American Horror Story

TV Show • 2011 • Horror  

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This tv show contains 151 potentially triggering events.
Season
Episode
20
Morgan Raye Edstrom
Season 3 - Dog dies off screen but can be heard
Season 5 - Dog dies off screen and is found by owner, shows dog's body.
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Anonymous
In the newest season, AHS: Apocalypse, a horse dies in the first episode. It was shot in the head.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
Yes
121
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8
Anonymous
In Cult, a guinea pig gets put into a microwave.
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BlancheDuBois
Langdon kills animals as a small child and his grandmother buries them under rose bushes.
Scene of bloody dead animals left as "trophies".
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Ollie2
Season 10 Episode 1: girl is counting roadkill while driving. Dead squirrel and dead deer are shown, both with gore (blood, bite marks, open wounds)
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Yes
0
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fetishfangirl
not sure why there are so many nos on this, there are multiple scenes showing and describing a character killing and mutilating cats
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Does a pet die?
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Yes
11
No
3
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MyrrahWaters
Perhaps the one animal/thing that is safe from American Horror Story
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Yes
90
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8
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childsplqy
S3
in s3 there are alligators who are about to be killed by hunters, but a character stops them, making the alligators eat the hunters instead.
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AllisonIsTired
Coven
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Yes
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4
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beeboy
Several seasons have bugs
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Yes
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0
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Asiaklg
In season 1 a character accuses her partner of gaslighting her, but it is because supernatural things are happening to her that her partner doesn’t witness or believe. She is placed in a mental institution as a result, but her partner later believes her and apologizes.
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beeboy
It is mentioned that Kai stalks several people in cult
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Yes
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MyrrahWaters
All of Constance Langdon's children, all of the Countess' children, and many more
Especially Kyle Spencer, that was absolutely nauseating
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Season 10 has the man saying emotionally abusive things to his wife and daughter, before he attacks his wife to suck her blood when she cuts her finger
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BlancheDuBois
There is an addiction demon and heroin use
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Tarar
Heroin use is prominent in Hotel.
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AleMata
Season 2
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Yes
30
No
1
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fetishfangirl
almost every single season of AHS has some type of sexual assault in it

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13
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5
Yes
11
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childsplqy
not sure why so many no’s. kyles mom secually assaults him in s3, as he is an underaged minor.
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1
S10
 E14
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sunbears4me
A man is simultaneously raped and mutilated by a malevolent being, at beginning of Hotel. Quite violent and triggering
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amortentia
Murder House (season 1) contains graphic scenes of Violet self-harming.
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Yes
12
No
6
4
AllisonIsTired
Roanoke
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Compadres
In Asylum, non-consensual sterilization and child genital mutilation are both mentioned.
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Tarar
A man burns his family alive in Murder House.
A witch is burned at the stake in Coven.
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AleMata
Coven, by Delphine LaLaurie
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Yes
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3
beeboy
There is a scene where a woman gets buried alive in cult, but it is a dream
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porridge
In apocalypse there’s a scene that implies they’re eating a soup containing human flesh, I don’t think it was 100% confirmed
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Season three. Someone tosses acid in her eyes to blind her. She also gouges her eyes out. And two other witches are murdered for their eyes
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Yes
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Yes
22
No
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Yes
37
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Yes
8
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1
I think there are a few hangings, and other death scenes that likely include asphyxiation.
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KarmicCarcass
In a number of seasons there are the following:
Drowning
Trapped in tight spaces with no air
Choking
Throat slitting and the gurgling that follows
Use of chloroform
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Yes
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No
0
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Tarar
In Cult, a man is hung from the ceiling with hooks in his chest, and another man has nails shot into his head. And there's a "haunted house" of sorts where real people are being tortured and killed.
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Yes
1
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0
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LukeRoberts
there is forced amputation pictured in season 4
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Anonymous
In season 5, there is an (imaginary) scene where Sally's teeth all break of and fall out, continued with blood.
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Kat2022
S10
The mother falls down the stairs when the police show up at the door about Alma

