Shameless

TV Show • 1990 • Comedy  

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Louis C.K. is back on HBO in an ALL-NEW hour of raw no-holds-barred stand-up comedy! The creator and star of the 2006 comedy series Lucky Louie, performs in front of a live audience in LA at the Henry Fonda Theater. Louis C.K. covers issues near and dear to his heart like marriage, lying to your spouse, having kids and losing your privacy, and obligatory sex among husbands and wives.
This tv show contains 55 potentially triggering events.
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Season
Episode
Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
169 supporters
Yes
22
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9
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Anonymous
Spoilers.

One runs into traffic in an early season, someone works with dying dogs in a later season.
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a pet die?
79 supporters
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0
Were animals harmed in the making?
61 supporters
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Is there pedophilia?
57 supporters
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Is a minor sexualized?
56 supporters
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0
Is an animal abandoned?
45 supporters
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0
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0
Is there excessive gore?
44 supporters
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0
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0
Is there bestiality?
44 supporters
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0
Yes
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
40 supporters
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0
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0
Abuse
Is someone stalked?
12 supporters
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5
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1
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dorian1234
Yes, Mandy is physically abused by her boyfriend and it's a frequent occurrence in season 4.
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Is someone gaslighted?
22 supporters
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7
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0
Is a child abused?
59 supporters
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25
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0
1
dorian1234
Yes, basically every parent of the main cast is abusive. Frank and Monica are both neglectful alcoholics, and Frank is verbally abusive as well. Terry Milkovich is verbally and physically abusive, r-pes his daughter, forces his son to have sex with a prostitute and threatens his son with a gun multiple times. There are multiple references to other abusive and neglectful parents throughout the show -- if parental abuse is a trigger for you, I would strongly caution against watching this show, because it's in basically every episode.
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Addiction
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radical_red
I haven’t watched all of shameless, but what I know is that the father is an alcoholic who cannot properly care for his children or himself.
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Is there addiction?
6 supporters
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15
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Yes
30
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jupiterjuliet
it’s a running theme through the show and alcoholism runs in the family. it’s unavoidable in this show
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Animal
Does a horse die?
49 supporters
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0
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22
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
87 supporters
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19
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0
Are animals abused?
101 supporters
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16
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0
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GunniB
Carl is a psychopath.
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1
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7
Is there a dead animal?
56 supporters
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3
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Does a cat die?
91 supporters
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23
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4
2
jamieblazej
In the pilot, Carl is seen with a blowtorch and a stray kitten, clearly with the intent to kill it.
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Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
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0
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21
Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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13
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1
Are there snakes?
10 supporters
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0
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17
Are there bugs?
16 supporters
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20
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Assault
Yes
18
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carb0nred
(TW: Sexual assault): It is revealed that Mandy Milkovich is pregnant with her father's child because he "gets drunk and mistakes her for her mom". Mickey Milkovich is forced to have sex with a female prostitute by his father when his dad catches him having sex with another man. Frank Gallagher at one point is under the influence of powerful drugs and Karen Jackson has sex with him on camera and posts it to the internet. Debbie Gallagher r*pes her "boyfried" at the time while he's drunk. (These are all the instances I can think of)
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Bodily Harm
Yes
23
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Crackityjones666
A character in the show slits both her wrists attempting to kill herself
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
12 supporters
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3
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0
Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
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0
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3
Yes
17
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0
1
Anonymous
Spoilers.

Re: the U.S. version. Yes, but by accident, and it's his own fault.
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Is someone buried alive?
11 supporters
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0
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7
Is there amputation?
11 supporters
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4
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marlee116
debbie intends on giving herself an at home amputation of about three toes but passes out from the pain and frank is seen snipping the toes off with garden shears
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Does a head get squashed?
28 supporters
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16
Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
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11
Are any teeth damaged?
21 supporters
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20
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23
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magiaveneno
during season 9 frank, one of the main characters, has an open bone fracture and is shown on screen
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8
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Crackityjones666
Multiple times throughout the show, a little boy has a seizure after he accidentally does coke too
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22
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0
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MarqueeMoon
Also, regarding the other comment, he cuts them off with a gardening tool.
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Is someone tortured?
52 supporters
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19
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0
Does someone fall to their death?
5 supporters
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1
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15
Is there eye mutilation?
51 supporters
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0
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20
Children
Does a kid die?
24 supporters
Yes
12
No
10
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Anonymous
Spoilers.

