Season 2's treatment of a priest's genuine faith and costly choice is some of the most theologically serious secular TV made; Season 1's explicit content makes this Caution overall.
Season 2 features a Catholic priest (Andrew Scott) who falls in love with Fleabag. What follows is not a story about a woman corrupting a man of God — it is a story in which a man of genuine faith makes the harder choice. The priest chooses God. Not because he does not love Fleabag, but because his love for God is more fundamental to who he is. This is theologically serious in ways almost no secular television is. Matthew 19:12's acknowledgment of those who choose celibacy for the kingdom of heaven is what the priest's choice enacts. The show treats this as genuinely tragic — and genuinely right.
Season 1 contains graphic sexual content, crude humor, and raw self-destruction. Christians who want Season 2's theological experience must get through Season 1 first. The overall 38/100 (Caution) reflects this two-season split.
GodlyScore evaluates every show across nine signal categories grounded in Scripture: profanity (Ephesians 4:29), sexual content (1 Corinthians 6:18-20), violence (Psalm 11:5), LGBT normalization (Romans 1:24-27), spiritual darkness (Ephesians 5:11), glorification of sin (Romans 1:32), deception mechanics (Proverbs 12:22), virtue strength (Philippians 4:8), and redemption arc. The score reflects not just whether content is present but how it's framed — depicted critically, neutrally, or as aspirational. Fleabag scores 38/100 Caution.
See our Christian TV Reviews hub for comparisons. For episode-level content breakdowns, Plugged In and Common Sense Media complement GodlyScore's biblical framework. Age recommendation: older teenagers and adults.