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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Does the dog die?
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Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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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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extradimensionals
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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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Are animals abused?
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A dead rat is shown in a trap episode 3x6
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Anonymous
adult woman makes out with a 16 year old boy, it’s blamed on her teenage alter
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Not shown, but talked about throughout
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Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
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Is there amputation?
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Is someone tortured?
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3x12-character is waterboarded, but it’s not real
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3x11 someone jumps off a bridge, fall is not shown, they survive
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Children
Does a kid die?
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cedarufo
A teenager does die in the 3rd season.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Family
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3x8
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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3x8-corn maze has jumpscares
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Is there a shower scene?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Audible, mostly covered
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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haynesrebecca
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 a mentally ill person violent?
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SongsoftheWorld
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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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Gemini
No, but anorexia is mentioned in a side character throughout the first episode (not shown)
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haynesrebecca
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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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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There are no abortions, but it is talked about.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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extradimensionals
The alter, Buck, calls the system's son a f*ggot among other homophobic/transmisogynistic slurs.
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extradimensionals
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 usages of the n-word?
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Gemini
No, but blatant misgendering and using the wrong name is used as a joke 3x3
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Does the black guy die first?
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extradimensionals
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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Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Gemini
No frontal nudity, but moderately graphic
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Violence
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