Outlander
TV Show • 2014 • Adventure
ReportThis tv show contains 101 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
Though the dogs fate is left unknown at the end of Season 4 episode 1 it is quickly revealed in Season 4 episode 2 that the dog is fine and with his owner.
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ShoelessJess
Someone is asking whether a horse was actually hurt... If you mean "stayed injured/dead when the cameras stopped rolling" that is unknown. If you're talking about onscreen, yes.
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meghjus
a boar dies pretty graphically
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Crossbowred
S5
E9
A Buffalo is shot at, and a snakes head is chopped off with a knife after multiple attempts, timestamp 08:00-08:40. Buffallo fate unknown. The snake is obviously CGI, as the graphics aren't great, kindly. This personally broke my immersion and I wasn't saddened but it may trigger others. The Buffalo however I found triggering as an animal lover. At 36:00, until 37:05, a Buffalo is on screen and after some time is shot dead.
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UnagioLucio
In season one, there are scenes of Highlanders carrying dead game animals, such as rabbits, that they intend to cook. Season three has a shot of a skinned elk carcass being butchered.
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daniezombre
S7
E2
The cat is missing after the incident in this episode but is found alive in the next episode
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0
Horses do die
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DevinA
N/A. There are no dragons
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1
episode and time stamp please?
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Ohnooh
S3
E11
In season 3 episode 11, there is a skeleton. In episode 13 there is a alligator/crocodile head worn as a head dress.
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EvanKnowles
S4
E6
There’s a white and red snake in the intro, assuming more.
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RenoRouge
When Claire is first investigates the medicine from 1743, she empties a glass into her hand, which has a few bugs in it. She quickly tosses them. Very brief, not intended to be disturbing.
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0
Yes
0
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0
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E3
A baby is born during this episode and abandoned shortly thereafter to the care of Claire and Jamie. The baby is given a home in the next episode(s).
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Yes
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FrankieQuinn
There is physical abuse of a child in season 1 as well the rape of a child later in the series
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UnagioLucio
Jamie (Claire's second husband) beats Claire in season one as punishment after she ran away and inadvertently got kidnapped. He later apologizes when he learns why she fled.
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Yes
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E3
The master of the 2 indentured boys abused his Wife. After he suffers a stroke, she becomes the abuser and tortures him because he cannot retaliate. The acts aren't shown on screen, but you see his infected wounds, gangrenous wounds, and several blackened burns from repeated torture. You also see her try to strangle him with a rope in an attempt to kill him.
At the end of the episode, Jamie asks him to blink once for yes and twice for no, and asks if he would like him to take his life to end his suffering. He says yes.
At the end of the episode, Jamie asks him to blink once for yes and twice for no, and asks if he would like him to take his life to end his suffering. He says yes.
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quietpoem
Claire grows dependent on ether in season 6 as a way of dealing with her trauma from rape. Fergus abuses alcohol in season 6.
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S6
E2
Claire is suffering from PTSD and abuses Ether (early form of anaesthetic) in order to sleep.
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Yes
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5
2
ElizabethXuaenylom
S6
Throughout the series, Fergus has an ongoing alcohol problem.
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Yes
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1
ElizabethXuaenylom
S6
E3
Thomas Christie has an operation on his hand but refuses anaesthetic. He has to be restrained during the surgery.
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1
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Walkingeast
There is constant mention of rape. There are graphic, LONG depictions of attempted rape, rape by coercion, violent penetrative rape, rape of both adult men and women AND of children. There is an attempted rape in the first 30 minutes and it's all downhill, 24/7 rape, from there. If rape is an issue for you, I HIGHLY suggest you DO NOT WATCH this show at all. I forced myself through 1 season because I thought I could handle it and I was invested in the characters. Now, I've had nightmares and intrusive flashbacks for nearly a month - and I hadn't had flashbacks for over a decade prior to this - so suffice it to say that this show is EXTREMELY triggering for anyone who has or has ever had PTSD related to sexual violence or a history of suffering sexual violence in real life. DO NOT WATCH!
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13
Yes
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oliviajune
S1
E1
A few Scottish men are debating whether Claire is a whore. One says "We could put her to the test." Dougal Mackenzie says "I don't hold with rape."
