Dying for Sex
NZ release: 04 April 2025
Nudity, sex scenes, offensive language Rated on: 04 April 2025
Dying for Sex, Season one, Episode one ‘Good Value Diet Soda’
What’s it about?
Inspired by the story of Molly Kochan, originally shared on the Wondery podcast created with her best friend Nikki Boyer. After Molly receives a stage four cancer diagnosis, she decides to leave her husband and begins to explore the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.
The facts
- Created by Kim Rosentock and Elizabeth Meriwether
- Episode one is directed by Shannon Murphy
- English language
- Runtime: ~30 minutes per episode, eight episodes in total
- Starring Michelle Williams
- FX original streaming on Disney Plus
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Disney Plus. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
The series deals with a terminal cancer diagnosis through humour, and Molly’s sexual reawakening journey. There is reference to childhood sexual assault and trauma which is briefly talked about in the first episode.
Sexual themes
A character talks about how they like to be ‘hog-tied’ and goes on to explain further about the experience and what it feels like.
Nudity and sex scenes
The opening scene cuts to flashbacks of a previous sexual encounter. We briefly see breasts and movement, and can see a man’s head between Molly's legs.
Molly wants to give her husband a blow job: we cut to her going down on him, there’s moaning and movement. We don’t see any detail and both characters are mostly clothed.
Offensive language
Strong words are used throughout in a comedic way and also as slang for sex, such as “f*ck”, “sad, sick, unf*ckable wife”, “I was too sad to sh*t”, “Jesus, f*ck!”, and “I felt that in my f*cking arsh*le”.
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