies for as long as possible.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘pissed off’, ‘hell’ and ‘screwed up’. There are occasional mild references to sexism, which is clearly criticised.
moderate injury detail, medical detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, a reality TV show follows Shaun's life and work.
violence
A woman is reprimanded at work for her poor performance, and tearfully reveals that she is being abused by her husband who is controlling aspects of her life.
injury detail
A patient has third degree burns to her face, which is blistered and bloody. She and another patient are operated on, resulting in some bloody medical detail. There are also tense moments during the surgery when alarms sound and doctors have to make difficult decisions.
additional issues
References are made to discrimination, including of people with autism, little people, and people with physical abnormalities such as burn scars. The work promotes positive messages of inclusivity and condemns all forms of discrimination.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Lea and Shaun prepare for their wedding.
injury detail
There are brief sequences of bloody detail as a patient is operated on.
additional issues
A man is taken to a strip club; however, he pauses in the car park outside and nobody enters. There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'frickin') and milder terms including 'hell', 'God', 'screw', and 'damn'. Rude humour is brief. Upsetting scenes include a child being told they are going to die. There are discreet references to a woman being subjected to domestic abuse, but her colleague comes to her support.
brief strong violence
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US hospital drama series; in this episode, Murphy prepares for his wedding day.
violence
There is a brief scene of strong violence in which a stalker stabs a woman, with resulting bloody detail.
additional issues
There are brief moderate images of brain surgery. There is moderate threat to women from a male attacker. Sex references and rude humour are mild. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'butt', 'jerk'). There are references to cancer, with associated scenes of emotional upset. There are verbal references to suicide.
strong bloody images, violence, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the hospital is put under lockdown after two staff are found with severe injuries.
violence
There are stabbings resulting in bloody aftermath detail, as well as shootings off-screen, after a man seeks revenge on his ex-partner. There are also references to domestic abuse.
injury detail
Two people are found with bloody lacerations and surrounded by pools of blood following a stabbing.
additional issues
Bad language is very mild ('God'). There are also scenes of emotional upset.
moderate medical detail, bloody images
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Lin returns to work and must adapt to her new situation while Murphy faces a difficult choice as a new trainee offers dissent.
injury detail
We see moderate bloody medical detail in surgical procedures on patients; this includes a heart transplant in which we see the organ. We also see the start of an incision made on a pig during this sequence. There is brief sight of a character lying in a pool of blood after a violent attack.
additional issues
There is a flashback sequence in which a character is stabbed below the camera frame, but we do not see the actual wound. Scenes of medical threat include patients suddenly requiring emergency attention. There is mild bad language ('piss', 'ass') along with milder terms which include 'screw', 'damn' and 'hell'.
moderate medical detail, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Shaun’s treatment of a celebrity marriage counsellor for an injured ankle uncovers a more acute medical condition.
injury detail
Sudden trauma to an injured arm opens a fracture wound from which blood pumps briefly. There are gory images in the course of surgical procedures, as well as verbal references to several serious medical conditions.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes, which include the death of a patient during surgery and fraught arguments between the parents of a young woman who are under stress because of their daughter’s apparent mental health issues. There is also emotional upset related to bereavement.
additional issues
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘screwed’), as well as mild sex references.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the team work to save a military reenactor.
injury detail
There is moderate medical and injury detail, such as an open shoulder wound and a severed foot. An explosion in the OR causes brief spurts of blood.
additional issues
There are mild sex references, such as brief sexualised focus on a topless man, and verbal references to skinny dipping. There are also verbal references to adultery. Patients and medical professionals deal with difficult diagnoses, which sometimes cause emotional upset. Bad language is very mild ('hell', 'God' and 'damn').
moderate violence, drug references, language
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Glassman and Shaun must overcome their differences to work together to try and find a solution for Lim's paralysis.
violence
There is a brief scene of moderate violence in which a man strikes another in anger, with others caught in the altercation.
language
There is infrequent use of moderate bad language ('slutty'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('God' and 'damn').
drugs
There are verbal references to drug addiction.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset in which patients and medical professionals grapple with difficult diagnoses, including cancer. Scenes include mild medical detail, but sight of blood is brief. Sex references and innuendo are mild.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Murphy and Powell are at odds over a patient's surgery while the hospital's servers are under threat from a heatwave.
injury detail
We see moderate bloody medical detail during scenes of surgery, including brief close up sight of a heart and bloody wound dressings.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'ass', 'son of a bitch') and milder terms which include 'hell'. Characters talk about lost loved ones and a woman is told she has only hours to live. There are references to cancer and dementia. Scenes of mild threat include urgent medical interventions as a patients health deteriorates, along with electrical power failures during surgery. A man talks about using the Tinder dating app.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, the team must assist a mother and her premature sextuplets.
sex
Verbal references to ejaculation are comic and occur within a medical context. Other sex references pertain to dating and casual sex.
injury detail
There are scenes containing blood and internal surgical detail as sextuplets are delivered prematurely.
additional issues
There are scenes of mild emotional upset as patients grapple with serious medical diagnoses. A couple learn that they may have difficulty conceiving again following long-term complications from a miscarriage. Bad language is very mild ('damn').
sexual violence
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Dr Reznick becomes emotionally involved when treating a patient who has been sexually assaulted, while Murphy must confront his feelings over Lin's surgery.
sexual violence and sexual threat
We see the build-up to and aftermath of a woman's rape; a man attacks her, pinning her down and pushing her legs apart. There are verbal references to rape and sexual assault throughout the episode, including to the use of rohypnol.
additional issues
There are bloody images during scenes of surgery. A woman becomes agitated, shouting and screaming in the hospital as she becomes confused about what is happening to her. Characters are left with scratches and bruises in the aftermath of attacks. There is mild bad language ('ass').
strong bloody images, eating disorder theme
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Park’s new girlfriend is treated for a severe sinus infection, while Danny tries to help a patient who reminds him of his own struggles.
injury detail
A patient is found unconscious in a large pool of blood on a bathroom floor, having accidentally injured himself as a result of his eating disorder. There are also brief moderate scenes of surgery, including sight of open incisions and sections of internal organs.
theme
A storyline concerns a patient whose eating disorder leads to life-threatening complications. The patient speaks about feeling pressure to lose weight because he believes his brother is ashamed of having an overweight sibling.
additional issues
A person is seen lying unconscious next to a discarded needle, implying an accidental heroin overdose. There is a comic reference to a man having offered a woman his sperm; however, it is then clarified that this was in the context of IVF treatment.
moderate medical detail, upsetting scenes, drug references
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, complications arise with Lea’s pregnancy.
drugs
There are references to a man’s relapse into drug misuse; he expresses his regrets as he faces the potential consequence for his medical career.
injury detail
There are images of moderate medical gore during the course of various surgical procedures. There are also verbal references to serious medical conditions.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes as people face the prospect of death through illness or risky medical procedures, including the potential loss of a child in the womb.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Danni risks her career to help a friend with a gunshot wound, while Shaun and Lea’s babymoon is interrupted by an encounter with an injured dog.
