Grey's Anatomy

TV Show • 2005 • Drama  

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This tv show contains 123 potentially triggering events.
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Episode
22
craftyminersminecraft
Meredith Grey's dog is euthanized by the vet.
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purpleunicorn
I could be wrong, but the cast did use dead pig parts in lieu of fake body parts to make it look more realistic.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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hyperandrogenism
A man falls from a building and lands on a pigeon, the pigeon is shown crushed and sticking to his body in pieces but it's mostly feathers, bones, and a beak. Turkeys are shot on screen. Mice in experiments die. Pigs used for teaching are operated on while under anesthesia and then euthanized.
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BlueDragon
Not really, but live animals are operated on while under anasthesia as an educational thing.
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noelleh18
The interns work on pigs in the skills lab and then they are euthanized
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KHave
Dying deer is shown so I guess it was sad because it was dying
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0
Technically a lion dies off screen in season 8
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Carys_G
A dog is euthanized
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7
Faith.
A spider crawls out from inside of a man's hand while he's being operated on
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niamh3118
In a very recent episode 18x13, a snake injures a patient and is seen in great detail.
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frogs.r.rad
there are worms, many worms, being pulled out of someone
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uselesslesbiab
Meredith's father leaves her as a child and then remarries/has another family. Jo was abandoned as a baby and left at a fire station. A few parents throughout the series abandon their babies.
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shaymin
many of the romantic relationships in thr show are unhealthy in one way or another
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beeistyping
many relationships and families deal with gaslighting.
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nalo25
S2
 E21
A patient that fell out of a tree is suspected of stalking her ex-boyfriend. She asks the doctors to call him and he confirms that they haven't been together for a while, yet she still tried to see him by climbing a tree to get into his backyard.
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hyperandrogenism
Several episodes deal with abuse/neglect, including Meredith's mother abusing/neglecting her which is a main theme, as well as Alex and his family being abused by his father
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Asiaklg
There are some patients and doctors who are survivors of domestic violence. The abuse is not shown, but the injuries are. One doctor’s abuser is shown strangling her but it turns out to be a dream/imagined scenario. An abuser lunges at their victim but does not teach them.
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kleinesbriseis
a woman, who experienced sexual violence,
took a knife and cut off the penis of the abuser?
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hyperandrogenism
Webber is an alcoholic but recovers, patients who use drugs come in to the ER, some patients are accused of being drug seekers, and Amelia is a recovering oxycontin (and other medications) user and struggles with almost relapsing, including when she actually goes out and buys oxy and the drugs are shown on screen.
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aaron
Several patients need medications. Amelia is a recovering drug addict and there are several episodes where opioid addiction is discussed.
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hyperandrogenism
Webber is an alcoholic and other characters drink heavily because of trauma and bad emotions.
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S3
 E23
Meredith is slapped by her father.


