The X-Files

TV Show • 1993 • Sci-Fi  

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The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
This tv show contains 25 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
357 supporters
Yes
55
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88
8
JWood316
S6E16 A domesticated dog falls prey to a "Rabid" mythical, said-to-be-extinct Chinese Canine.
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Abandonment
0
Cipscis
S6
 E13
A looter disappears without saying goodbye, and is implied to have stolen the group's car.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
11
No
59
2
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E23
Not abandoned as such, but Roland is given up for adoption.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
26
0
Cipscis
S6
 E13
A cat's human carers are all killed off-screen.
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Abuse
Yes
9
No
27
0
S4
 E2
Episode about incestous family, so yeah
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
31
Is someone stalked?
26 supporters
Yes
61
No
37
1
MoonMet
S2
 E10
In the beginning you see someone looking as a woman gets changed
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1
S6E14 a woman is obviously afraid of her boyfriend and at some points in the episode he purposely intimidates her

S8E8 a man is verbally abusive to his girlfriend and sometimes physically intimidates her, she's obviously afraid of him.

Overall there isn't any graphic or violent depictions of abuse in the series but there are some episodes with couples that have obviously unhealthy dynamics and sometimes couples will threaten each other or one person (usually a woman) will be obviously afraid of their partner.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
74 supporters
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3
No
20
1
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E13
It is briefly mentioned that some serial killers are murderers because of prior abuse, but explicitly states that this is not the case in regards to the serial killer in the episode.
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Yes
49
No
32
2
DoctorOctagonapus
S6E7
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Is someone abused with a belt?
19 supporters
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Yes
1
No
15
Is a child abused?
91 supporters
Yes
31
No
66
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E14: No abuse shown on screen but a victim gives a detailed spoken account of extreme sexual abuse by her stepfather and several others.

S4E10 is about a serial killer who targets children. By the time of the events of the episode he is already in prison.

S5E9, two children are stated to have been abused by their fathers.
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Addiction
1
feenielikesfilms
S1
I believe it’s the first episode; some teenagers are said to be high/stoned, but the use of drugs is not seen.
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Is there addiction?
16 supporters
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Yes
14
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62
Yes
15
No
58
1
malovela
S2 E20: A man is often seen drinking from a flask that he seems to carry everywhere, and not in the context of socialising. Towards the end, we learn part of what he has to deal with emotionally. In the end, we're told that he's died of advanced cirrhosis of the liver.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
117 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
Does a horse die?
81 supporters
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Yes
0
No
82
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
148 supporters
Yes
65
No
56
3
iwantanap__
S02E18 "Fearful Symmetry" - an elephant, gorilla, and tiger die.
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Are animals abused?
1 supporters
Yes
24
No
71
5
Season 1 episode 12 a guy is seen kicking a dog, not graphic and the dog is shown to be fine after, just a heads up
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0
No
82
Yes
64
No
59
2
Goatsipstea
S3
 E13
Along with 2 household pets, lots of birds are shown to be dead near the end
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Is an animal sad?
68 supporters
Yes
9
No
18
0
S1
 E24
Monkeys in cages are upset and shrieking.
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Are rabbits harmed?
53 supporters
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Yes
3
No
34
Does a cat die?
146 supporters
Yes
17
No
82
2
iwantanap__
S03E13 Syzygy - the cat owned by one of the detectives in town is said to have been killed. The death is not shown on screen.
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Does a pet die?
136 supporters
Yes
30
No
74
1
malovela
Perhaps more like an animal friend... In S2 E18, a gorilla (who speaks in sign language a few times) to whom a woman is extremely attached dies, and the woman wails by its dead body. It's easy to see in most scenes that the gorilla is an actor in a gorilla suit, but still.
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Does a dragon die?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
86
Are there spiders?
1 supporters
Yes
6
No
76
2
DoctorOctagonapus
S5E15 has a brief scene of an alien creature that resembles a large spider.
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0
AndieOCD
S10
 E3
An anthromoprhized lizard
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Are there snakes?
1 supporters
Yes
19
No
63
2
PoeDameron
S7
 E9
Extremely prominent, if you have any snake phobias or issues this is an episode to skip (it doesn’t deal with over arcing mythology so it is safe to do so)
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Are there sharks?
1 supporters
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Yes
2
No
26
Are there bugs?
1 supporters
Yes
55
No
56
4
iwantanap__
S01E20 "Darkness Falls" - the episode is about very small bugs that swarm.
S02E20 "Humbug" - there is a brief appearance of a man who eats live crickets.
S03E12 "War of the Coprophages" - the episode is about an infestation in a small town of cockroaches.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
16 supporters
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Yes
3
No
24
Is someone drugged?
28 supporters
Yes
32
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42
1
Goatsipstea
S2
 E16
Several people are injected with an unknown substance
3 comments | Add comment
Is there pedophilia?
102 supporters
Yes
11
No
41
0
Krijstin
S2
 E14
Discussion of, in the past
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
15
No
53
1
AdrienEdward
S1
 E24
Someone lives/hides underwater
3 comments | Add comment
Is rape mentioned?
76 supporters
Yes
12
No
27
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ryandirks
S2
 E3
In the episode blood (s2e3) the words "he'll r*** you* (uncensored) appear on the monitor in the car mechanic scene.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
27
0
S5
 E9
No but it is mentioned
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
65
No
31
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feenielikesfilms
S1
 E13
Two teenagers are restrained and tortured. This is shown very briefly, during flashbacks, and both of them survive.
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Yes
44
No
71
3
S3E4 there's a glimpse of attempted sexual assault in the opening scene and later briefly mentioned. It's later revealed it might have actually been consensual.