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SoH
S2
E7
Jack Randall rapes child Fergus. The books also mention that Fergus is essentially a child prostitute.
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E12
Clair is gang-raped after being kidnapped.
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RenoRouge
In order to remove a brand, Murtagh cuts a part of Jamie’s skin off. This happens in 1x16. Claire is a nurse, so at times she uses a scalpel during medical procedures.
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swimchick
S3
E7
But someone does sustain a fatal head injury.
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Yes
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quietpoem
S7
E4
Near the beginning of the episode, a soldier abuses a sex worker, then douses the woman with alcohol and sets her on fire. She stumbles around screaming for a while as men laugh. It's pretty upsetting. Another man finally intervenes and puts out the flames with his coat, but by then it's too late and she dies.
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8
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meghjus
major finger/hand mutilation accompanied by rape in season one finale
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Yes
1
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Yes
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Yes
1
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alepalmix
Not cannibalism but in season 3 there’s a freak episode that involves human blood
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UnagioLucio
A character gets shot in the eye and survives, but loses his eye.
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RileyK96
I would absolutely classify what happens to Jamie’s hand in the season 1 finale as body horror. His hand is crushed and nailed to a table. This only barely cross the line, because (SPOILER) his wife is a nurse and is able to fully repair his hand. Jamie is also branded by the villain, and this is again later reversed by him asking his friend to literally cut the brand from his skin. A lot of what is initially horrifying is later repaired, which is likely why people voted “no.”
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DevinA
First episode, opening scene
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Anonymous
When Taran MacQuarrie is hanged.
He doesnt instantly die from the neck break.
He is seen somewhat still alive but slowing dying. Its not in all very almaring more sad and realistic. A last shot of his kicking legs being held as he passes to death is seen.
He doesnt instantly die from the neck break.
He is seen somewhat still alive but slowing dying. Its not in all very almaring more sad and realistic. A last shot of his kicking legs being held as he passes to death is seen.
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E12
Claire is kidnapped and has a rope tied round her neck. She is also gagged and her nose is broken so she has a hard time breathing
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swimchick
S3
E7
Someone gets knocked unconscious and is later drugged.
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MikaNemari
The main character is a nurse and often to be seen fixing dislocated limbs and also broken bones
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kaiaaa
S5E12 a captured woman is violently gang r*d during a brutal and long scene. At the end of the episode, her injuries are shown on camera. There are more r* scenes as well but this one was so violent I decided to include it here.
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2
Yes
30
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5
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UnagioLucio
A man has his mangled arm graphically amputated in season one. A kid's hand is chopped off on screen in season three.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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3
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SoH
Roger is hanged in 5x07 in a series of flashbacks, and is fairly traumatized by it. His broken voice does cause problems for him for a couple of episodes after while he heals.
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Yes
9
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Yes
50
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8
3
kelseyj610
S1
E9
1x09 Claire finds a "changeling" baby that has died of exposure.
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3
0
S4
E7
A mother throws herself overboard to save her child
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9
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1
0
S4
E7
We are 2 people die by falling into the ocean, it's implied other people met the same fate
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2
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7
Yes
0
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Yes
1
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1
S4
E7
Steven cree plays Ian Murray and he is able bodied.
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sarahlynne
not technically an overdose, but characters die by poison, and one man dies of cyanide poisoning which may be triggering
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RenoRouge
Jamie’s dad has a heart attack and dies while seeing Jamie being publicly flogged and (mistakenly) believing his son has died from this.
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MikaNemari
The main character travels in time and cheats on her husband, it is technically the main story
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6
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VanillaChai42
In season 4, a doll burns
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FrankieQuinn
A main plot point of season 3 is the kidnapping of the main characters nephew.
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5
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RenoRouge
Not in the traditional, horror movie sense, but there are scenes that come out of nowhere that can frighten some viewers. For example, at the start of 2x02 Jamie fantasizes about stabbing Randall, this is very sudden as the viewer doesn’t even realize this is a dream at first.
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rainbear
S4:E1 opens with a brief scene of a character showering.
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Yes
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0
ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E1
Roger shaves with a straight razor and cuts himself. Jamie takes over and shaves him for him.
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0
DevinA
Though 2 characters are falsely accused
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0
S4
E7
We see an image of a character who has been dead for a season, but he appears as himself, looking human etc and it's a friendly scene where he encourages his daughter. It's poignant and emotional.
