• Director(s)

    Jack Bender

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Mystery, Thriller

  • Cast

    Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Justine Lupel, Breeda Wool

TV Show

Mr. Mercedes

MR MERCEDES is a US crime thriller series; in this episode, a retired detective haunted by an unsolved case receives an anonymous and threatening message.…

MR MERCEDES is a US crime thriller series; in this episode, a retired detective haunted by an unsolved case receives an anonymous and threatening message.

  • Director(s)

    Jack Bender

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Mystery, Thriller

  • Cast

    Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Justine Lupel, Breeda Wool

sexual abuse
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual abuse in which a man’s mother tries to kiss him and rub his crotch. Although he rejects her, he subsequently is seen masturbating in private.
additional issues
There are strong bloody images, including at crime scenes. Disturbing scenes of violence include a man driving a car through a crowd of pedestrians. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') and milder terms.
strong violence, sex, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong violence in which a man deliberately drives into a crowd of people. There is also dashcam footage of people hitting a car’s windscreen.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), and milder terms (‘prick’, ‘dick’, ‘bollocks’, ‘shit’, ‘God’, ‘damn’).
sex
There is a brief scene of strong sex with breast nudity in a video showing a man and woman having sex.
injury detail
There is detail of bone protruding through a person's skin during a chase scene, and flashbacks of dead bodies and bloody tyre marks at a crime scene.
additional issues
There is a scene of discrimination in which a man verbally berates a woman about her sexuality. There are scenes of moderate threat in which a person is stalked and sent menacing letters, and there are references to a character encouraging people to kill themselves.
sexual abuse
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes involving an incestuous, abusive relationship between a mother and her adult son.
additional issues
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), along with more frequent strong language ('f**k'). This is accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'balls', 'ass', 'asshole', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'). There is also use of the discriminatory term 'retard'. There are scenes of strong sex, which include sexualised nudity.
strong language, bloody images
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'twat', 'bitch', 'shit', 'dick', 'tits', 'piss', 'ass' and 'frigging'.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermaths of a car crash and an accident to a child.
additional issues
There are uses of homophobic language ('dyke', 'faggot'); the work does not endorse discriminatory behaviour. There is moderate violence and moderate threat in a brief flashback to a car being driven into a crowd of people. There are drug references. There is a post-coital scene with no significant nudity.
sexual abuse
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character is taunted about being sexually abused as a child; the character, now an adult, is then shown receiving the unwanted sexual attention of a family member, but the scene contains no strong detail.
additional issues
A man replays in his mind his deliberate driving of a car into a crowd, and there are images of people being struck by the vehicle and hitting the windscreen as others scream in panic. The man's recollections appear to be a source of sexual stimulation and it is implied that he is masturbating. In another scene, an act of sabotage causes a car to be hit by a truck, and there is subsequent sight of the dead driver with blood covering his face. There are references to suicide. There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'). Milder bad language includes uses of 'retarded', 'dick', 'piss', 'shit', 'fricking' and 'hell'.
strong language, violence, gore, sex references
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are strong gory images in which a man imagines slashing the throats and stabbing the necks of the men interviewing him. He then visualises slashing a woman's stomach and removing a toy from inside her.
language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k').
sex
There's also a strong sex reference when a man shows a woman the context of his bag as he offers her sex, and there's brief sight of handcuffs and a dildo.
disturbing images, very strong language
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as regular strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and other terms such as 'arsehole' and 'Christ'. There is also use of discriminatory language ('faggot').
disturbing images
There are disturbing images in the journal of a mentally disturbed man: these include bloody images and a photograph of a masked man holding a doll to his crotch. In the aftermath of a car bomb, a severed arm lies in the road.
additional issues
There is brief moderate violence. Sex references are also moderate, and there are depictions of nudity in rudimentary stick-figure drawings. An adult character smokes marijuana.
strong bloody images, language
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k').
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in which a woman bleeds from the mouth after accidentally ingesting poison. A man hides the dead body of his mother and later lies next to her, singing and conversing with her corpse.
strong language, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is struck on the head twice and killed, accompanied by brief injury detail and blood on his face.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as midler terms (for example, 'frig', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'dick', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn').
injury detail
In one scene, a woman coughs up blood after eating poisoned food. There are also scenes featuring a decomposing corpse.
additional issues
A woman refers to childhood bullying and her consequent mental health decline and institutionalisation. There are also brief verbal suicide references.
strong bloody violence, gory images, language
Classified Date:
21/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence, including bloody bludgeonings. In one sequence, a man has a nightmare in which a vampire ferociously scratches and feeds on his torso, resulting in the brief exposing of internal organs.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'hell'). There is also use of rude gestures.
injury detail
