The Sopranos

TV Show • 1999 • Drama  

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This tv show contains 116 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
Christopher sits on his fiance's dog by accident while high on heroin.
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Chained
S04E09 - Horse is burn in a stable fire and euthanised (all off screen). The horse is shown dead under a tarp and dragged away by a tractor then isn't seen again.

Additional info - The horses companion, a goat, is fine and seen at the final scene at the stables.
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Does an animal die?
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HCD1975
Artie shoots a rabbit in the head when he sees eating from his vegetable patch. All shown on screen
Season 6 episode 7
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bombchugirl
Churchill, the S02E04 dog that is involved in the carjacking deserves to run away and find a great new family that isn't racist and disgusting like the family he was with. It's really in the dog's best interest.
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VeeIrie
S3 E11 about halfway through the episode a dead young buck is shown.
VZ
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clownish
artie shoots a rabbit out of anger in his garden and serves it at his restaurant, idk the season or episode maybe season 5-6
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Elthegoblin
This isn’t Game of Fuckin Thrones
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SomeCallMeStalin
There is a fakeout with a LEAF that a character claims is a spider, in case anybody feels the urge to skip the scene when its mentioned
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Season 3 Episode 9
Paulie and Tony are watching a show about snakes and later in the episode Tony goes to the Zoo with Gloria and they walk into the reptile house. There is a huge snake behind them.
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Are there bugs?
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6od
NO spoiler - there are instances where a girlfriend/partner/sex worker is physically abused, and in a few instances, they return to the abuser, despite the horrible treatment.

ALSO why do so many people put character names. you are spoilering all over the fuckin’ place. can you not say “a man” “the sexworker” “the doctor” etc?

quit it - no one wants spoilers.
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j_co
Due to being in the Mafia many characters gaslight others in order to keep doing their illegal business practices. Though many also gaslight for their own personal reasons and in relationships as well. This is spread across the series.
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Unseen - Tony reveals a young woman at club has burned cigarettes into child
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EvanYeet
Tony strikes and verbally degrades his son AJ several times throughout the series.
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JShadR
Chris Moltisanti hits Adrianna on multiple occassions
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thehandthatbites
A pretty major theme throughout the whole show, particularly with one of the main characters.
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TheGrandDisciple
Christopher's Heroin use is a focus point for a time
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MeganFasnacht
In season 3 episode 4, there is a very graphic rape scene in a garage stairwell.
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clownish
S6
 E19
kinda? idk what counts but during a suicide attempt in the last season one of the last episodes the person ties a cinder block around their ankle so it will hold them underwater
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j_co
S1
 E9
It is mentioned that a high school coach has sex with one of his students who is a minor. However is is not seen and the other characters become very upset by this and even plot to kill him.
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6od
there are quite a few instances of people being drugged, mostly to make them go to sleep, sleep heavier, and go do crime or some other shit.
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j_co
If you count Mobsters as Bullies then yes it happens across the entire series.
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6
Season 3, episode 4. It happens 15 minutes in when a character goes into a parking garage.
It’s pretty graphic and very difficult to watch, as you can imagine.
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loverboi
In season 1 episode 9 Meadow and her friend go looking for Ally. They found her on the swings self-harming.
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JShadR
In the series finale, a character gets his head run over by a SUV, it is heard and strangers react to it but its not seen.
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Conor
No, but it’s threatened a time or two.
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cagliostro
Tony's girlfriend survives this kitchen accident.
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av10
Acid-related torture in season 6
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clownish
tbh tony kinda has a problem w choking ppl, mostly his go to when his extreme pissed w someone and mostly its to women
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clownish
people get heads crushed, eyes shot by bullet, etc all shown on screen
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clownish
show is based off tonys panic attacks that cause him to pass out, entire reason he sees the psychiatrist in the first place
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nrallen1992
Curb stomp scene in S6E19
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Idk
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6od
S4
The person who states that a head seen being placed in a bowling bag is wrong. We only see a WIG get placed in the bag. And while this person is chopped up, they don’t show and of the severance of body parts. they show a hand and arm, and a man with a meat cleaver. when the man with the cleaver raises harm to chop the hand off, the camera pans upwards, and no cutting or severance is showed.
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j_co
S6 E1. Christopher throws a rock at a waiter’s head in anger causing the man to seizure.
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loverboi
Graphic hanging scene in season 6 episode 1: guy is sitting home after having talked with the feds, he's looking at family pictures. He grabs a seashell and the scene cuts to him hanging himself.

