1) Tub Full Of Guts – Breaking Bad
I realize there are probably about 30 moments that I could pick from Breaking Bad alone, but this scene was something straight out of a horror movie.
In season one, Walt and Jesse decide to melt down the body of someone they’ve killed. Of course, they don’t realize that the caustic chemicals they are using to eat up the body in the tub are also eating up the tub itself. Flash forward to Jesse and Walter talking in the hallway, when suddenly the tub on the second floor breaks through and 150 pounds of human sludge and guts fall to the floor, mere feet in front of them.
While the scene itself may have had some Abbott and Costello humor to it (oh man, what do we do now?), let us not forget they had just melted a human body of the man they murdered into sludge, which they then have to clean up.
Gang Rape – Sons Of Anarchy
I know Sons of Anarchy is another show that just LOVES to push the envelope when it comes to what they can get away with. I also know that I could have made this entire list with scenes from Kurt Sutter’s twisted series alone. But as much as the tongue cut and a few of the other deaths have really stood out, nothing compared to the shock of when Peg Bundy gets raped by the “Nazi Rollins Band.”
Rape is one of those things that is taboo for a valid reason. And that’s because it is the most awful shit, ever. As much as faces getting sliced off makes me laugh, and tubs full of guts makes me shudder and then laugh, rape just makes me cringe. Also, keep in mind, this was shown FX, not HBO. Plus, it’s a strong female character being brutalized here.
Very difficult stuff to watch indeed, and pretty shocking that they were able to show it on FX, too.
