A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?
This tv show contains 61 potentially triggering events.
Abusive parent (on deathbed) and autistic (adult) child confrontation. Shaun storms out after the first confrontation, I don't recall the second, but I know he hears about his father finally passing away after the worst confrontation, so sort of left without saying goodbye?
When Shaun goes back to see his father around 34-36 minutes into s3e10, he says he forgives him. The father (who has appeared apologetic in this episode thus far) then reverts and it's super triggering. I wish I just skipped the whole episode, but I don't think anyone noted it here so I didn't know to. I hope this helps someone avoid being triggered!
When Shaun goes back to see his father around 34-36 minutes into s3e10, he says he forgives him. The father (who has acted apologetic in this episode thus far) then goes back to being overtly awful and it's super triggering.
A pet rabbit is thrown against a wall, and an audible crack can be heard, indicating the rabbit's neck is broken.
The rabbit is shown later in a doctor's office, but no blood is ever shown.
At the end, Shaun has a meltdown and is hitting his foot and head, sort of flailing his arms. His friend comes up behind him and tries to keep him from hurting himself a bit, then ends up hugging him, and holds him firmly. Shaun calms a bit and sort of holds her back. It ends with them in that same position, but lying sideways on top of a bed as Shaun processes and calms/regulates/etc. Friend is trying to be supportive during Shaun's suffering and it's portrayed as working/being helpful.
No, but note that an athlete has a neck injury in this episode. A few episodes ago there was a severe face injury right at the beginning of it, but I don't recall the episode number.
There are cases that result in amputation.
One episode in season one almost ends with amputation of a character's leg, but the leg is ultimately saved.
At least two episodes have it as the main topic (male and female). Multiple episodes where medical procedures or surgery is required. A male patient deliberately self harms.
The dialogue and drama may be triggering in these episodes too. It is implied in more than one episode that implies suffering is the price of sexual desire. Women are shamed by themselves and others (but also stood up for.)
I'm not sure about violent attack sort of stabbing since I just started, but note that in episode one an emergency surgery is done with a knife (looks like a box cutter, maybe) in an airport. I expect more blade uses in hospital settings, given it's a medical show.
The main character's younger brother died when they were kids, falling to the ground from the roof of an old train cart. The fall is shown, and the body after it hits the ground, but the initial impact is not shown.
One episode features a boy that is diagnosed with a severe form of cancer. It is alluded that nothing can be done, and that he will ultimately die. This is not shown on screen however.
A pair of conjoined twins undergo surgery to separate them, which unintentionally results in one of the girls' death. The scene is very emotionally upsetting.
Dr. Perez does at the very end of the episode. He was triggered by him feeling guilty and blaming himself for a bulimic guy almost killing himself when he throws up (he's already caused so much damage to his body)
Shaun’s special toy scalpel that means the world to him from his childhood is broken in a meltdown. As an autistic person myself, I had a breakdown over it, it was really triggering!
No ghosts per day, but the main character does often see his younger brother, who died when they were children. The brother often appears when the main character is distressed.
There's a lake or something that one of them goes into at night, holds their breath / pretends to drown to trick the other into going into, but has to resurface before the tricked person touches the water. Could be triggering, but note that everyone is fine after / no one drowned, and the camera doesn't go into the water.
Not sure about razors in other episodes since I just started, but there is an emergency surgery on someone who just got critically injured and he has to use a knife that looks like a box cutter or something razor-like in order to save the injured kid. Note that one line from one of the security officers says something along the lines of him being lucky they didn't just shoot him (tackled to the ground instead.)
