The Magicians

TV Show • 2015 • Drama  

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Does the dog die?
9,238 supporters
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amc
S1E5, is not shown on screen but you can hear the dog cry
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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TBN1994
Can’t remember the precise episode but in season 5 there’s a fighting tournament and a main character slices her opponents ankle.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Are there razors?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Abandonment
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TBN1994
Penny’s mother abandoned him as a child for magical reasons, discussed in season 5
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
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Ocelian
A spell is used against a character, making him believe that he was in a mental institution the whole time
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Is someone stalked?
270 supporters
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16
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Silverr1
Reynard stalks Julia
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Is a child abused?
955 supporters
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kingofmeebs
The main villain of the first season was abused as a child
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Is there domestic violence?
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wallflowers
The main villain of season 1 was abused as a child
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
226 supporters
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KiddoNumber3
There is a lot of this... Especially from Elliot.
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KiddoNumber3
Most characters do. Outside of the significant amount of recreational drug use, there are also times when drugs (such as Archie) are required to enter into mystical realms.
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5
EliotWaugh
Eliot is often seen drinking, sometimes binge drinking
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
1,101 supporters
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Anonymous
There is a rabbit that is murdered and it is very gory :(
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Are animals abused?
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AlisonEmmert
Season 1, episode 8, fast forward when you see the bunny. Season 2, episode 3, fast forward when Reynaud picks up the cat until the next scene.
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WillowFae
s1 e2 a dead rat is shown/stepped over on a warehouse floor.
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Does a cat die?
1,206 supporters
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Charlie Valentine Thompson-Bard
A cat is also killed in season 2 episode 3. It’s bloody and the cat is turned inside out while still alive before it is killed.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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jackalriot
A tarantula in a glass jar on a table, at around 17:33 to 17:34 in episode 7 of season 1, when Mayakovsky talks about the students learning mind control.
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
The season one antagonist is often covered in moths, a character is attacked by moths once, and well... they're everywhere
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
178 supporters
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1
Kids restrained by someone who’s abusing them, and women restrained in chains.
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Season 1, Episode 13

A main character is raped and it is shown through flashbacks. There's no nudity, but a graphic depiction of the victim's face during the assault.
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Nims
Season 1 episode 13 contains a somewhat graphic onscreen rape scene. The scene is shown in part during recaps and flashbacks throughout the second season
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone drugged?
144 supporters
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TBN1994
Multiple people are “truth-ied” throughout the show, a potion is slipped into their drink that forces them to tell the truth
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Bodily Harm
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41
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McPicklebreath
It happens occasionally, usually for another purpose than to kill themselves but it is still upsetting. Times i remember are the first episode julia cuts into her forearm so she will remember what has happened earlier in the episode. In season 3 e8 a character has to cut into her arm to keep a spell up this is the most graphic because its shown on screen repeatedly and we see many more cuts on her arm. And in season 4 a main character slits her wrists open it is not shown on screen but we see the aftermath and its very bloody. that scene is also shown on the recap the next episode. she has another purpose to her actions but still
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robynpan
Elizas Head gets exploded by force to the throat in Episode 8 Season 1
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is someone burned alive?
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AlisonEmmert
It is not shown, but in season 2, episode 13, it is said that a woman has given her toes away.
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Ocelian
When astral projecting, a character is trapped in a coffin underground
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Is there cannibalism?
317 supporters
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Crisses
Someone eats someone's heart at the end of Season 1.
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Anonymous
Someone's eyes are ripped out and another person stabs themself through the eye
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Is there body horror?
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GhostAddict
The show doesn’t shy away from gore at all. There’s a lot of it, and it can be pretty gruesome
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TBN1994
Julia is choked by an invisible monster on two separate occasions. The second time she passes out after being released
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AlisonEmmert
In season 2, episode 7, someone is locked in a vault that is running out of air. In the same episode, a girl is choked and rendered unconscious.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone tortured?
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AlisonEmmert
In season 1, there are several flashes to a woman in shackles in a dungeon being kept presumably to be tortured.
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Is there amputation?
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A character has both hands cut off
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Are any teeth damaged?
476 supporters
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Anonymous
There is a scene where someone has a tooth pulled out with magic, but you can't see anything
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Does someone fall to their death?
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_____
It happens to one of the main characters as a byproduct of over using someone else magic that that person gave them. it happens while trying to create a new body for another main character who cant return to their own.
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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AlisonEmmert
Season 1, episode 9, two children die in ghost flashbacks. Fast forward when the woman grabs the boy to drag him to the "quiet place" and when the little girl drinks the tea. Season 2, episode 3, there is a monster that looks like a child. It doesn't show the killing, but it shows the aftermath from far away.
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Death
Does someone die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does a major character die?
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1
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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4
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1
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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1
Family
Does a parent die?
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AltheaRodriguez
S4E4 - Q’s dad
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Does someone cheat?
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Scarsacrifices
Quentin cheats on Alice with Eliot and Margo
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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1
Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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AlisonEmmert
In season 2, episode 9, a senator is kidnapped and put in a closet.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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_____
There are a few instances where things happen suddenly which might jumpscare someone. The only example that comes to mind at the moment is when julia and josh travel to timeline 23 and they must search the library for the spell that can kill the beast which 'some stundents' attempted but it got them killed and they have become ghosts. While searching, the ghost of one of said students suddenly appears in front of julia and marina 23 which julia realises is the ghost of eliot (the ghosts are eliot and margo), which is full of blood and looks very creepy as it appears (if i remember correctly he was smiling)
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AlisonEmmert
Season 2, episode 5, there is a sexual shower scene in Emily's apartment.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Dewdropsintheriver
Season 4 includes a possession arc.
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Are there ghosts?
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Madison Kuehn
An alternate timeline shown in season 3 features two of the main character's counterparts as ghosts, both normal-looking and then mutilated/covered in blood
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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5
Does someone vomit?
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Silverr1
for sure in s4e3 and s4e4
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Is there audio gore?
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1
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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5
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
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amy1
S1
 E11
Under the influence of alcohol and emotion magic, a character cheats on his girlfriend with two of their other friends.
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Medical
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AlisonEmmert
In season 1, episode 4, there is the threat of ECT (stereotypical version), but he escapes beforehand. Season 1, episode 7, there is a sort of electrode attached to foreheads.
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Madison Kuehn
Quentin's dad is diagnosed with brain cancer.
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_____
the first episode starts with a main character getting checked out of said mental instituiton. in ep 4 he is back inside during a very realistic dream that he gets stuck inside of
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McPicklebreath
they are used a couple of times with a few skin to needle shots but they are fast.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
572 supporters
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5
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Is there misophonia?
238 supporters
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1
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20llux
There are multiple points where there are intense high-pitched noises
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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1
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
164 supporters
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0
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3
Is there body dysmorphia?
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0
The ghost of a student who committed suicide appears and his backstory is told
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EliotWaugh
In season 1 episode 11 suicide is discussed, then a character is shown shooting himself. It is quick and unexpected. There is also an on-screen suicide in 3x11. In 4x04 a character is interrupted before an attempt.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Violetpet43Pet
Multiple characters have PTSD symptoms, but it is especially apparent with Julia.
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2
Ocelian
When astral projecting, a character is trapped in a coffin underground
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Does someone self harm?
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Anonymous
Multiple instances of people cutting themselves, starting in episode 1, but usually is for a purpose other than self-harm, such as a spell requirement
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7
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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2
JefferySchwarz
They go to a number of parties that literally have strobes or flashing colorful lights.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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0
Does a baby cry?
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1
Paranoia
Yes
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2
0
TBN1994
Ember does a “previously on” directed to the audience (s02e13)
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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JefferySchwarz
a child dies in birth but there isn't a miscarriage.
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Is a baby stillborn?
137 supporters
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4
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2
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TBN1994
Not shown but alluded to that fen/Elliot’s baby was stillborn
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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1
Are there abortions?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
One of the characters actively seeks and ultimately terminates her pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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KiddoNumber3
Season 5; Episode 13- Nothing graphic is shown. There is no screaming nor obvious pain from the mother.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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vipertooth
This show does not treat their LGBT characters well. Many spoilers ahead:

