The Night Of
An HBO limited series (8 episodes, one season) following a young man arrested for murder and his passage through the criminal-justice system. Content is consistently adult-level across all episodes: graphic crime-scene imagery, heavy drug use, prison violence, and mature sexual content recur throughout.
Episodes to know about
The protagonist and a woman he has just met engage in sex; thrusting is visible. The night's events and the question of consent are revisited in later episodes.
The protagonist drinks heavily and takes multiple drugs over the course of the night, which is presented as the direct chain of events leading to the murder charge.
The victim's stabbed, blood-soaked body is discovered; the crime scene features heavy blood spray on walls and surfaces and is the first of many such depictions across the series.