In 17th century England, Mary Villiers molds her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I, intending to gain riches and influence through outrageous schemes.
This tv show contains 16 potentially triggering events.
A dead dog is shown intermittently in two scenes from about 7:20-10:30. It's suggested that it was strangled to death, and its lifeless body is shot to cover it up.
In episode 4, a servant is shown having been slashed in the face with a knife. It's not gory but there is a visible slice across her face and it's mentioned that she "lost an eye." In the finale, you see her blind eye milky and blue.
In episode 2, a stag is surrounded by hunters around 36:55 and it bellows in fear. There is a scene between this and its death scene. It is then shown lying weakly on its side around 38:35, stabbed to death, and the scene ends around 40:25. In episode 6, a pig is bludgeoned to death with a rock (off camera), then dressed as the king and tossed on a pyre. This happens at the start of the episode.
A stag is surrounded and presumably abused as it is later shown lying on its side, breathing and crying weakly in pain before it is finally killed. The whole thing can be avoided by skipping 36:55-40:25.
Dead animals are shown at feasts. A dead dog and stag are shown in episode 2. Dead mice are fed to a hawk in episode 4. In episode 6, a dead pig is dressed as the king, carried around, then tossed on a pyre. They show closeups of it burning.
In episode 2, a man reveals a badly swollen finger that was broken under torture. In episode 5, John scratches the walls so badly that his fingernails are broken and bleeding.