Yes issued an unusual content warning on Monday for episodes 7 and 8 of Fauda, saying they could be hard to watch because they depict the October 7 attacks. The new season, Fauda’s fifth, is built around the aftermath of those events, and the production said the two upcoming episodes would recreate that day.
The company also stressed that the two episodes, airing this week, stand on their own and can be skipped without harming the rest of the season. Its notice told viewers: “Fauda viewers, please note,” adding that the episodes are based on October 7 and include “content, images and sounds that may be difficult to watch.” It said, “If watching is too difficult, it is also okay to skip them and continue with the season’s plot, which will resume in next week’s episode.”
After the episodes aired yesterday, many viewers posted emotional reactions online. One wrote that watching them left him with only one feeling, “rage.” Another said he rarely feels compelled to write about a series or film, but called season five “one of those cases” and said the warning was justified. A third viewer said the October 7 episodes “broke me into pieces,” while another said they had trouble sleeping after watching but thanked creators Lior Raz, Avi Issacharoff, and the team for their “important explanatory work.”
Others said the two episodes should be seen by audiences worldwide and described them as “a punch in the stomach.” One viewer wrote that the episodes are something “the whole world needs to see,” not only when they reach Netflix in a few months, but “on YouTube now.” Fauda is not the first TV drama to depict October 7, following series such as Shahar Adom and Or Levan, whose release also sparked public debate over dramatizing the day’s events.
