The Good Lord Bird
TV Show • 2020 • Drama
ReportEnslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
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Ray957
Onion starts the show as a slave— he later clarifies he was never beaten, at least, but he was still a child in slavery.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Ray957
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Brief but visceral headshot. Plus one scene where a character is shot in the stomach— Brown’s hands cover the wound, but there’s what looks a bit like guts peeking out for a moment.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Ray957
A woman is hanged publically. Some audience members smile and laugh at her death.
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Is there domestic violence?
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A fish chopped for eating, a pig carcass on a spit, and a bird shot bloodlessly.
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Is there a dead animal?
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E01: Dead pig being cooked 32 minutes in
E01: Gruesome shot of fish getting chopped, 35 minutes in.
E01: Gruesome shot of fish getting chopped, 35 minutes in.
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Does a head get squashed?
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MeRa
While no one's head is squashed, someone is beheaded in the first episode.
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Is there a hanging?
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The very first scene is the lead-up to the execution of John Brown by hanging. You see him in the noose before the show cuts to the rest of the story. The actual hanging is not shown in this episode.
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kelseyj610
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Henry's father is shot in front of him early in the first episode.
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Ray957
Henry is mistaken as female and goes with the flow rather than argue, responding to Henrietta or Onion from then on out. While Onion isn’t trans— not in a modern sense, at least— some reactions to him mirror current bigotry, so take care if it’s a sensitive subject.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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maskedmike
Yes, very many. John Brown notes that he hates this word and does not use it, but most of the Black characters and white characters use it.
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Someone is shot by a cannon at close range and explodes, parts flying. It’s quick to happen and just as quickly undermined with humor, but it’s probably the goriest part of the series.
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Is there gun violence?
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Nearly every episode.
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