injury detail
There are occasional bloody images in a medical context, including sequences of open-heart surgery. A patient is admitted with spikes of wood and metal embedded in his legs and torso; one of the spikes is removed, resulting in brief sight of blood flowing from the wound. A dog is seen whimpering and limping after being run over off screen, but there are no visible injuries, and it later recovers.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘dick’, ‘crap’ and ‘screw up’. Other issues include mild suspenseful scenes, and infrequent mild references to bereavement and pregnancy loss.
references to sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Asher has doubts about Lim’s proposed surgical treatment for a patient in heart failure, while Shaun and Jordan clash over the case of a 13-year-old girl with an unusual tumour.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Over the course of several scenes, doctors debate the appropriate response to the revelation that a 13-year-old patient has been having sex with her boyfriend of the same age, with the knowledge of her mother. One doctor refers to this as statutory rape and wishes to call child protective services, but the main character overrules her, stating that under California state law (unlike in the UK) a child of this age may legally consent to sex with a person of similar age.
additional issues
There are brief moderate images of open-heart surgery. A recovering drug addict meets with his former drug dealer and is offered a bag of white powder, but he decides against buying it. Other issues include moderate sex references, and mild and very mild bad language (e.g. ‘ass’, ‘piss’ ‘God’).
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Lim attempts to salvage a damaged pair of lungs for transplant, while Shaun worries about his and Lea’s conflicting parenting styles.
injury detail
Moderate medical detail includes brief sequences of brain and lung surgery, and repeated images of clean and bloodless lungs awaiting transplant. We also see a nail impaling a young patient’s foot, with a small amount of blood around the entry wound; however, the child is not in obvious pain or distress.
additional issues
There is a verbal reference to one person metaphorically ‘flipping off’ another. Other terms are very mild (e.g. ‘jerk’). Mild upsetting scenes include one in which a seriously ill teenager struggles for breath and appears to be dying; however, this storyline has a reassuring ending. There are also infrequent mild sex references.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Jordan’s grandmother is admitted for surgery, and Park treats a four-year-old who has suffered a stroke.
injury detail
Occasional scenes of surgery feature moderate images of exposed internal organs and brief bloody detail.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to recovery from drug addiction, and discreet references to systemic racism, which is not condoned. Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘fricking’ and ‘hell’. There are also infrequent mild sex references.
moderate injury detail, violence, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Jared returns to St Bonaventure after his tech billionaire patient is mauled by a tiger, and Jordan and Morgan’s patient faces a heartbreaking decision.
violence
A man is punched in the face during a moderate sequence of taekwondo training, resulting in a spurt of blood and brief bloody aftermath detail.
injury detail
A patient is brought into hospital with blood over his shirt. There are also infrequent moderate images of surgical procedures, including sight of an exposed heart.
theme
There are upsetting scenes and non-graphic references to abortion and pregnancy loss when a patient faces the choice of whether to terminate her wanted pregnancy or risk fatal complications. The storyline concludes with a visually discreet termination procedure. The episode handles these issues in a sensitive and responsible manner.
additional issues
Bad language includes a reclaimed use of the term ‘bitch’, in addition to mild and very mild terms such as ‘ass’, ‘crap’ and ‘damn’. There are mild visual and verbal references to sex and adultery, as well as a brief and clearly condemnatory reference to sexual harassment.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Dr Murphy chooses a gifted but marginalised young lawyer with obsessive compulsive disorder to represent him when he is accused of malpractice.
injury detail
We see a man's wound pulsing blood after a car crash, as well as bloody facial and hand injuries. There is repeated sight of a man's severed hand, with blood around the wrist, being held by others in a medical setting; there is a slightly comic tone to this scene.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('dick') as well as milder terms which include 'screw'. We see the aftermath of a car crash in which characters try to save the lives of others. A doctor prepares to amputate a man's hand at the crash scene, using improvised equipment found in a tool box. A character displays symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. Characters drink shots of tequila in a bar.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
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THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Shaun struggles to work with Jared on the first day of his residency.
injury detail
There are brief detailed scenes of invasive surgery, including surgeons removing a tumour from a teenage girl's brain.
additional issues
A man expresses his anger at his partner for failing to disclose his HIV status. His partner explains that his viral load is undetectable due to his medication, therefore, he cannot transmit the virus. These scenes are accompanied by undetailed references to the stigma of HIV and the importance of safe sex.
Mild bad language occurs (‘ass’), as well as very mild bad language (‘jerk’, ‘screw up’).
References are made to bullying, however, these occur within an anti-bullying context.
moderate surgical detail, threat
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Shaun becomes concerned about Dr Glassman's health after noticing he made an error.
threat and horror
There is brief yet detailed sight of open-heart surgery.
injury detail
There are occasional scenes of moderate threat in which surgeons desperately try to regulate a patient’s dwindling oxygen levels.
additional issues
Mild scenes of emotional upset include references to brain cancer. There is an undetailed reference to a physical assault which resulted in short-term paralysis. Very mild bad language occurs ('God').
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Dr Lim asks the interns to devise a plan to reattach a patient's pelvis following a workplace accident.
injury detail
A large metal sheet is shown lodged in a man's torso, almost totally severing his body. This is accompanied by close-up sight of bloody tissue. During an emergency surgical procedure, blood spurts upwards from a patient's body, however, the flow is quickly stemmed.
additional issues
Mild bad language occurs ('ass', 'bitching'), as well as very mild bad language ('damn', 'God’).
Occasional references are made to cancer. In one scene, a dead body is shown covered with a sheet. The theme of death is dealt with sensitively.
moderate medical detail, bloody images
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a medical drama series; in this episode, some of the team are introduced to a returning patient.
injury detail
There are brief scenes of medical detail, including sight of blood and openings in bodies to allow a surgical team to operate. A man's face and clothes are bloodstained after he has vomited blood
additional issues
A man with extensive growths on his face and hands says he has got used to people laughing and staring at him because of his appearance, but that he doesn't let this affect his optimistic outlook on life. Scenes of emotional upset include medical staff surrounding the bed of a patient who has recently died, and include brief sight of the dead body. There are references to illness, including verbal references to cancer and strokes. The episode also includes very mild bad language ('damn', 'screw', 'moron').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama; in this episode, Murphy voices concerns about Glassman's fitness to perform surgery, while Park and Andrews try to extend the life of an ill young boy.
injury detail
We see occasional moderate bloody medical detail during surgical procedures, but this is not detailed. There is sight of blood over a man's face after he suffers a head injury.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('dick'). There are references to cancer and scenes of emotional upset as parents discuss their terminally ill young son with doctors. A woman struggles to cope with a crying baby, becoming upset. There is very mild comic innuendo.
moderate medical detail, threat, drug references
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama; in this episode, Shaun and Lea head to the delivery room and a tragic car accident pulls everyone away from their jobs.
threat and horror
Scenes of moderate threat, involving adults and young children, arise due to a multi vehicle crash.
drugs
References are made to opioid addiction and a former addict becomes distressed when he needs opioids as a result of being injured in a car crash.
injury detail
There are bloody and gory images in the course of surgical procedures, as well as verbal references to several serious medical conditions and severe injuries. People are bloodily injured during a vehicle crash.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes, which include the death of a patient during surgery. Use of very mild bad language occurs ('God', 'damn').