In season 4 episode 3 they go to a protest where they've put up a fake lynching of Columbus.

In season 4 episode 6 Carmela mentions Gloria and how she hung herself from the chandelier while they're in bed.

In season 6 episode 10 Johnny's talking to his lawyer in prison and he goes "you wanna make me so depressed that I hang myself?"

In season 6 episode 14, there's a scene from the movie where a guy walks into a garage, and you can only see his legs hanging. He has not hung himself, but it could be a triggering image if you don't know the context.
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j_co
Brendan Filone flirts with Hunter (Meadow’s best friend and a teenager). Which she reciprocates. However nothing happens.
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kinnnsey
S3E13: A teenager is shot to death.
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JShadR
Tony and the others of the family constantly cheat with their goomars
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thehandthatbites
S3
In Season 3, but offscreen. Not direct family but in season 6, a main character is killed onscreen.
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nrallen1992
S6E9
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Anonymous
Clown is briefly shown in s1 e7 at an amusement park
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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cagliostro
The ghost of Big Pussy appears in the reflection of a mirror.
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j_co
S2 E13. Tony gets food poisoning and becomes ill. He is heard farting from the bathroom.
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clownish
s2 ep13
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Season 1
S1E1: In a chase scene with Tony and Christopher, you see Tony chasing a guy down with Christopher and Christopher bending over, presumably sick, though only the posture is visible (and nothing heard)
S1E5: Mentions throughout of Meadow feeling n* from drinks but nothing seen or heard. After mentioning AJ would be sleeping over with a friend, Father Phil goes to the restroom and v*. Audio only.
S1E7: The kids break in and drink wine. During basketball, one of the kids holds their stomach and runs off camera g* to v*. Audio only.
S1E8: When digging up the body Georgie says he’s going to p* then runs off to do it. Audio only, you do see him in the background hunched over with nothing visual aside from posture.
S1E12 After someone blocking an assassination attempt goes into a donut shop and walks back out, it abruptly cuts to a visual and audio scene of Junior v* from the backseat of a car.

Season 2
S2E3: Walking into the kitchen at the beginning to collect Meadow there’s a girl on the floor v* into a trashcan. Audio only, heard before you see her. Mute when he walks into the house if sound is triggering. Audio continues until scene changes to Tony in the car. When Janice gets the mail and walks inside the home later, it pans to v* on the walls and floor from the party. Safe to look when you hear the door shut as she leaves. Later on you see Meadow cleaning the mess (only soap on the floor) and g*/coughing as she does so.
S2E13: All scenes are audio only. Tony clutches his stomach after a bad dream and rushes to the bathroom to v*. You do see him moving to bend over the toilet. Second time is waking up after the threat of being made to eat something. You see him rushing from the bed and hear v* offscreen. Third time is when Artie goes upstairs to talk with Tony. You see him rush from the bed to the bathroom and v*. He does crawl off the bed at one point to be sick again with them helping walk him. Though he coughs and sputters it ends before anythingi s heard. At Pussy’s place Tony grabs his stomach and rushes to the bathroom but there’s no audio. When Tony goes back up to the top of the boat where Sylvio is, he sees Sylvio clutching his stomach by the back of the boat. Mentions n* but nothing happens. If d* is a trigger be advised that every time he v* he also has gas and it’s a frequent sound effect during all the dreams.

