Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
This tv show contains 29 potentially triggering events.
"The Paradise Syndrome": A character nearly drowns but is revived using artificial respiration. The actual drowning is not shown, with the scene starting after his unconscious body is pulled from the water.
A woman who feels oppressed by being a woman switched minds with Captain Kirk in order to achieve power and control. She commits murder before this, so she is both abused and the abuser.
S3 E2 (The Enterprise Incident). This episode is a giant gaslighting experience. The audience is gaslighted, the crew is gaslighted, and even the enemy is gaslighted.
SPOILERS
In several episodes, poisons are slipped into drinks or food.
In Elaan of Troyius, a character is rape-drugged (via intoxicating tears, not a traditional drug).
Not exactly but in season one episode nine a child gets a crush on Jim but he seems to almost encourage it (almost flirts with her? It's really weird) . She is technically very old but with the body and mind of a child. None of the characters seem to see this as weird. This episode really weirded me out so if this is something you consider triggering you might want to skip it.
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield": There are images of burning buildings, with the implication that people were killed in them, but no victims actually appear on screen.
Not sure why people voted no. Although it isn’t used as an insult the word is used twice in season 3 episode 21 “ The Cloud Minders”. One near the middle by Bones, once near the end from Kirk.
Not necessarily a trans person, but the episode revolves around a woman switching minds with Captain Kirk so that she can be a starship captain (women cannot be at this time).
Not a mental institution, but there are scenes in the sick bay that are similar to mental institution scenes; a person being gaslit that they are “insane,” the person is being told they cannot leave, they are tied to a bed at points, and they are sedated against their will.
In my experience yes and no. There are a few episodes where characters are depicted as switching to a violent persona. Imo these depictions are not misrepresenting D.I.D even though they may be interpreted as such. Keep in mind this was filmed before P.T.S.D was a recognized diagnosis and the deinstitutionalizaion of mental health.
"The Doomsday Machine": Commodore Decker is killed in a doomed attack, with his last words making it clear that he is stricken by guilt and grief and doesn't intend to survive.
The antagonist in this episode appears essentially as a large collection of flashing lights, so plan to look away whenever “the storm” is on the view screen
there's an episode where an alien planet's culture is identical to nazi germany (including swastikas), except rather than killing jews they are killing other aliens.
Women as a sex are misrepresented the entire episode. The only time we see a confident and strong female character is because her mind is that of Captain Kirk’s inside her body. The episode revolves around women being handicapped by their emotions. The moral lesson at the end is that if the woman had settled for the life she was given instead of aspiring for more (like being a ship’s captain), she could have lived a full life.
Scotty has fallen in love with a person who has just finished their entrance exams and is on their first deep space mission. Their age is not known, but Scotty’s age is mentioned at the outset of the episode eluding to the fact that he is older.
In the "bad" universe, women wear slightly skimpier uniforms than usual. Uhura is sexually harassed by Sulu. A woman sexualizes herself in order to climb the ranks of Starfleet.
"For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky": A character is diagnosed with a terminal illness at the beginning of the episode and it has consequences throughout. He is cured by advanced alien medical science at the end of the episode with no lasting ill effects.
"The Paradise Syndrome": Bittersweet, tending toward sad, as the planet is saved but at a significant personal cost. The episode ends with that, without adding a scene to end on a more upbeat note the way some other episodes do.
"Assignment: Earth": There is a conversation about two characters dying in an automobile accident. The accident is not described in detail, and nothing is shown on screen.