S4E20 it's not shown on screen but we're told a man who can shape shift changes his appearance then sleeps with women by pretending to be their husband or crush, aka r*pe by deception.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
11 supporters
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Yes
7
No
11
Yes
2
No
38
4
There is no rape on-screen, however numerous episodes describe rape and it is strongly implied that one happened off-screen. Full list of these episodes: https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/1407
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Bodily Harm
Yes
33
No
50
1
DoctorOctagonapus
Autopsy scenes are commonplace throughout the series with occasional close-up shots.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
15
0
Tchotchke
S5
 E18
Mulder's fingers are broken during torture
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Are there dislocations?
8 supporters
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Yes
2
No
13
Yes
8
No
14
0
S3
 E4
Throat slashed in a vision
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
46
No
43
2
gay_melapples
S1
 E9
It's not shown on screen, but astronauts on a shuttle are running out of oxygen, they don't get to the point where there is none left at all
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
25
0
Anonymous
S1
 E13
Described.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
28
No
70
3
Charlino
S01E3 there is a serial killer who eats the victims livers but nothing is shown
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
66
0
S3
 E13
A teenager gets crushed by telescopic bleachers
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Is someone choked?
12 supporters
Yes
7
No
24
0
Cipscis
S6
 E13
Multiple characters are choked by a tentacle-like creature.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
32
No
61
2
iwantanap__
S01E12 "Fire" - someone is burned alive in the first minute of the episode. Remnants of another burned body are found at 38:10 and shown until 38:16. One final person is burned alive starting at 41:54 and going to 42:30.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
65
2
Goatsipstea
S4
 E2
An infant
5 comments | Add comment
Is there body horror?
46 supporters
Yes
54
No
26
0
AndieOCD
S9
 E4
Very severe
4 comments | Add comment
Is there amputation?
27 supporters
Yes
30
No
56
2
DoctorOctagonapus
S5E11 has a scene in a hospital where a main character appears to have had both of his arms amputated involuntarily. The surgery itself is not seen. This is later shown to have been a computer-controlled illusion.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
10
No
67
0
AndieOCD
S6
 E2
Not exactly but if head squashing bothers you I think this will too
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
66
Is there a hanging?
34 supporters
Yes
24
No
67
4
iwantanap__
S03E13 Syzygy - a high school student is hanged off the edge of a cliff.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
27
No
54
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E14
Brother Aaron asphyxiates and “dies” in front of Mulder and Scully.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
75 supporters
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Yes
2
No
79
Yes
58
No
20
1
There are numerous episodes where people are knocked unconscious or are unconscious and have things done to their body, ie: abduction.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone break a bone?
1 supporters
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Yes
21
No
59
Yes
29
No
60
2
JWood316
S1E10
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
12
No
68
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E5, actual mutilation of teeth described but not depicted, visual shows an open mouth with a laser pointed inside.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
15
No
65
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S5E18 has a scene where a character is tortured for information by breaking his fingers. He has his hand in a splint for the rest of the episode.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
28
No
64
2
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E13
Torture of two young couples is briefly discussed. A death row inmate describes the torture but not in detail. Nothing is shown.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
9 supporters
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Yes
4
No
69
Yes
24
No
62
2
iwantanap__
S01E09 "Space" - someone jumps out of a hospital window. The fall is shown on-screen but the death is not. News of the death is then relayed to the main characters later.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
29
No
63
1
belligerentboghag
S2
 E14
Eyes are removed from a body. Act is not shown but eyes are shown later
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Is someone stabbed?
14 supporters
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Yes
8
No
20
Yes
31
No
50
2
PoeDameron
S7
 E18
In the context of the show I would say this is excessive
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Children
Yes
10
No
68
2
PoeDameron
S6
 E7
A baby is forcibly delivered, taken, and killed.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a kid die?
41 supporters
Yes
42
No
63
4
JWood316
S2E21
13 comments | Add comment
Yes
15
No
56
0
belligerentboghag
S2
 E14
Minor sexual abuse is discussed
2 comments | Add comment
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Death
Yes
12
No
49
0
S3
 E8
A woman sacrifices herself to save a young girl
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
7
No
19
0
Kinda? Mulder "dies" almost every season lol
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
48
0
Anonymous
S1
 E17
The extermination of an alien is described in great detail.
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone die?
12 supporters
Yes
47
No
2
0
feenielikesfilms
Literally all the time. Not usually on screen but yes, several times an episode
3 comments | Add comment
Disability
0
RuthT
S1
 E1
A wheelchair-bound woman is played by an able-bodied actor. She is a minor character, and is present for one scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Is the r-slur used?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
No
75
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
67
Family
Yes
27
No
12
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
Mulder’s younger sister disappeared when she was 8. She is presumed dead. This is brought up/referenced fairly regularly.
5 comments | Add comment
Does a parent die?
19 supporters
Yes
46
No
50
2
iwantanap__
S01E11 "Eve" - the dads of two separate children are killed. Deaths aren't depicted on-screen, but the dead bodies are.
9 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
74
7
huviks
No--sadly, that creepy doll is still up to no good in Maine
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
53
No
43
2
huviks
Also, a major theme throughout the series is alien abduction
12 comments | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
17 supporters
Yes
18
No
60
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E12: One of the main characters of that episode is having an affair with her boss, conceiving a child the process.

