Prodigal Son
TV Show • 2019 •
ReportThis tv show contains 38 potentially triggering events.
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A few rabbits are killed which can be really triggering, the backstory and all is mildly twisted considering someone killed them. Best advice is skip ep6. You do not see him kill the rabbits but it talks about it a lot.
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I believe it’s the second episode; a criminal runs an illegal animal smuggling ring. You see animals in cages, looking agitated, but they aren’t injured.
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In what I believe is the second episode, venomous snakes crawl out of a victim’s mouth. One wraps around a woman’s leg before Malcolm gets it off, and later in the episode a snack bites Malcolm and he has to go to the ER.
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Cicadas are mentioned briefly at the beginning of Episode 1 (Pilot).
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Martin and Jessica both gaslight Malcolm a LOT, especially about a girl he sees in a box in Martin’s ‘hobby room’ as a child.
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In the 4th episode, two famous characters not part of the main cast (one woman and one man) are stalked by fans. I’d avoid this one entirely if stalking is an issue for you, it’s a big part of the crime.
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I will also add we find out that Malcolm's father had planned to kill him as a child and had gone as far as take him to an isolated place with an accomplice before hesitating and deciding against it.
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GoodnightMoonlight
Domestic violence occurs towards the end of Episode 17 (The Stranger Beside You). The abuser is arrested by the end of the episode.
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SilverSelkie
Jessica is explicitly and alcoholic and Dani's backstop involves drug abuse and addiction
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Theyhulk
TLDR: Yes, but it’s usually someone drugging someone else. LSD (in one episode), opioids (briefly), and chloroform are the main ones.
Malcolm mentions self-medicating with opioids to help himself sleep, but claims it’s in the past. Up to the 4th episode, we don’t see him use any.
Additionally, in the third episode (I think), the murder revolves around consensual and non-consensual LSD use.
Martin (and possibly Jessica) used chloroform to make Malcolm pass out as a child so he didn’t remember anything that pointed to Martin’s killings. Malcolm later drugs himself with chloroform to try and recall repressed memories.
Lastly, drugs are commonly used to kill or immobilize victims.
Malcolm mentions self-medicating with opioids to help himself sleep, but claims it’s in the past. Up to the 4th episode, we don’t see him use any.
Additionally, in the third episode (I think), the murder revolves around consensual and non-consensual LSD use.
Martin (and possibly Jessica) used chloroform to make Malcolm pass out as a child so he didn’t remember anything that pointed to Martin’s killings. Malcolm later drugs himself with chloroform to try and recall repressed memories.
Lastly, drugs are commonly used to kill or immobilize victims.
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teagoblin
Malcolm's mother Jessica is shown in quite a few episodes to be an alcoholic and a few people describe her as such. Mostly it's just shown as her usually having a drink in her hand, taking bottles of alcohol, and talking about drinking.
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There's at least 5
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Though no one is shown being crushes, a lot of crushed bodies are shown that were crushed alive in a car compacter and then shows a few flashbacks of the struggling to get out.
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Malcolm cuts off a dead man's thumb in season 2 episode 8 and holds onto it, using it to open a phone later
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Towards the end of Episode 19 (The Professionals), Martin is attacked by a guard. Martin gouges the man's eyes in retaliation. It's a rather graphic scene.
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In Episode 11 (Alone Time), Malcolm smashes his hand with a hammer.
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In Episode 11 (Alone Time), Malcolm is tortured by the Junkyard Killer. He is chained to the ground and stabbed, and injures himself to get free.
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in the first episode malcolm chops a mans hand off with an axe. although the amputation isnt shown,, the character is shown moments later running out of the building with a bloody cloth wrapped around the wound and malcolm follows behind carrying a cooler with the mans hand inside.
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RenoRouge
In season 2, Malcolm falls down an elevator shaft, but he survives.
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Though not explicitly stated or the attack shown, a man gets the back of his ankles slashed, making him unable to walk and likely severing his Achilles tendon.
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There are several discussions of Martin having planned to kill Malcolm as a child, beginning in Episode 11 (Alone Time), featuring Malcolm's hallucinations of his dead child self in Episode 12 (Internal Affairs), and confirmation of this fact, though he says he decided against it in Episode 14 (Eye of The Needle).
There is a brief moment in Episode 17 just before an ad break where the viewer is led to believe a baby has been killed. The baby was not killed, but the baby and several other characters spend the rest of the episode imperiled. The baby survives the episode.
There is a brief moment in Episode 17 just before an ad break where the viewer is led to believe a baby has been killed. The baby was not killed, but the baby and several other characters spend the rest of the episode imperiled. The baby survives the episode.
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In the last episode one of the main cast is stabbed in the gut. It’s left mostly up to interpretation because it was in the last episode and we don’t actually see what comes of this as the show was cancelled.
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*MAJOR SPOILER*
A son stabs and presumably kills his father in self defense in the series finale.