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JamesC7
Season 2 episode 10
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Yes
6
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2
6
NotAgainAllison
Drug OD seizure
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ladymacbinch
A family is hung in season 4, but only their legs dangling is shown. Season 1, a man is hung by ghosts.
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Murder House (season 1) during the flashbacks to 1926 and the Montgomerys.
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Yes
9
No
9
3
10.1 implies but doesn't show a woman killing a baby. You hear it scream and cry, and off screen the cry is cut off.
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Yes
0
No
9
Yes
19
No
0
1
it's american horror story, almost all characters die
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Yes
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No
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0
Alurisina
A girl overdoses in season 1
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LukeRoberts
there's various depictions of parents dying in varying levels of gore throughout the series
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amortentia
Yes, Ben in Murder House (S1) and there are other references to affairs throughout the series.
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In “Murder House” episode 2, a teddy bear is doused with gasoline before the House is set on fire. We do not actually see it burning.
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one of the main characters brother commits suicide on screen after killing someone. the character struggles because of that
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beeboy
A couple gets kidnapped in hotel and trapped behind a wall
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MyrrahWaters
The entire show is pretty much gore mixed with jump scares, mixed with a heavy helping of 'whaaaaaaaaaaaat?'
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Yes
4
No
13
4
AllisonIsTired
Quite a few
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beeboy
Seasons 4 and 6 have many clowns. Season 5 has a character briefly in clown makeup
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Yes
13
No
0
7
Tarar
Oh yes. The devil possesses people in almost all of Asylum and there is a horrifying exorcism scene in the second episode.
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Dorianaz9
Could someone give more details please?
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Morgan Raye Edstrom
Seasons 1, 3,4,5 and 6
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naokiie
S2
Kit spits in Sister Jude's face after he's strapped to the bed
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Yes
0
No
7
5
styx_x
In Season 1 during a School Shooting
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Yes
6
No
5
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thegoodwitch
here is a full list of all emeto warnings in the show ●●●●●●●●●●●●●s1 murder house
1. safe
2. very sudden at 35 mins, graphic with visuals and audio
3. murder then v, 40 mins
4. gagging and blood, no v
5. safe
6. 32 and 33 mins, gagging but no v
7. safe
8. safe
9. safe
10. safe
11. safe
12. safe

s2 asylum
1. food is spat out with gagging sound, no actual v
2. safe
3. safe
4. character shows another character pics of naked women, she then v. first at 24 mins (a few moments warning- audio but not graphic, into a bucket so no visuals. very sudden abt a minute later) then again at 28 (very sudden, audio but no visuals)
5. safe
6. safe
7. safe (word mention)
8. 18 mins, slight visual with audio
9. safe
10. safe
11. safe
12. safe
13. 18 mins, audio but no visual

s3 coven
1. safe
2. safe
3. safe
4. 42 mins with audio and visuals, very sudden after "keep these coming mister"
5. safe
6. 29 mins (mostly blood, close-up visual, small amount of audio. a bug then crawls out of her mouth), 35 mins (very sudden, audio but no visual)
7. safe
8. 4 mins, audio but no visual. almost 17 mins, quite sudden (right after "not without a push") audio, no visuals. 30 mins with audio
9. safe
10. safe
11. safe
12. safe
13. safe (coughing but no v)

s4 freak show
1. 3 mins, no visual, mild audio
2. safe
3. safe
4. safe
5. gagging and coughing, no v
6. safe
7. 26 mins, lots of audio, no visuals- happens 2x with a few secs pause between
8. 27 mins, audio, no visuals
9. 10 mins, quite sudden, audio, no visuals
10. safe (word mention near end)
11. 2 mins, no warning, audio and some visual
12. 32 mins, very sudden, no warning, audio and visual
13. safe