S2E24: One character is described as a serial cheater and is shown pursuing an affair at the start of the episode.

S6E7: One of the main characters of this episode is leading a double life with two separate wives who are unaware of each other.
3 comments | Add comment
Fear
Are there ghosts?
1 supporters
Yes
31
No
63
0
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E11, initially invisible, i.e. objects moving on their own, later shadowy figures are shown.

S4E22, the plot of the episode centres around ghost sightings with numerous apparitions shown on screen throughout.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
36
0
AndieOCD
S2
 E12
Some very slight jumpscares but I'm skittish and they didn't get me
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
57
0
Goatsipstea
S2
 E13
There's a bath scene but no nudity is shown
1 comment | Add comment
0
RuthT
S1
 E4
They frequently reference Lake Okobogee throughout the episode, and have a couple of scenes on the lake shore.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there clowns?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
76
Yes
40
No
50
1
S5
 E9
Kind of but not in the traditional sense
14 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
25
0
Cipscis
S6
 E13
A tentacle-like creature leaves open wounds on multiple characters' necks, and at one point a mysterious worm-like parasite is pulled from one of those wounds.
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Are there razors?
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12 supporters
Yes
6
No
53
0
belligerentboghag
S2
 E14
Someone kills themselves with a scalpel
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Are there mannequins?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
56
Gross
Does someone vomit?
92 supporters
Yes
46
No
70
3
Not quite sure how this slipped through the cracks… 9x03 has an entire p*v* scene out of nowhere. Been a while since I’ve seen, so no timestamps but is towards the middle/last bit of the episode IIRC.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
72
Is there farting?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Is someone eaten?
1 supporters
Yes
8
No
27
0
Anonymous
S2
 E2
Bitten, but not eaten.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
Yes
18
No
53
2
PoeDameron
S6
 E19
It’s baseball so quite a bit of spitting
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
31
No
44
1
YourLocalINTJ
Every now and then there will be a bit of audible gore but I don't think any of it is too extreme
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
77
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
27 supporters
Yes
16
No
44
0
feenielikesfilms
Depends on whether or not you consider FBI folks to be cops. The FBI are consistently competent, if sceptical, however all the police in the show are incompetent at best and several times (including the pilot episode) they’re actively involved in the deaths. The CIA are there occasionally, and are not looked on positively.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
12
0
RuthT
S1
 E3
The serial killer is locked up in a solitary confinement room at what seems to be a psychiatric ward for the criminally insane.
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LGBTQ+
Yes
1
No
37
1
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E14
Arguable as to whether it’s a slur, but the episode title is “Genderbender”. Similarly, in the episode they use the word “transvestite” and talk in an outdated way (but typical of the time of production) about trans people, one man laughing about his brief hookup being a woman who “looked like a man”.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
22
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
31
Is there bisexual cheating?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
62
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
23
Medical
Yes
2
No
77
0
malovela
(Lots of electric shocks in S3 E3.)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