A son stabs and presumably kills his father in self defense in the series finale.
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Theyhulk
Not exactly—it is assumed that Martin is having an affair when in reality he’s out killing.
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RenoRouge
No, but Ainsley discovers that a toy given to her as a child was from a serial killer friend of her dad’s.
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At the end of Episode 10 (Silent Night), Malcolm is kidnapped by the Junkyard Killer. Episode 11 (Alone Time) deals with his captivity.
A character is kidnapped in Episode 12 (Internal Affairs), but is found safely at the episode's end.
A character is kidnapped in Episode 12 (Internal Affairs), but is found safely at the episode's end.
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grvtaire
Malcolm hallucinates throughout the show and this can be considered jumpscares, specifically in season one episode five (the trip) when dani brings him back to his apartment he’s in the bathroom and a corpse suddenly appears in the mirror he’s looking in
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whilst there’s not technically possession season 2 episode 2 (speak of the devil) focuses heavily around people believing and acting as if they are possessed, to the point where an exorcism has to be performed
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This is a hesitant yes, as in s1e8 Malcolm is shown exiting the police station after a rattling call. Once outside he eventually comes to sit on the steps, at which point the camera cuts to his face and he's seen heaving, though no vomit is seen. Not sure on the time stamp, but you'll know it's coming when he says "I need some air." and is then outside of the precinct.
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Episode 12 (Internal Affairs) deals extensively with electroshock therapy, with Malcolm and the victim of the week subjected to it. Malcolm nearly electrocutes himself. It is advisable to skip this episode if electro-therapy is something you are sensitive to.
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Theyhulk
Martin lives in a mental institution/prison, but you don’t see him ever taking meds, having a breakdown, or witness any other patients.
Malcolm also sees a therapist on the regular.
Malcolm also sees a therapist on the regular.
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Theyhulk
A killer in the first episode uses needles to drug his victims. Malcolm threatens to use one on himself and has a needle pressed against his wrist, but it doesn’t puncture the skin.
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Malcolm tends to find himself there a bit.
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2 different scenes in the psychiatric Institute, one a patient stabs a camera man and the other during a lock down a patient attempts to kill Jessica. Also features different serial killers in the institute
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Malcolm has frequent and intense night terrors.
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An episode revolves around a plastic surgeon who practices on people against their will.
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Someone attempts suicide with poison, but isn’t successful in the second episode. Suicide is talked about a lot in this episode.
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This is a tough one. Maybe not an eating disorder, but Malcolm does struggle with food. In episode 1 he tells Edrisa that most foods make him nauseous, and throughout the show his refrigerator is empty.
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It's a big part of the series. Malcom trying to go about his life with still having PTSD from his childhood.
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RenoRouge
There’s a scene where Malcolm is trapped in a revolving door by Watkins. Watkins uses this to hurt him.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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In Episode 17 (The Stranger Beside You), a suspect is briefly mentioned to have miscarried several times.
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In Episode 10 (Silent Night), one of the victims of the week is an esteemed cop later revealed to be a gay man. Over the course of the episode, it is revealed that his ex (police) partner had feelings for him. His ex-partner is also murdered at the end of the episode. Neither man is killed because of their orientation.
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I don’t believe so, but there’s a story in season 2 that deals with JT (an officer of color) being racially profiled by some white cops.
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In Episode 1 (Pilot), consensual BDSM is referenced with respect to the victims.
Episode 9 (Pied-a-Terre) deals extensively with sexual themes. Malcolm's therapist suggests one of his nightmares is Freudian in nature and he should try having sex. While undercover investigating leads on a BDSM/kink group the victim of the week was involved in, Malcolm almost has a sexual encounter. Towards the end of the episode, Malcolm and Eve have sex offscreen.
Episode 15 (Death's Door) deals with nonsexual necrophilia.
Episode 9 (Pied-a-Terre) deals extensively with sexual themes. Malcolm's therapist suggests one of his nightmares is Freudian in nature and he should try having sex. While undercover investigating leads on a BDSM/kink group the victim of the week was involved in, Malcolm almost has a sexual encounter. Towards the end of the episode, Malcolm and Eve have sex offscreen.
Episode 15 (Death's Door) deals with nonsexual necrophilia.
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This show was cancelled suddenly, so the ending is abrupt and very dark.
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In Episode 4 (Designer Complicity), a suspect is hit by a car, but survives.
At the end of Episode 16 (The Job), a suspect is struck with a vehicle.
At the end of Episode 16 (The Job), a suspect is struck with a vehicle.
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In Episode 19 (The Professionals), Eve Blanchard was drowned offscreen. This is a central plot point to the episode.
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RenoRouge
In episode 1x10 or 1x11 Malcolm is tortured. He’s stabbed and later breaks his own hand to get away. A major character is stabbed and bleeds out in the series finale.
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Many killers are shot.
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