• Director(s)

    Alex Zakrzewski

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

  • Cast

    Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes

TV Show

Blue Bloods

BLUE BLOODS is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Jamie and Eddie both respond to a domestic violence call.…

BLUE BLOODS is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Jamie and Eddie both respond to a domestic violence call.

  • Director(s)

    Alex Zakrzewski

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

  • Cast

    Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes

domestic abuse, moderate violence, language
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Some scenes depict a man being violent towards his wife, and later abducting her while shooting at police. Other scenes contain crunchy beatings, as well as a woman's body being thrown from an apartment window. Blood is visible after shootings, but there is no graphic wound detail.
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), accompanied by other milder terms ('ass', 'son of a bitch', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes of emotional upset as worried family members gather at hospital to await news of a man's fate after he's shot.
moderate threat, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A person briefly brandishes a knife whilst threatening a woman. However, the police have set the man up to extract a confession from him, and the man is immediately arrested.
language
The episode contains moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'dick', 'screw', 'crap', 'damn', 'God', 'hell', 'butt').
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of a woman with a bloody head wound.
additional issues
Mild violence includes chase scenes, and a brief scene in which a young man becomes aggressive and lunges at a woman before taking a swing at a police officer. There are also mild sex references, as well as brief scenes of emotional upset.
moderate injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are moderate sex references, including allusions to sex work and adultery.
injury detail
Moderate injury detail includes the sight of a man's large fresh wound which he reveals is the result of a knife slashing, and shots of a large patch of blood on a bed mattress.
additional issues
There is a passing reference to marijuana. Mild bad language used includes 'crap', and milder terms including 'hell' and 'damn' are also used.
moderate bad language, references to violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are verbal references to a man shaking a baby so hard that the child needed hospital treatment. A woman describes how she was shot by armed robbers and references are made to a ten year old girl who was accidentally shot and killed during a shoot out.
language
Use of moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'jackass', 'piss', 'hell' and 'damn'.
additional issues
Scenes include mild gun threat. Parents grieve the loss of their children. Undetailed references are made to institutional racism by the police. There is a brief cocaine reference.
sexual threat, moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
An undercover agent is ambushed by a group of men. There is a shootout and a man is hit over the head with a crowbar. There are references to a female police officer being badly beaten by a male suspect. There are references to police responding to a domestic abuse incident in which a woman was beaten by her partner.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate gun threat during police chases, undercover operations and arrests.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is found restrained and gagged in a man's house and rescued by police. There are undetailed references to men harassing a woman online.
additional issues
A group of people surround two elderly couples and accuse them of being involved in police brutality, there are mild sex references, and drug references. There are verbal references to police harassing low income families.
moderate threat, suicide references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man physically intimidates and threatens a teenager. There are scenes of gun threat and chases on foot.
suicide and self-harm
A man puts a gun to his head and threatens to shoot himself. We learn an alcoholic man facing professional ruin has hanged himself, but we do not see details of this.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('piss', 'ass', 'son-of-a-bitch') and milder terms such as 'screw', 'hell' and 'damn'. Characters shove and grab one another, and are sometimes physically restrained. We see a woman's dead body on the ground at a crime scene, but there is no injury detail. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters grieve for lost loved ones. Characters talk about a man being 'slipped a mickey' by a woman who drugged his drink. There are verbal references to alcoholism and to cocaine possession.
moderate crime scene detail, violence, language
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
CCTV footage shows a pair of assailants kicking and punching a couple. A man pushes a woman into the path of an oncoming car, however, she remains largely unharmed.
language
Moderate bad language occurs ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'hell' and 'God'.
injury detail
Crime scene detail includes a dead body lying in a pool of blood. There is also sight of blood across a man's face in the aftermath of a mugging.
moderate violence, injury detail, racism
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of moderate violence include crunchy blows, however, these are undetailed.
discrimination
There is a scene of racially-aggravated assault captured on CCTV in which a White man is shown attacking Vietnamese women. His behaviour is clearly condemned by other characters and racism is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
injury detail
A man has bloody cuts and bruises across his face in the aftermath of an assault.
additional issues
Mild bad language occurs ('son of a bitch', 'piss'), as well as very mild bad language such as 'damn 'hell' and 'God'.
moderate violence, threat, drug references, domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Police draw their weapons, kick a criminal to the ground and rescue a kidnapped woman from the back of van. There are references to an addict verbally berating his wife and children.
threat and horror
A woman is kidnapped and forced into a car by a man.
drugs
There are references to an undercover cop developing a drinking and cocaine problem whilst on the job.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bitch', 'ass'), as well as milder terms ('screw', 'damn', 'God', 'hell'), and themes of bereavement.
moderate violence, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is occasional moderate violence such as shootings as well as verbal references to violent behaviour.
language
Use of moderate bad language ('prick') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'ass', 'bullshit', 'screw', 'hell', 'damn' and 'God'.
injury detail
A woman has a bloody leg in the aftermath of a shooting. A shooting results in a small blood spurt.
additional issues
Scenes of mild threat include gun threat.
infrequent drug references, moderate threat
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A hostage taker in a state of emotional upset briefly points a gun at a scared hostage.
drugs
There are infrequent verbal references to misuse of heroin and fentanyl.
additional issues
There are brief undetailed images of a dead body at a crime scene. Another scene contains a reference to a person having taken their own life. Other issues include mild upsetting scenes involving bereavement, and very mild bad language (e.g. ‘God’ and ‘hell’).
