Most explicit scenes in HBO shows?

MakeEmLaugh

Please be cautious of spoilers!

What do people regard as the most explicit scenes in HBO shows?

One of the great advantages of HBO is that violence, sex, profanity and drug use can all be depicted with the same freedom as in any theatrically released film.

Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire, Girls, Sex and the City, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm...

What are some of the moments you truly wouldn't get away with on any other US network (bar Showtime)?

For me, some of the violence and sex in Game of Thrones is beyond belief, the language in The Sopranos and Deadwood too.

Anything from any other shows? Boardwalk Empire? True Detective? Six Feet Under?

Tomagotchye

Language is fair enough. I use language every moment of every day nearly. It's part of me. Deadwood is a great show and the language takes nothing from it.

Game of Thrones is a joke for sex though. So was Tru Blood. Sex and the city was actually quite light if I remember right. I liked Sex and the City, thought it was a good show until the end and the films where it collapsed.

MakeEmLaugh

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Language is fair enough. I use language every moment of every day nearly. It's part of me. Deadwood is a great show and the language takes nothing from it

Of course not. I wasn't saying that it's bad that these shows are explicit! I just meant, which scenes in particular stood out as being particularly 'adult'?

ceegee

Oz. Half the scenes seemed to be someone getting a shank or penis shoved into them against their will

Agent Coulson

Hands down OZ wins on the most explicit scenes.

lertsnim

ceegee wrote: »

Oz. Half the scenes seemed to be someone getting a shank or penis shoved into them against their will

Or a spoon :eek:

I remember being told by someone that they liked spooning and I was genuinely shocked.

drugstore cowboy

OZ had some very sick rape scenes.

Falthyron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lElf7D-An8

firestarter51

Has to be oz
Nothing comes close to it

Birneybau

Maybe not explicit but Al Swearengen and the kidney stone was incredibly, eh, uncomfortable.

Halloween Jack

Doesn't tony soprano kerb sandwhich a guy toward the end of the soprano's? Think it's a toilet bowl rather than a kerb, but the principle is the same. Grim.

don ramo

OZ, always remember shilinger getting knocked out the gym and having the bench put down on top of him, anyone whos seen it knows,

TerrorFirmer

Boardwalk Empire has some grisly stuff in it.

Spartacus is easily hands down the most excessive TV show ever, makes Game of Thrones look tame.

There were several pretty rough rape scenes in Oz.

If you like the HBO formula of profanity/nudity/violence, Cinemax's Banshee is incredibly similar, feels like a HBO show similar in tone to something like True Blood.

Unearthly

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

If you like the HBO formula of profanity/nudity/violence, Cinemax's Banshee is incredibly similar, feels like a HBO show similar in tone to something like True Blood.

Yes Cinemax are owned by HBO so similar tone in their shows

ronnie3585

I can still remember the 'Bend over Prag, we gonna spoon' scene from Oz even though I haven't seen it in 10 years:eek:.

Oz has hands down some of the most fu*ked up scenes of any TV show.

Birneybau

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Boardwalk Empire has some grisly stuff in it.

Spartacus is easily hands down the most excessive TV show ever, makes Game of Thrones look tame.

There were several pretty rough rape scenes in Oz.

If you like the HBO formula of profanity/nudity/violence, Cinemax's Banshee is incredibly similar, feels like a HBO show similar in tone to something like True Blood.

Spartacus is/was a cartoon.

Dave!

I don't remember Oz being particularly graphic, but then I only saw it once and years ago.

Red Wedding from Game of Thrones was probably the most shocking for me. Stabbing her in her pregnant belly... the mam getting her throat cut... Jeez, it was grim.

Can't wait for the new season!!

SaveOurLyric

Credit where its due though, but RTE set the trend in this kind of thing years ago, and other networks have only caught on in the last 10 years. Remember Miley and Biddy's cousin (or niece?) in Glenroe ? Sick. Lets just say there was hay involved. Makes you regret that some things just cant be unseen.

darkdubh

Oz.Where do you start?Schillinger being pooed on in the face.Schillingers sidekick having his tackle bitten off.Numerous gay rape scenes.Graphic killings.Aside from that the episode of The Sopranos where Tony kills Ralph and him and Christopher dismember him.

