Star Trek: Discovery
TV Show • 2017 • Action
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Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
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Are there abusive parents?
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There are instances of verbally abusive parents sprinkled throughout. They are usually brief and lasting issues stemming from the neglect are resolved.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Unintentionally, yes
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Abuse
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Episode 1x12 "Vaulting Ambition" contains mention of Lorca having groomed the Mirror version of Michael from childhood. There are flashbacks to scenes from earlier episodes where he uses the same language with the Prime version of Michael that he is said to have used with the Mirror version.
Episode 1x12 "Vaulting Ambition" contains mention of Lorca having groomed the Mirror version of Michael from childhood. There are flashbacks to scenes from earlier episodes where he uses the same language with the Prime version of Michael that he is said to have used with the Mirror version.
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1x11 "The Wolf Inside" - Michael's romantic partner Ash Tyler is in a different mental state, causing him to lash out at her and attempt to choke her.
1x11 "The Wolf Inside" - Michael's romantic partner Ash Tyler is in a different mental state, causing him to lash out at her and attempt to choke her.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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In the "previously on..." section, a character is manipulated into helping with something. Without context, it may appear to be manupulation, but with context, it is gaslighting.
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Addiction
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In the season 1 finale as well as the season 3 premiere, there is some sort of space drugs being used by Tilly and Burnham, though not of their own choice.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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SPOILER A giant tardigrade is used for the spore drive and shows clear signs of pain and distress. One character insists they keep using it but another character puts a stop to it and frees it.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dead birds in the sky
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E5
The tardigrade dehydrates and shrivels up to enter a state of bio-stasis, but it is not dead.
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Does a cat die?
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a cat is threatened in season 3, however no harm befalls her
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Are there bugs?
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In the episode Choose Your Pain, one of the characters has a pet bug named Stuart
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Assault
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S1
E11
In a flashback, Tyler is raped by L'Rell.
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A human male character is shown suffering severe PTSD after rape and torture from a Klingon woman
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Is rape mentioned?
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E10
Tyler confronts L'Rell about her raping him, and she implies that he wanted it.
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Is someone drugged?
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Michael is drugged
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Is someone restrained?
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S1
E11
Stamets is tied down to a bed. He is in a coma, however.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Gabriel Lorca has injuries to his eyes and there are moments where it is visible, for the most part, his eyes look normal and only have to be treated a few times.
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Is there excessive gore?
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E11
In a flashback, Tyler is subjected to surgical mutilation.
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Is there body horror?
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S1
E3
The bodies on the Glenn are horribly mutilated and twisted.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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not explicitly shown on screen, i don't think, but it is talked about as part of the torture voq goes through
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Does a head get squashed?
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It is not pictured, but there are several deaths and severe injuries with camera cut-aways before the point of impact that imply someone's head got smashed in or partially or fully squashed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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the klingons teeth appeared to be damaged they're I assume normal for their species but they do appeared to be damaged
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Is someone burned alive?
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It's not quite onscreen but there are a lot of spaceships exploding with fire and there are loads of people aboard.
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there cannibalism?
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No (at least in season 1) by the strict definition of an animal eating its own kind, but yes in the context of star trek. The ritual consumption of humans by Klingons is discussed several times, once semi-graphically, and one human character unknowingly eats the flesh of another sentient race (and this is discussed a few times afterwards).
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Is there amputation?
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One character has, somewhat graphically, all of their limbs and bones removed and their entire body stripped and rebuilt.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Several characters at different points suffocate from lack of oxygen, but no one dies. Several unnamed characters are shown dying in space though it's not very graphic.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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S2E10 a fairly prolonged sequence
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Does someone break a bone?
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Stamets breaks his nose and the CGI/Prosthetics are clearly seen for several seconds on screen. There is also talk of Tyler's surgeries in which his bones are broken and shortened.
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Are any hands damaged?
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S1
E10
Tyler grips a glass cup so hard it breaks, and cuts his hand.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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a character has multiple extremely seizure-like events as the result of interfacing with the spore drive system
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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In seasons 1 and 3 there are characters who fall from a high place and die, but there is minimal gore in these scenes.
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Is someone tortured?
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There is quite a lot of torture in season 1.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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E5
Stamets loses consciousness after operating the spore drive; it is successful jump and he regains consciousness.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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It is a ruse to convince Klingons that a baby is dead, but it’s pretty graphic. A mother holds up a pretty realistic-looking severed head of her own newborn.
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Is an infant abducted?
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Death
Does a major character die?
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S1
Culber is murdered.
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Does someone die?
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Michael stabs Rejac, killing him in self-defense.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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S1E7
S2E9
S2E14 (foreshadowing in previous episodes)
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S2E14 (foreshadowing in previous episodes)
S4E13
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Michael Burnham's parents die, but it is not seen on screen.
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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No possession, but there is a Manchurian Agent who does almost seem to be possessed in some ways.
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Are there ghosts?
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In season two, Tilly is convinced she is seeing a ghost. It is an alien but appears as a vision to only her for a time.
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Are there jump scares?
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Especially S4E11 (Rosetta)
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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SSN 3 EP 1 after Michael crashes when she takes her helmet off. It’s in the first few min of the episode
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Is there audio gore?