Season 3
S3E5: Possible Trigger. Bobby Sr. has lung cancer and does deep, hacking coughs, occasionally with blood. Off and on throughout his scenes.
S3E7: After Paulie tells Tony nothing will happen once Adriana and Chris are married, he holds his hands up in defeat and he and Tony walk offscreen. It immediately cuts to Junior being pulled back from over the toilet with a gasp. At the end of the scene Junior says batter up and is carried back offscreen to v* again. You hear audio as it shows Tony but nothing is seen.

Season 4
S4E2: After telling Adrianna she could be in trouble for bringing someone to family dinner with Tony, mute or look away for the next 15 seconds. She will say “oh my god” and immediately v* (very graphic audio and visual). V* remains on surfaces until the scene ends. Safe when the scene changes to the doorbell ringing and only missed dialogue is calling for a wastebasket.
S4E6: There’s a scene transition from Artie to a far away shot of Chris and someone else (Eddie). As soon as it closes in and the music has started, Eddie leans forward from the front of the toilet and begins v* for the next seven seconds. Audio and visual. Safe visual when it shows Christopher looking in the mirror with some background coughing.
S4E9: Tony gets into a fight in the kitchen. When it’s over, he g*, covers his face with his arm, g* again and v* brielfy (audio and visual) before going half offscreen to v* in a kitchen sink (you see his back half only). Safe when you hear the water running.
S4E12: You get a few seconds of warning. Tony apologizes for the mess in the limousine (implied only) and Furio mentions how Brian v*. He’s helped to the helicopter and as he walks towards the camera he bends forward and v*. Full visual, very light audio. Safe when Tony calls him “old faithful.” Unsafe again when Tony yells something while urinating with Furio. Furio looks at the spinning rotor and then back to see Brian once again v* repeatedly by the copter. Again slight audio, full visual, about three seconds.

Season 5
S5E1: Slight choking during lunch at a golf club as someone suffers a stroke. Person is hit with a brick and collapses, seizing for a long time until they are ultimately killed. There are choking noises during the seizure that might be distressing.
S5E4: After a friend says “where’s the patient” it cuts to someone passed out with v* visible on the toilet.
S5E5: A running theme of this episode is Adriana developing and being diagnosed with IBS. Nothing explicit seen or heard but frequent mentions/scenes of her being distressed and people discussing her having d*.
S5E9: A joke during work on the construction site doesn’t go over well, prompting Finn to look visibly n*. Cuts away before anything is shown, but cuts back to Felicia over him as he’s bent over, again visibly looking n*. There’s a final shot close up on them but again, nothing explicitly shown.
S5E11: A scene at the therapists leads to a joke about the Honeymooners (One of these days Alice). Tony spits out a mouthful of water in amusement. Tony tries to shoot a coach in the dream and makes some potentially triggering sounds as the bullets melt.

