By now you might have heard some rumblings about the new knock-out thriller entitled Homeland starting on M-Net this Wednesday at 20h30. Homeland is a brilliant but brutal piece of television that follows a returning prisoner of war from the Middle East, his family and a CIA agent who suspects that all is not as it seems.
Without a doubt only aimed at a mature audience, sex, nudity and violence play an integral role in this disturbing thriller, so much so that a fellow TV blogger, TV with Thinus, has now formally queried the time slot with M-Net. For the scoop and the response from M-Net, visit Thinus here.
At the end of the day, M-Net suggests that the public need to decide for themselves. And if you want to a make an informed decision and need to know whether the kids should be put to bed or locked in their rooms before 20h30 on Wednesdays, you have come to the right place. After the jump we have posted screenshots taken from the first episode of Homeland only. The rest of the series is in the same vein, with some later episodes actually being more explicit. Take a look and decide for yourself whether this is acceptable to you and your family.
WARNING:
Consider carefully before clicking on the jump. What follows are screenshots depicting graphic sex, gratuitous nudity, sexual violence against women, torture and explicit scenes of a man being beaten to death. These events are also integral to the plot of Homeland and may be considered to be spoilers. Where necessary, the screenshots have been edited to avoid giving offense. M-Net will not be doing the same.
Within the first five minutes, Carrie gives herself a good clean, you know where.
Before the 10 minute mark, there is a lengthy and explicit sex scene, and no, they do not cover up with the sheets during or after.
There are backflashes to naked torture.
There is a detailed scene of a man violently forcing himself sexually on a crying woman.
And we finish off with an extremely upsetting scene where a man is beaten to death.
None of these scenes are short or discreet. Both the visuals and sound effects are deliberately intended to be disturbing and/or shocking.