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E1
There are specific sound effects of characters being killed.
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Is someone eaten?
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E1
Several smugglers are hypnotized and consumed by creatures called Tranceworms. You do see some body parts fly off, though there isn't any blood. It is very much on screen.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Cancer has been cured in the future.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Many scenes take place in the ship's sickbay including a character in a coma, a character with a broken nose, and a character who gets injured in a bombing among various other things.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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E6
A vulcan injects himself with an explosive substance.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Season 2 episode 8 at minimum. Same scene (with minor variation) is shown occasionally in other episodes. Season involves main character hospitalizing themselves and then escaping, as early part of the plot
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Mental Health
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in the episode with the timeloop Michael deliberately kill herself to force Harry Mudd to reset the timeloop. Her death is not permanent but she still killed herself.
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A prisoner on the colony they are attempting to save remains behind by choice to be killed by the anomaly. They are aware that this will happen.
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One character is clawing at his own chest until he bleeds.
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Is there misophonia?
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Several times in Season 1, Lorca is shown eating, often while talking to others, and there are eating sounds. These are frequent enough for there to be multiple in just the first season, but they aren't every episode and the scenes are quite short.
In later seasons, there are a handful of eating scenes, some of which contain potential misophonia triggers and some of which do not.
In later seasons, there are a handful of eating scenes, some of which contain potential misophonia triggers and some of which do not.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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E1
In the "previously on..." section, a character who has PTSD kills someone.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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In Season 1 Episode 9 (Into The Forest I Go), one of the characters who was a victim of torture experiences severe flashbacks and shock.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Ash Tyler and Hugh Culber both have many issues with their body throughout seasons 1 and 2 as each of them deal with trauma surrounding how they relate to their bodies.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There are several scenes in matinence shafts that are very narrow.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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A character suffers from PTSD and has a couple of panic/anxiety attacks that are shown quite realistically.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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There is a LOT of very very shakey cam as well swirley cam, and spinny cam.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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S5
Episodes 4 and 5 in Season 5 have flashing images. A content warning is shown at the start of each episode.
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Is there screaming?
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E5
Aboard the Klingon prison ship, screaming can be heard coming from other compartments.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Star Trek has a large number of explosions and space battles. There is a large amount of loud audio stings because of this.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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E4
Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber are a married gay couple, and they are never discriminated against.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Lots of fat cat jokes
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A character portrayed by a non binary actor (who uses they/them pronouns) is identified using she/her pronouns for a few episodes. They later (a few episodes later) come out and use they them pronouns. They are not misgendered after this fact.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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“Freak”
S2E8 a woman chooses to live as a hologram rather than with her injuries from an accident.
S2E8 a woman chooses to live as a hologram rather than with her injuries from an accident.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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He dies, but is later brought back to life and deals with trauma of coming back to life after.
A lesbian character also talks about her wife dying off screen.
One character who dies is not explicitly labeled as LGBT in the show, but in the spinoff video game Star Trek Online, she is shown to have a female partner that she is planning to marry.
In season 3, a character who is trans is introduced who died before the season started, but he is frequently on the show as a "ghost" following another character.
A lesbian character also talks about her wife dying off screen.
One character who dies is not explicitly labeled as LGBT in the show, but in the spinoff video game Star Trek Online, she is shown to have a female partner that she is planning to marry.
In season 3, a character who is trans is introduced who died before the season started, but he is frequently on the show as a "ghost" following another character.
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Is there hate speech?
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Not in contemporary real-world terms. There is in-universe hatespeech (directed against aliens) clearly modelled on existing fascist rhethoric.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The first character to die is an Asian woman
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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No, but S1E11 discusses grooming by a father figure.
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Are there nude scenes?
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S2E5
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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the end of season 4 is actually a happy ending, i didn’t even believe there would be another season because of it, but there still will come season 5
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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There aren't really any cars depicted, the show is mainly in space.
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Does a plane crash?
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Many spacecraft crash.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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In Season 3, Episode 1 (That Hope Is You), someone in a protective suit is hit by a space ship. The character is not killed or severely injured, but this may still be upsetting to viewers who would be bothered by seeing someone hit by a car.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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E4
Commander Landry is attacked by the tardigrade and dies from massive lacerations.
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Is there gun violence?
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Fwiw, most of the guns are nothing like present day firearms and don't trigger me the way present day firearms do.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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In Season 2, Episode 2 (New Eden) when discussing history, the characters refer to a fictional event (one that happened in the show's universe, but not in real life) that involved nuclear explosions. The only depictions of the event in the episode are a stained glass window artistically showing the events in vague detail, and a video that shows people preparing for the explosion. The people in that video are saved just before the explosion actually happens, and the explosion is not shown on-screen.
In the same episode, a planet is put into jeopardy by a piece of radioactive debris heading towards the planet. One of the characters says that if they are unable to stop it, it will cause an extinction event, and a nuclear winter. **SPOILER:** They are able to stop it, and no such event occurs.
In the same episode, a planet is put into jeopardy by a piece of radioactive debris heading towards the planet. One of the characters says that if they are unable to stop it, it will cause an extinction event, and a nuclear winter. **SPOILER:** They are able to stop it, and no such event occurs.
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