Major plot point in a later season. Not a major character.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
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8
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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31
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marlee116
spoilers but yes, monica passes away and in an earlier season eddie, karen’s father passes.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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20
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
12 supporters
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3
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0
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
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0
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22
Is someone possessed?
7 supporters
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0
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16
Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
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20
Are there clowns?
8 supporters
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4
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19
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nbkae
karen's dad has a clown themed room
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Is there a shower scene?
5 supporters
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25
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
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33
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0
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amyyelki33
theres so many vomit scenes so if you have emetophobia..i really wouldn’t recommend watching. vomit scenes pop up randomly due to the drug/alcohol abuse and you don’t have enough time to look away!!
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Does someone spit?
7 supporters
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20
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Is there audio gore?
26 supporters
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2
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1
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
13 supporters
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1
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17
Are needles/syringes used?
17 supporters
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25
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0
1
wowcanthandletheZs
Ian is put into a mental institution after having a manic bipolar episode in which he kidnaps his boyfriend's son.
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Is there a hospital scene?
6 supporters
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26
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0
Does someone have cancer?
9 supporters
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Yes
18
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0
Mental Health
Yes
25
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0
1
carb0nred
In season 2, episode 11, Monica attempts suicide. Frank has a history of alcoholism that continues throughout the show. Lip is also an alcoholic, which is focused on later in the show.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
14 supporters
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1
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11
Are there anxiety attacks?
15 supporters
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9
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1
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
13 supporters
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8
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2
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0
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13
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HannahWilson
Karen’s father commits suicide after finding out terrible and disgusting news related to his daughter and Frank. This suicide is also a drowning.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
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14
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0
Are there flashing lights or images?
20 supporters
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15
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0
Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
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13
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0
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Are there abortions?
11 supporters
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12
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0
Does someone miscarry?
12 supporters
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Yes
1
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13
Does a pregnant person die?
8 supporters
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0
No
7
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
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10
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0
Does the black guy die first?
10 supporters
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0
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9
Yes
3
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0
0
ashhhxo
mickey's father uses it against him, frank uses it, pretty much everyone in the show does.
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5
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0
Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
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26
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0
Does an LGBT person die?
19 supporters
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1
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18
2
nbkae
the r slur is used throughout the series
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Sex
Yes
29
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0
2
carb0nred
There isn't enough time for me to outline every sexual encounter on the show. If graphic nudity/sex scenes bother you, I recommend not watching the show at all, because they are almost unavoidable.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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43 supporters
Yes
17
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0
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LoganCrofters
Mandy’s dad sometimes mistakes her as her mom and forces her to have sex
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
1 supporters
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8
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1
Yes
10
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1
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wowcanthandletheZs
The show is not yet finished, so there is no way to know if there is a happy ending or not. as of november 24, 2018, they are still making the show.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
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21
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0
Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
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5
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15
1
NETFLIX
In an early season when Sheila Jackson was walking on the sidewalk a jet engine fell right in front of her.
1 comment | Add comment
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21
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0
2
carb0nred
In season 3, episode 9, Mandy hits Karen with her car, leaving Karen with permanent brain damage.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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0
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18
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
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25
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0
3
carb0nred
In season 2, episode 11, while the family is at thanksgiving dinner, Monica attempts suicide in the kitchen. It is very graphic and blood is shown.
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
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16
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7
3
LoganCrofters
Yes someone drowns. Eddie, in the earlier seasons, drowns in a lake.
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Is there gun violence?
7 supporters
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11
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0