Does the dog die?
190 supporters
The Wire
TV Show • 2002 • Crime
ReportTold from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
This tv show contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
Yes
24
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0
Unanswered Triggers
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there pedophilia?
64 supporters
Yes
0
No
0
1
nalo25
S4
Implied to have been committed by a character. Some uncomfortable moments between the abuser and their victim years after it happened and the abuser interacting with a younger kid.
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Yes
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0
Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
0
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0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
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0
Is rape mentioned?
43 supporters
Yes
0
No
0
0
nalo25
See: Is someone sexually assaulted? There are no gratuitous rape scenes, but there are several jokes and mentions of assault.
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Abuse
Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
52 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
8
No
0
1
Anonymous
s1e2 cop hits a snarky kid in the face and permanently blinds him
e4+5 a sixteen year old is brutalized by cops
e12 wallaces mother threatens abuse/is implied to be abusive
e4+5 a sixteen year old is brutalized by cops
e12 wallaces mother threatens abuse/is implied to be abusive
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Addiction
Yes
15
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0
4
George MacLeod
You would be hard-pressed to find at least one episode where drugs aren't used.
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
1
amwhite91
This show deals with the drug trade, and there are depictions of drug addiction throughout.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
7 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
1
Anonymous
Polk has an addiction and binges a lot. a lot of binge drinking dockworkers in S2
s1e12 wallaces mother is alcoholic
s1e12 wallaces mother is alcoholic
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Animal
Yes
1
No
3
Yes
19
No
0
4
rurone
In season 2, Ziggy acquires a pet duck. He teaches it to drink alcohol and it drinks itself to death. Although the death happens off-camera, we see an upset Ziggy holding its empty collar and, shortly thereafter, its body left slumped in a corner of the bar.
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Are animals abused?
113 supporters
Yes
13
No
0
0
In S05E08 @ approx 13:24, boys are seen pouring lighter fluid on a cat. Nothing else is seen or implied.
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Yes
15
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0
7
ericandthene
Dog fighting in S03E02, scene where they're prepping the dog: 9:18-10:22. Actual fight and subsequent shooting of the losing dog occurs 11:18-13:20. There is a follow-up conversation 14:09-14:34 and a discussion in a wiretap 26:38-27:07.
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Is there a dead animal?
63 supporters
Yes
9
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0
1
nalo25
S2
E9
A dead duck is shown on a pool table.
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Does a cat die?
101 supporters
Yes
2
No
5
4
NICKO
A Cat is being poured gasoline on by a boy, but the boy gets distracted by his idol and runs after him, leaving the cat soaking wet with gasoline
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Does a pet die?
85 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
2
nalo25
S2
E9
A pet duck dies of alcohol poisoning.
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0
No
8
Yes
0
No
4
Are there snakes?
12 supporters
Yes
3
No
3
1
Season 1 Episode 9. At the basketball game there is a snake on someone's arm.
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Assault
Yes
10
No
1
3
GDConnell
In the first season a character is date-raped off screen while intoxicated, she dies during or just after the assault and the perpetrators show no remorse. In the fourth season a teenage character is strongly implied to have be sexually assaulted by his stepfather.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
19 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
joseph.lampke
At least two people's throats are slit in season 2 at the least. One is shown, the other is found post-mortem.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
16 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
3
Anonymous
s2e7 a character in the prison is strangled and hanged in a staged suicide
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0
No
4
Yes
2
No
1
Yes
0
No
3
Is there amputation?
14 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
beaupre
Photographs of bodies without heads or hands are shown, one character implies amputating people. (Season 2)
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Yes
0
No
3
Is there a hanging?
24 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
3
Anonymous
s2e7 a character in the prison is strangled and hanged on a doorknob in a staged suicide
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Yes
4
No
1
Does someone break a bone?
15 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
0
beaupre
A character breaks their leg after falling from a high building.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
29 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
3
beaupre
A young boy has a couple of his fingers broken by a police officer after driving a stolen car and crashing it (S4 E10)
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Is someone tortured?
57 supporters
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8
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0
1
Anonymous
Omar's boyfriend Brandon is captured, tortured, and killed in between episodes 5 + 6. You don't see it happen.
Episode 6:
- Opens on a shot of his body; after the kids leave for school, there's a brief close-up.
- After McNulty walks past the barking dog later, there's 4-5 minutes of scenes of discussing the murder. Wallace and Di express regret that he had to be killed.
- Later, when McNulty takes Omar into the building to show him Brandon's body and leaves the kids on the bench, there's a 1-2 minute scene where we see the body up close and he mourns, and then another 2 minutes of talking about the torture.
