Peaky Blinders
TV Show • 2013 • Crime
ReportA gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
This tv show contains 112 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Is there on-screen pooping?
12 supporters
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0
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0
0
S2
E6
What was being said was: I was taking a sh*t, nothing like it ever happens/happened before that though
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
14 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
0
S1
E5
There are mentions to how the shelby father abandoned his kids ten years earlier. it is shown that they suffered from it, the father returns in this episode. Later the father abandoned again his oldest son (now an 30 yo adult who chose to believe in him). I guess that counts as such
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
14 supporters
Yes
8
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1
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L00nahMoth
S1
E5
Shelby Sr gets into a boxing match with his own son, gives the youngest one alcohol, robs his son
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
13 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
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S7
text
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Yes
18
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0
Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
24
No
1
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
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Yes
25
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Yes
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1
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cherrycafe
not explicitly, but it is implied that one of the characters suffered sexual abuse as a child and he, later on, faces his abuser
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Addiction
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66
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1
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Jaspi
Opioids, Cocaine and other drugs are frequently and by multiple people used, throughout all seasons.
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Is there addiction?
3 supporters
Yes
56
No
2
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THnCMFan
Implied addiction to opium paste (though only shown in one scene in season one), alcoholism, cocaine addiction, tobacco/nicotine addiction, are plainly on view through the show, all seasons and most if not all episodes
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Yes
65
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0
Animal
Yes
4
No
5
Does a horse die?
28 supporters
Yes
64
No
0
9
Krister Jensen
A sick horse is shot in the head in the 1st season.
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Yes
64
No
1
9
Sho0be
Beginning of episode 4 season 3, the deer gets shot...cant believe no one called this out
10 comments | Add comment
Are animals abused?
63 supporters
Yes
19
No
17
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Quesarilla
YES. Horse servitude is a common theme throughout the series. Racing, riding, and carriage/“working” horses in the background are a common sight. Many scenes where the horses are made to walk through chaotic sets, showing clear signs of distress.
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13
Is there a dead animal?
30 supporters
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44
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0
2
S4E1 the scene with the cook plays in a slaughterhouse, lots of dead animals are involved, taken apart
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
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1
Yes
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17
Does a pet die?
44 supporters
Yes
14
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0
3
A loved pet horse is killed (shot)
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18
Yes
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Yes
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5
Yes
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11
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Assault
Yes
14
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0
0
L00nahMoth
S2
E4
Several women get hit by men during a bar fight
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Yes
8
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Is there pedophilia?
33 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
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tresgatos
Although never explicitly mentioned, it's implied that the priest in Season 3 is a pedophile.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
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6
Yes
13
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
8 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
1
L00nahMoth
S1
E2
There should be a section on this website for cop violence, there's a lot of it this episode
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Yes
25
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Yes
53
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4
cherrycafe
in season 2, episodes 5 & 6
9 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
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0
Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
13 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
0
L00nahMoth
S3
E5
The man groped gets laughed at while it's happening
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
20
No
0
3
Alecia
In season one, one of the main female characters is almost raped, when someone interrupts them at the last minute. In season two, another main female character is raped off screen, but it is very clear what is going to be done before the scene cut and what has been done after it. In S1E1 another female lead is grabbed by a group of men who threaten to rape her. In season three, another female lead is nearly raped and severely beaten in a very graphic and horrible scene, with no good resolution to it.
There are few main female characters who are not at least threatened with rape, if not attempted, or raped. It starts to run together at a certain point, with the mistreatment of women sexually. There are also multiple scenes where sex workers are abused, treated harshly, and talked about as if they were garbage or objects (even though the men who go to them are just depicted as being normal lads, because that's what lads do). In season one a sex worker is noticeably bruised by a man who pays for her time, and when it is pointed out, she notes that he is a very special customer, as if this were a complete explanation for whatever he does.
If sexual violence is something that bothers you, this may not be the best series for you. The scenes are numerous, throughout the seasons.
There are few main female characters who are not at least threatened with rape, if not attempted, or raped. It starts to run together at a certain point, with the mistreatment of women sexually. There are also multiple scenes where sex workers are abused, treated harshly, and talked about as if they were garbage or objects (even though the men who go to them are just depicted as being normal lads, because that's what lads do). In season one a sex worker is noticeably bruised by a man who pays for her time, and when it is pointed out, she notes that he is a very special customer, as if this were a complete explanation for whatever he does.