domestic abuse, brief moderate bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are moderate verbal references to domestic violence within a storyline concerning a woman who stabbed her husband in self defence after he beat her on multiple occasions.
drugs
Infrequent references to drug misuse and dealing include brief sight of bags of cocaine while a dealer is being arrested.
injury detail
We see moderate bloody detail on a person’s hands and clothing after offscreen violence.
additional issues
A man is caught exploiting immigrant workers and threatening them with deportation; in one scene he is heard mocking and threatening his accuser, also an immigrant, using terms such as ‘you people’ and ‘someone like you’. Discrimination is clearly condemned. Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘pissed off’, ‘crap’, ‘butt’, ‘damn’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
moderate injury detail, sexual violence references, self-harm
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A dead body is shown lying on the ground with bloody stab wounds across his chest. There are also ligature marks across the necks and wrists of dead bodies.
suicide and self-harm
Infrequent scenes of self-harm occur in which a murder suspect repeatedly hits his head against a surface, resulting in a small smear of blood on a wall.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are occasional, yet undetailed, verbal references to sexual violence and sexually abusive behaviour. These include references to a woman killing a man after he attempted to rape her.
additional issues
Infrequent visual and verbal references to illegal drugs including a scene in which a pair of characters flush multiple bags of white powder down a toilet. This takes place within a clearly anti-drug context. References are made to death and bereavement in which characters briefly discuss the loss of a loved one.
moderate bad language, discrimination
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Moderate bad language occurs ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'crap', 'God' and 'hell'.
discrimination
A pair of unsympathetic police officers taser a young man with Autism Spectrum Disorder after misinterpreting his actions for shoplifting. Their actions are met with strong condemnation by one of the characters.
additional issues
Scenes of mild violence include a fight scene and a car crash. A dead body is discovered in a car boot, however, this lacks any focus on injury detail. There are brief and undetailed verbal references to drug dealing which occur within an anti-drug context.
sexual violence references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to the rape of multiple young women, including sight of a detailed report. References are also made to a sex trafficking ring which recruits child victims using grooming and drug dependency tactics.
additional issues
A man is shot in undetailed fashion during an exchange of rapid gunfire. There are also references to violent events, including a pair of police officers being tortured and buried alive. Occasional undetailed references are made to drug dealing and distribution. Scenes of moderate threat include veiled threats to harm a man's family. However, this is reassuringly resolved by the end of the episode. Mild bad language occurs ('ass'), as well as milder terms such as 'hell'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in his chest, with an accompanying large blood spurt.
additional issues
There is a scene of drug misuse in which a young man exhales smoke from a cannabis bong. Occasional visual and verbal references to drug dealing and distribution occur, including multiple bags of white powder. There are references to racial profiling and unconscious racial bias, however, these attitudes are not endorsed by the work as a whole. Occasional verbal references are made to a man taking his own life. Mild bad language occurs (‘crap’, ‘ass', 'pissed'), as well as milder terms such as 'screw up', 'God' and 'hell'.
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A female police officer defends a colleague by delivering a crunchy blow to an assailant’s face and then flipping him heavily to the floor with a martial arts move. A man is shot off-screen, and there is subsequent sight of blood on his clothing.
threat and horror
There is moderate gun threat.
additional issues
A man stalking a woman has his activities curtailed without incident. There is mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘piss’, ‘crap’, ‘dick’, ‘screw’, ‘BS’), as well as very mild terms (‘freaking’, ‘God’, ‘hell’). There are infrequent mild sex references.
brief strong crime scene detail
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There is brief sight of a series of photographs of crime scenes and related injuries, including a photo of a corpse lying next to a pool of blood and bodily tissue.
additional issues
Punches are thrown and a woman smashes a bottle over a man’s head during a comic brawl, all without visible injury detail. There is moderate gun threat, and in another scene people are thrown through the air by sudden explosion. There are occasional visual and verbal references to drug dealing and accidental fentanyl overdoses, including a scene in which an undercover cop pretends to be an addict trying to buy drugs. There is a brief, undetailed reference to a woman having been raped and murdered. Bad language includes ‘frigging’, ‘son of a bitch’, ‘crap’ and ‘screw you’.
moderate violence, threat, language, drug references
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Two people are shot, without bloody detail.
threat and horror
There are short scenes of moderate threat involving gunfire and armed robbery.
language
Bad language includes ‘prick’, ‘balls’, ‘pissed’, ‘bastard’, ‘hell’, ‘screwed up’, ‘loon’, ‘moron’, ‘oh my God’, and ‘damn’.
drugs
There are occasional verbal references to drug dealing, which is clearly condemned, in addition to mild and undetailed references to legal sale and use of marijuana within the state of New York.
additional issues
Other issues include a passing undetailed reference to sexual violence, which occurs within a discussion about criminal prosecution.
moderate threat
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man seeking revenge threatens a woman's baby. A character is made to kneel, has a gun put to the back of their head and threatened with death. There are scenes of gun threat as a man is targeted in a drive-by shooting attempt.
additional issues
Characters grab and push one another. There are references to cancer and to illnesses which are connected to pollution from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There is mild bad language ('crap', 'balls') along with milder terms such as 'jerk', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'Jesus'. We see a woman with a bloody lip; there are verbal references to her having been punched by a man. A woman talks about finding a mutilated dead body years before.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A woman's face is left bruised and covered in blood after being being violently attacked off-screen.
additional issues
A woman is attacked in her home by a man who grabs her around the neck and tries to drag her across the floor before he is interrupted and flees. We see the dead bodies of several women who are laid out on a bed, fully clothed, with strangle-marks around their necks. We briefly see the decayed remains of a long-dead body. There is moderate language ('bitch') and milder terms which include 'ass', 'son-of-a-bitch', 'screw', 'damn' and 'hell'. There are undetailed verbal references to mental health.
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Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited

  • Classified date

    11/09/2023

  • Distributor

    Paramount Pictures International Limited

  • Language

    English