- At the very end of the episode, after Daniels tells McNulty they were granted another month and he leaves, there's a final shot of a picture of the body
Season 2 E2 greek gang kidnaps a shipworker, beats him up, and stabs him after he confesses. only beating
Episode 6:
- Opens on a shot of his body; after the kids leave for school, there's a brief close-up.
- After McNulty walks past the barking dog later, there's 4-5 minutes of scenes of discussing the murder. Wallace and Di express regret that he had to be killed.
- Later, when McNulty takes Omar into the building to show him Brandon's body and leaves the kids on the bench, there's a 1-2 minute scene where we see the body up close and he mourns, and then another 2 minutes of talking about the torture.
- At the very end of the episode, after Daniels tells McNulty they were granted another month and he leaves, there's a final shot of a picture of the body
Season 2 E2 greek gang kidnaps a shipworker, beats him up, and stabs him after he confesses. only beating
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Does someone fall to their death?
8 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
2
beaupre
A character falls from a multiple-story building and is injured but ultimately survives.
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Is there eye mutilation?
59 supporters
Yes
8
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2
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Anonymous
It's a child who loses an eye. See notes on "is a child abused"
E6 has disturbing shots of a body. See "is there torture"
E13: there's a close up picture of brandon's body during the interrogation
E6 has disturbing shots of a body. See "is there torture"
E13: there's a close up picture of brandon's body during the interrogation
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Children
Does a kid die?
28 supporters
Yes
11
No
1
1
beaupre
A teenager is killed after implicating a criminal of high importance. (S1 E12)
A young boy is unintentionally shot to death by a stray bullet following a gang shooting. (S2 E9)
A young boy is unintentionally shot to death by a stray bullet following a gang shooting. (S2 E9)
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
Anonymous
season 2 deals with sex trafficking victims that died in transit
S2E2 greek gang kidnaps a shipworker and interrogates him
S2E2 greek gang kidnaps a shipworker and interrogates him
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Does a parent die?
8 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
0
Anonymous
SPOILER
end of s2 e10 frank sobotka. his body is dredged up next episode and nicky sees the body
end of s2 e10 frank sobotka. his body is dredged up next episode and nicky sees the body
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
0
nalo25
Two of the main characters cheat on their wives. Other characters cheat on their girlfriends.
In S02 a woman cheats on her boyfriend who is in prison with one of his bosses.
In S02 a woman cheats on her boyfriend who is in prison with one of his bosses.
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Fear
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4
Yes
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No
4
Yes
0
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5
Yes
0
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4
Yes
0
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5
Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
12 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
1
nalo25
S1
E12
A character is threatened with a gun and he wets his pants before being killed.
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Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
Yes
13
No
0
3
Anonymous
Lot of mentions
S1E3 a gang member hostage vomits on the floor after the rival gang leaves
s1e10 10m in, McNulty after they play the recording of the shooting
s2e7 bunk retches after drinking binge
S1E3 a gang member hostage vomits on the floor after the rival gang leaves
s1e10 10m in, McNulty after they play the recording of the shooting
s2e7 bunk retches after drinking binge
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Does someone spit?
8 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
2
nalo25
S4
Bodie spits a lot.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
Yes
1
No
7
3
SiRenfield
Okay here’s the thing: just because it’s a cop show doesn’t automatically mean it’s “copaganda” since one of the central themes of the show is police corruption, including how the War on Drugs was ultimately a failure
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
21 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
Anonymous
So much drug use, very explicit and onscreen, including blood. Every episode
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
nalo25
S1
There are several scenes in the hospital near the end of the season after a main character is injured.
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Mental Health
Yes
1
No
3
1
nalo25
S3
E3
A character puts out a cigarette on his own hand.
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Yes
4
No
0
0
nalo25
S4
See: Does someone die by suicide? One character attempts to hang himself, which was the only overt attempt.
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Is there misophonia?
25 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
fc2217
Sniffing at least every episode, but usually when predictable (crying, drugs, etc.) so you'll typically be safe just muting when necessary. Bubs is a big sniffer.
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Yes
0
No
3
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
nalo25
S2
E1
Near the end of the episode, a character enters a cramped container as she investigates why it's customs seal was broken. She discovers that several women died in the enclosed space from a lack of oxygen.
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Yes
0
No
5
Yes
2
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2
GDConnell
A character is murdered by strangulation and his death is passed off as suicide, this is clear to the audience but the characters believe it was suicide and talk about it as such.
Several characters unintentionally overdose.
A character unknowingly consumes heroine laced with rat poison and dies as a result.
