Watchmen
A nine-episode HBO limited series set in an alternate-history Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving as a sequel to the 1986 graphic novel. It is a dense, adult drama rated TV-MA that engages seriously with historical racial violence, systemic injustice, and superhero mythology, but does so through relentlessly graphic violence, explicit nudity, and strong language throughout.
Episodes to know about
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is depicted in harrowing detail: gunfire kills people in the streets, a building is bombed from a biplane, and bodies are shown; the sequence lasts several minutes and sets the show's tone.
A young child witnesses the massacre, is separated from his parents, and discovers the car he was placed in has been attacked with all occupants shot dead; intense but not graphic toward the child himself.
During a police raid on a farm, a machine gun is turned on a field of cattle; numerous animals are shown shot, dying, and dead in graphic detail.