His Dark Materials
TV Show • 2019 • Drama
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Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As Lyra learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
136 supporters
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Shakey
S3
Lyra and Will abandon both their dæmons.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
46 supporters
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Shakey
S1
E1
Lyra is abandoned by both her parents and left at Jordan College
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Abuse
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IndigoBlue14
Multiple child kidnappings. No sexual abuse, but some very disturbing things are done to the kids.
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graywolf2010
Mrs. Coulter's physical assault of Lyra counts as domestic violence/child abuse
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Are there abusive parents?
69 supporters
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Shakey
S1
Asriel twists Lyra's arm in episode 1 of Season 1, aand Mrs Coulter abuses Lyra in episode 2
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Is someone gaslighted?
44 supporters
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IndigoBlue14
Mrs Coulter consistently lies to Lyra and denies her reality, including lying and saying her daemon was not where it was.
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StaleOrchid
It is mentioned that Marissa Coulter was abused as a child, and in the show she is shown abusing her daughter
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
23 supporters
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graywolf2010
Mrs. Coulter in episode 3
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Animal
Are animals abused?
274 supporters
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dogsaremyheart
Ep 2: The monkey daemon attacks Pan on command, causing both Lyra and Pan pain. Pan makes crying noises through his animal forms. Coulter also slaps the monkey in the same episode.
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JorgieDeRosa
Many of the 'demons' (animals) die
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Does a pet die?
229 supporters
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Tillssss
Not pets but people daemons die.
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Is there a dead animal?
158 supporters
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Anonymous
Daemons disappear immediately after death.
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Is an animal sad?
119 supporters
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S1
E6
Various sad separated daemons in various animal forms in cages, including a rabbit banging its head against the cage wall
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Are there spiders?
67 supporters
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S02E02, 19 minutes in: One of the baddies has a spider as his daemon.
S02E03, 15 minutes in. Another daemon.
S02E03, 15 minutes in. Another daemon.
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Are there bugs?
43 supporters
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graywolf2010
Bug daemons and spy flies.
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Are there snakes?
25 supporters
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JorgieDeRosa
One of the demons is a snake
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Assault
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graywolf2010
Touching someone's daemon with your bare hands (as in episode 6) is considered the equivalent of sexual assault in Lyra's world
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Is someone drugged?
40 supporters
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Shakey
Lyra is drugged into sleep at the end of Season 2 and start of season 3
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Is someone restrained?
38 supporters
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Multiple times throughout
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone's mouth covered?
18 supporters
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Shakey
S3
Marisa's mouth is covered by Magisterium officials when she visits Geneva in Season 3
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone tortured?
111 supporters
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greyraven
In the new season a witches cloud pine is pulled out of her skin and it is quite graphic and disturbing
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
108 supporters
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AshleyHayward
Not literally but the cutting of daemons is a euphemism for this
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
68 supporters
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Anonymous
A character loses multiple fingers in season 2. It is shown many times in graphic detail.
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Does a head get squashed?
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-2
But we do see skulls that are separated from their bodies and with holes bored into them
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Is there decapitation?
55 supporters
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Lspsimon
S1
E1
You don't see it happen, but a severed head is shown.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Lspsimon
S1
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Briefly, and not close up, I think someone's throat is slashed
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Is there amputation?
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vinnytime
kid gets his fingers cut off
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
34 supporters
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There is an attempted strangling in S3 EP5, but not to death.
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Are any hands damaged?
28 supporters
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Sandphin
In season 2, Will loses 2 fingers in a fight.
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Is someone choked?
26 supporters
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Shakey
Mostly by Marisa Coulter.
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Does someone fall to their death?
18 supporters
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graywolf2010
In episode 3.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
94 supporters
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Stromboli
A child dies in episode 5, and a child is killed in episode 8. Additionally, passing mentions of children dying in medical experimentation, and discussion of a child lost to illness.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Shakey
Lyra's parents die.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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in the very last episode two people sacrifice themselves
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
32 supporters
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Anonymous
Spoilers: In S2 E7 a parent and parental-figure die.
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Does a family member die?
