The Wire
TV Show • 2002 • Crime
ReportThis tv show contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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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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In S05E08 @ approx 13:24, boys are seen pouring lighter fluid on a cat. Nothing else is seen or implied.
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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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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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Season 1 Episode 9. At the basketball game there is a snake on someone's arm.
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arsouille75
stalked by the police, put on wire ? of course
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beaupre
A young dealer is beat up after being accused of stealing a stash of drugs
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amwhite91
This show deals with the drug trade, and there are depictions of drug addiction throughout.
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George MacLeod
You would be hard-pressed to find at least one episode where drugs aren't used.
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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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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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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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beaupre
A young boy has a couple of his fingers broken after angering a police officer.
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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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s2e7 a character in the prison is strangled and hanged in a staged suicide
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beaupre
A character breaks their leg after falling from a high building.
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beaupre
A small number of people are tortured for various reasons. One is tortured via many small cuts and cigarette burns and another with forced alcohol drinking.
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beaupre
Photographs of bodies without heads or hands are shown, one character implies amputating people. (Season 2)
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beaupre
A character falls from a multiple-story building and is injured but ultimately survives.
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s2e7 a character in the prison is strangled and hanged on a doorknob in a staged suicide
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beaupre
(Season 1 & 2 Spoilers)
A teenager is killed after implicating a criminal of high importance.
A young boy is unintentionally shot to death by a stray bullet following a gang shooting.
A teenager is killed after implicating a criminal of high importance.
A young boy is unintentionally shot to death by a stray bullet following a gang shooting.
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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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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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E6 Bubs drools after his friend gets arrested
s2e1 bodie spits
s2e1 bodie spits
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Poor Wallace.
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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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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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So much drug use, very explicit and onscreen, including blood. Every episode
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In season 1 theres some scenes in a hospice care center and in E5 a hallway scene w a passing glimpse of someone being restrained
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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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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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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occasionaly in car ride scenes
S1E10
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joseph.lampke
Cop cars (cop show), and some party scenes throughout the series.
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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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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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s1e9 after they ID Avon, they call one of the players m*dget
s2e8 blind jokes
s2e8 blind jokes
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skinny/weight loss jokes ep 2
E7 Bird in the interrogation
E7 Bird in the interrogation
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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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too many to count, a lot thrown around casually, sometimes specifically at gay characters
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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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nataliebohemian
There are several homeless characters with Bubbles (Andre Royo) being most notable.
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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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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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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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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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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.