If sexual violence is something that bothers you, this may not be the best series for you. The scenes are numerous, throughout the seasons.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
9 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
0
L00nahMoth
S3
E3
Threatened extensively during a torture scene, but not actually carried out
2 comments | Add comment
Are any hands damaged?
4 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
corn_colonels
S3
E1
a finger is bitten in a fight
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Is there throat mutilation?
6 supporters
Yes
4
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0
0
corn_colonels
S3
E6
(spoilers)
Michael kills the priest by cutting his throat at the end of season 6, and there are many other instances of throat mutilation
Michael kills the priest by cutting his throat at the end of season 6, and there are many other instances of throat mutilation
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
7 supporters
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27
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0
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clownish
sometime in s1 or beginning of s2 (spoilers kinda) the first time arthur tries to unalive himself by hanging when he does it stops breathing for a minute or so before it fails but the scene is shot pretty close so you can see him suffocating and changing color pretty disturbing
5 comments | Add comment
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Yes
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Is someone buried alive?
7 supporters
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10
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3
Spoiler!!! Do not go on if you don’t want it spoiled. There is a scene season 2 ep 6 where Tommy is to dig his own grave. I would have watched it had I known it doesn’t get to completion, but because it seemed like he was going to be forced to burry himself alive, it gave me great anxiety. Not to worry tho, watch it as it is a satisfying scene.
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Does a head get squashed?
17 supporters
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25
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L00nahMoth
S1
E5
A guy gets his head bashed in by a pot
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8
Is there a hanging?
11 supporters
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29
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0
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Jaspi
Spoiler Warning (only minor ones)! There is one scene where some of the main characters are supposed to be hanged, but they escape the noose.
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1
Are any teeth damaged?
13 supporters
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24
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L00nahMoth
S2
E3
Not seen, but it's suggested someone loses all his teeth after getting hit in the face
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14
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Does someone break a bone?
9 supporters
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29
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0
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enderchilde
S1 E1 - Finger gets broken/dislocated
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Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
Yes
17
No
4
3
Remedy161
S6 ep2
4 comments | Add comment
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
19 supporters
Yes
15
No
2
4
parepicllama
In the final season a characters testicles are tied with metal cord to threaten him. He survives but it is a brutal scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
12 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
0
L00nahMoth
S1
E1
Yes, around the 33 min mark
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone tortured?
31 supporters
Yes
44
No
0
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enderchilde
S1 E1
1 comment | Add comment
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1
No
5
Yes
0
No
10
Is there eye mutilation?
28 supporters
Yes
34
No
4
2
Jaspi
Slight spoilers in here! The Peaky Blinders often cuts eyes out with razor blades, the first time this happens is in Season 1 Episode 2. However, those scenes are shown but not into gruesome detail.
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Is someone stabbed?
3 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
0
L00nahMoth
S4
E1
A guy gets stabbed with a meat hook, very bloody and violent
1 comment | Add comment
Is there excessive gore?
27 supporters
Yes
35
No
3
0
L00nahMoth
S5
E1
A character gets a bullet in his arm extracted with a razor
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Children
Yes
11
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0
Does a kid die?
16 supporters
Yes
26
No
1
2
couchpotato
SPOILERS! a child dies in s5 e5.
4 comments | Add comment
Is a minor sexualized?
30 supporters
Yes
8
No
3
1
mxamber
S1
E4
A pre-teen boy is threatened with rape in prison.
2 comments | Add comment
Death
Yes
7
No
1
Yes
32
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2
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
10
No
3
Disability
Yes
2
No
4
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
7 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
0
corn_colonels
Curly has most likely got developmental issues or autism and is played by a non disabled actor
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
8
No
1
Family
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1
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6
Does a family member die?
7 supporters
Yes
12
No
1
0
MAJOR SPOILER FOR S4: At the end S4 Ep1 John Shelby dies, leaving behind his wife and two children. Beginning of Ep2 in the same season explore the repercussions of his murder.
S5 E2 (spoilers) Amberama Gold’s son is tied to a cross and killed in front of him.
S5 E2 (spoilers) Amberama Gold’s son is tied to a cross and killed in front of him.
S5 E2 (spoilers) Amberama Gold’s son is tied to a cross and killed in front of him.
S5 E2 (spoilers) Amberama Gold’s son is tied to a cross and killed in front of him.
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Does a parent die?
4 supporters
Yes
29
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2
2
Crow75
In season 4 an important character dies, who has multiple children
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Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
1
aussiekanga
yes, he is returned safely, but his dad is extremely worried and upset while he is missing which may be triggering to some viewers.
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Does someone cheat?