50
No
45
1
wynsummers
S4
 E6
Not exactly needles but Sanguinarium has a scene where the Nurse coughs up pins after having swallowed them offscreen. It's when she's being carried by the police officers after the scene with the blood filled bathtub.
6 comments | Add comment
1
softcurrxnts
in s1e11 there is a character in a prison-like mental institution, the character also talks about her mistreatment in that institution. In the very end of that episode, that character along with some other characters from the episode are shown to be in that same mental institution.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
62
No
33
4
iwantanap__
Hospital scenes are common in this show; they're shown in pretty much every episode.
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Is there menstruation?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
35
No
61
3
iwantanap__
The show features Agent Scully's "cancer arc" beginning in S04E12 "Leonard Betts" where her cancer is revealed and ending in S05E02 "Redux II" where her cancer is cured. There is mention in earlier episodes of abductees developing cancer and dying.
6 comments | Add comment
Mental Health
0
AndieOCD
S2
 E11
Different, buy many people have dementia and/or alzheimers
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
24
No
59
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E14, suicide attempt with a scalpel

S3E7, suicide attempt in a boiling water bath resulting in massive burns

S4E13, a man burns his own arm in a furnace while hallucinating. Not a suicide attempt.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
29
0
S5
 E10
Not horribly so but it made me a bit uncomfortable
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
46
No
48
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E22
A child who experiences hallucinations and hears voices is the focal point of the episode, but she is not dangerous - however, she is the reincarnation of a man who is.
5 comments | Add comment
1
Goatsipstea
S4
 E5
There is a character with D.I.D but it was very well researched
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
13
No
73
4
DoctorOctagonapus
S4E22 has a scene in which a nurse torments someone with severe autism, including calling him the R word.
2 comments | Add comment
1
malovela
S3 E7: A man has tried to kill himself - due to his family having been killed in a fire - just before the episode starts, and we're told that it was his third attempt. He's been failing because a supernatural entity won't let him die. Soon after, we see him jump into a huge pot of boiling water; again, it doesn't kill him, but it leaves him badly burned. Later on, another man points a gun at his own temple and pulls the trigger - because his son and wife have been murdered - but the gun doesn't fire.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
16
0
S3
 E20
Discussion of multiple realities
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
14
No
56
Yes
29
No
52
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E3 uses phobia as a plot element, with one character in particular suffering multiple panic attacks.

S2E14, a character has a severe panic attack triggered by dissection in a science class
3 comments | Add comment
Is there ABA therapy?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
Yes
3
No
69
Is there body dysphoria?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
55
Yes
6
No
70
0
AndieOCD
S7
 E3
Mentioned
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
34
No
49
0
Charlino
S01E21 Agent moulder is chased through a narrow tunnel
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2
ACABspocky
Season 7, Episode 4
Antagonist has discussion with therapist about eating disorders, including Mentions of "behaviors" (iykyk.)
Antagonist also is seen taking appetite suppressants and experiencing hunger pangs.
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2
DoctorOctagonapus
S1E9, a character jumps out of a window to his death.