There are scenes depicting dead bodies lying in pools of blood, some with their throats slashed. There are also brief gory images of a bloodied, dismembered corpse.
additional issues
There are visual and verbal references to suicide.
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strong language, violence, injury detail, medical detail, sex
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman beats a man over the head, with blood in the aftermath of violence. A man briefly drives his car into a crowd, striking a man and leaving a trail of dead bodies.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'pussy', 'frig', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'God').
sex
There is a scene in which a woman masturbates; however, there is no strong detail.
injury detail
There are close-ups on a man's wounded head which is covered in blood. There is also a scene of strong medical detail in which brain surgery is performed.
strong language, brief sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'prick'. There is infrequent use of the discriminatory term 'faggot'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man alludes to sexual abuse at the hands of his mother.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include a scene of implied masturbation. There is moderate violence, threat and medical detail.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man stabs a woman, accompanied by a brief blood spurt. A comatose killer telepathically compels a woman to leap from a rooftop, followed by blood in the aftermath.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as discriminatory language ('retarded') that is not condoned by the work as a whole, and milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'balls').
additional issues
There is also moderate threat and a brief undetailed sexual violence reference.
very strong language, suicide references, sexual harassment, bloody images
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), in addition to more frequent use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man follows and verbally harasses a pair of women, making crude sexual comments that fetishise sex between women and addressing one using very strong language (‘c**t’). One of the women then physically overpowers and beats him.
suicide and self-harm
A man supernaturally compels another person to take their own life, with brief strong visual detail. There are occasional verbal suicide references throughout the episode.
injury detail
There are occasional bloody images, including sight of a dead body lying in a pool of blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A woman pepper-sprays an aggressive man before repeatedly kicking and punching him. An imaginary character smokes a joint. There are mild references to discrimination towards autistic people, which is not condoned.
strong language, bloody images
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'ass', 'bastard', 'bollocks', 'hell' and 'jerk'.
injury detail
After an animal is killed off-screen, there are repeated images of a man's blood stained clothes.
additional issues
There are suicide references, scenes of threat, brief natural breast nudity and infrequent visual drug references. There are also undetailed references to a person's mental health.
strong language, threat, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man experiences what is either a nightmare or a supernatural encounter during which a killer leads him around via a string tied to his penis, causing him physical pain and threatening to tear his genitals if he fails to comply. There is no strong visual detail. In another scene a vulnerable man becomes frightened while being aggressively arrested by police.
language
There use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘piss’ and ‘balls’.
injury detail
A dog is stabbed to death off screen, resulting in brief aftermath sight of heavy blood stains over the killer’s shirt.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references. There are infrequent non-graphic references to suicide and drugs. A man describes a person with an intellectual disability as a ‘simpleton’, and there are brief mild references to racism.
strong bloody violence, gore, language
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence including shootings, a throat cutting, a man's ear being partially cut off, and a car being driven through pedestrians.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') and milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'dick', and 'god'.
injury detail
During an operation, there is gory medical detail of sawing into a man's skull and exposing his brain.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat, a sequence of drug misuse, and brief references to suicide. A woman also uses sexual innuendo when describing the experience of being stabbed.
strong violence, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
One man cuts another's throat, in brief close-up detail. A barber cuts off part of another's ear. A man is shot dead, with resulting bloody detail.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'shit' and 'Jesus Christ'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. In a dream, a man kisses the neck of his dead mother.
sexual abuse
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character refers to being sexually abused as a child by his mother, and makes a specific comment about being masturbated by her.
additional issues
There is strong language ('c**ksucker', 'motherf**ker', 'f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit' and 'balls'. There is moderate violence and injury detail as man is punched heavily in the face. There is moderate threat with an electroshock device. A character refers to the domestic abuse he suffered as a child and being hit by his father. There is a passing suicide reference.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
28/02/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is shot in the eye, creating a ‘jump scare’ moment and resulting in grisly aftermath images of blood pouring from the wound. There is a sequence of attempted strangulation. There are also verbal references to mass murder, without graphic detail.
language
There use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘piss’ and ‘asshole’.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to incest. In another scene a person vomits in slow motion.
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strong violence, injury detail, threat, language
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are a number of bloody shootings and a scene in which a character uses a drill to remove a bullet from a dead man's head. In a recap of events from previous seasons, a man drives a car into a crowd of people and a woman is stabbed below frame.