9 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
2
wewatchmovies
Without spoiling too much, a handful of characters cheat on their husbands/wives etc
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
4 supporters
Yes
1
No
15
0
THnCMFan
No, however, the protagonist is heavily haunted by PTSD from WWI and there are multiple scenes in which he is reliving those events, as well as S1E1 Danny has 2-3 violent and anxiety outbursts relating to PTSD
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Are there ghosts?
4 supporters
Yes
5
No
10
0
L00nahMoth
S5
E1
A character speaks to a dead loved one. She looks realistic, not gory or spooky.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Are there jumpscares?
17 supporters
Yes
4
No
10
1
L00nahMoth
S1
E3
At about 30 min in, during the WWI flashback
2 comments | Add comment
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5
Yes
0
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4
Yes
15
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0
Yes
26
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0
1
tresgatos
They're known as the Peaky Blinders because they keep razor blades in their hats that they use to blind people in conflict.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a shower scene?
2 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
3
jamied
there are multiple bath scenes
1 comment | Add comment
Gross
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
9 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
0
PretzelCrackers894
After he confronts his father, the scene implies Arthur wets himself by showing a puddle at his feet but its not confirmed.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone vomit?
33 supporters
Yes
48
No
0
6
Fifi7
S1 Ep3 around 12 minutes in, the girl, grace, is sick in her home after shooting a man.
S1 Ep4 exactly at 52 minutes in after the wedding, John throws up
S3 Ep4 around 46 minutes 50, Tommy retches but only audio.
S1 Ep4 exactly at 52 minutes in after the wedding, John throws up
S3 Ep4 around 46 minutes 50, Tommy retches but only audio.
18 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone spit?
5 supporters
Yes
39
No
0
1
aussiekanga
multiple people spit
5 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
15 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
0
L00nahMoth
S3
E4
A pretty intense scene where someone's skull is cracked up against a wall, the audio is really visceral
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
14
Law Enforcement
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
12
No
0
LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
1
No
2
Loss
Yes
0
No
4
Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
6 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
1
couchpotato
SPOILERS! An asylum scene in s5 e5.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Does someone have cancer?
5 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
0
Jaspi
One of the main characters “Alfie Solomons” suffers from skin cancer.
1 comment | Add comment
Are needles/syringes used?
8 supporters
Yes
18
No
0
1
wewatchmovies
Towards the end of episode 4 of season 3, Tommy in injected using a needle, though it's in his shadow so not too much is shown in graphic detail.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
4 supporters
Yes
27
No
0
0
lilythepig
multiple times. most notably in season 4 ep2 and 3. graphic in the beginning and then a recovery.
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Mental Health
Yes
0
No
6
Is autism misrepresented?
8 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
roww
not explicitly stated, but there is a character who has a type of mental disability, possibly autism
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
13 supporters
Yes
33
No
1
3
Anonymous
Most of the main characters were in WW1 and describe the scenes vividly/suffer from flashbacks
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Yes
18
No
2
Yes
5
No
2
Yes
17
No
0
1
S1 ep5. Attempt, not successful
3 comments | Add comment
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0
No
6
Yes
13
No
0
Yes
0
No
13
Is a mentally ill person violent?
8 supporters
Yes
18
No
0
1
L00nahMoth
S2
E1
Arthur's mental health is clearly tanking and acts out violently
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
1
No
12
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
12
No
1
Is there misophonia?
14 supporters
Yes
5
No
2
0
L00nahMoth
S6
E6
a woman suffers a coughing attack
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
18
No
9
3
lilythepig
never successful but yes, characters attempt many times.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
1 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
S5
E6
I believe everything that was boiling up in the season came to a head when the assassination plan on Mosbey failed, and Tommy had what I believe to be a nervous breakdown (pacing, shouting, rambling mantras, dissociating, etc.)
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
11 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
2
Jaspi
People (including some of the main characters) came back from the First World War and face mental issues, including anxiety attacks.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
7 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
0
clownish
S3
E6
tunnel scene at 28 minutes
2 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Yes
38
No
0
Are there sudden loud noises?
11 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
1
tresgatos
Gunshots, mostly.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
7 supporters
Yes
32
No
0
1
L00nahMoth
S1
E1
Yes, right in the opening scene
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
9
No
7
Are there flashing lights or images?
12 supporters
Yes
5
No
7
2
THnCMFan
However, there are multiple large, quick bursts of the forges in Birmingham
1 comment | Add comment
Paranoia
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
12
No
0
Pregnancy
Yes
25
No
1
Are there abortions?