FloatingVoter

SaveOurLyric wrote: »

Credit where its due though, but RTE set the trend in this kind of thing years ago, and other networks have only caught on in the last 10 years. Remember Miley and Biddy's cousin (or niece?) in Glenroe ? Sick. Lets just say there was hay involved. Makes you regret that some things just cant be unseen.

You mean Miley getting naked with Fidelma in the haybarn ? Yup, Miley in the nip with little rosy cheeked Fidelma. Good luck with keeping that late night snack down.:P

BTW: it was never seen - just implied which is how all great nightmares begin.

arcticmonkeys

I remember a scene in the 5th season of Oz where Robson and a couple of the other Arians drag one of the Muslim into a Janitors room where they slash him with razorblades. May not sound the most horrific thing that's ever been on HBO but i remember at the time (nearly 10 years now) being completely horrified by the scene, probably down to the performance's or the direction I don't know which lol.

Yamanoto

The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) was the series which really established HBO's creative credentials within the industry. The caustic talk-show satire was met with unanimous acclaim by critics, network insiders and talent alike & featured a ton of Hollywood A-listers (usually playing seriously dysfunctional slimeball versions of themselves).

This scene may seem a touch mild in comparison to what Larry David routinely gets away with today, but on an American cable TV comedy show in 1993, Jeffrey Tambor's profane outburst below really packed some serious shock value.

https://youtu.be/CiNWtfXllsE?t=214

DoYouEvenLift

I actually downloaded the first season of Oz onto my tablet to watch on the bus and planes while traveling before. I had heard it was a great show and that if I enjoyed The Wire I'd also enjoy it, so I downloaded them without considering the content first. But I actually thought about it at the last minute, about all other HBO shows I'd watched and the recurring violence and sex, so I looked up some reviews and details and as soon as I saw that it had multiple rape scenes I decided it's probably best to not chance watching that on a plane lol.


Spartacus isn't a HBO show but it's up there as some of the most violent and nudity filled television I've seen. Game of Thrones along with it. Boardwalk Empire also has some very brutal scenes. HBO are amazing though, if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be seeing the spike in quality of TV shows that we have nowadays. Game of Thrones is as high quality as some summer blockbusters at times.

DoYouEvenLift

sugarman wrote: »

Californication was pretty big for it all.

Great show, would normally be starting back about now too:(

Is it finished? I thought it was still going. The last season wasn't too good to be fair.

MakeEmLaugh

sugarman wrote: »

Californication was pretty big for it all.

Great show, would normally be starting back about now too:(

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Is it finished? I thought it was still going. The last season wasn't too good to be fair.

That's Showtime, though. Not HBO.

lavdad

The pissing in the bucket in the hole scene. Never thought I'd see that on a TV show.

DoYouEvenLift

sugarman wrote: »

It is yeah, and no it wasnt great. It was kind of thrown together and felt rushed to finish it off over 1 season since it wasnt being renewed.

Still, first few seasons were brilliant.

The bald guy and his wife are two of the best characters in any show I've watched, some scenarios with them were hilarious

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

That's Showtime, though. Not HBO.

HBO, Showtime and Starz are all the big three networks with the most explicit shows anyway so makes no real difference. Netflix could slowly nudge their way into this league as well if they wanted.

Fr Tod Umptious

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

I remember a scene in the 5th season of Oz where Robson and a couple of the other Arians drag one of the Muslim into a Janitors room where they slash him with razorblades. May not sound the most horrific thing that's ever been on HBO but i remember at the time (nearly 10 years now) being completely horrified by the scene, probably down to the performance's or the direction I don't know which lol.

Even though Oz was violent and graphic a lot more of the violence was "implied", i.e. you knew what was happening behind a door even though you did not see it, and it was scary.

A mate of mine summed it up nicely, he was a big fan of the show, but he was worried, he found himself going to bed " disturbed" on Sunday nights after watching it.

Jon Stark

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Doesn't tony soprano kerb sandwhich a guy toward the end of the soprano's? Think it's a toilet bowl rather than a kerb, but the principle is the same. Grim.

Coco deserved it.

nc19

OZ!