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purpleunicorn
In the jail episode, the young female patient is restrained to the bed. It's slightly distressing because her wrists get bloody
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Hello
One of the latest episode focuses of the mother of a protagonist and a patient both being victims of rape.
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emetophobic
S1
 E2
a rape victim is admitted who has been attacked and fought heavily back. If this triggers you I would skip this episode as it is the main focus
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shaymin
S8
 E20
s8ep20, a patient was kidnapped as a child and held captive. the escaped and, while in the hospital, said she was sexually abused and the only reason she successfully ran away was because the man who held her claimed she was "too old" and was going to take a new girl, when the patient was only 18.
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jessmart2005
While this episode does not directly deal with self harm season 5 episode 8 was extremely triggering as the interns practice sutures on each other’s wrists and some of the doctors believe they are engaging in self harm and the interns behave in many ways that were similar to such and extremely triggering as someone who had a history with that.
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Charlie12345
a bird is crushed
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ana_mason1
"ava" from season 3 got her head squashed by a pillar or something on the dock in the ferry boat crash
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on season one episode two, a man comes in the hospital after his penis was bitten off
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Anonymous
Season 13 episode 23 when Keith holds Stephanie hostage and tries to escape except the hospital goes into lock down shutting off all the exits so he tries to set off the sprinklers but instead Stephanie douses him in alcohol turning him into a human torch (burning him alive)
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hyperandrogenism
A woman has her finger dislocated on screen. Derek has to rip his arm out of part of a plane and is cut severely. People have amputated limbs, including one man who gets his arm stuck in a meat grinder.
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No direct stabbing a on screen however there are many patients with stab wounds or items lodged in their body
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molliealice
there is a scene in which one boy is trapped in concrete by bullies, we don't see, but doctors work to chisel his body out of the concrete block
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L4n4
No but somebody does bite then end off of her rapists penis on a very early episode
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OpenCasting
Yes many episodes have people with different forms of eye mutilation
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purpleunicorn
^ Cristina is choked by Owen while he was sleeping. He had a PTSD attack because their fan reminded him of a helicopters blade, he apologized but it's still distressing to watch
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membree711
It's a surgical show at a hospital, so many graphic injuries and very bloody scenes
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uselesslesbiab
MANY episodes deal with patients asphyxiating
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uselesslesbiab
many patients faint or fall unconscious do to medical emergencies. people are also put under anesthesia for surgery pretty much every episode.
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hyperandrogenism
Breaks, including open fractures, are shown and set on screen. Some people have broken skulls or face bones. Dislocations are also common, including severe ones and the dislocations being set.
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hyperandrogenism
A girl comes to the hospital who was kidnapped and sexually assault and it is implied that she was tortured. Other than that, there aren't actually torture scenes but there are scenes where patients are held down while painful medical procedures are performed.
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luna78
Multiple patients have an amputation, including one of the main characters.
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voidcitys
in 9x23 meredith falls down a flight of stairs whilst pregnant.
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hyperandrogenism
Many seizures, including grand mal, are shown on screen. One episode has a man who has a severe seizure and while post-ictal is violent.
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Abadou01103
The male was on a death row sentence and wanted to donate his organs in the hospital instead of them just going to waste, Meredith goes to the prison to watch his death , it’s not a hanging but he is euthanized by IV.
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LovelessTune
Season 16 episode 18.

Dr. Deluca confronts a child trafficker. Noone believes him and the suspect runs with the young girl without anyone looking.
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OpenCasting
Yes many kids die over all seasons of the show.
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cjamie71
in one of the early seasons, a character sacrifices himself to save someone else from being hit by a bus
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1
That’s all this show does. Do not get attached. Mer is the only safe bet tbh.
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Burgerkingcomputers
Christina says she’s not “socially r****ed” somewhere in the end of the second season or beginning of the third. Haven’t gotten past S3 to inform on later episodes
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shaymin
i dont know any specific moments off the top of my head, but there are so many one off patient actors that im sure there are a few that present disabled on the show but their actors arent
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Soapy1906
S15
mass od
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Anonymous
Maggie pierce's mom dies. Meredith's mom dies. Alex Karev's dad dies.
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NeonPhoenix
does anyone not cheat?
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Reviewer
A toy is not shown being destroyed on screen, but destroyed toys are involved in at least one medical case.
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Asiaklg
In season 13 a rapist is a patient in the hospital. In order to evade authorities he holds a doctor hostage and they find a child who had wandered off from her parents and he holds her hostage as well. He does not directly harm the child, but she is hurt in their escape from him.
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voidcitys
yes, whenever owen hunt’s face pops up
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hyperandrogenism
Including one where George has a fantasy about Izzie, Meredith, and Cristina showering together. No nude bodies are shown except for upper chest (ending around cleavage) and legs.
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ameliashepherd
owen hunt
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Are there razors?
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Merle
Denny Duqette is shown several times in cause of Izzie's disease
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hyperandrogenism
One episode focuses on a patient who can't stop farting because of a medical condition.
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ana_mason1
one was when the little girl who was in the ferry boat crash peed herself
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knifesketball
No but a rapist comes into the hospital after having his penis bitten off
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KirEm
okay. this took me forever, i definitely missed some, and haven't watched past s16e11 but will update as i go. this is a pretty comprehensive list of the worst ones (with time stamps):