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Shaun and Lea adjust to parenthood and two babies enter the hospital needing heart surgery.
drugs
A former drug addict becomes distressed when he needs opioids as a result of being injured in a car crash.
injury detail
There is brief sight of bloody medical detail and organs during heart surgery. After an accident, a man is rushed into hospital with bloody injuries.
additional issues
Sequences of mild threat occur due to serious surgical procedure being undertaken on infants. There is brief sight of a car accident in a recap. Use of mild bad language ('piss') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'God'. There is also some very mild rude humour.
strong medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Park tackles a tricky brain tumour and Lea and Morgan adjust to motherhood.
sex
Verbal references are made to a sex worker making pornographic videos that include nudity and bondage. We see the woman starting to undress whilst making one of the videos.
injury detail
There is strong medical detail during a surgical procedure in which a jaw is severed in order to remove a brain tumour.
additional issues
Language is very mild ('God', 'jerk').
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Charlie's curiosity tests Shaun's patience.
injury detail
A patient arrives with his hand stuck inside a meat grinder, with accompanying bloody detail. During an emergency surgical procedure, blood copiously spurts upwards from a patient's partially severed arm, however, the flow is quickly stemmed. There is also sight of an amputated hand within a medical context.
additional issues
A female medical student asks about a colleague's preferred sexual position and makes an inappropriate remark about a topless male patient. Another character reminds her that she could face disciplinary action over her comments. However, the student puts her comments down to her neurodiverse communication style. A patient refers to a drinking game in which he and his fraternity brothers took turns slapping each other; however, this is presented aversively. Mild bad language ('ass') occurs, as well as even milder terms such as 'damn', 'hell' and 'moron'.
moderate injury detail, language, drug references
Classified Date:
08/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Shaun and Lea struggle to balance their parental duties with their personal lives.
language
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'ass' and 'God'.
drugs
A man is taken into hospital suffering from an apparent drug overdose and references are made to the track marks visible on his arms. It is quickly evident however, that these symptoms are from a chronic illness and not from drug misuse.
injury detail
There is sight of man's bloody injuries resulting from a steel bar accidently being impaled in his shoulder. A tumour is removed during surgery.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes in which a couple kiss and begin to undress. References are made to abortion and to a man's early onset dementia.
racism, strong violence
Classified Date:
08/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Asher's views on the construct of marriage complicate his future with Jerome.
discrimination
After confronting two antisemitic men desecrating a synagogue, a Jewish man is violently hit across the back of the head with a blunt weapon, resulting in him lying on the ground in a pool of blood. References are made to homophobia.
additional issues
References are made to an overweight teenage girl being bullied and having suicidal thoughts. There is moderate medical detail during a surgical procedure. Moderate sex references include post-coital moments and verbal detail about a man's sexual performance. A woman is upsettingly diagnosed with terminal cancer. Infrequent mild bad language occurs ('piss').
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, a mass casualty emergency threatens to overrun the hospital.
injury detail
There are frequent strong images of bloody injuries and medical procedures as a hospital admits a succession of casualties from a single catastrophic incident. There is also bloody detail in the aftermath of an act of violence.
additional issues
A flashback shows a man being struck a fatal blow to the head in a racist attack, which is reflected on with condemnation. There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement. There is mild bad language (‘ass’) and very mild terms (‘God’, ‘damn’).
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
31/07/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US drama series; in this episode, Lea and Morgan attempt to hire the same nanny, while Shaun and Jordan's hopes for a kidney transplant are placed in jeopardy.
drugs
A woman with a history of "pill-seeking" persistently attempts to obtain opioid medication to treat head pain. However, her doctor seeks to treat the root cause of her pain and actively discourages her from misusing prescription drugs.
injury detail
There are images of a tumour during an endoscopy. A patient begins to haemorrhage during a kidney transplant, with accompanying bloody detail. However, there is a greater focus on the professionalism and resourcefulness of medical professionals.
additional issues
A patient reassures her anxious daughter that she will find a suitable donor for her kidney transplant. References are made to death and bereavement. Very mild bad language (‘screw’, ‘butt’, ‘God’) occurs.
moderate threat, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, Glassman takes a risky approach to the treatment of a drug-addicted patient.
threat and horror
A person who has taken a drug overdose is found in an unresponsive state and is given desperate emergency treatment. There is also mild threat in a medical context as the conditions of hospital patients worsen suddenly, requiring them to be rushed into surgery.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug addiction, including remarks about overdoses and the death of a family member from substance abuse, the negative consequences of which are emphasised throughout.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes involving children struggling to cope with parental approaches to their medical conditions. There is mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘damn’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
moderate threat, injury detail, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, a familiar face returns to the hospital in difficult circumstances, and Glassman’s struggles with Hannah continue.
threat and horror
A person with an undiagnosed medical condition goes into sudden violent seizures and requires urgent surgery.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug addiction, including remarks about overdoses and the death of a family member from substance abuse, the negative consequences of which are emphasised throughout.
injury detail
There is sight of livid burn injuries on the body of a person struck by lightning. Milder bloody detail is present during scenes of surgery.
additional issues
Mild sex references include a discreet post-coital scene, as well as comments about sleeping with people and “friends with benefits”. There is mild bad language (‘ass’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There are also references to cancer.
moderate upsetting scenes, medical detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
THE GOOD DOCTOR is a US medical drama series; in this episode, decisions taken in the present determine the futures of all those at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.
injury detail
There are moderate bloody images during the brief establishment of a surgical procedure.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes as people struggle with the prospect of loved ones dying, or face critical decisions about how to deal with their own medical conditions.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘ass’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’).
Classified Date:
18/05/2018
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material
Season 1
Classified date01/05/2018
LanguageEnglish
strong medical gore, injury detail, suicide scenes
Classified Date:
01/05/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 01 Episodes 01-18
surgical detail, references to female genital mutilation
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are occasional brief surgery scenes, featuring moderate bloody detail. There is also brief sight of a nail sticking out of a man’s head, with minimal sight of blood.
additional issues
Infrequent mild bad language includes the term ‘ass’. There are also mild scenes of emotional upset.
self-harm, references to child sex abuse and domestic abuse
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are infrequent references to physical child abuse, including sight of a dent in a teenager’s forehead caused by past abuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent non-graphic references to child sex abuse.
suicide and self-harm
A man attempts to castrate himself off-screen, resulting in aftermath sight of a blood soaked sheet covering his lap as he is brought into hospital on a stretcher.
additional issues
Moderate medical detail includes fleeting sight of intestines during a surgical procedure. There is a scene of suicide, without strong visual detail, as well as infrequent, non-graphic verbal suicide references. Other issues include mild bad language (‘piss’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’).
moderate surgical detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is infrequent use of moderate bad language (‘bitch’). Milder terms include ‘ass’ and ‘crap’.
sex
There is a brief sequence of off-screen sexual moaning sounds, followed by very brief sight of a woman straddling a man in bed, without visible nudity. There are comic verbal references to erections and sex when a patient is treated for priapism.
injury detail
Scenes of moderate medical detail include brief images of blood and internal organs during surgical procedures.
additional issues
There is a passing reference to a patient having used marijuana and MDMA.
brief moderate medical gore
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is a brief images of a bloody injury on a woman’s hand.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset and non-graphic references to the death of a child. Other issues include infrequent, non-graphic verbal references to drug misuse, attempted suicide, and sex. Mild bad language includes ‘ass’ and 'crap'.
eating disorder theme, brief moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is a brief, moderate image of surgery being performed on a patient’s intestine.
theme
There are references to eating disorders and weight issues throughout, including scenes in which a woman is treated for heart failure due to long-term anorexia. In one scene we briefly see her choking while pulling a nasogastric tube out of her nose. Another scene features brief references to a man’s discriminatory attitude towards fat people, but the episode does not condone discriminatory attitudes or behaviour.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references.
brief strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Occasional surgery scenes include brief images of a severed limb and the resultant stump wound. In another scene a patient coughs up blood.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘crap’ and ‘turd’. There are also mild scenes of emotional upset and infrequent mild references to drug misuse.
brief strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Brief strong surgery sequences include a close-up image of intestines and others of an exposed spinal cord.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, as well as infrequent use of mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’).
