Through the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some people will go to in the name of their beliefs, the way a deeply divided society can suddenly tip over into armed conflict, the long shadow of radical violence for both victims and perpetrators, and the emotional and psychological costs of a code of silence.
It’s not directly mentioned but the threat is implied. (Two female characters are brought to be held in a men’s prison. They’re kept physically apart and separate, but in one scene they are forced to walk past a cell block full of male prisoners yelling and jeering at them and implying threats of sexual assault.)
In one scene, they show male prisoners leer from barred windows as two female characters walk in the prison recreation courtyard. It’s mentioned that to get a spot in the window was £1.50.
Something similar to that. A character copes with the situation of being force-fed by a doctor and nurses (during a hunger strike) by befriending the doctor, who is relatively kind to her. She says (being interviewed years later) that she can now admit he was a good man and she respected the idea that he thought what he was doing was right.
It's implied that Marian does in London with another volunteer. The show doesn't 100% assert that it's her first time, however, so it's up to interpretation
conversations in episode 6 between Dolors and a prison doctor where he repeatedly assures her that the forced feeding procedure is safe, when it's clearly not, aren't technically gaslighting bc the doctor seems to genuinely believe at the time that he's performing medical treatment not torture, but it still may be very triggering.
in episode 5 a group of male cops force the sisters to strip naked, so they can test their clothes but also just to be s****y they don't touch them or make them do anything sexual but it may still be triggering.
Ep 6 is about hunger strikes. Lots of discussion on v. I skipped through a lot of it so unsure if there's actual v, but it was a very uncomfortable watch
Ep 6 is a detailed portrayal of two characters going on hunger strike for months, and includes a lot of things shown and mentioned that could be triggering, both from the hunger strike and force-feeding process