s3e4: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~6:10 and again at ~7:45

s5e20: visual and audio of izzie vomiting at ~21:30

s6e4: visceral visual and audio of thatcher vomiting blood TWICE at ~03:47
s6e7: visceral visual and audio of derek vomiting at ~30:45

s7e9: partial visual and audio of christina vomiting at ~41:30

s8e3: audio of owen vomiting at ~37:20
s8e21: audio and partial visual of meredith gagging and then vomiting at ~7:20, audio and partial visual of meredith vomiting at ~38:00
s8e22: partial visual and audio of meredith vomiting (twice) at ~09:35, and again at ~30:25, and at ~31:15, and at 31:50

s9e6: audio and visual of a patient vomiting on jo at ~04:45, and 29:30

s10e18: many people act as though they are going to vomit, visceral audio of jackson vomiting at ~38:30

s11e6: visual and audio of patient vomiting during intro at ~00:20,
s11e07: audio of dr. herman vomiting at 30:05
s11e21: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~37:00

s12e5: meredith does NOT vomit but runs to the bathroom as though she might

s13e9: visual and audio of patient vomiting blood at ~06:00
s13e10: audio of jo vomiting at ~41:30
s13e20: audio and visual of a passenger vomiting at ~22:50
s13e21: audio and visual of a patient vomiting at ~03:10

s14e2: audio and partial visual at ~21:55
s14e8: visual and audio of a young patient vomiting at ~39:10
s14e14: audio and partial visual of a young patient vomiting at ~02:50
s14e18: audio and visual of amelia vomiting at ~18:50
s14e22: visceral audio and visual of a girl vomiting at ~00:50

s16e1: young girl vomits at ~12:00
s16e5: audio and visual of zola vomiting at ~01:55
s16e11: audio and visual of a young man vomiting blood at ~07:50
s16e14: audio and visual of patient vomiting at ~01:30

