United States of Tara
TV Show • 2009 • Comedy
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Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara never gives up hope that someday she can just be herself.
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Needs More Answers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Abuse
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The main character was abused as a child. She also abuses and neglects her own children, though in different ways. Her husband touches and speaks to her teenage girl alter in a sexual way.
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Is there a dead animal?
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A dead rat is shown in a trap episode 3x6
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Assault
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Not shown, but talked about throughout
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Is there pedophilia?
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adult woman makes out with a 16 year old boy, it’s blamed on her teenage alter
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Not sure why someone voted, "No". One of Tara's alters cuts her own arm at the end of the episode. Like, that's literally the end of the episode. I hate when people answer incorrectly on here...there should be a way to remove incorrect answers on here
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Does someone fall to their death?
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3x11 someone jumps off a bridge, fall is not shown, they survive
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Does a head get squashed?
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In a video made for Marshall's film class, one of the characters has his head squashed and there is a lot of blood, but it is obviously fake.
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Is someone tortured?
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3x12-character is waterboarded, but it’s not real
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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A teenager does die in the 3rd season.
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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3x8
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Is someone kidnapped?
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3x8-they are safe
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Fear
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3x8-corn maze has jumpscares
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Audible, mostly covered
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Tara's neighbor commits suicide. While his actions and methods are described, nothing is shown on screen. Later on, one of Dr. Hatteras's patients is shown to jump off a building, but him hitting the ground is not shown. It is implied that this was not a suicide attempt but rather a product of his delusion that he could fly, but it is stated that he succeeded and died.
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There are two scenes where one of Tara's alters self harms on screen and blood is shown. The first scene is where she is writing her paper on somatization, and the self harm is stopped by Alice before much damage can be done or blood is shown. The second instance is during Charmaine's baby shower in the parking lot outside, and no one is able to prevent it. More blood is shown in this scene.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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As someone with DID whose mother watched the show as a kid, this show had my mother convinced for years and my father still convinced that I'm faking my DID. PSA: People with DID do *not* astral project their alters. We cannot see each other in the way that you can see another person walk down the street. If we do picture each other, it is like having an active imagination, as only us can see them as it's behind the eyes. You cannot see our alters, they look like the body and depending on their level of masking they can even seem similar to the core or host if you don't know them well enough (including if you think you do, like my dad)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No, but anorexia is mentioned in a side character throughout the first episode (not shown)
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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There are no abortions, but it is talked about.
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Prejudice
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Is there hate speech?
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The main character is often subjected to various degrees of ableist harassment. One of her alters is fond of calling people homophobic slurs, especially their son.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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The show revolves around ableist stereotypes of people with DID (how we're abusive to the people around us, how ALL alters other than the 'host' are cartoonish caricatures who disturb the system's life, etc.) Also, the main character is subject to constant ableist sentiments ranging from ignorance to outright abuse.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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No, but blatant misgendering and using the wrong name is used as a joke 3x3
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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The alter, Buck, calls the system's son a f*ggot among other homophobic/transmisogynistic slurs.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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No frontal nudity, but moderately graphic
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Vehicular
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Violence
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