A character attempts to hang himself in a police interrogation room but detectives intervene and he survives unharmed.
No characters are shown or discussed successfully committing suicide.
Several characters unintentionally overdose.
A character unknowingly consumes heroine laced with rat poison and dies as a result.
A character attempts to hang himself in a police interrogation room but detectives intervene and he survives unharmed.
No characters are shown or discussed successfully committing suicide.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
23 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
1
Anonymous
occasionaly in car ride scenes
S1E10
S2E1
S1E10
S2E1
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Are there flashing lights or images?
25 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
4
joseph.lampke
Cop cars (cop show), and some party scenes throughout the series.
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Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
28 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
0
Anonymous
skinny/weight loss jokes ep 2
E7 Bird in the interrogation
E7 Bird in the interrogation
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Yes
0
No
5
Does the black guy die first?
14 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
4
TomChen
Lmao the show takes place in the Baltimore hood with a huge majority of poor Afro-American people so yeah, the chances to see Black people getting murdered are actually quite high.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
30 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
1
beaupre
A gay stickup man is referred to as "f*ggot", "c*cksucker", and "d*cksucker" multiple times by various characters.
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Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
1
Anonymous
racial slurs, homophobia, misogyny
jay sings a song with g*psy in it in s1e7 and LaRue the psychic is continually referred to that way
s1e12 there's an asian slur
jay sings a song with g*psy in it in s1e7 and LaRue the psychic is continually referred to that way
s1e12 there's an asian slur
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
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Season 3, Episode 3, Tosha (lesbian) is killed in a shoot out, a robbery gone bad, as part of Omar's crew.
Season 5, Episode 8, Omar (gay) is shot in the head and killed.
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Season 3, Episode 3, Tosha (lesbian) is killed in a shoot out, a robbery gone bad, as part of Omar's crew.
Season 5, Episode 8, Omar (gay) is shot in the head and killed.
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4 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
27 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
1
Anonymous
s1e9 after they ID Avon, they call one of the players m*dget
s2e8 blind jokes
s2e8 blind jokes
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Are there n-words?
18 supporters
Yes
10
No
0
0
Anonymous
Regularly by white people
E 1 or 2, Major Dorman calls one of the other bosses n* behind his back
Herc uses 'monkey' and other slurs a lot (E5)
E 1 or 2, Major Dorman calls one of the other bosses n* behind his back
Herc uses 'monkey' and other slurs a lot (E5)
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
0
nalo25
There are several explicit sex scenes. One includes an undercover officer with prostitutes (season 2).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
51 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
nalo25
Season 5 deals with homelessness a lot. There are several homeless characters who appear in various roles. A former homeless man turns his life around. Another character who's underage becomes homeless and an addict.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
Yes
0
No
6
2
No, but if your child believes in Santa this really isn’t the show for them for a million other reasons!
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Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
Yes
4
No
1
3
GDConnell
The series lacks a traditional ending, many characters are shown to continue on their paths - "the game is the game, always" and many are left worse off than at the beginning of the series. There is little sense of closure and the main antagonist is still active.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
1
GDConnell
In season 2 a character is shown driving drunk, he sideswipes a concrete column. The car is shown to be damaged but the character is unharmed. He then gets back into the car, backs up, and attempts to make the turn a second time. He crashes harder this time, further damaging the car, but is still unharmed. Later in season 4 a careless police officer causes a collision resulting in minor damage and no injuries.
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
4
No
1
Violence
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
10
No
0
Does someone drown?
10 supporters
Yes
1
No
3
1
GDConnell
On two occasions bodies are removed from the Baltimore harbour but both characters are confirmed to have died prior to entering the water.
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Is there gun violence?
12 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
2
Anonymous
you probably don't want to watch if that bothers you but here's (most of) the bad ones
s1e3 guy shot in the leg during the gang ride
s1e8 there's a shootout and one of the attackers is ambushed from the side by Omar
end of e9 omar starts a shootout
end of episode 10 ambushed in a parked car
e12 a teenager is shot, you see it coming minutes before
s2e10 someone gets cheated out of the money he was owed and then a minute later he gets a gun out of his car and shoots up the store
s1e3 guy shot in the leg during the gang ride
s1e8 there's a shootout and one of the attackers is ambushed from the side by Omar
end of e9 omar starts a shootout
end of episode 10 ambushed in a parked car
e12 a teenager is shot, you see it coming minutes before
s2e10 someone gets cheated out of the money he was owed and then a minute later he gets a gun out of his car and shoots up the store
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Season 3, Episode 2, a dog fighting ring takes place. One of the fighter's dogs loses, and he carries it behind a van and shoots it off camera.