The scene with Mr Echo (I know) a large tub of lard and a poor unfortunate in the kitchen will stay with me forever...

laurenhiggins

Hands down has to be OZ

krustycustomer

Oz - Thursday nights on Tg4, survivor, double nip tuck double OZ.

Needed 2 Vhs's or a very un-productive friday at school

maximoose

God Oz was great, this thread has me wanting to start over again now but it's such an investment!

Skerries

the fight between Dan and the Captain in Deadwood was one of those fights that just felt raw and real

https://youtu.be/xeS6y6mbUzY?t=2m45s

who the fug

SaveOurLyric wrote: »

Credit where its due though, but RTE set the trend in this kind of thing years ago, and other networks have only caught on in the last 10 years. Remember Miley and Biddy's cousin (or niece?) in Glenroe ? Sick. Lets just say there was hay involved. Makes you regret that some things just cant be unseen.

They was just aping the Riordans , Mary and a young Gabrial Byrne, and poor young Benji away on the missions

arcticmonkeys

The 4th she season of The Wire where Chris smashes Michaels stepfather with a gun until there is noting left of his face wasn't altogether pleasant.

nc19

Also,

Banshee

One of the best fight scenes I've ever seen was in it.

GottaGetGatt

nc19 wrote: »

Also,

Banshee

One of the best fight scenes I've ever seen was in it.

Yep Banshee triumphs over Game of Thrones and True Detective in terms of Sex and violence by a long mile. I've never witnessed any show like it. It makes Spartacus look tame.

And since Cinemax is owned by HBO anyway so It counts.

Skerries

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

And since Cinemax is owned by HBO anyway so It counts.

don't you mean Skinemax

GerB40

nc19 wrote: »

OZ!

The scene with Mr Echo (I know) a large tub of lard and a poor unfortunate in the kitchen will stay with me forever...

I've never seen Oz and because of your description above I never will.. Thanks, I think....

GerB40

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

The 4th she season of The Wire where Chris smashes Michaels stepfather with a gun until there is noting left of his face wasn't altogether pleasant.

That was pretty grim but I thought the implication that Chris was molested as a kid went a long way in explaining his violence, in other words, the scene was justified.

But Snoop just standing there with her jaw dropped was pretty funny. "Dayyum, you didn't even wait to get the muhfukka in the house".

brian_t

Most of the discussion so far seems to be about Oz.
If you want to get a flavour of it

brian_t wrote: »

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AlmightyCushion

Oz hands down for that spooning scene alone. I'll never be able to spoon someone without reliving that scene in my head.

Stone Deaf 4evr

nc19 wrote: »

Also,

Banshee

One of the best fight scenes I've ever seen was in it.

was that the one at the end of season 1?

in the sheriffs house between his missus and the russian guy?

SaveOurLyric

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

The 4th she season of The Wire where Chris smashes Michaels stepfather with a gun until there is noting left of his face wasn't altogether pleasant.

Depends what you're into, but yeh, I could see how a lot of people could be put off by that one.

padd b1975

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Doesn't tony soprano kerb sandwhich a guy toward the end of the soprano's? Think it's a toilet bowl rather than a kerb, but the principle is the same. Grim.

He later found one of the guys teeth in the turn up of his trousers while at a parent teacher meeting!

I miss that type of black humour that The Sopranos did almost effortlessly.

Mike Litoris

That scene in GOT where Greyjoy was pulling the gee out of "some wench" on a horse...only to find out its his sister. Probably more amusing than mad explicit though.

Liam O

Mike Litoris wrote: »

That scene in GOT where Greyjoy was pulling the gee out of "some wench" on a horse...only to find out its his sister. Probably more amusing than mad explicit though.

Don't read the book version of it so

Uncle Ben

ceegee wrote: »

Oz. Half the scenes seemed to be someone getting a shank or penis shoved into them against their will

Oz is starting again tonight on Channel 5 for all you sickos out there!!

afro man

nc19 wrote: »

Also,

Banshee

One of the best fight scenes I've ever seen was in it.

Had to be the fight scence with sherrif Hood and UFC fighter in the casino unreal and so bloody gruesome

nc19

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote:

was that the one at the end of season 1?

No. Between Nola and Kais bodyguard. Epic fight involving and axe and the inside of a car.