S2E14, a character survives a suicide attempt

S3E4, a character commits suicide at the end of the episode

S3E7, a character attempts in the opening scenes of the episode but survives. Dialogue establishes that he has attempted multiple times before.

S3E17 deals with a fugitive with the ability to influence people's decisions. It is stated that he has used this to drive people to suicide a number of times. One of his victims self-immolates on screen, other suicide victims are shown but the act itself is not.

S4E5 culminates in a mass suicide with a lot of similarities to the real-life events at Jonestown.

S4E23, a police officer shoots himself about halfway through the episode. Additionally two dead people discovered earlier in the episode are determined to have died in a murder/suicide incident.

S5E6, a woman apparently takes her own life towards the start of the episode. Her death is not shown on screen but her body is, and a police photo of her wrist is displayed later on in the episode. At the end of the episode it is determined not to be a suicide.

S5E8, a woman deliberately electrocutes herself about 2/3 of the way through the episode. Later one of the main characters appears to shoot herself, but this is revealed to be an illusion.

S5E10, multiple suicides throughout the episode.
10 comments | Add comment
Yes
29
No
48
1
Goatsipstea
S2
 E13
You could argue Dana suffers from PTSD and is dealing with that while encountering the murders
4 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
14
Yes
10
No
12
0
AndieOCD
S6
 E2
High pitch sound
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Is there shakey cam?
36 supporters
Yes
47
No
19
0
Anonymous
Pilot, during plane turbulence
4 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
19
No
61
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
15
No
1
Is there obscene language/gestures?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
17
No
32
0
RuthT
S1
Mostly police sirens, but there are other flashing images throughout the series
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Paranoia
0
RuthT
S1
 E3
There are several close up shots of a man's eyes while he is hiding and observing his victims. Scully is watched by a man in the second half of the episode.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
13 supporters
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Yes
2
No
73
Pregnancy
Yes
4
No
72
0
AndieOCD
S6
 E7
Not exactly but if this is a trigger for you I would avoid this episode
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
78
2
softcurrxnts
no, but one of the main characters, Dana Scully, is given reproductive trauma during multiple arcs. In s4e14 there is a mention of women's ova being taken from them against their will, this is being brought up again in s5e6-7 with added themes of adoption, failed adoption and death of a child. s8e13 talks about infertility and has a failed IVF attempt.
3 comments | Add comment
0
Cipscis
S6
 E13
A pregnant woman gives birth near the end of the episode, and the newborn is shown briefly.
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Is there childbirth?
20 supporters
Yes
25
No
69
1
gay_melapples
S1
 E11
only mentioned, there is a lot of discussion of IVF
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
72
1
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E12: A spoken narrative states that a pregnant woman tried to self-abort, but was stopped. The attempt is not shown on screen. S4E2: Not an abortion per-se but a newborn baby is buried alive at the start of the episode. Their remains are shown on screen later. S6E7 deals with multiple cases of apparent self-abortion
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Does a pregnant person die?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
74
Prejudice
Yes
4
No
78
5
softcurrxnts
No, but s1e14 portrays very outdated views on gender and sexuality and the way the topic is presented can be read in a very harmful way. People who can "change ther gender/sex"(again, outdated views) are presented to be sexual predators.
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2
DoctorOctagonapus
S2E11 is set in a nursing home for Alzheimers patients, who are regularly abused in this way by staff.

