Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Show • 1999 • Crime
ReportThis tv show contains 76 potentially triggering events.
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Born Psychopath, Season 14 Episode 19, a kid drowns a dog in the bathtub
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Season 20 ep 1 "man up" - a few minutes in, extremely graphic hunting scene with rabbits
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gallifreygod
Born Psychopath, Season 14 Episode 19, a kid drowns a dog in the bathtub
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Disabled - season 11, episode 17: around 16.5 minute mark, discussion of dog fighting and cleaning up the ones who die :( dog fighting “clean up” convo continues into next scene
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Yes a rabbit is shot, and there is an unnecessarily graphic depiction of it’s painful death 3 minutes 15 seconds in.
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Several episodes every season feature children who have been molested or abused in various ways.
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Olivia’s mother was an alcoholic.
Several guest starring characters have been alcoholics over the years.
Several guest starring characters have been alcoholics over the years.
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The entire premise of the show is based on sexual assault
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Never shown onscreen, but the amputation/dismembering of a penis has occurred in a few episodes.
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A rapist blinds his victims with ammonia in one episode.
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Episode “Fault”, a child is murdered.
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A woman is attacked while in the shower during the first few minutes of “Burned”.
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A child who was a victim of molestation wets themselves out of fear during questioning.
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aarondd19
When?
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All main characters are either cops or lawyers and they’re almost always portrayed as being justified in their actions - even when in clear violation of the law or when brutalizing suspects.
A few episodes attempt to tackle police brutality and/or unethical policing, but it rarely effects the main characters. The few times it does effect main characters, they are typically portrayed sympathetically.
A few episodes attempt to tackle police brutality and/or unethical policing, but it rarely effects the main characters. The few times it does effect main characters, they are typically portrayed sympathetically.
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skillwithaquill24
A long-time recurring character reveals a cancer diagnosis in Season 21.
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xtianwoman
2:9 ‘pixies’: gymnasts are pressured to lose weight for competitions
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skillwithaquill24
The episode “The Longest Night of Rain” features multiple suicides. So much so that the suicide hotline phone number appears before the end credits.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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skillwithaquill24
Episode “Paternity”.
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skillwithaquill24
A pregnant woman has her baby cut out of her. She doesn’t survive.
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upsteadtwt
Slurs "t*nny" and referring to transgender individuals as "he-shes" are used, especially in the earlier seasons.
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Stereotypical depictions of trans women as brutes in dresses and bad makeup
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skillwithaquill24
“Raw” features characters who are white supremacists/Nazis. They use many slurs, including ones targeted at Jews.
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xtianwoman
Some of the sex crimes are hate crime based — the earliest instance is 4x21 where a trans woman is described to have been assaulted since she was 12. Frequently by perps in all seasons and by cops in the earlier seasons.
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xtianwoman
Early episodes use retarded, I’m not sure if there’s much more than that.
There’s an episode in season three covering a woman with Down syndrome and whether she’s competent to have a baby and live her own life.
There’s an episode in season three covering a woman with Down syndrome and whether she’s competent to have a baby and live her own life.
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skillwithaquill24
Episode “Fat”.
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skillwithaquill24
“Raw” features characters who are white supremacists/Nazis. They use many slurs, including the N-word.
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skillwithaquill24
The slurs “faggot”, “dyke”, and “tranny” are used pejoratively, especially in early seasons.
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xtianwoman
Multiple times in 4x21 — the episodes victim is a trans woman and she’s also referred to with a deadname, as the t slur, and as a ‘heshe’
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skillwithaquill24
Many episodes end tragically, either with a death, suicide, or a miscarriage of justice.
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skillwithaquill24
“Paternity” in Season 9
“The Good Girl” in Season 20
“And the Empire Strikes Back” in Season 23.
“The Good Girl” in Season 20
“And the Empire Strikes Back” in Season 23.
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