s5 hotel
1. safe (word mention)
2. safe (spits out food, no v)
3. safe
4. safe
5. coughing blood, no v
6. safe
7. safe
8. safe
9. safe
10. 23 mins- foaming at the mouth, no actual v
11. 10 mins- foaming at the mouth, no actual v
12. 3 mins, sudden, graphic visuals, no audio

s6 roanoke
1. safe
2. spitting blood, no v
3. safe
4. 25 mins, quick with audio and slight visual, again 40 secs later with graphic visual but no audio, safe by 27 mins
5. safe
6. safe
7. safe (coughing and gagging at cannibalism scene, no v)
8. safe
9. safe
10. safe

s7 cult
1. safe
2. 25 mins, blood, no actual v
3. safe
4. safe
5. 17mins,  u can tell its coming, no visuals. 39mins, gagging, no v
6. safe
7. safe
8. safe
9. 4mins, coughing audio and mild visual. 39mins, blood, no actual v, then flashback to the scene from 4mins into the ep
10. safe
11. safe

s8 apocalypse
1. 25mins
2. safe
3. 33mins, graphic with audio and visual, prolonged scene, multiple x. 39 mins, no one v-s but the room from before is shown, with visuals of v on floor and furniture
4. safe
5. spits blood, no v
6. safe
7. coughing and gagging, no v
8. safe
9. safe
10. blood from mouth, no v

s9 1984
1. safe
2. 23 mins, audio, no visual. 28 mins, foam from mouth, no v
3. 23 mins, a character chugs alcohol then gags, no v
4. safe
5. safe
6. 34 mins, foam from mouth, no v
7. 6 mins, audio, no visual
8. safe
9. safe

s10 double feature
1. 9 mins, the coughing made me nervous but this scene is entirely safe. 21 mins, audio and visual. 23 mins, audio, no visual
2. 7 mins, coughing & spits out food, no v
3. safe
4. 18 mins, you can tell it's coming, graphic audio, no visual. 21 mins, gagging and spitting, no v. 32 mins, audio, mild visual. 39 mins, foam from mouth, no v
5. 38 mins, audio and visual, sudden and graphic
6. safe
7. 34 mins, "i feel a little queasy" then runs off screen, it is implied she v*s but not shown- next scene shows her sitting on a bathroom floor on the phone, no v is shown but there is word mention "ive been p*ing all afternoon", end of scene "see you in a few" immediately followed by v, audio, no visual. end of next scene (37 mins) after "i dont feel so good", audio, no visual
8. 25 mins, audio, no visual, u can tell its coming. 26 mins, audio, no visual, sudden
9. safe
10. safe