S4E22 has a scene in which a nurse torments someone with severe autism, including calling him the R word.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
8
No
78
1
softcurrxnts
s6e19 tells a story set in the 1940s via flashbacks and characters use the ne-word a lot, even outside of the flashbacks it is used a few times.
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4
iwantanap__
S04E15 "Kaddish" - A Jewish person is murdered by three antisemites. There is antisemitic propaganda shown in the episode in addition to N**i memorabilia.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
76
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E14
A man laughs about his brief hookup being a “woman who looked like a man”. Similarly, Scully describes her as “a transvestite” and says “‘she’ may have been a ‘he’,” although neither of her comments are played off as jokes.
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Does an LGBT person die?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
82
Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
71
Is there aphobia?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
16
No
44
1
Goatsipstea
S2
 E15
The episode is about voodoo, and a lot of misrepresentation of both the religion and black people.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
78
2
PoeDameron
S6
 E19
***SPOILERS*** Killed by the KKK
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Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
Yes
13
No
64
1
PoeDameron
S6
 E19
Period typical for the southern US in the 40s. Hard r n words, KKK imagery, casual references to antisemitism, etc
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Race
Is there blackface?
29 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
8
No
69
Religious
Yes
8
No
12
0
Anonymous
Scully is catholic and it comes up a few times
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
9
0
AndieOCD
S5
 E17
The devil is spoken about often
1 comment | Add comment
Sex
Yes
6
No
70
0
Anonymous
S1
 E24
There are naked people, but none of the 'obscene' parts are visible. It's television.
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Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
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Yes
2
No
62
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Is someone sexually objectified?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
20
No
58
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
87 supporters
Yes
20
No
73
2
JWood316
S4E2
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
27
No
58
0
Only implied
2 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Sexism
Yes
0
No
67
Sickness
Yes
9
No
22
0
The Scully cancer arc
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
63
0
S3
 E24
Mulder's mother has a stroke
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1
malovela
S2 E11 takes place at a "recovery facility" (stupid name for it) that takes (badly) care of people with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. We see some of the caregivers talking disrespectfully to and about patients and being rough, indifferent or insolent towards them. General physical deterioration and dementia are mentioned, but thankfully, no more specific symptoms are mentioned. Throughout most of the episode, the patients that we follow function just fine, because they're being treated with a special drug (fictional), but in the end, the treatment stops, and we see a few of them "put out", i.e. saying nothing, having unexpressive faces and doing very little. All of them are elderly. I actually don't think we see any patients whom we know to have Parkinson's. I'm extremely sensitive to Parkinson's depictions, since my father has it, and I made it through the episode okay. There are no scenes in which a patient overtly can't remember something, doesn't recognise someone or fumbles while trying to perform a task - they're "just" unresponsive. One of the patients is an artist, and while he's doing well because of the drug, we see him painting amazingly - a big mural worthy of any artist - but when he's back to being sick, we see him making a very simple drawing on a piece of paper. --- S2 E24: An autopsy shows that a woman had Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and would've died from it within a few months if what killed her hadn't killed her. We're later told that 27 people had the disease.
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Yes
7
No
60
1
Goatsipstea
S3
 E23
Mentioned and theorized that a program is causing dementia like symptoms
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Social
Are there fat suits?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
60
Yes
3
No
69
0
gay_melapples
S1
 E6
A homeless man is murdered, Mulder goes to talk to other homeless people who might have known the victim
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Is existentialism debated?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
20
Yes
6
No
30
0
AndieOCD
S6
 E7
Sort of
2 comments | Add comment
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
73
Are there end credit scenes?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
26
Yes
41
No
29
4
DoctorOctagonapus
Many episodes end with the villains victorious, especially episodes related to the main series arc.
5 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
49
No
27
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E22
Technically it’s a bus. The driver loses control, and a man ends up dead.
4 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Yes
30
No
49
0
S3
 E16
Mulder gets into a car crash, on-screen
7 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
11 supporters
Yes
15
No
65
0
feenielikesfilms
S1
 E1
Not a crash but lots of turbulence.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
21
No
60
1
postermug
S4
 E21
almost
6 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
20
No
64
1
Anonymous
S1
 E24
No, but living people are kept in tanks of water.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
99
No
10
5
DoctorOctagonapus
Many episodes feature an autopsy scene, though the amount of gore shown is limited. Blood is a common occurrence. In addition, S3E4 features a CG animation of a decomposing body.

S4E2 is a particularly gruesome episode with a lot of blood and graphic violence.

S4E6 contains a scene with someone cutting and beginning to remove his own face.

S4E12 shows someone decapitated in a road accident. His body and severed head are shown in separate scenes.

S5E17, deals with a flesh-eating contageon.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
67
0
AndieOCD
S6
 E1
No but let of the episode is in a nuclear reactor
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
67
No
18
1
DoctorOctagonapus
Nearly every episode has guns used, multiple characters are shot dead throughout the series run.
4 comments | Add comment