threat and horror
A pair of masked men break into an elderly man's house and hold him at gunpoint.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'pissed', 'asshole', 'bastard' and 'pussy'.
injury detail
There is sight of bloody injury in the aftermath of shootings and a car crash.
additional issues
There are occasional sex references, including a man's claim to have 'f**ked Marilyn Monroe'. A man briefly holds a gun in his own mouth.
strong violence, injury detail, sex, language
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings and sight of a dead man's head being drilled during a recap of events from previous episodes.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'shit', 'dick', 'pissed' and 'ass'.
sex
A couple has loud and vigorous sex. There are also verbal sex references.
injury detail
There is sight of dead bodies in the aftermath of violence, including bullet wound detail and a murdered man's severely bloodied face.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to drug dealing and suicide.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex, child sex abuse references
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong violence in which a character is struck in the head with an axe.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms (‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘Jesus’, ‘damn’).
sex
There is a scene of strong sex.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to child sexual abuse.
injury detail
There is strong injury detail of dead bodies slumped in pools of blood with weapons sticking out of them.
abuse references, strong violence, injury detail, sex, language
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is killed by an axe to the head. Another is burned alive in a dream sequence.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'bitchy', 'shit', 'ass' and 'balls'.
sex
A brief sex scene features vigorous thrusting, sexual moaning and male buttock nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a brief verbal reference to child sex abuse.
injury detail
Dead bodies are seen in the aftermath of violence, including sight of a man's severely bloodied face.
strong violence, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong violence in which a woman is struck in the head with an axe.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms (‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘Jesus’, 'God', 'Christ', ‘damn’).
injury detail
There is a scene of strong injury detail in which the limbs of a frozen dead body are sawn off and put through a wood chipper.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references.
strong injury detail, language, violence
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
One man shoots another in the leg, with resulting bloody detail.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k').
injury detail
In a gory scene a woman attempts to pull a bullet from a man's leg. There are also bloody images of murder victims.
additional issues
In a scene of moderate threat, a woman tries to hit a boy with her car. There are undetailed references to a woman taking her own life. There are also references to a woman having panic attacks. An unlikable character describes a man with disabilities as 'gimpy'. 
very strong language, strong bloody violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence, including a woman striking a man in the head with a pick-axe, resulting in strong injury detail in the immediate aftermath and subsequent scenes. There are also scenes of bloody shootings, stabbings and the aftermath of other killings. A crime scene includes the body of a man with one of his severed fingers protruding from his exposed buttocks.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'bugger', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').
additional issues
There are undetailed references to child sexual abuse.
strong violence, gore, threat, sex, sexual abuse
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In a brief flashback bloody scene a woman severs a man's fingers and strikes his head with an axe
threat and horror
There is a prolonged scene of strong threat when a man attacks a woman and kidnaps her.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k').
sex
A sex scene features thrusting detail and buttock nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman's sexual relationship with a man whom she sexually abused when he was a teenager is a theme of the series.
injury detail
A woman taunts another woman using a dead man's severed finger.
very strong language, strong bloody violence, threat, sexual abuse
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence includes a blow to the head with a pickaxe, a person run through with a crowbar and a car being driven deliberately into a crowd, hitting and running over people. There is strong bloodshed and bloody images in the aftermath of violent events.
threat and horror
A hacksaw and a knife are held to the throat of a female hostage as she is is threatened with violence.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include uses of 'twat', 'shit', 'arse', 'asshole', 'piss' and 'balls'.
sex
There is strong sex which features buttock nudity and thrusting. There are also moderate sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is an undetailed reference to an adult man in the present-day narrative being the victim of sexual abuse as a child, and as a teenager being "ensnared" by an older woman.
additional issues
There is crude humour in a piece of hate mail which bears the caption "Gathering Nuts In May", and in which a woman is depicted as a cartoon squirrel that has bitten off a man's testicle,
very strong language, strong violence, threat, child sex abuse references
Classified Date:
03/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are moments of strong bloody violence in which a woman is stabbed through the chest with a metal pole and a man’s nose is shot off. There are bloody images in the aftermath of violence.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a terrified woman is held captive and threatened with guns and knives.
language
There is male to female use of very strong language ('c**t') delivered in an aggressive manner during a scene in which a woman is threatened by a deranged man weilding a gun. There is also use of other terms, such as 'f**k', 'bitch', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief references to the sexual abuse of a male teenager by a woman.
additional issues
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  • Classified date

    21/02/2022

  • Distributor

    Starz.

  • Language

    English