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4
2
meghjus
yes there is farting especially in season 1 from Geillis' husband
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4
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6
0
SoH
Jamie does in 3x06
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Tyro
S1E5 : Claire visit prison. Happens when she go out.
S1E16 : Jamie spits blood when Randall removes the nail
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Claire when she go out after she heals Jamie's hand.
S3E9 : Jamie seasick. Happens after we saw captain dining with his guest.
AND Right after, same scene.
AND
Claire arrives in the English boat and go to see the sick ones. Near 8 last minutes. Graphics and sound.
S3E10 Jamie seasick. When Fergus brings him food.
Nothing i remember in 4th and 5th season. (Sry for my poor English)
S1E16 : Jamie spits blood when Randall removes the nail
AND
Claire when she go out after she heals Jamie's hand.
S3E9 : Jamie seasick. Happens after we saw captain dining with his guest.
AND Right after, same scene.
AND
Claire arrives in the English boat and go to see the sick ones. Near 8 last minutes. Graphics and sound.
S3E10 Jamie seasick. When Fergus brings him food.
Nothing i remember in 4th and 5th season. (Sry for my poor English)
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Yes
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Yes
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meghjus
not yet in the tv show but in the book series a child has cancer
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swimchick
S3
E1
But there is a hospital scene where a doctor refuses to listen to a character.
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2
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meghjus
MANY needles throughout the show because the main character is a surgeon
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2
Yes
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UnagioLucio
Claire goes to the hospital when she's about to give birth. The physicians verbally belittle her and inject her with anesthesia against her will.
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20
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Anonymous
There is a seet that has what look like psychic event and suffer from psychosis state of mind. Has a rather deranged look when giving a "reading"
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oliviajune
S1
E1
Claire is transported back to the past in Scotland. She doesn't know when or where she is. She doesn't know she isn't in her time and is extremely confused.
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2
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rainbear
Lots of squishy sounds as part of injuries and surgeries. High-pitched discordant noises meant to indicate emotional tension. Infants crying. Lots of audible breathing and kissing. In season 5, I also noticed some chewing sounds but they were relatively mild. Haven't seen season 6 yet.
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3
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meghjus
multiple main characters have anxiety attacks/PTSD from rape and war
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Yes
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SoH
S6
E3
Fergus tries to commit suicide by slitting his wrist. Jamie rescues him before it's too late and brings him home to Claire to tend to his injury.
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SoH
Fergus tries to kill himself by slitting his wrist in 6x03 but Jamie rescues him in time. Young Ian considers suicide in 5x08 when he takes Claire’s hemlock, but Roger stops him before he can really try anything.
In season 1, Colum asks Claire for assistance in ending his own life.
In season 1, Colum asks Claire for assistance in ending his own life.
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Yes
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Yes
0
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RenoRouge
Jamie refuses to eat in an attempt to starve himself after being tortured by Randall. However, he does overcome this.
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2
1
PeonyRumble
Almost everyone in this show alludes to experiencing post traumatic stress.
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13
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4
0
DevinA
Mostly ship scenes
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5
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craftykat
Not actual self-harm but the cuts on Jamie and Claire's wrists for the marriage bond in 1x07 are shown and they look exactly like self-harm cuts--horizontal across the wrist. It's only a split second shot though and the context is positive.
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SoH
He doesn't say those exact words, but when Jamie interrupts his suicide attempt, Fergus fights him and begs Jamie to just let him die
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griffw
Briefly in the first episode of the first season. It isn’t so bad after that.
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0
0
rainbear
Beginning of S5E3
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DevinA
Several sex scenes, no genitals are shown
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3
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0
Yes
0
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3
Yes
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3
0
SoH
Germain in 4x11 and Jemmy in 5x02 (I think)
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3
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1
Yes
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meghjus
there is a very graphic/emotionally traumatic miscarriage scene in season 2
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10
2
SoH
Claire has a very traumatic misscariage, and her daughter Faith is stillborn
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0
S4
E7
There is a baby, around a couple months old
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tmccord
There is discussion about women taking certain herbs/tinctures to end their pregnancies. Nothing is shown regarding it, but the subject does come up numerous times throughout the series.