s11 nyc
1. safe
2. safe
3. safe- there's a scene near the beginning where they talk about diseases, with some flashbacks shown. there's lots of coughing which made me nervous, but no v. this episode is entirely safe
4. safe
5. safe
6. safe
7. 27 mins, sudden, graphic audio, some visuals
8. 45 secs, fast but graphic. 12 mins, something falls out of Barbara's mouth, its quick and not graphic and not actual v but still sort of gross and could be triggering
9. 10 mins, graphic and sudden, audio and visual
10. safe
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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thegoodwitch
the depiction of cops varies in different seasons. there are some where cops are entirely useless and have no impact on anything, some where they're helpful, and some where they actively cause damage. there are also multiple instances of "good cops" being depicted despite the depiction of the overall institution is negative
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8
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Tarar
It's used in Asylum, for one person it is used as gay conversion therapy, and for another it fries her brain so much that she forgets her own name.
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AllisonIsTired
In Coven
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shinydoggo22
There's an entire season.
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AllisonIsTired
“They don’t call me hypodermic sally for nothing” -Sally (hotel)
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Yes
2
No
2
5
AllisonIsTired
Many
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LukeRoberts
autism is not specifically mentioned, but there are mentally handicapped characters that face discrimination and abuse in season 4
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gothiccobweb
S1
Tate is mentally unwell, he shoots up a school.
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descensum
i personally don’t like any of the eating scenes, they just make me feel nauseous. especially the scene when kai is eating his manwich 😭 i just cover my ears.
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MyrrahWaters
Season Seven (cult) has a major part about fears/anxiety and panic attacks
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Yes
3
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
50
No
4
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Cheerie.os
In season 1, Violet commits on screen suicide by overdose. It seems that she is saved by Tate but later episodes reveal her body being infected with flies.
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Yes
0
No
4
4
AllisonIsTired
Season 3
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Tarar
A woman with a phobia of being buried alive is locked in a coffin until she suffocates.
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beaniesays
Season 1 in particular has several scenes involving self-harm.
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KiraBooker
In Roanoke (season 6) there is
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Yes
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No
0
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MyrrahWaters
Season One - Episode 1 or 2, there's an entire scene that's based around strobe lighting
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Does a baby cry?
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Yes
31
No
2
0
thegoodwitch
in roanoke, there are multiple scenes of characters verbally addressing the audience and looking directly into the camera
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Morgan Raye Edstrom
In seasons 1 and 6
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AlannS
Yes-a baby is stillborn in season 1
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beeboy
The first two seasons heavily play on abortion and season 5 an abortion is shown
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LukeRoberts
in season four, there's a scene with dubious consent involving an exploited birth of a child with a disfigurement.
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5
Asiaklg
In season 1 a character dies in childbirth.
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Morgan Raye Edstrom
Deaths of two gay characters in Season 1
Death of a lesbian in Season 2
Death of two gay characters in Season 4
Death of two gay characters in Season 5
Death of a lesbian in Season 7
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Kat2022
S10
4 drag Queens sit around a table and one of them says that they are a professional drag queen while the other three are men in wigs and other stuff of that nature
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emilylymath
in season 2 there is a woman who believes she's anne frank and a n**i doctor. as well as flashbacks from Auschwitz
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ReeKid97
also racist words used by madam lalaurie
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LukeRoberts
heavy reoccurring ableism. it's arguably the antagonist of season four.
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DrewB
not very many, only a few, and those are in AHS freakshow, where the fat women is that they call ima wiggles.
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Anonymous
In coven a person says the n-word
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KarmicCarcass
S4E2: two male partners are referred to as "fruits" and it is suggested by a character that they are sick and lower than "freaks".
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beeboy
There is a trans woman in season 5 who is misgendered and an intersex person in season 4 who is misgendered
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RidleyMathers
coven

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No
3
Yes
5
No
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naokiie
S1
Guy who is forty-ish cheats on his wife with a 21 year old
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Yes
11
No
1
2
throughout the whole series. the show depicts sex really often
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
Yes
49
No
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Tarar
In Cult, a man tries to get his sister pregnant, which she doesn't want.
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Yes
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No
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Is there BDSM?
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Yes
5
No
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Yes
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No
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Anonymous
Some episodes have the female characters in very suggestive and revealing clothing. The way some male characters look at the women are distasteful.
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thegoodwitch
S1
multiple males are depicted crying- one in particular cries almost every episode- and none of them are ridiculed for this at any point
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Yes
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No
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0
thegoodwitch
in season 5, a character talks about her father's dementia, with multiple flashbacks showing his deterioration
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Yes
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No
3
Yes
0
No
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0
Alurisina
S10
Tb Karen in red tide
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Yes
1
No
2
Yes
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No
0
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TobyWoby
It should be noted that it is not actually Santa who's a rapist/murderer, it is a man dressed up as Santa.
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DrewB
most have bittersweet endings
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Yes
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No
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AriaFaline
In Apocalypse Michael Langdon is hit intentionally, backed over, then run over again.
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beeboy
There are car crashes in multiple seasons
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Tarar
A girl's head is held underwater until she drowns in Season 3.
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Hayba
Yes. A lot. In every season.
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AllisonIsTired
There’s a shooting in season 1, 4 and 7
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AllisonIsTired
In apocalypse that’s what the season is based on
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