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with brief sight of blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
medical detail, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, including brief sight of blood and internal organs. There is a sequence in which an unresponsive newborn baby is treated.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
theme
A woman tells her daughter she was abused by her boyfriend. However, when the daughter and a friend confront the man, he denies the accusation, and the mother later admits she made it up.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'ass'). There are some very mild verbal sex references.
moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are number of verbal and visual sex references. A patient has some frank conversations with her doctors about her desire to have sex with her roommate as she believes an orgasm will help her calm down. She says that having sex with him is preferable to masturbation.
injury detail
There are several scenes in which surgical procedures are performed and these include sight of blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap'). There are verbal references to a woman having used marijuana once when she was younger.
medical detail, drug misuse
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
Two men use medicinal, chewable marijuana, ostensibly to treat medical conditions.
injury detail
There are a number of scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with sight of blood and internal organs. One such procedure is a face transplant, and there is some sight of a girl's face being removed from its donor and transplanted onto a patient.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('ass').
moderate surgical detail, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief gory images seen in the course of a surgical procedure.
theme
There are scenes of emotional upset as the parents of a critically ill newborn, and the doctors taking care of of the child, are asked to make difficult decisions about proceeding with her treatment or withdrawing her life support. The child's mother becomes distressed when she is told that the prescription medication she was taking during pregnancy may have been a factor in her daughter's condition.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('Jeez').
medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
theme
There is brief sight of an internal surgical procedure seen through a medical camera.
additional issues
There is also passing verbal reference to suicide and very mild bad language including 'screwed up' and 'damn'.
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
theme
Several sequences feature the sight of surgical procedure, including internal organs and bloody incisions.
additional issues
There are verbal references to baby-shaking when doctors seek to establish the cause of a child's condition. There is a prolonged scene in which a person is emotional upset. There is also mild bad language such as 'ass' and 'son of a bitch' as well as other terms including 'God' and 'hell'.
moderate bloody images, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A man attacks another, with kicks and punches, leaving him with internal bleeding.
sex
A woman refers to being 'subservient' in a sexual context.
injury detail
After a fall, a pool of blood grows beneath a man's head, in close-up detail. There are other bloody images in a medical context.
additional issues
There is mild threat, as well as use of mild bad language such as 'ass'.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs.
additional issues
There is a mild sex references where a person talks about catching feelings for people you sleep with. There are mild references to mental health and schizophrenia. There is a mild drug reference in which a woman says she misses being on drugs.
moderate drug references, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
There are moderate drug references, such as the observation that a patient has "... two kilos of what I'm sure is heroin in his gut. He's not an addict he's a dealer", then sight of many small ballooons full of that drug.
injury detail
There is sight of an a woman yelling in pain as she is operated on for a broken leg, without the use of pain killing medication, and sight of a man's intestine during an operation to remove an obstruction in his bowel.
theme
The theme of a character's autism and difficulty in processing emotional complexity is illustrated in two scenes, in which he becomes upset, gasping and breathing heavily, shouting and throwing up his hands in distress.
additional issues
Also includes mild bad language ('ass') and sex references ("We did not have sex, we just slept together."
moderate medical detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are verbal references to domestic abuse where a man accuses his father of being an alcoholic, hitting people and being responsible for the death of his brother.
injury detail
There is brief medical detail of a person's spine during surgery.
additional issues
There is a scene where a person with autism slaps themselves in the head repeatedly.
A woman strips down to her underwear to go skinny dipping.
moderate sex references, bloody images, infrequent suicide references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are frequent comic verbal sex references and innuendo, including references to the ‘G-spot’ and others to an inexperienced man’s desire to give his girlfriend a ‘parade’ in bed.
injury detail
A woman accidentally severs her finger off screen, causing a fine spray of blood over other people's faces. We also see brief, moderate images of the finger being surgically reattached.
suicide and self-harm
There are infrequent non-graphic references to self-euthanasia in the context of terminal illness.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are gory images seen in the course of surgical procedures.
additional issues
There are tense moments when people, including a young child, are in brief danger from their medical conditions, but these are resolved quickly. There are mild sex references. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'screw up', 'damn').
moderate medical detail, bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
There are verbal references to a man's habit of smoking marijuana.
injury detail
There are scenes involving surgical procedures. In one scene, an operation does not go as planned and blood pours from the patient's nose, then begins spurting from her body in large quantities.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('jerk').
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
There are references to heroin and 'vaping pot'.
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs. A man is seen with an infected wound on his arm after being pricked by a cactus.
additional issues
Other issues include mild bad language ('piss', 'turd', 'crap', 'ass') and scenes of emotional upset.
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are multiple shots of bloody surgery with sight of exposed bone and tissue.
additional issues
There are mild verbal references to sex. There is also moderate bad language 'bitch' as well as other terms including 'damn' and 'God'.
strong surgical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief gory images of a surgical procedure.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ‘ass’ and ‘screw’.
moderate injury detail, threat, language
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is use of moderate language ('bitch') and milder term 'screw'.
injury detail
People are are found impaled on metal rods and poles. There is sight of bone sticking through a man's leg.
bloody medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Several scenes show an injured woman covered in blood. There are also moderate scenes of surgery, including brief sight of intestines.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate threat, when a doctor is forced to perform emergency surgery in rising floodwater, as well as scenes of bereavement and emotional upset. Other issues include infrequent bad language (‘piss’, ‘screw’), and brief verbal references to drug addiction and overdose.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are scenes of surgical detail including open cavities and organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
moderate surgical detail, language, sex references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'piss', 'God' and 'BS'.
sex
In a comic scene, a man touches his girlfriend's clothed breast. He talks to others about the experience.
injury detail
Surgery scenes include internal detail, including in close-up. There are bloody images.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset, and references to alcoholism and cancer.
moderate injury detail, medical gore, references to self-harm
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are a number of scenes of injury detail and medical gore - however, none have occurred as a result of violence. As well as scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, there is sight of a dead, bloodied woman in the aftermath of a vehicle collision, and another sequence in which blood spurts from a wound in a man's leg after a fish with a long, sharp bill has become embedded in it.
suicide and self-harm
The storyline involves a teenage girl who is advised to speak with a counsellor when it becomes evident she has been self-harming.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal sex references.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are detailed scenes in which surgical procedures are performed, with sustained focus on blood and internal organs.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bitching', 'crap', 'piss'). A woman asks a colleague, 'Since when were you so slutty?'