7 supporters
Yes
15
No
8
6
ZachBlotter
Talked about but never preformed
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
12
Is there childbirth?
10 supporters
Yes
27
No
1
1
tresgatos
Ada gives birth to her son at the end of Season 1.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
9 supporters
Yes
0
No
13
1
mxamber
S1
E4
Someone threatens to murder a pregnant woman. No miscarriage or stillbirth per se, but strongly implied.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
30
No
0
1
Helpful6878
S5 E6 Anti-Semetic views along with apparent Nazi sympathisers
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
15
Is there hate speech?
8 supporters
Yes
38
No
0
2
Crow75
There are - I guess you could call it - period typical racial slurs in the whole series
8 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
14 supporters
Yes
15
No
1
3
couchpotato
SPOILERS! yes it happens in s5, but they dont die because they're gay, but their sexuality is discussed.
3 comments | Add comment
Are there homophobic slurs?
18 supporters
Yes
12
No
1
0
THnCMFan
Mild, slight spoiler, S2E3 So****te is used, I do believe P**f is used a few times as well
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
2
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
18
Is a minority is misrepresented?
5 supporters
Yes
7
No
3
3
mxamber
S1
E4
The only black character has dreads, missing teeth, and is a fraudulent preacher in league with the gangs, if that counts.
And there is PLENTY of shitty tropes about romani people as criminal gangs and untrustworthy.
And there is PLENTY of shitty tropes about romani people as criminal gangs and untrustworthy.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there n-words?
6 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
1
ValTheMess
A man drops the n-word with a hard r
1 comment | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
7
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
14 supporters
Yes
9
No
2
2
Alecia
In season one a main character that is an older man heavily coerces a young woman to marry him. He later visits a brothel and has sex with a young sex worker who even points out how much older he is than she is.
1 comment | Add comment
Religious
Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
10 supporters
Yes
18
No
0
0
PretzelCrackers894
Tommy claims his partner as “his property” verbally to her in the later seasons and there are scenes with prostitution in them throughout the series depicting men treating the sex workers unfairly and harsh
1 comment | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
Yes
0
No
9
Is there sexual content?
18 supporters
Yes
60
No
0
0
L00nahMoth
S3
E5
Probably the most out of any episode so far. There's also an orgy scene.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
31
No
0
Does someone lose their virginity?
4 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
0
tresgatos
S4
E4
Finn, who is about 17-18 at this time, loses his virginity to a prostitute his coworkers/family hired for him upon learning he was still a virgin.
2 comments | Add comment
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
3 supporters
Yes
10
No
3
2
mxamber
S1
E5
tw suicide
A character is mocked extensively for being so grief-stricken that they attempt suicide. I figure that qualifies.
A character is mocked extensively for being so grief-stricken that they attempt suicide. I figure that qualifies.
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Sickness
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
5
No
0
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
6
No
1
Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
10 supporters
Yes
0
No
6
0
tresgatos
No, many women in the show opt to get abortions.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
2
Yes
0
No
5
Is someone homeless?
2 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
0
StarstruckVega
Season 1 ep 1 shows what is to be assumed is the homeless population of the Slum.
1 comment | Add comment
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
4
Does it have a sad ending?
10 supporters
Yes
3
No
5
1
Jaspi
It’s a series and not yet done. In general the seasons turn out good in the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
1 supporters
Yes
3
No
16
2
Birdlover
Of a child is still at the age that he believes Santa is real he shouldn’t even know about this show
2 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
15
Does a car crash?
4 supporters
Yes
1
No
10
1
PretzelCrackers894
A car explodes as a result of a bomb being planted in it, killing two (one child) and injuring 2 other children. Not sure if that counts as a crash but oh well
1 comment | Add comment
Does a car honk or tires screech?
3 supporters
Yes
10
No
0
1
tresgatos
S4
E4
Alfie honks his car excessively until Tommy comes out onto the street.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Violence
Yes
1
No
18
Does someone drown?
4 supporters
Yes
12
No
3
1
ValTheMess
There is a discussion about a man who drowned in a river off-screen before the show's events, and in season 5 a man is drowned in paint.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
16 supporters
Yes
64
No
1
0
L00nahMoth
S4
E1
One of the bloodier episodes of the show as several scenes take place in a kitchen where animals are being butchered. A violent scene takes place here and there is blood literally everywhere.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
5 supporters
Yes
56
No
0
2
lilythepig
Graphic from the start. Most notably in season 4 episode 1 and 2
1 comment | Add comment