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kkyubinbestiez
i believe teddy's former girlfriend died in one of the towers during 9/11, she teddy has ptsd/flashbacks from it in season 16 or 17 i forget which one and the specific episode(s)
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Naina123
One episode is set in a prison.
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ameliashepherd
the show is generally anti-cop, particularly in the later seasons. cops are usually shown getting in the way of the doctors rather than helping. season 17 mentions main characters attending anti-police brutality protests.
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shaymin
callie is bisexual and sleeps with mark while arizona is away and they are broken up. kind of a rachael/ross situation and its almost treated like it was chesting but wasnt. arizona makes remarks about callie being unfaithful because shes bisexual
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I dont remember the episode but its a trans couple (mtf and ftm) and one of their fathers deadnames them.
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rickiecait
There are scenes where patients get shocked to restart their hearts b**t never as electro sick therapy.
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hyperandrogenism
Frequently people die of cancer. Some doctors have/develop brain cancer. Tumors are operated on on screen.
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hyperandrogenism
There are consults in the psych ward. Patients are sent to a psych ward, and some are made fun of, treated badly, or insulted for being mentally ill.
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axmeeshxxxs
Usually you can hear when the doctors will use a needle/syringe/IV etc and there’s time to look away. But there’s a very abrupt scene with a needle stuck in someone’s arm in S15 ep 14 around 22 minutes in. Blood starts to pour from under a door, look away then
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shaymin
not sure of one specific mention but given its a medical show im sure its mentioned at least once, especially when meredith and derek try for a baby
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hyperandrogenism
Almost all of the show takes place in a hospital. Most characters are in medical uniforms, like scrubs, white coats, etc.
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NeonPhoenix
not abuse, but there's references to curing autism and an autism speaks poster in the background of a few episodes
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Kai1
S1
 E1
Meredith vomits around 19 minutes in
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hyperandrogenism
Webber has an anxiety attack that he thinks is a heart attack, characters are shown having panic attacks and flashbacks frequently.
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shaymin
a doctor with autism is portrayed very stereotypically and is shown to be rude and cold. many other doctors make fun of her before finding out shes autistic, and even after she says she is, she refers to it as aspergers. theres a mention if curing autism later in the show i believe.
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Nxxx
S3
 E16
Passive attempt by Meredith (she gives up on trying to swim after falling into deep water)
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rickiecait
They show just after one person attempts with clips of a young child finding her. They have flash backs to it in a few episodes.
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1
ice
At least one of the doctors have a mental illness and probably some patients too.
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hyperandrogenism
A patient comes in after she got illegal gastric bypass surgery because of an eating disorder that her mother encourages. She is talked to about the danger of eating disorders.
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membree711
Owen Hunt has a lot of story arcs about his PTSD from being an army medic. Being triggered results in him strangling a loved one. PTSD comes up for others as well.
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rehepapp
An episode where a character gets stuck in an elevator.
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SydneyBess
Yes, episode 13 of season 2 has images of young girl's self harm scars and it is briefly mentioned
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Jackie3Vargas
The characters occasionally make suicide jokes, mostly Meredith and Cristina
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BH88
Camera shaking is used during the 'wilderness' scenes of the plane crash episodes (the last episode of season 8 and the first episode or two of season 9).
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hyperandrogenism
Some scenes have alarms that flash but as far as I remember they aren't bright or intense.
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Very mild swearing not bad would let my 12 year old watch 👍🏼
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shaymin
S3
 E16
spoiler for s3ep16- meredith falls into a body of water while attempting to help someone, and doesnt exactly try to swim to the surface.
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brennaaa
I believe there are scenes in the NICU where babies can be heard crying, and birth scenes where babies cry. Many young kids and adults cry during the show as well
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beeistyping
i wouldn't consider it breaking the fourth wall, but once the pandemic began, the show went along with it. many people didn't expect the show to recreate struggles of the pandemic because so many other shows pretended things were normal.
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hyperandrogenism
Meredith miscarries on screen and blood is shown between/on her legs.
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Burgerkingcomputers
S3E7 “Where the boys are”, a mother delivers a child she knows is dead. It is all on screen.
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Asiaklg
Abortions are mentioned throughout the show. One character has an abortion. She is shown lying down before the procedure. None of the actual procedure is shown. It is a sad experience for her and her partner who wanted a baby.
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LexieDriscoll
there's a graphic scene of April having a C-Section with no meds during a storm on Meredith's kitchen table.
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Asiaklg
A few pregnant patients die throughout the show. The most graphic is season 11, episode 16 in which a third trimester pregnant woman dies suddenly following a seizure and doctors perform a C-section immediately after her death.
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hyperandrogenism
