Broadchurch

TV Show • 2013 • Mystery  

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Synopsis

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
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Does the dog die?
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Vince (the dog) is dognapped. Later shown with a crossbow pointed at him. Eventually shown to be unharmed.
ranerdar
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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The main character has one on a few occasions, non-fatal
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Major Season 1 Spoilers: Danny is mentioned to having been hit by his father one or twice. Joe tries to comfort him, which leads to Joe “falling in love” with him and having him meet him in the night. Joe kills him when Danny says he’s uncomfortable and he’s going to tell his parents about Joe’s behavior. Though Joe claims he never touched him, it’s heavily implied if Joe didn’t kill him that he would have.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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In season two, after a wife admits to her husband that she had an abortion, they break into a fight and he drags her into the ocean and attempts to drown her while hitting her head against a rock. Prior to this point they are portrayed as a couple that enjoys rough sex.
Boop
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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S3
A child under his stepfather abuse turns to be an abuser.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone stalked?
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season 2
moonimbued
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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In season 2 mother of a murdered girl is an alcoholic.
martynka
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Oliver's mother is an alcoholic
lolies
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in season two, a person is shown being given drugs while being told that it is "medicine"
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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This guy kidnaps a dog and points a bow and arrow at him.
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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A slug is squashed
Sis
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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In episode 8 Ellie steps on a slug
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there spiders?
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There are slugs
lolies
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Does a dragon die?
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There are no dragons (or fantasy creatures) in the show
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Are there bugs?
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There are slugs
lolies
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Assault
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The assault itself is not depicted but it is a major plot point in season 3 and the emotional effects it had on the character are all seen.
Boop
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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S1
 E4
In s1e4 at 31:20 a woman whispers into an other womans ear “ I know men who would r*** you!”
Anonymous
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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S2
claire and lee are at the beach and he puts his hand(s) in/on her hair before grabbing it and using it to pull her into the ocean because she had an abortion, pretty easy to tell when it’s coming as you can see when he grips her hair more tightly ^^
alechardy
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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the main plot of season 1/2 is around a murdered boy, his cause of death was strangulation and at the end of season 1 we see the murder, including the boy's face as he is strangled to death
NBvagabond
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone choked?
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S1
 E8
The 11 year old victim's strangulation is shown in this episode.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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In season 1 someone is murdered, and Alec Hardy passes out multiple times as well due to medical issues
lolies
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Not by the show, but an adult is seen having a very romantic seeming relationship with a minor
DoctorWhoot
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Does a kid die?
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Major plot point of season 1-2.
lurker
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Is an infant abducted?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does a major character die?
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Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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In season 2 it is mentioned that the grandmother died (=mother of the main adult character)
martynka
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Multiple characters cheat/are cheated on throughout the show
wallflowers
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
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Season 1 Episode 3 has a minor jumpscare around 30:45.
lurker
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Season 3, brief shower scene after victim (Spoiler) had rape kit, evidence gathered, and chance to clean up.
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Are there ghosts?
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No, but there is a scene where the father of a dead boy dreams that he’s still around despite being aware of his death
wallflowers
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Are there mannequins?
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This show is set in a beachside town. Every episode involves natural bodies of water.
lolies
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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S3 Episode 4 just after Trish lies on the ground at about 8minutes
Rainydaiz
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there defecation?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there farting?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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May be up to your interpretation, however the show is centered around detectives (British cops)
lolies
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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s02e04
Anonymous
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S1E4: as Alec gets back into the hotel after coming back from Ellie’s house, he comes back and after taking some pills, callapses on the floor (there’s a bit of blood here), he then goes to hospital. Waking up the next morning and discharging himself to continue on the case (the hotel owner found him and called the ambulance pretending he was her husband) this is also (spoilers) when he finds out the family went to the press
Time codes:
First collapses 32:10
Ambulance montage for about a minute
Wakes up in hospital 33 minutes in
End of hospital stuff 34:07
Hope this helps
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Is there menstruation?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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Season 1 Episode 4 ends with the detectives finding the corpse of one of the townspeople who has committed suicide. The act of the suicide itself is not shown, but it is a major plot point in episode 4 how the person is driven to it.
lurker
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S3
 E6
In the last minutes of the 6th episode of season 3 a character drives a boot on the open sea and goes into the water with the intention to end their life. They survive
Anonymous
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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I don't know if it counts, but the main detective barely eats, it is mentioned 2 or 3 times by his partner.
martynka
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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S3
 E6
Not necessarily these words but a character says that they would k*** themselves if they had the courage to do so.

SPOILER

The conversation takes place when Mark Latimer and Joe Miller meet and sit down together. Joe and Mark both talk about their wishes to die. It lasts for quite some time and afterwards Mark calls his daughter to tell her he loves her and unsuccessfully tries to end his life by going into open water
Anonymous
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alec hardy has ptsd from the sandbrook case and almost drowning which presents most obviously as a fear of water, panic attacks, and nightmares
VoidWraith
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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It’s all but stated that Det. Insp. Alec Hardy has PTSD and there are multiple scenes where anxiety attacks/flashbacks are triggered.
wallflowers
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Debatable, the main character is implied to have PTSD and/or some form of depression
DoctorWhoot
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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6
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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2
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Not graphic
Sis
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there abortions?
26 supporters
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By the end of season two, one character is confirmed to have had an abortion. Her husband then attacks her for not telling him. The abortion itself is not depicted though.
Boop
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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9
Are there fat jokes?
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16
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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3
Does an LGBT person die?
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14
Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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6
Is there hate speech?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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7
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S2
 E8
A character who is at least in his late thirties (the actor was 39/40 when filming) has a relationship or at least sex with a 19 year old girl.
Anonymous
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Religious
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Yes, although very respectfully to both the religious character and nonreligious character. Questioning faith is discussed as well, though
DoctorWhoot
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
101 supporters
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Only mentioned
Sis
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Especially seasons 2/3
Sis
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Are there nude scenes?
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2
Is someone sexually objectified?
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0
Is there BDSM?
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2
Does someone lose their virginity?
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3
Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
29 supporters
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3
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0
Does someone have a stroke?
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4
2
S1
A main character has a cardiac issue which makes him pass out frequently
Annieee7
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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5
Are there fat suits?
36 supporters
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6
Is existentialism debated?
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0
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4
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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11
Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
33 supporters
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in season two there is a car crash. no one is injured.
moonimbued
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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14
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
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2
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Minor amounts of blood in various scenes, no gore.
jamieblazej
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Does someone drown?
48 supporters
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11
No
9
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One person tries to commit suicide by drowning
Julia
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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