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Medical detail includes scenes of surgery and images of human organs.
additional issues
Other issues include mild sex references and very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell', 'jerk').
moderate surgical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
The story focuses on sexual intimacy and there are multiple verbal references to sex as well as bedroom scenes with masked nudity, however there is no sexual activity.
injury detail
There are bloody images within a medical context such as dissections and surgery however these moments are brief and not overly emphasised.
additional issues
There are verbal references to the drug MDMA but no accompanying visual. There is also mild bad language such as 'ass'.
moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
30/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are undetailed references to sexting and phone sex, a woman tries to get a minor into a strip club and it is implied she later briefly exposes her chest to him.
injury detail
There is medical detail during surgeries where doctors remove tissue from a person lung and make an incision with a scalpel.
moderate surgical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
29/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are some references to sex, including a scene in which a woman straddles a man in bed.
injury detail
There is moderate surgical detail, including medical instruments clutching at bloody internal tissue shown largely on a television screen.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('piss'), as well as other milder terms ('hell'). There are also some verbal and visual references to a doctor choosing not to eat solid foods as it seems to make her sick in combination with the medication she is taking.
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
29/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
sex
injury detail
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
additional issues
Injury detail: Images of a woman killed in a car accident include sight of blood on her face. There is also brief medical detail when surgeons operate on a woman's hand.
Non Defining issues: A doctor explains to a patient that Viagra encourages blood flow to the penis. There is also mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass' and 'crap').
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
During surgery, there is sight of a patient's skull, as well as sight of open heart surgey.
additional issues
There are references to racism and transphobia.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is graphic sight of damaged tissue inside the body of one boy and the head of the other, as surgeons operate on them. In one sequence blood sprays into the air from a boy's gunshot wound.
additional issues
Throughout the episode there is discussion of procedures that surgeons will need to perform on the boys, including removing part of a skull.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is sight of open heart surgery.
additional issues
A woman makes comic references to the size of her breasts. A man comments that he's 'thrilled' by a woman's body.
moderate medical gore, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is moderate medical gore during heart surgery scenes.
theme
There is a miscarriage theme and miscarriage references throughout, but the subject is handled sensitively.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('crappy', 'pissed') and milder terms ('damn').
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are frequent images of a patient's spine during surgery.
additional issues
There is mild bad language including uses of 'bastards', 'screw' and 'ass'.
scenes of emotional distress, mild bad language
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is use of mild bad language such as 'crap' and 'piss'.
theme
There are several scenes in which doctors use a phone to allow the upset relatives of patients to watch them die from remote locations. These scenes focus on the dignity of the patients as well as the stress their deaths cause to the relatives and doctors.
additional issues
In one scene a character plays an online video game, with sight of on-screen characters shooting at each other and causing explosions, but there is no clear injury detail.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
A character makes a comic comment about regretting searching online using the phrase 'eating meat'. He doesn't provide any further detail. There are mild sex references in other scenes, for example when a father questions his daughter on why she wants bigger breasts, and she says that is because she's heard boys talk about 'women with curves'.
injury detail
There is sight of injury to a patient during surgery, including a shot where one of his organs is lifted up and inspected.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language such as 'screwing up', and in one scene characters argue over the effectiveness of vaccines.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are occasional references to sexual activity, including a couple lying in bed panting after off-screen sex, and verbal references to dating apps.
injury detail
There are scenes in which surgeons cut into patients' bodies during surgery.
additional issues
There is mild bad language such as 'piss'.
moderate medical detail, suicide references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is occasional sight of bloody tissue and wounds as surgeons work in the operating theatre.
suicide and self-harm
A character tells a doctor that he once considered buying a gun to put in his mouth to kill himself. However, he changed his mind after helping people in need, and never had suicidal thoughts again. These comments are verbal only and not accompanied by any further detail of the events.
additional issues
There is mild bad language including uses of 'bitch, 'screw' and 'pissed'. There are references to abortion.
moderate threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
Scenes of threat occur in which people are admitted to the ICU after contracting Covid-19. There are also scenes in which people fear they have caught or passed on the virus. Upsetting scenes occur in which people fear the loss of loved ones, or experience bereavement.
sex
References are made to sexual intercourse, and masturbation in the context of a couple suggesting having sex over video call when they cannot be together.
moderate medical detail, threat
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes a man's heart stopping during surgery.
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail, such as indistinct bloody images when surgeons operate on a man's open torso.
additional issues
There are mild sex references. There is a scene of emotional upset when one member of a surgical team becomes distressed while performing CPR on a patient. There is also very mild bad language ('damn', 'God', 'hell').
moderate medical detail, brief references to child abuse
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail, such as when we see a human kidney and liver while the organs are being transplanted.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a reference to a prison inmate having been 'abused sexually and physically' as a child.
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('piss', 'bastards', 'crap', 'jerk', 'hell', 'God').
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are occasional sex references, including a character sarcastically telling another that he needs to rest up for his "Frankenpenis surgery".
injury detail
During operations there is occasional sight of bloody injuries to patients. These injuries are not shown with any lingering or close-up detail.
additional issues
There is mild bad language, such as 'piss off'.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is occasional sight of patient's wounds as surgeons operate on them in hospital.
additional issues
There are scenes in which characters are emotionally distressed as they discuss the possibility of losing their unborn baby. There is mild bad language including uses of 'crap' and 'screwing up'. There are occasional mild sex references; for example, in one scene as a character is eating food and says "I haven't had this much tongue in my mouth since Woodstock".
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is a scene in which a character has to perform makeshift emergency surgery, and cuts into another character's ankle with a knife, with sight of blood oozing from the wound. There is also sight of bloody tissue inside patients' bodies during operations in hospital.
additional issues
There are references to the cultivation and misuse of hallucinatory mushrooms, as a patient tells a doctor that he stopped taking prescribed medication for depression, and cultivated his own mushrooms to try to achieve the same effect. The doctors caring for him to do not endorse this form of medication, and its use leads to health issues for him. There are mild sex references and bad language, and a scene in which a woman believes that an intruder has entered her house, and so aims a pistol at him.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
A couple in a shower discuss having sex. There are no crude references and the scene is comic in tone.
injury detail
There are occasional images of a patient's open chest cavity during surgery.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language such as 'bitch', which is not aggressive in tone.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
In one scene a character criticises the bright lighting in a hospital room, comparing it to a 'porn shoot'.
injury detail
There is sight of blood and tissue inside a patient's body during an operation.
additional issues
There are references to mental health throughout, with a patient reacting angrily to the suggestion that he might be autistic, and criticising people who have mental health issues. There are occasional mild drug references and non-sexual uses of the term 'screw'.
mild bad language, threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A doctor is told by a taxi passenger that they are being kidnapped by the cab driver; but the scene is brief before she realises it is to help deliver a baby.
language
The episode features mild bad language ('ass').
