Dying for Sex
An FX limited miniseries (8 episodes) in which a woman with terminal Stage IV breast cancer leaves her husband and pursues an explicit sexual awakening, intertwined with her healing from childhood sexual trauma. The series carries strong and pervasive mature content across all eight episodes and is rated TV-MA.
Episodes to know about
Childhood sexual assault by the protagonist's mother's boyfriend is first referenced verbally in the opening episode, establishing it as a key backstory element.
A faceless apparition of the abuser intrudes on the protagonist's adult sexual experiences as a recurring trauma response throughout the series, intensifying toward the later episodes.
Explicit consensual sexual content, partial nudity, and frank sexual dialogue recur across all eight episodes as the show's central subject matter.