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SoH
Brianna gives birth to her son Jemmy in 4x13, and is shown to be sweaty and in considerable pain, and Marsali gives birth to Félicité in 5x09 off-screen, and she gives birth to Henri-Christian in 6x02 on-screen.
There is also a woman that Claire assists with giving birth to her child in 5x03.
There is also a woman that Claire assists with giving birth to her child in 5x03.
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littlemsnerd99
A pregnant woman dies in childbirth in season 3, but its not shown on screen, only alluded to
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12
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ErikGroen
There are three characters openly attracted to men, at the time of writing this 9/2020 two are dead and one is alive. Both of the dead individuals were also fairly evil. Two tropes in one.
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DevinA
Gender roles were very enforced in the 1700s
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0
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DevinA
Mostly religious-based
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SoH
In 5x09 Jamie faces amputation after his leg is bitten by a snake and acts like loosing his leg is worse than dying. He makes Claire swear she'll let him die rather than amputate him to save his life. It could come off as offensive since Jamie’s brother in law, Ian, only has one leg, and Jamie’s adopted son Fergus, only has one hand. He does get called out on it by Young Ian.
Throughout the show, Fergus is also made multiple times to feel lesser of a man because of his missing hand when other characters (or he himself) make disparaging comments about his disability (3x10, 3x11, 4x11 and more recently 6x01 and 6x03), and society at that time could be considered fairly ableist. His disability, and the world's general lack of acceptance of it, does make him deeply depressed/suicidal in season 6.
Throughout the show, Fergus is also made multiple times to feel lesser of a man because of his missing hand when other characters (or he himself) make disparaging comments about his disability (3x10, 3x11, 4x11 and more recently 6x01 and 6x03), and society at that time could be considered fairly ableist. His disability, and the world's general lack of acceptance of it, does make him deeply depressed/suicidal in season 6.
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6
Yes
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kaiaaa
S4 slavery in America is a theme during this season and the word is casually used by some characters.
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13
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RenoRouge
I haven’t noticed any slurs, sorry if this isn’t 100% accurate though. A main villain is revealed to be gay though and people react in varying degrees of disgust and/or confusion.
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Yes
10
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meghjus
most of the black people on the show die shortly after they are introduced and are enslaved (season 4)
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Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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UnagioLucio
Throughout the series there are explicit scenes of consensual sex, sexual assault, sex in return for favors, nudity, and sexual jokes.
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rainbear
A character does have a crush on his cousin and offer to marry her, but that was common in the 18th century, it wasn't depicted as a weird thing, or in any detail. The cousin is from the 20th century; she refuses him kindly, and things move on. There's also a bit of awkwardness about meeting one's ancestor and finding them attractive, but it's very passing.
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Yes
0
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Yes
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DoubleA
There are many sex scenes that include nudity
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0
Yes
2
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Yes
6
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E3
A character is found a month after suffering a stroke. He is paralysed and his wife has been torturing him as revenge for him abusing her.
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0
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6
Yes
2
No
3
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KipMin
S7
E2
An infant has a heart disease
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Anonymous
Colum MacKenzie is shown to have exceptionally crippled legs from a chonic illness. Though sad not distressing.
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0
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6
Yes
5
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3
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Anonymous
Hugh Munro is somewhat a vagrant begger seen as homelss althougt cared by known locals.
There are some refeneces to paris france homless and starving people. Not really seen on screen.
There are some refeneces to paris france homless and starving people. Not really seen on screen.
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rainbear
I'm not sure why so many people are saying yes, when it's not even over yet. If the show continues to follow the books, then it won't be a sad ending, but even the book series isn't done yet, so...
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1
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ElizabethXuaenylom
S5
E12
Claire is kidnapped and during her ordeal, she dissociates and imagines an alternate future with her family in the 1960s. Everyone is celebrating thanksgiving, but police come to the door and inform her Brianna, Roger, and Jemmy were killed in a car accident.
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2
Yes
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DaravelFox
Flashback scene of a car going off of a bridge in the first episode of season 1
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0
S4
E7
We dont see it happen, but there are multiple implications and we see 2 go overboard but not hit the water.
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Yes
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0
3
MikaNemari
A lot of it, one of the first scenes is very bloody and graphic
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NuckinFuts247
There's a lot of war and gun scenes in the 1700s
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