- Eliot's boyfriend Mike is possessed and he is forced to kill him
- One of Julia's friends played by a trans actress is killed
- Marina 40 is tortured and killed
- Martin Chatwin (queer coded) is sexually abused as a child and must be killed as it turns him into a villain
- Side lesbian in vegetable state has Julia kill her
- A mlm ghost is shown to have been choked to death by his dad
- The fairy queen, played by a trans actress, sacrifices herself
- Eliot & Quentin die in an alternate timeline, albeit of old age
- Eliot 23 & Margo 23 are dead and appear as ghosts in that timeline
- Quentin kills himself in the timeline where he lost his shade
- Quentin sacrifices himself in the s4 finale
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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AlisonEmmert
Not that I've noticed, but there is mention of "eugenics" books destroying a "Jewish" author's book in the school's library and having to be locked up in a restricted section afterward. (The books are alive) I assume it was more a dig at the antisemitics.
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
There is a kind of dream sequence where the main character unconsciously gives his friend a stereotypical indian accent.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Are there fat jokes?
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AlisonEmmert
Margo at one point makes a fat joke, but it is not in reference to a particular character. There have been no plus-size main characters that I've seen. The joke is in season 2, episode 3 and is made to Quentin while he is aiming an arrow. He does give a chiding look.
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Are there n-words?
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Ocelian
The slurs aren't normalized, but shown as "bad"

There are violences specifically against LGBT people tho
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Phoenix59
After being elected King, Margo (a female) is referred to as male a couple of times by Ember in dreams, in a sexist “you look like a girl but there’s no way a king could be a girl” kind of way
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6
Crisses
No, but the first person to get horribly assaulted on camera in the show is black.
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Is there aphobia?
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3
Relationships
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1
2
Not an age gap relationship but there is child sa
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Sex
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AlisonEmmert
This show has a lot of sexual content. I will return with more instances, but I would not watch if you are a minor or around children. Or if sexual content is triggering. There is also sexual assault, and a lot of talk about sexual assault. There are also many sexual innuendos and jokes.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there bestiality?
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TBN1994
Not necessarily on screen. But Margo wins the high king election by accidentally endorsing beastiality
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Are there nude scenes?
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0
Is someone sexually objectified?
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1
Sexism
Yes
3
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Silverr1
in S4 Santa is a prisoner of the library, though the rest of Santa's mythology is incorporated.
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KiddoNumber3
Plot points are resolved and the series is still ongoing. Although most parts are sad as fuck, some people have their happy ending.
(Updated after watching Season 5)
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Yes
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McPicklebreath
a minor character gets hit by a bus.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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0
Does a car crash?
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19
Violence
Does someone drown?
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Yes
24
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1
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
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0
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sorryboutit
S1E1 at the end of the episode the dean's eyes get pulled out and placed on a desk
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Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
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S19723
In season 1, episode twelve, there is a scene where the main characters are attempting to sneak through somewhere they shouldn't be, and they are found. Margo pulls out a gun and shoots the person that found them. In season 3, episode 13, the main characters are in a castle that is home to a god-like monster, and Eliot attempts to kill it using a god-killing bullet, but instead it leaves the body it was in and possesses another person.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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