sex
A man and woman kiss before entering a woman's hotel room.
theme
A mother is told that doctors are unable to help her child in an emotional scene. There are also references to a miscarriage.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are gory images seen in the course of surgical procedures.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to being convicted for cannabis possession when he was younger. There are mild upsetting scenes. There is mild bad language ('ass', 'jerk', 'God').
brief strong violence
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There is a brief scene of strong violence in which a stalker stabs a woman, with resulting bloody detail.
additional issues
There are brief moderate images of brain surgery. There is moderate threat to women from a male attacker. Sex references and rude humour are mild. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'butt', 'jerk'). There are references to cancer, with associated scenes of emotional upset. There are verbal references to suicide.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are images of bowel surgery performed on a teenage girl, including in close-up detail. A teenage girl vomits blood.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ("screw 'em!") and very mild terms such as 'hell' and 'butt'. There are scenes of mild threat associated with life-or-death surgery. There are references to discrimination.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are comic verbal references to sexual role-play, as well as a reference to feeling 'pimped out'.
injury detail
There is brief and undetailed sight of surgery, including occasional bloody images.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'crap'), as well as other terms such as 'God' and 'screw up'. There is speculation as to whether a patient was the victim of a racist attack. An autistic man worries about being found 'weird' and making others 'uncomfortable'. There are scenes of mild medical threat and consequent very mild emotional upset.
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief detailed scenes of surgery, including a shot of a man's bleeding and open arm wound as doctors operate on it. There is sight of an amputated leg.
additional issues
There are verbal references to the deaths of babies. There is mild threat to life in a medical context, and associated scenes of emotional upset. There is infrequent mild bad language ('ass').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is close-up internal detail of surgery on a tumour, but without sustained bloody detail.
additional issues
There is mild threat, as well as references to cancer and other terminal illness. There are references to miscarriage. Sex references are mild. There is very mild bad language ('damn').
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are close-up images of the inside of a patient's throat during an exploratory procedure. There are bloody images of surgery being performed, but without strong detail.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('screw 'em'), as well as very mild terms. There are scenes of mild threat in which a mother finds out her child is seriously ill and must face an urgent operation. There are brief mild sex references. There are references to cancer, alcoholism, mental health and associated scenes of emotional upset.
moderate medical detail, language
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick') and milder terms (bastard).
injury detail
There is bloody detail during surgical procedures and upsetting scenes featuring a stillborn baby.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are bloody images during surgical procedures, some of which feature an emphasis on cutting into brain tissue.
additional issues
There are upsetting scenes featuring a stillborn baby.
strong medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are moderate bloody images during surgical procedures, some of which feature an emphasis on blood spurting from the body.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'screw').
strong sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are frequent sex references, including a scene in which it is implied a woman is masturbating in bed briefly. There is a scene in which it is implied a man's penis becomes stuck inside a woman after they have had sex.
additional issues
There are undetailed drug references.
self-harm references, moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
A man comments multiple times that he and his partner have a 'sex schedule'.
injury detail
Medical detail occurs during a surgery scene, in which a replacement joint is fitted.
suicide and self-harm
It is revealed that a teenager has been implaneting foreign objects into his body as a way of bonding with others. However, these implants have serious implications for his health, and the work as a whole does not condone his actions.
additional issues
A complex sibling relationship is seen as abusive and controlling by one party. The issue of mental health is discussed, including someone using antidepressants and turning to other drugs during difficult episodes, resulting in a reported overdose in her past. There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'crap'), along with milder terms ('hell', 'screw'). There are upsetting scenes in the context of people dealing with difficult relationships and health concerns.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief sequences of bloody detail as a patient is operated on.
additional issues
A man is taken to a strip club; however, he pauses in the car park outside and nobody enters. There is use of mild bad language ('ass', 'frickin') and milder terms including 'hell', 'God', 'screw', and 'damn'. Rude humour is brief. Upsetting scenes include a child being told they are going to die. There are discreet references to a woman being subjected to domestic abuse, but her colleague comes to her support.
moderate injury detail, medical detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A woman is reprimanded at work for her poor performance, and tearfully reveals that she is being abused by her husband who is controlling aspects of her life.
injury detail
A patient has third degree burns to her face, which is blistered and bloody. She and another patient are operated on, resulting in some bloody medical detail. There are also tense moments during the surgery when alarms sound and doctors have to make difficult decisions.
additional issues
References are made to discrimination, including of people with autism, little people, and people with physical abnormalities such as burn scars. The work promotes positive messages of inclusivity and condemns all forms of discrimination.
drug references
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
Characters begin 'tripping' and hallucinating after they are accidentally dosed with magic mushrooms. There are also verbal references to micro-dosing, and different drugs such as LSD.
additional issues
A man complaining of rectal pain admits that he stuck a toothbrush inside himself because he was 'bored'. A man becomes distressed during an asthma attack, another has damage to his spleen due to off screen stunts, and various people have illnesses and wounds tended to - including a man whose severed toe is being kept in a small bag before being reattached. There are occasional sex references and use of mild bad language ('ass').
moderate bloody images, sex references, references to bullying
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
There are occasional moderate sex references and innuendo.
injury detail
There are moderate images of bloody medical detail, including brief shots of a surgical procedure and sight of a bloody wound on a patient’s side.
theme
When a teenager is treated for injuries including broken ribs, it transpires that he is being targeted by violent bullies due to his dyslexia. In another scene we learn that the teen has deliberately reopened a sutured wound in order to remain in hospital and avoid the bullies for as long as possible.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘pissed off’, ‘hell’ and ‘screwed up’. There are occasional mild references to sexism, which is clearly criticised.
moderate bad language, medical detail, threat
Classified Date:
05/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
In a briefly intense scene a man with autism panics when he is throw off guard by some new equipment at the hospital. In other scenes, doctors rush to assist patients in need of medical assistance.
language
The episode features moderate bad language ('bitch').
injury detail
There is moderate medical detail when a young woman coughs up blood.
additional issues
There are also verbal references to a mother being convicted of causing her baby's death. In another scene a woman is told she has cancer. There is also a mild sex reference.
moderate injury detail, violence, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
02/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A man is punched in the face during a moderate sequence of taekwondo training, resulting in a spurt of blood and brief bloody aftermath detail.
injury detail
A patient is brought into hospital with blood over his shirt. There are also infrequent moderate images of surgical procedures, including sight of an exposed heart.
theme
There are upsetting scenes and non-graphic references to abortion and pregnancy loss when a patient faces the choice of whether to terminate her wanted pregnancy or risk fatal complications. The storyline concludes with a visually discreet termination procedure. The episode handles these issues in a sensitive and responsible manner.
additional issues
Bad language includes a reclaimed use of the term ‘bitch’, in addition to mild and very mild terms such as ‘ass’, ‘crap’ and ‘damn’. There are mild visual and verbal references to sex and adultery, as well as a brief and clearly condemnatory reference to sexual harassment.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
02/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Occasional scenes of surgery feature moderate images of exposed internal organs and brief bloody detail.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to recovery from drug addiction, and discreet references to systemic racism, which is not condoned. Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘fricking’ and ‘hell’. There are also infrequent mild sex references.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Moderate medical detail includes brief sequences of brain and lung surgery, and repeated images of clean and bloodless lungs awaiting transplant. We also see a nail impaling a young patient’s foot, with a small amount of blood around the entry wound; however, the child is not in obvious pain or distress.
