Parents guide

A character in Season 3 likes to be choked out with a belt while he's having sex.

Severe graphic sex & female nudity including several explicit scenes in brothels with full frontal female nudity.

Lucy and Van Alden have very graphic sex. Lucy is fully naked while on top of Van Alden. Her vagina is fully shown along with her public hair. Eventually Van Alden screws her from behind and we here loud moaning and load smacking noises.

Show girls often get naked in a lot of scenes and are shown sexually interacting with men.

In the first episode Nucky and Lucy have sex. Lucy is shown bouncing on top of Nucky from behind with her breasts out. She consistently moans throughout until she climaxes and screams. After they have sex she gets off of him and is fully naked.

There are lots of shootouts that are detailed with brutal deaths and strong bloodshed.

This show contains numerous shocking and unexpected instances of graphic brutal violence.

People get executed by men with machine guns, shotguns, and handguns, all of these scenes are extremely graphic. People often get shot in the face with handguns and shotguns. Blood and brains/gore spray out each time.

Brains and lots of blood often spray out when people get shot in the head.

In the first episode a man shoots another man in the head with a double barrel shotgun, it all happens very quickly but his entire head explodes into an extremely gory mess.

Much more violent and gruesome than "Casino" and much, MUCH more graphic than "The Sopranos".

Al Capone brutally beats a man to death for making fun of one of his guys. He violently punches him and kicks numerous times and then slams a stool on his head. His body shown extremely bloodied with a lot of blood beneath his head.

Gyp Rossetti is a vicious psychopath who kills anyone who seems to be smarter than him. One extremely brutal scene features him bashing a man's head in with a shovel while he is completely buried in sand just for suggesting an idea to him.

Richard Harrow goes on a killing spree and kills a dozen men with a rifle, a pistol, and a shotgun. Each death is incredibly gruesome. Any time a man gets shot, blood and gore sprays everywhere.

TV-MA violence type: blood, gore, brutal and graphic.

Slurs for African Americans, Italians, Polish, Hispanics, Jews, and Irish are heard throughout the series.

Occasional profanity in other languages, especially Italian.

Sexual dialogue but rarely explicit

Irreverent jokes about sex, usually quick, and not explicit.

The word "cunt" is used several times throughout the series, but very infrequently. The word "cocksucker" is also used infrequently as well.

The word "fuck" is said very frequently throughout the series, along with other milder profanities such as "shit," "goddamn," "bitch", "son of a bitch", "ass", "asshole", and "dick"

Cigarette smoking is common and seen in every episode.

Use of cocaine can be seen in a few episodes especially by Al Capone.

During Season 4 a character becomes addicted to heroin, there are a few scenes of her visibly shooting up

Many characters drink to excess and are shown to be intoxicated to varying degrees. Some characters become aggressive and belligerent, while others end up vomiting from overconsumption.

Alcoholic beverages are made and consumed constantly. Some references to hard drugs. Specifically in the later seasons, where the "Heroin Trade" becomes a more frequent topic of discussion.

There is lots of gruesome violence with blood and gore.

Bobby Cannavale's character in Season 3 is an insane and sadistic psychopath who gets offended easily and kills people who say things that upset him. Each scene with him is menacing and brutal.

One of the most explicitly adult series of all time.

As with HBO original programming, Boardwalk Empire is a very mature series and should be approached with great caution.

There are characters in this show who kill people in the most brutal ways possible, and everything is shown onscreen.

There are intense sequences of realistic violence throughout the entire series.

If this were a movie, it would likely be rated R for strong brutal bloody violence including grisly images, disturbing behavior/menace, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use.