There are many LGBT patients, some of them die but not all of them or even close to all of them and it doesn't come off as bury your gays. LGBT characters are otherwise treated very well.
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rehepapp
There's a patient with a swastika tattoo.
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hyperandrogenism
Transphobia, racism, and ableism (as far as I remember). A trans man is told by his father that he can't make the decision to have top surgery and that he is actually a girl. There is a police shooting where the police try to justify it. Disabled people are made fun of and insulted by doctors and sometimes the disabled people hear this. Jackson is pro cochlear implants and sees them as necessary and says that not getting a child a cochlear implant is abuse/neglect.
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jensenc18
The portrayal of autistic characters in the show, including Dr. Dixon in season 5, is often offensive and ableist. A main character is also interested in “curing” autism in season 11. Throughout the seasons, Autism Speaks signs show up around the hospital.
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hyperandrogenism
Fat characters are made fun of by the doctors.
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niamh3118
Their are no homophobic slurs as far as I'm aware, but some queer characters do face homophobia mostly from parents. The other doctors are fully accepting though.
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hyperandrogenism
A trans woman early in the show is misgendered by staff on accident (wrong pronouns and names and correcting themselves) and by her wife (calling her her husband and he), but it implies the trans woman allows her to do. In a different episode, a trans man and his trans woman girlfriend are confronted by the trans man's dad, who isn't supportive and says many things along the lines of losing his little girl etc. A trans woman is shown in later seasons who is not misgendered and fully accepted as a woman. A trans man intern is shown and never misgendered, but he discusses the DMV refusing to change the gender on his drivers license.
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beeistyping
no, but many people of all races, cultures, and ethnicities pass away throughout the show for different reasons. some of the cases and deaths are related to discrimination.
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Whiteout
In one episode a character gets mocked relentlessly for being a virgin. Its pretty gross and creepy
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shaymin
mark and lexie have a 16 year age gap, meredith and derek are 9-13 years apart (we dont know their exact ages), meredith and deluca are 9-10 years apart. owen and cristina, burke and cristina, no clue exact ages there but its a few years at least. alex and jo are 4-6 years which isnt nearly as bad as theyre similar maturity wise and have shared experiences that contributed to their maturity.
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shaymin
vauge mentions (the hospital has a church and some scenes are in there with characters praying silently, wedding scenes, offhand mention that some characters are W.A.S.Ps) until end of season 8 to beginning of season 9, when a character on the show starts talking about being religious and it becomes a main part of her character.
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Soapy1906
april in season 8
and mer and derek help get virgin patients laid in season 4
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hyperandrogenism
People have sex and make out on screen but it only shows their heads and shoulders. One couple comes in to the hospital after getting stuck together during sex and are shown covered by blankets/sheets.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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BeatrizS
Jackson and Maggie had no feelings for each other before their parents got married as Jackson was married to someone else at the time. They started growing co-dependent long after, as Maggie lost her mom and was leaning on her new family to heal. Catherine Avery (her stepmom, and Jackson's mom) specifically refers to them as siblings. So, as they say, even if they're not technically related, it's not great when you have to justify it's not incest by saying that
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Is there BDSM?
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Meredith’s mother (Ellis Grey has Alzheimer’s). Also Richards wife has Alzheimer’s
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shaymin
in the if/then episode it shows an alternate timeline where lexie is a homeless drug addict
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In Season 19 (possibly 18) doctors discuss the recent real world laws on abortions. And work with patients who cannot have abortions. They visit abortions clinics and we see anti-abortion protests.
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hyperandrogenism
A young boy questions the existence of Santa when he has a heart transplant and his mother told him the heart came from Santa.
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BlueDragon
Many individual episodes have a sad ending, but the series as a whole is still ongoing
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TaetaesGucci
When Arizona, Meredith, Derek, Lexie, and Mark were flying. The pilot crashed into like a forest place. I’m not gonna say who but someone dies.
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facts
don’t forget george aha
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Anonymous
On multiple occasions, one being Derek's death scene. Also, There is the Calzona car crash,the ambulance crash that injures two paramedics and kills the patient.
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hyperandrogenism
Meredith tries to drown herself in the bathtub but denies that it was one purpose. Later in the same episode two ships hit each other and people are mentioned to have drowned, and Meredith is drowned but survives after almost dying.
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hyperandrogenism
Frequent gore including surgical scenes, severe injuries, and head wounds where the brain is shown. At one point Izzie drills holes into a man's head. A woman is shown after having her face severely injured, breaking many of her bones. There are scenes of internal organs, brain surgery, and intestines being operated on.
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aaron
After a black kid is shot by police and treated in the hospital, Bailey has to talk to her son about being careful around police (Bailey and her son are black).
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snail
But there is a bomb threat in season 2
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