additional issues
There is a verbal reference to one person metaphorically ‘flipping off’ another. Other terms are very mild (e.g. ‘jerk’). Mild upsetting scenes include one in which a seriously ill teenager struggles for breath and appears to be dying; however, this storyline has a reassuring ending. There are also infrequent mild sex references.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
We see occasional moderate bloody medical detail during surgical procedures, but this is not detailed. There is sight of blood over a man's face after he suffers a head injury.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('dick'). There are references to cancer and scenes of emotional upset as parents discuss their terminally ill young son with doctors. A woman struggles to cope with a crying baby, becoming upset. There is very mild comic innuendo.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
We see a man's wound pulsing blood after a car crash, as well as bloody facial and hand injuries. There is repeated sight of a man's severed hand, with blood around the wrist, being held by others in a medical setting; there is a slightly comic tone to this scene.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('dick') as well as milder terms which include 'screw'. We see the aftermath of a car crash in which characters try to save the lives of others. A doctor prepares to amputate a man's hand at the crash scene, using improvised equipment found in a tool box. A character displays symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. Characters drink shots of tequila in a bar.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are occasional bloody images in a medical context, including sequences of open-heart surgery. A patient is admitted with spikes of wood and metal embedded in his legs and torso; one of the spikes is removed, resulting in brief sight of blood flowing from the wound. A dog is seen whimpering and limping after being run over off screen, but there are no visible injuries, and it later recovers.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘dick’, ‘crap’ and ‘screw up’. Other issues include mild suspenseful scenes, and infrequent mild references to bereavement and pregnancy loss.
moderate medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
Verbal references to ejaculation are comic and occur within a medical context. Other sex references pertain to dating and casual sex.
injury detail
There are scenes containing blood and internal surgical detail as sextuplets are delivered prematurely.
additional issues
There are scenes of mild emotional upset as patients grapple with serious medical diagnoses. A couple learn that they may have difficulty conceiving again following long-term complications from a miscarriage. Bad language is very mild ('damn').
strong bloody images, violence, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are stabbings resulting in bloody aftermath detail, as well as shootings off-screen, after a man seeks revenge on his ex-partner. There are also references to domestic abuse.
injury detail
Two people are found with bloody lacerations and surrounded by pools of blood following a stabbing.
additional issues
Bad language is very mild ('God'). There are also scenes of emotional upset.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There is moderate medical and injury detail, such as an open shoulder wound and a severed foot. An explosion in the OR causes brief spurts of blood.
additional issues
There are mild sex references, such as brief sexualised focus on a topless man, and verbal references to skinny dipping. There are also verbal references to adultery. Patients and medical professionals deal with difficult diagnoses, which sometimes cause emotional upset. Bad language is very mild ('hell', 'God' and 'damn').
moderate medical detail, threat, drug references
Classified Date:
31/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
Scenes of moderate threat, involving adults and young children, arise due to a multi vehicle crash.
drugs
References are made to opioid addiction and a former addict becomes distressed when he needs opioids as a result of being injured in a car crash.
injury detail
There are bloody and gory images in the course of surgical procedures, as well as verbal references to several serious medical conditions and severe injuries. People are bloodily injured during a vehicle crash.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes, which include the death of a patient during surgery. Use of very mild bad language occurs ('God', 'damn').
references to sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sexual violence and sexual threat
Over the course of several scenes, doctors debate the appropriate response to the revelation that a 13-year-old patient has been having sex with her boyfriend of the same age, with the knowledge of her mother. One doctor refers to this as statutory rape and wishes to call child protective services, but the main character overrules her, stating that under California state law (unlike in the UK) a child of this age may legally consent to sex with a person of similar age.
additional issues
There are brief moderate images of open-heart surgery. A recovering drug addict meets with his former drug dealer and is offered a bag of white powder, but he decides against buying it. Other issues include moderate sex references, and mild and very mild bad language (e.g. ‘ass’, ‘piss’ ‘God’).
moderate surgical detail, threat
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
There is brief yet detailed sight of open-heart surgery.
injury detail
There are occasional scenes of moderate threat in which surgeons desperately try to regulate a patient’s dwindling oxygen levels.
additional issues
Mild scenes of emotional upset include references to brain cancer. There is an undetailed reference to a physical assault which resulted in short-term paralysis. Very mild bad language occurs ('God').
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
A large metal sheet is shown lodged in a man's torso, almost totally severing his body. This is accompanied by close-up sight of bloody tissue. During an emergency surgical procedure, blood spurts upwards from a patient's body, however, the flow is quickly stemmed.
additional issues
Mild bad language occurs ('ass', 'bitching'), as well as very mild bad language ('damn', 'God’).
Occasional references are made to cancer. In one scene, a dead body is shown covered with a sheet. The theme of death is dealt with sensitively.
moderate medical detail
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
We see moderate bloody medical detail during scenes of surgery, including brief close up sight of a heart and bloody wound dressings.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'ass', 'son of a bitch') and milder terms which include 'hell'. Characters talk about lost loved ones and a woman is told she has only hours to live. There are references to cancer and dementia. Scenes of mild threat include urgent medical interventions as a patients health deteriorates, along with electrical power failures during surgery. A man talks about using the Tinder dating app.
strong bloody images, eating disorder theme
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
A patient is found unconscious in a large pool of blood on a bathroom floor, having accidentally injured himself as a result of his eating disorder. There are also brief moderate scenes of surgery, including sight of open incisions and sections of internal organs.
theme
A storyline concerns a patient whose eating disorder leads to life-threatening complications. The patient speaks about feeling pressure to lose weight because he believes his brother is ashamed of having an overweight sibling.
additional issues
A person is seen lying unconscious next to a discarded needle, implying an accidental heroin overdose. There is a comic reference to a man having offered a woman his sperm; however, it is then clarified that this was in the context of IVF treatment.
moderate medical detail, bloody images
Classified Date:
27/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief scenes of medical detail, including sight of blood and openings in bodies to allow a surgical team to operate. A man's face and clothes are bloodstained after he has vomited blood
additional issues
A man with extensive growths on his face and hands says he has got used to people laughing and staring at him because of his appearance, but that he doesn't let this affect his optimistic outlook on life. Scenes of emotional upset include medical staff surrounding the bed of a patient who has recently died, and include brief sight of the dead body. There are references to illness, including verbal references to cancer and strokes. The episode also includes very mild bad language ('damn', 'screw', 'moron').
moderate surgical detail
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are brief detailed scenes of invasive surgery, including surgeons removing a tumour from a teenage girl's brain.
additional issues
A man expresses his anger at his partner for failing to disclose his HIV status. His partner explains that his viral load is undetectable due to his medication, therefore, he cannot transmit the virus. These scenes are accompanied by undetailed references to the stigma of HIV and the importance of safe sex.
Mild bad language occurs (‘ass’), as well as very mild bad language (‘jerk’, ‘screw up’).
