The Gilded Age
A lavish HBO period drama set in 1880s New York City, covering three seasons through 2025 and exploring the clash between old-money society and newly rich industrialists. The baseline is restrained by HBO standards, but isolated scenes of nudity, implied sexual abuse, a suicide, and scattered violence push the rating to TV-MA across the run.
Episodes to know about
A woman climbs uninvited into a man's bed while nude; the scene includes prolonged breast nudity and extended on-screen dialogue — the most explicit nudity in the series and the moment most flagged by parents as unexpected.
A character is shown putting a gun to his head just before the cut; a gunshot is heard off screen and the camera returns to show blood pooled at the scene.
A character implies in conversation that she was sexually abused by her father; no depiction, handled through dialogue only.