Does the dog die?
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
TV Show • 2016 • Comedy
ReportA comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
This tv show contains 50 potentially triggering events.
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Drummerwitchakookoo
In episode two of season two, a dog is killed offscreen. There are no whining noises, just the sound of continuous barking cutting off and a thump that is presumably the body falling. The body is not shown.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there abusive parents?
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mad_melody
S2
It is not shown, nor explicitly discussed, but a man mentions having a rough childhood. Notably, drawings he made all over his room were covered up with wallpaper as a punishment.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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minaa
dirk is stalked by a government/military organization and for a very brief period of time , farah is watched by people intending to kidnap her (they are successful) ,
while talking on the phone gordon also briefly mentions he can feel that someone is watching them
while talking on the phone gordon also briefly mentions he can feel that someone is watching them
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A man violently murders a woman who used to be his lover out of possessiveness in the first season. Season two a woman kills her husband during an argument.
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Smiliey
Bloody scene in season 2
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Addiction
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Todd’s landlord in the pilot is implied to regularly use drugs in addition to making and selling them. Amanda is shown smoking weed in early episodes—it’s implied she does this to help ease her pararibulitis. In season two, Tina references a “ten to fifteen year dark period In which she experimented with some pretty heavy drugs.” She also eats a weed gummy.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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mimins
There’s a scene in which a character copes with loss by getting drunk.
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Animal
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dolby
A bird is electrocuted
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Are animals abused?
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theoi
[NO CONTEXT SPOILERS] rats are killed, a dog is thrown off a bridge (for humane reasons), a dog is killed off-screen
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Is there a dead animal?
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theoi
a character is forced to kill his dog, however the animal is never shown dead or dying on-screen and the only included sound is a nondescript thud
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Are rabbits harmed?
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mad_melody
S2
E1
No. Todd chases a rabbit around, trying to safely catch it, but it gets away and is unharmed.
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Does a cat die?
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mimins
There’s animal experiments on a bird, a cat and a dog. There’s a brief shot in which you can see the animals after they’ve died.
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Does a pet die?
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mad_melody
S1
E6
A man is shown using his own pets in experiments, which result in their deaths. He grieves each one but keeps doing it.
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Are there sharks?
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mad_melody
S1
A hammerhead shark is mentioned several times throughout the first season. In episodes 5 and 7, the soul of this shark is shown (as a glowing outline) 'swimming' through the air and killing people.
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Are there bugs?
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KCross4
One character has a very disturbing hallucination about flies.
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dolby
Amanda is groped in a flashback
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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minaa
in season 2 a character gets cut in the face with a giant pair of scissors , a large bloody cut is clearly shown (multiple characters are cut with giant scissors throughout the season)
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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twunke
Amanda has a pararibulitis attack where she can't breath.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Tassillow
Not technically but one character hallucinates that she does.
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Is there body horror?
34 supporters
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mad_melody
Yes. Throughout season 1, souls are transferred between different human and animal bodies. In season 2, there is a witch with double sets of hands.
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Is there amputation?
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minaa
in season 1 when a certain weapon is activated bodies are torn apart/limbs are torn off but there are no surgical amputations
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Amanda falls unconscious in the supermarket scene
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Does someone break a bone?
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theoi
injured characters are seen in recovery, dressed as if they may have broken bones (casts, etc) but no broken bones are shown
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Drummerwitchakookoo
Some of the pararibulitis attacks look enough like seizures that you may want to avoid it if it’s an anxiety trigger for you.
A character also has a seizure in season two after panicking and pushing his power to its limits.
A character also has a seizure in season two after panicking and pushing his power to its limits.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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sungay
at the beginning of season 2 a minor character lose a few fingers in a fight with scissors
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Is someone tortured?
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minaa
| SPOILERS |
in the beginning of season 1 a character gets kidnapped and is held down on a bed while being interrogated. when they stop responding to the questions they are electrocuted (it is very brief and not show for more than a few seconds)
in the beginning of season 2 a character is captured by blackwing and put through a series of tests when they fail they get electrocuted or a colored goo is shot at them (usually in the face) other characters are held in rooms by blackwing under uncomfortable circumstances but there is nothing graphic or extreme
i am usually very sensitive to these things but no instance was very disturbing for me
in the beginning of season 1 a character gets kidnapped and is held down on a bed while being interrogated. when they stop responding to the questions they are electrocuted (it is very brief and not show for more than a few seconds)
in the beginning of season 2 a character is captured by blackwing and put through a series of tests when they fail they get electrocuted or a colored goo is shot at them (usually in the face) other characters are held in rooms by blackwing under uncomfortable circumstances but there is nothing graphic or extreme
i am usually very sensitive to these things but no instance was very disturbing for me
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Is there eye mutilation?
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EleanorBaxter
someone is stabbed to death with a pen, the camera only shows the person being stabbed in the eye, we do not see the rest
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Is there excessive gore?
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minaa
maybe ? there is a lot of gore especially in season 1 (bloody dead bodies, bodies torn in half/limbs torn off , etc) it depends on what you consider excessive but there is quite a bit
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Children
Does a kid die?
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theoi
[SPOILER] a child falls into a long-term coma. this is shown
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Disability
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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twunke
Dirk, Farah and Lydia are all kidnapped, Dirk on multiple occasions.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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theoi
[INDIRECT SPOILER] not toys, but there is a theme of a childhood-themed world being corrupted and losing innocence in season 2
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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theoi
plenty.