Season 6
S6E1: Opening scene: In the car Agent Harris starts coughing and they pull over. Car door opens and he leans out to v*, audio and visual. When Barbara calls Tony about needing to leave Junior, after Tony tells her “go, go” it cuts back to Barbara and Junior v* in the background. Audio until it cuts back to Tony, Junior has a handkerchief so no real visual.
S6E2: Scene change from helicopter lights bearing down to someone on a hospital bed pulling their breathing tube out in confusion, making several g* noises as they do so. Can be triggering.
S6E4: Talking to Paulie, Tony v*. Audio and visual. There’s little warning so when Paulie says he’s “just repeating what Phil told him,” mute and/or look away. You miss Tony saying that they better understand their obligation (he v* on himself almost immediately after saying obligation).
S6E5: Episode ending with very slight spoilers. Tony fights with Perry and leaves him on the floor. You only miss him smiling so I’d strongly advise ending the episode after you see Perry on the floor.
If you want details: When it cuts from Perry to Tony in the bathroom, he rushes to the front of the screen and v* graphically and with audio into the toilet. Wiki says it’s blood and while I partially agree, there’s more than blood so be warned. There’s an overhead audio as he continues, he moves back to the sink to wash up and smile at himself before moving back to the same front view as he runs back and v* all over again, the episode ending to the sounds of him continuing to v*.
S6E8: Tony picks up AJ (you’ll know the scene) and AJ v* almost immediately after Tony says, “you gotta grow up, you’re not a kid anymore. You gotta grow up.” Audio and visual for the next twenty seconds. Look away after he says you’re not a kid anymore because it’s a very quick cut from his last line to v*.
S6E9: Chris discusses business in the car with Corky. Audio cues work better for this one. The conversation lulls and music takes over:
“Sometimes I think about Saturday’s child
And all about the times when we were running wild
I’ve been out searching for the dolphins in the sea”
When the “I’ve been searching” line starts it will pan to the back of Chris’ car and then around to the driver’s side where he has his head hanging out, v* a moment later before the line finishes being sung. Visual and audio despite the music. Safe ten seconds later.
S6E12: Julianna crawls away from the couch where she’d been cuddling with her lover and towards the camera to grab a small trash can and v* into it. Dark lighting so slight visual, light audio. Audio is over once the scene changes.
S6E18: A wreck happens and when the passenger moves around to break the window and help the driver, the driver v*/coughs blood (only) a few times. The driver chokes and makes distressing noises with all the blood. There’s very little warning on the next instance. Tony takes peyote with a friend and continues on with the person. I give it 20 seconds before you need to mute and/or look away. As soon as light flashes indicating a scene change Tony is going into a bathroom and v* graphically and with audio. From the moment he takes the peyote and the bottle hits the table with a clunk you can safely skip the next minute and miss it. It’s safe again when he’s sitting back and looking up at the light.
S6E21: A woman cries out in surprise and abandons her car (with two babies inside). The car starts to move on its own and runs over someone - almost immediately after, it cuts from a crowd to someone shouting, “oh shit!” and then back to the crowd where a person leans over and v* with audio and visual.
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Penji
S3
 E8
A character dies while straining on the toilet.
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j_co
In seasons 1-3 the twin towers are seen in the background of the show’s intro in Tony’s rear view mirror. They were replaced with a generic shot in season 4 and forward. Though the show makes no mention of 9/11.
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Penji
The show makes clear that the FBI agents are no less prone to deception, bullying, or just being jerks than the mobsters. Several cops have arrangements with mobsters to look the other way while they run illegal operations.
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wizardlizard99
Debatable; a recurring character who cheats on his wife with a man is characterized as gay (and outed) by other characters but is also shown to have a stable, apparently heteronormative marriage with children. The character himself would probably be referred to as bisexual by modern audiences but is never called such by the show.
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clownish
not that remember but probably at some point, any slur pretty much imaginable has been most likely said during the show
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ChaoticGourd
S2
 E7
Christopher tells a story about a Transwoman who is burned with acid and disfigured bc she tried to "trick" someone into sleeping with her. Basically the "Gay Panic" defense.
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auburnfan2014
In s1 ep2 a character is revealed to have cancer and it is a main plot point through the season
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kinnnsey
Tony, the main character, consistently sees a therapist throughout the show. Several other characters will attend therapy occasionally, including his children. S6E19: A teenager is hospitalized for an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
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bonkersbinch
Hospitals are very common in all seasons of the show
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Conor
I mean, that’s the whole show.
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Anonymous
Deceased characters are seen by living characters in their dreams or in flashes in real life. Some surreal dreams. There is also a pretty intense episode where a character is in purgatory and experiences an alternate version of their life.
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KellyDoyle
There are an incredible amount of obnoxious eating scenes with clear chewing & smacking sounds.
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AdamWright
