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Adam Scott in Severance (2022)

Parents guide

Severance

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Mild
  • Profanity:
    Moderate
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
265 of 646 found this mild
There's a scene of seductive dancing of women in Dessous and a man in a opened robe. No nudity.
Casual sex between a boyfriend and girlfriend is implied.
Three kissing scenes thus far.
A man asks a woman if she had sex with a coworker.
Prolonged sex scene in S02E04 with moaning but no nudity. (Although prolonged, it is intercut with other non-sexual scenes also occurring at the same time in the episode)
Prolonged sex scene in S02E06. Lasts about a minute. No nudity, only faces are seen, barely any movement.
Several innuendos and euphemisms throughout the two seasons.
A man touches a woman's inner thigh, and asks her for permission to touch her underneath her dress (we see his arm reach inbetween her legs, no nudity)
A man tells his female coworker that they had sex. He later asks if he should describe what they did together.

Violence & Gore

Mild
163 of 307 found this mild
A man has a bloody nose in a bathroom, and is seen with blood under his nose for the rest of the scene.
A woman threatens to chop her fingers off.
After the punk rock concert, a fight is seem breaking out and people are seen swinging and grabbing at each other.
There are a few relatively graphic brain surgery scenes.
A man bites into another mans shoulder, no wound is shown but blood is shown on his shirt.
An oil painting of a gory fight between a dozen people is examined up close. There are bloody stabbings and even someone eating a man's heart. It is disturbing.
A character drills into a cadaver's head, though the scene is not very graphic. There is no blood and most of the action is obscured.
Some scenes have blood in it, but the violence is spread out and is infrequent.
A character is almost murdered. No blood (drowning).
The series gets more violent as it progresses. Some scenes of strong/bloody violence.

Profanity

Moderate
150 of 340 found this moderate
Several f-bombs per episode, other profanity is more moderate.
Some blasphemy.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
183 of 256 found this mild
The main character is a bit of an alcoholic, and is seen drinking in some Season 1 episodes, usually heavily.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
136 of 250 found this moderate
Scenes that have to do with the "Break Room" are very intense.
A character has flashbacks and hallucinogenic attacks that are flashy with loud noises. Slightly alarming, but they end as quick as they come.
Milchick is intimidating and intense every time he is onscreen. May frighten younger viewers.
A character follows another home and is seemingly threatening to him and his child.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16Apple TV+ rating
  • Australia
    • M
  • Belgium
    • 12
  • Brazil
    • 16self-applied
  • Canada
    • 13+Quebec
    • 18+self-applied
  • Ecuador
    • Cself-applied
  • Egypt
    • 18+self-applied
  • France
    • 12self-applied
  • Germany
    • 12self-applied
  • Hong Kong
    • IIBself-applied
  • India
    • Aself-applied
  • Indonesia
    • 17+self-applied
  • Israel
    • 18self-applied
  • Italy
    • VM14self-applied
  • Japan
    • R15+
  • Mexico
    • C
  • Netherlands
    • 12self-applied
  • Norway
    • 12Apple TV+
  • Philippines
    • SPGself-applied
  • Poland
    • 16self-applied
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16self-applied
  • South Korea
    • 12self-applied
  • Spain
    • 16self-applied
    • 12streaming rating
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • Taiwan
    • 15+
  • Thailand
    • 15self-applied
  • Turkey
    • 16+
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
  • United States
    • TV-MAself-applied
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 18+self-applied
  • Vietnam
    • T18Apple TV rating

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