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CherryB0mb
S1
E1
Not onscreen but the main character is an orphan and her parents died, and episode 1 a child and son is said to be captured.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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JorgieDeRosa
Many children are kidnapped throughout the show
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Does someone cheat?
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AliciaSinCiudad
Off screen, and before the main events of the story.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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in the last episode of s3, metatron possesses some of the soldiers to make them turn on each other but it is eventually broken.
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Are there ghosts?
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vinnytime
i mean you could SAAAYY the spectres are ghosts
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Is there a shower scene?
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EoinOmaista
There is also a scene of a child in the bath (only her head and arms are visible)
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
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Shakey
S2
technically, multiple people are 'eaten' by spectres
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Does someone spit?
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In S1E1 Lyra spits out a drink
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
44 supporters
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Authorities of any kind are not shown in a positive light in this series at all. Cops are framed as only antagonists, pretty much
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Shakey
S3
E3
The Subtle Knife at one point is broken.
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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alba04
No, but the "research institute" in which they experiment on children in season 1 might be reminiscent of one.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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graywolf2010
Bolvangar (episode 6)
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Mental Health
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graywolf2010
Gyptian boy in episode 3 in order to keep information from Mrs. Coulter.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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ELWinter
Mrs. Coulter is shown hurting her own dæmon when she is upset. Before this, the show establishes that physical pain done to a dæmon is felt by their human; Mrs. Coulter is actually self-harming by this action.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
25 supporters
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graywolf2010
Lyra (episode 2) and Mrs. Coulter (episode 6) in the air vents.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
13 supporters
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Shakey
S1
E3
Mrs Coulter freaks out and tears Lyra's bed apart
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Does someone have a mental illness?
11 supporters
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StaleOrchid
Will's mother has an unnamed mental illness that manifests somewhat like paranoia and OCD
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Noxious
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Is there screaming?
19 supporters
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Shakey
S1
E6
Both Lyra and Mrs Coulter scream through a locked door.
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Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
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painetdldy
I guess the 'no' voters don't suffer from motion sickness, but on and off, there IS shaky cam. The credits also spin at one point, which isn't shaky cam, but does trigger motion sickness.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
20 supporters
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TashB
S1
E1
In the opening scene
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Prejudice
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IndigoBlue14
No malicious misgendering but someone calls someone's daemon (a snake) 'he' and is immediately corrected to 'she'.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
55 supporters
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21
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graywolf2010
A mentally ill woman is mocked in episode 5
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Does an LGBT person die?
46 supporters
Yes
7
No
15
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CharlesB
In s3
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rumblescum
there is imagery and themes reminiscent of that of the holocaust in episode 6 'the daemon cages' so not exactly antisemitism but, could still be disturbing because of the similarities
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Does the black guy die first?
29 supporters
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18
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graywolf2010
Three people have died so far, and all three were black.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
16 supporters
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Shakey
The Magisterium is based off the Catholic Church. Angels are also mentioned, as well as a god-like being called The Authority.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Yes
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Are there nude scenes?
61 supporters
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Characters are each seen sitting in a bathtub (in season 1 and again in season 2), but there is no nudity (nothing shown below the shoulders). Also in season one Lyra is forced to remove her clothes when she arrives at Bolvangar and given a uniform, but no nudity.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
53 supporters
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Mrs. Coulter is sometimes implied to be an object of temptation for members of the Magisterium due to her beauty.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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10
Yes
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Yes
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6
Yes
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Social
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Yes
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8
Yes
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6
Yes
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
77 supporters
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14
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ELWinter
Season One [major spoiler] ends with the death of a child and Lyra realizing her father isn't the person she thought he was.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
29 supporters
Yes
12
No
10
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Chiisu
Someone is lightly hit by a car in season 2.
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Does a plane crash?
21 supporters
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5
No
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Anonymous
No airplanes, but other flying vehicles crash.
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Yes
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
68 supporters
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14
No
7
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graywolf2010
Bear fight in episode 7
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Is there gun violence?
41 supporters
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24
No
5
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JorgieDeRosa
People are threatened with guns
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