ep 2- 18:20 p* in a bag, not that bad 33:25 you see a girl w/ v* on her bed and face, not that triggering
ep5- 29:56-30:10 kid in hospital bed couphs up blood
ep11- 30:45-30:50 shaun v* after drinking, no visual
ep13- 12:52-13:00 she gives a warning, no visual
ep14- 31:08-31:32 quinn starts v* but no visual, you can watch the scene js w/o audio
ep18- clear but one docter says shaun is gonna p* and later shaun says he has to p* and that he did p* but you never saw or heard anything —————————————— season2
ep5-15:47-16:11 you see him v* into a bag and there is v* on the bed, the scene after the anorexic girl starts coughing but no v* just a bit of a scare
ep6- 7:00 girl coughs up blood
ep10- 32:54-33:04 audio and visual
ep13- at 1:55 you see doctor glassman v* into a trashcan but you dont see anything and all you hear is one cough later you hear him gag and spit out his drink
ep15- 14:37-14:47 audio, no visual
ep18- shaun couphs up blood into a sink —————————— season 3 ep4: 4:05
ep11: 7:45 see v* on the floor
ep12: you see morgan v* into tolet; audio no visual
ep18: 17:35 dude Coughs up blood
eo19: 38:18 to 38:21 visual and audio 41:05 to 41:10 no warning
season4 —————— ep6: old lady v* in the background
ep12: when clair is in the bathroom leah comes running in skip to them sitting at the table
season 5 —————— ep2: 7:01 girl couphs up blood
ep4- girl v* up blood
(i will be editing this as i watch taking one for the team✊)
A small scene occurs where the main character (doctor Murphy) is sitting and waiting for a patient to release gas, an indicator that her bowels are working properly after gastrointestinal surgery.
No slurs so far but a lot of misgendering from the main character and the stereotypical 'phase' comment is made by the grandma during the first scene with them both. (I am both autistic and trans and have mixed feelings about the rep so far but TBD.)
In this episode, the residents speculate that the patient may be trans based on the patient being on antiandrogens. However, the patient is not trans. If he were, this scenario could be highly problematic due to harmful stereotypes about trans and LGBTQ+ individuals. Instead, the patient is a cis white man, which is statistically more common. Additionally, the patient self-harms because he struggles with his urges. This content may be triggering for some viewers, so please take care while watching.
Idk if i'd say outed since the adult present (grandma) with the teenager/patient was aware (transphobic comments, but aware). We/viewers find out the person is trans when they are doing their exam and lift up the sheet/covering and are surprised. Then it's discussed and there is misgendering, questions, etc. Transgender care wasn't part of the residents' medical training and there are varying reactions (autistic main character misgenders and asks repeated questions, another resident corrects him and tries to stop the questioning & misgendering, etc.) The patient has been on puberty blockers but the parents (not present) didn't want the grandma to know.
In S3 E2 a female patient with a blood clot is admitted to the hospital. Prior to the surgery, Dr. Brown rolls up the patient’s hospital gown and sees multiple cuts on her thighs
The show says that autistic people are useless unless they have "savant"-like skills, and that our autism causes us to be bigoted. This is basically what a white suburban Christian mom who runs a mommy blog’s idea of autism is.
The main character suffers abuse as a child from his father, mainly grounded in his behavior as autistic. As an adult, he is subject to scrutiny and discrimination from some of his co-workers, but also patients.
The main character is autistic, and experiences meltdowns. These might be interpreted as anxiety attacks by some, as they include heavy breathing, yelling, flailing, crying, and general emotional distress.
A man steps in front of a bus, and is run over.
The scene cuts away just before the bus hits, but two characters reacting to the death are shown instead, who are obviously distressed.
Don't think this counts as a slur, but note that around 22-23 minutes, a doctor shares that some people probably think he's gay because he's stylish so that could be a homophobic/flamboyant sort of trigger.
Sort of. A trans girl patient has her gown or sheet or whatever covering moved for an exam and transphobic comments are made.
I put notes about transphobia in another section.
During the episode "She", Dr. Murphy kept misgendering, saying extremely transphobic things, invalidating a trans girl and was just being disgusting. It's no excuse that he's autistic. That's extremely triggering for a lot of trans people.
A lesbian woman dies in a bus accident, and as a result of an accident, made by a resident at the hospital. The mistake was not intended, obviously, but the woman does anyway.
Between 13 minutes and 14 minutes, an uncecessary inclusion of 'fat' is used by a doctor to make a point (this happens when preparing a room, over once the doctor leaves the room, though the two residents briefly touch on the inclusion after-- saying it was unnecessary but do laugh after so if you want to skip that, add another 30 seconds or something.)
A character holds their breath underwater, trying to trick another into thinking they're drowning so that they get in the water to swim. No one drowns, but it's discussed (statistics, fear of drowning, etc.)