The main character's anxiety attacks are an essential plot point throughout the show.
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thehandthatbites
S6
Two attempts in Season 6 are displayed onscreen: one of these is successful.
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loverboi
S6E1: Suicide by hanging.
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Penji
It’s not explicit but one of the supporting characters’ children is likely anorexic. The same character’s wife is overweight and an episode focuses on her size and attempts to diet.
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S1 ep9 graphic self harm cutting scene
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Tony's Russian girlfriend threatens/attempts it after he breaks things off with her. They don't show anything just mention it.
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cagliostro
"Chasing It" is shot with a handheld camera.
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j_co
Nonstop cussing, middle fingers, racial slurs and sexist language throughout the series. Mostly to shape the mobsters as bad people.
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Does a baby cry?
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wizardlizard99
The FBI surveils and follows multiple characters throughout the course of the show, sometimes with their knowledge and often without.
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passerby
characters look at the camera and speak occasionally but it seems like the lines are said to characters in the room, it’s a bit weird
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Mammoth
S3 e6 (she’s not visibly pregnant)
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S6E11 a gay man is beaten to death, we see the start of the of the beating before the camera pans away later the man is described as being found beaten to death and sodomized with a pool cue
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Conor
Not exactly, but there’s a very graphic description of an awful hate crime against a trans woman in a conversation in season 2. And no one in that scene seems to believe it’s as awful as it is. If I remember correctly, they all laugh about it.
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flowerclown
Pretty much everyone in the story is a bad person, often in ways that align with racial stereotypes (black gangster rappers, Jewish fraudsters). In s1e13, also, a psychiatrist describes people with BPD as having no love or compassion and is presented as being in the right.
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j_co
One episode is all about the controversy around Columbus Day with Italian Americans supporting the day and Indigenous Native American’s against it.
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Anonymous
The R-word is used occasionally throughout the series
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thehandthatbites
In every single season, about both men and women.
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bonkersbinch
In addition to N words, with an -er specifically, the characters frequently use the Italian word for "black" as a racist slur against black people and the main character Tony has an arch about not wanting his daughter to date a black man.
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Anonymous
Mistresses are often much younger than the man they are with. In the final season AJ dates a junior in high school when he is stated to be 21.
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j_co
Sex happens throughout the series. Though the majority of it is not terribly graphic or lasts long. But is strong and frequent.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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EvilMetalDork
There is a brief reference to an apparent sexual relationship between second cousins but nothing happens on screen
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Is there BDSM?
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TheGrandDisciple
Lot's of topless women throughout the series.
In season 5 or 6 Tony is in jail and a guy in the background pulls his pants down and hovers above a toilet with his manhood dangling
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Penji
One of Tony’s fronts is a strip club.
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TheGrandDisciple
Not to his face but they bad mouth Johnny for crying after being arrested at his daughters wedding
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Mammoth
One character strokes out and dies in a car. S6 e1
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j_co
Uncle Junior begins to develop Dementia toward the end of the series.
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wizardlizard99
A major character dies of metastatic lung cancer towards the end of the show.
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thehandthatbites
For the first two seasons, a character wears a fatsuit, but does not from season 3 onwards.
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cagliostro
Meadow's roommate is disturbed by homelessness in New York.
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wizardlizard99
God, religion, the meaning of life, and existentialism/absurdism are all major recurring themes. A teenage character reads Camus, claims "god is dead," and an authority figure tells him life is meaningless.
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clownish
not sad, apparently its one of the most controversial endings i can see why, more "wtf" than sad not really anything sad abt it at all
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j_co
Richie Aprile runs Beansie over with his car. He survives but is confined to a wheelchair.
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TravisMcDonagh
Attempted suicide by drowning in S6
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kinnnsey
Blood and gore are common throughout the show.
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TheGrandDisciple
It's a show about Mobsters
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cagliostro
In "Cold Cuts", Tony watches a documentary which implies terrorists have smuggled atomic bombs into the USA. Obviously, these aren't set off.
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