The Alienist

TV Show • 2018 • Crime  

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New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
This tv show contains 66 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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PandemoniumGrey
Can someone say WHEN the dog dies please?!

A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there body horror?
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LP100
Off screen, referenced in season 1.
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LP100
S1
This is a difficult one to answer-- because of the time period (1896) there are some references to the young male prostitutes who dress as girls. It's not really clear whether they're cross-dressers or trans (partly bc that word hadn't been invented yet).
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Greenandsilver
Very much so. One of the main characters was violently abused as a child and during the series he defends multiple children from abusive parents while in public and in private
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Addiction
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S1
 E2
Non-consensual drug use in S1E2.
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Is there addiction?
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Greenandsilver
One of the main characters is an alcoholic and is implied to have been one for years. One of the minor plot lines is him trying to quit
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Episode 6, season 1 opens with a dead horse lying in the street - it’s the very first thing you see in the episode.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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PandemoniumGrey
A cat is stuffed in a bag around the eighteen minute mark of episode ten, season one, and subsequently killed.

In episode two of season two, a rabbit is being dissected around the fifteen minute mark.

Episode two season two: three slaughtered pigs are seen being pulled through the roads on a cart, around the 36 minute mark.
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Are animals abused?
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PandemoniumGrey
A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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PandemoniumGrey
A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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LucF
S1
 E9
S1E9

Beheaded dead cat under the floorboards. It is NOT skeletal and is only partially decomposed, the previous comment is mistaken. It is very clearly a dead tabby.

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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Anonymous
There are a few cases of a cat dying during the season. The last episode especially features the antagonist putting a live cat in a bag and violently smashing it against a wall.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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 E2
One of the main characters (John Moore) is drugged and it is heavily implied that he is raped.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Anonymous
The entire show is about adult men preying on kids. The youngest victim appears to be around 9
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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Greenandsilver
It is not outright stated, but rather implied that multiple characters have been assaulted. One of them is a main character. He seems to have no memory of the event because his alcohol was drugged, but it is heavily implied he was assaulted after he lost consciousness
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LP100
S1
Sort of-- the gangsters that arrange the (off-screen, heavily implied) rape of one of the main characters joke about it the next day (i.e., "won't be sitting for a week" kind of comments).
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Bodily Harm
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LP100
S1
 E9
There is no self-harm cutting, however in S1E9 Laszlo breaks a class and stabs his own arm (on purpose, self-harm). It is not graphic (no blood shown, no wound shown).
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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gracebrokke
One character is said to have burnt her father alive. This is not shown.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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LP100
S1
The serial killer ritualistically chops off one hand of his victims; the amputation isn't shown on screen, but the handless bodies are.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Lau
A boy attempts suicide by hanging but is saved in time
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LP100
S1
Part of the serial killer's MO. It is not shown on screen, just talked about.
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Does someone break a bone?
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LP100
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Someone is electrocuted (executed by electric chair) and it might look like a seizure to some people.
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byrgolf
Ding Dong (first appearance in episode 2) is missing a couple front teeth
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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LP100
S1
 E8
Supporting character is pushed and falls through a railing to her death. (~41 minute mark)
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Greenandsilver
The serial killer mutilated the eyes of all his victims
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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LP100
S2
Note: I haven't seen all of season 2, but this is literally the premise of the season so far: infants are abducted and murdered.
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Does a kid die?
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Greenandsilver
The series is about a serial killer who targets young boys, and specifically because they are sex workers and thus unprotected by police
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Is a minor sexualized?
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LP100
S1
The plot of the show revolves around a serial killer who abducts and kills young male prostitutes (most of the kids look about 12).
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Greenandsilver
The killer kidnaps boys to murder and mutilate boys
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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aussiekanga
a character gags several times after seeing a dead body.
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S1
 E10
S1E10; a boy has been kidnapped and urinates from fear.
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Does someone spit?
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mara
spitting blood happens on occasion
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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aussiekanga
i say no considering that the police can't really do anything right in this show and the people solving crimes are not police.
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LGBTQ+
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Anonymous
Although most of the children appear to be forced into crossdressing there are multiple mentions to others that do seem to actually be tranasgender (like the mentions of Benjamin) that are deadnamed and misgendered
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Greenandsilver
The mental institution scene can be very disturbing, even for people that are normally fine with those scenes. There is a lot of screaming and crying, as well as people begging one main character for help while they are restrained in a chair. Feel free to skip this scene
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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LP100
Main character (Laszlo) is shown injuring his own (disabled) arm multiple times.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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gracebrokke
The suicide of a character's father is referenced many times, but not shown.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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LP100
S2
Multiple times and definitely a baby in distress. If you are sensitive skip this season entirely.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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LP100
S2
A fairly intense birth scene in S2E2
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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LP100
S1
One of the main characters is called a cripple for having a disabled arm.
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Bibisquad
S1
because of the time it takes place, the n-word is used to talk about black people by the main characters
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Bibisquad
S1
the twins are jewish, and receive some mean comments from time to time
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LP100
S1
Possibly/probably one way or another-- there are young male prostitutes who dress as girls (cross-dressers or trans isn't clear) that are addressed by both male and female pronouns. In S1E1, a cop uses "it" as a pronoun.
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9374875
Though not explicitly mentioned, a lot of the victims at the centre of these cases are either implied to be LGBT or at least lgbt-adjacent, specifically transgender or gender non-conforming individuals. If you are sensitive to such themes, I would avoid this series.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Greenandsilver
There are multiple bigoted characters in the show, though none are the main characters
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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LP100
S1
Not in season 1.
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9374875
There are multiple instances of sex scenes. Some consensual and other non-consensual. A multitude of these take place within brothels and some between adults and underage children/teenagers. It is a series heavy with sexual scenes.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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gracebrokke
A horse-drawn carriage crashes.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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gracebrokke
A main character's brother is said to have drowned.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Greenandsilver
This is a show about hunting a serial killer who murders and mutilates young boys so there is a lot of fire, though the amount varies between episodes
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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