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Is someone possessed?
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minaa
in season 1 souls are swapped out of bodies and put into other bodies (some people who participate in this are forced against their will)
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Are there ghosts?
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minaa
| SPOILERS |
during season 1 souls are taken out of their bodies and put into other bodies when this happens there is a brief period where the bodies go limp and the souls haven't settled into any physical being yet (the concept of floating souls may be why some voted yes)
during season 1 souls are taken out of their bodies and put into other bodies when this happens there is a brief period where the bodies go limp and the souls haven't settled into any physical being yet (the concept of floating souls may be why some voted yes)
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Are there clowns?
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theoi
not clowns, but a clown-esque set is used in season 2 for a similarly creepy effect
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Is there a shower scene?
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twunke
Dirk and Todd hide in a shower at one point but they don't use the shower.
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Does someone vomit?
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Achanceofbella
S2 ep9 in the opening sequence the boy foams at the mouth when blackwing tried to grab him
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Is there audio gore?
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minaa
in both seasons there are very clear slashing and fighting sounds often including gunshots
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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theoi
[SPOILERS] there are multiple 'good guy' police characters in both seasons (the 2 missing persons guys in s1, hobbs and tina in s2) but also law enforcement and government shown to fight for immoral causes and be unjustly violent (sometimes due to mind control) (friedkin, blackwing, nathan and weedle)
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Cabbagiez
In multiple occasions throughout both seasons Dirk and other Blackwing subjects are referred to either by their project title or a name other than the name they go by. this is shown to distress Dirk.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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twunke
Dirk is electrocuted during blackwing scenes
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Are needles/syringes used?
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theoi
shown, but not used
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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minaa
blackwing contains " gifted " individuals usually against their will and perform experiments on some of them to try to understand how their brains work (it is not self proclaimed as a mental institution but may be triggering for some)
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Is there a hospital scene?
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twunke
Dirk is in hospital at the end of season 1, in season 2 there is a hospital scene too.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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minaa
in season 2 a man has a heart attack when he is reminded of his childhood (he is not explicitly said to have ptsd but it may be triggering)
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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theoi
[SPOILERS] in season 2, a middle-aged man is confronted with something that reminds him of severe his childhood trauma and turns briefly violent before passing out due to a heart attack. aside from him, no one is physically harmed but a sense of fear and tension is created
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Sebastian_Barton
The entire show revolves around things being inherently connected through the universe. This frequently upsets characters as they figure it out. Season two has an alternate reality created out of a young boy’s imagination and drawings. S2 E4 has a main character enter an alternate version of the house he is in, one which is confusing and unreal. He is then pursued through the house in a tense way where the pursuer is not shown, before he escapes.
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Is there misophonia?
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minaa
throughout the show characters are briefly shown chewing gum it is never very loud but may still be bothersome
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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minaa
not necessarily but in season 2 a physically disable woman uses magic to cure her limp and give herself abs it is portrayed as comedic and miraculous but may be triggering for those struggling with body image
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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theoi
no one says those words, however a character briefly aims a gun (?) at his head in season 2 with genuine potential intent of suicide. the topic is not joked about anywhere in the series
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
16 supporters
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twunke
Two characters are trapped underground, at one point the walls start caving in on them.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
34 supporters
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elerimatthews
there’s no autism specific abuse but all of the characters who get abused for their ‘powers’ ie biological differences from the rest of humanity, are autistic coded/have a lot of autistic traits so it could potentially be triggering
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1
No one kills themselves, but there's a brief moment near the end of the second season where a man is talking about how he made a lot of mistakes while he's holding a gun to his temple. He ends up moving the gun away a few seconds later and not doing anything though.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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minaa
in season 1 we see from a mouses pov when it is tossed and fed to a person (the screen is a bit shakey)
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Are there flashing lights or images?
35 supporters
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twunke
The characters go to a music festival at one point.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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minaa
there aren't any jokes but a character briefly makes an angered comment about his soul being put into a larger sized man
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Anonymous
Possible triggers: skinheads with geometric tattoos
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Does an LGBT person die?
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brokenchipmunk
Several queer characters die in a battle, but everyone is brought back to life in the end of the season.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
34 supporters
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Anonymous
Idiot, whackjob, people make fun of a woman who is in distress,
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
44 supporters
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minaa
there are references and jokes but there is no sex of any kind throughout the show
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Amanda, in a flashback. She is defended by her brother after that
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Amanda has a chronic illness that puts her randomly in a lot of pain
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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minaa
not really sad but many characters end up in undesirable situations especially in season 1
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
13 supporters
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dolby
Off-screen, we see the aftermath as well as a dead body
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Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
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theoi
an insignificant character is hit by a car to prove a point in season 1. it is shown on screen but not up close and is not particularly graphic
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
44 supporters
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Anonymous
Big yes. One character is a serial killer who kills in any way she can, it's often very violent and graphic. Multiple violent bloody fight scenes throughout the series. I try to cover my eyes whenever this is going to happen but have still seen quite a lot.
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Does someone drown?
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HazelMargo
In the first season a character has hallucinations about drowning.
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Is there gun violence?
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twunke
At various points in both seasons, police etc are shown with guns, multiple people are shot, the antagonists of season 1 use harpoon guns.
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