References are made to bullying, however, these occur within an anti-bullying context.
moderate medical detail, bloody images
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
We see moderate bloody medical detail in surgical procedures on patients; this includes a heart transplant in which we see the organ. We also see the start of an incision made on a pig during this sequence. There is brief sight of a character lying in a pool of blood after a violent attack.
additional issues
There is a flashback sequence in which a character is stabbed below the camera frame, but we do not see the actual wound. Scenes of medical threat include patients suddenly requiring emergency attention. There is mild bad language ('piss', 'ass') along with milder terms which include 'screw', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sexual violence and sexual threat
We see the build-up to and aftermath of a woman's rape; a man attacks her, pinning her down and pushing her legs apart. There are verbal references to rape and sexual assault throughout the episode, including to the use of rohypnol.
additional issues
There are bloody images during scenes of surgery. A woman becomes agitated, shouting and screaming in the hospital as she becomes confused about what is happening to her. Characters are left with scratches and bruises in the aftermath of attacks. There is mild bad language ('ass').
moderate medical detail, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Sudden trauma to an injured arm opens a fracture wound from which blood pumps briefly. There are gory images in the course of surgical procedures, as well as verbal references to several serious medical conditions.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes, which include the death of a patient during surgery and fraught arguments between the parents of a young woman who are under stress because of their daughter’s apparent mental health issues. There is also emotional upset related to bereavement.
additional issues
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘screwed’), as well as mild sex references.
moderate violence, drug references, language
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There is a brief scene of moderate violence in which a man strikes another in anger, with others caught in the altercation.
language
There is infrequent use of moderate bad language ('slutty'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('God' and 'damn').
drugs
There are verbal references to drug addiction.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset in which patients and medical professionals grapple with difficult diagnoses, including cancer. Scenes include mild medical detail, but sight of blood is brief. Sex references and innuendo are mild.
moderate medical detail, upsetting scenes, drug references
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
There are references to a man’s relapse into drug misuse; he expresses his regrets as he faces the potential consequence for his medical career.
injury detail
There are images of moderate medical gore during the course of various surgical procedures. There are also verbal references to serious medical conditions.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes as people face the prospect of death through illness or risky medical procedures, including the potential loss of a child in the womb.
racism, strong violence
Classified Date:
08/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
discrimination
After confronting two antisemitic men desecrating a synagogue, a Jewish man is violently hit across the back of the head with a blunt weapon, resulting in him lying on the ground in a pool of blood. References are made to homophobia.
additional issues
References are made to an overweight teenage girl being bullied and having suicidal thoughts. There is moderate medical detail during a surgical procedure. Moderate sex references include post-coital moments and verbal detail about a man's sexual performance. A woman is upsettingly diagnosed with terminal cancer. Infrequent mild bad language occurs ('piss').
moderate injury detail, language, drug references
Classified Date:
08/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'ass' and 'God'.
drugs
A man is taken into hospital suffering from an apparent drug overdose and references are made to the track marks visible on his arms. It is quickly evident however, that these symptoms are from a chronic illness and not from drug misuse.
injury detail
There is sight of man's bloody injuries resulting from a steel bar accidently being impaled in his shoulder. A tumour is removed during surgery.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes in which a couple kiss and begin to undress. References are made to abortion and to a man's early onset dementia.
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
A former drug addict becomes distressed when he needs opioids as a result of being injured in a car crash.
injury detail
There is brief sight of bloody medical detail and organs during heart surgery. After an accident, a man is rushed into hospital with bloody injuries.
additional issues
Sequences of mild threat occur due to serious surgical procedure being undertaken on infants. There is brief sight of a car accident in a recap. Use of mild bad language ('piss') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'God'. There is also some very mild rude humour.
strong medical detail, sex references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
sex
Verbal references are made to a sex worker making pornographic videos that include nudity and bondage. We see the woman starting to undress whilst making one of the videos.
injury detail
There is strong medical detail during a surgical procedure in which a jaw is severed in order to remove a brain tumour.
additional issues
Language is very mild ('God', 'jerk').
moderate upsetting scenes, medical detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are moderate bloody images during the brief establishment of a surgical procedure.
theme
There are moderate upsetting scenes as people struggle with the prospect of loved ones dying, or face critical decisions about how to deal with their own medical conditions.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘ass’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’).
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
A patient arrives with his hand stuck inside a meat grinder, with accompanying bloody detail. During an emergency surgical procedure, blood copiously spurts upwards from a patient's partially severed arm, however, the flow is quickly stemmed. There is also sight of an amputated hand within a medical context.
additional issues
A female medical student asks about a colleague's preferred sexual position and makes an inappropriate remark about a topless male patient. Another character reminds her that she could face disciplinary action over her comments. However, the student puts her comments down to her neurodiverse communication style. A patient refers to a drinking game in which he and his fraternity brothers took turns slapping each other; however, this is presented aversively. Mild bad language ('ass') occurs, as well as even milder terms such as 'damn', 'hell' and 'moron'.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
There are frequent strong images of bloody injuries and medical procedures as a hospital admits a succession of casualties from a single catastrophic incident. There is also bloody detail in the aftermath of an act of violence.
additional issues
A flashback shows a man being struck a fatal blow to the head in a racist attack, which is reflected on with condemnation. There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement. There is mild bad language (‘ass’) and very mild terms (‘God’, ‘damn’).
moderate threat, injury detail, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A person with an undiagnosed medical condition goes into sudden violent seizures and requires urgent surgery.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug addiction, including remarks about overdoses and the death of a family member from substance abuse, the negative consequences of which are emphasised throughout.
injury detail
There is sight of livid burn injuries on the body of a person struck by lightning. Milder bloody detail is present during scenes of surgery.
additional issues
Mild sex references include a discreet post-coital scene, as well as comments about sleeping with people and “friends with benefits”. There is mild bad language (‘ass’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There are also references to cancer.
moderate threat, drug references
Classified Date:
07/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A person who has taken a drug overdose is found in an unresponsive state and is given desperate emergency treatment. There is also mild threat in a medical context as the conditions of hospital patients worsen suddenly, requiring them to be rushed into surgery.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug addiction, including remarks about overdoses and the death of a family member from substance abuse, the negative consequences of which are emphasised throughout.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes involving children struggling to cope with parental approaches to their medical conditions. There is mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘damn’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
moderate medical detail, drug references
Classified Date:
31/07/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
drugs
A woman with a history of "pill-seeking" persistently attempts to obtain opioid medication to treat head pain. However, her doctor seeks to treat the root cause of her pain and actively discourages her from misusing prescription drugs.
injury detail
There are images of a tumour during an endoscopy. A patient begins to haemorrhage during a kidney transplant, with accompanying bloody detail. However, there is a greater focus on the professionalism and resourcefulness of medical professionals.
additional issues
A patient reassures her anxious daughter that she will find a suitable donor for her kidney transplant. References are made to death and bereavement. Very mild bad language (‘screw’, ‘butt’, ‘God’) occurs.
Director(s)Seth Gordon
Production year2017
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes741m
CastFreddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Chuku Modu, Beau Garrett, Tamlyn Tomita
Classified Date:
18/05/2018
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material
Season 1
Classified date01/05/2018
LanguageEnglish
