Does the dog die?
264 supporters
Severance
TV Show • 2022 • Drama
ReportMark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
This tv show contains 47 potentially triggering events.
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Snowjunky360
A dog appears briefly in episodes 8 and 9 but it is mostly inconsequential and is completely unharmed.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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8BitMonkey
a character leaves her baby under the watch of someone she wholeheartedly believes she can trust. the one watching the baby leaves the house without the baby, and the mother is shown screaming and panicking when she realizes her baby can't be found. shortly afterwards, the baby is found perfectly safe in a spare bedroom. not necessarily "abandonment", but still worth mentioning.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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JeanE
A man sees someone he doesn’t recognize standing outside watching him.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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JeanE
The premise of the show is that people’s work and home life memories are severed. At work, the people are manipulated and brainwashed.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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amilnu
alcoholism throughout season 1
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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swoonsing
The main character, frequently.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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Snowjunky360
Aforementioned goats are in episode 5 but the only insinuation is “They aren’t ready yet.”
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Is an animal sad?
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E5
Spoiler;
Some baby goats seem distressed. They are presumed alive by the end of season 1.
Some baby goats seem distressed. They are presumed alive by the end of season 1.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
28 supporters
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Snowjunky360
A character is cut by window glass, and the cut is seen a few moments later as it is being bandaged up.
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Are any hands damaged?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No, but a character threatens to harm her hands with a paper cutter
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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amilnu
end of episode 4
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Is there cannibalism?
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carturo222
One character physically attacks another by biting his arm, but the intention is more to injure than to eat.
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Is there body horror?
34 supporters
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quietpoem
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A woman's scalp is sliced open, the skin is peeled back, and the skull drilled into. She doesn't feel it but it's shown in clear detail.
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Is there amputation?
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lilycron
A character threatens to cut her fingers off but doesn’t follow through
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Does a head get squashed?
48 supporters
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swoonsing
A villainous character is beaten to death with a bat early in episode 7. We see the first swing at their head, hear the others, and then see a heavy trail of blood as the body is dragged away.
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Is there a hanging?
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Wabley
End of episode 4/beginning of episode 5
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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8BitMonkey
a character attempts hanging themselves with an extension cord. they're shown kicking and flailing while choking at the end of the episode and at the beginning of the next. they're saved from dying, but they have visible bruises on their neck for a while afterwards.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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lilpig
Multiple occurrences. The act of severance also basically means that a person has two identities, and one is no longer conscious whenever the other is activated.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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S1E3 towards the end a character has a spell that resembles a seizure
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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carturo222
There is explicit threat of self-inflicted finger amputation. In the end, it doesn't happen.
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Is someone tortured?
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JeanE
It is psychological torture. They force them to say things.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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No but there is a scene in episode 5 where irv looks at mark while black goo drips from the ceiling and there is black goo coming from one of marks eyes
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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E9
There is an intense scene involving parents panicking thinking their baby has been kidnapped, but the baby is eventually found safe.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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lilpig
"Sacrificial" efforts are made by numerous characters, but none result in death.
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Does someone die?
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ColleenPoggers
Many characters die offscreen, and a character is killed onscreen at the start of S1E7.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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carturo222
[SPOILER]
It is implied that one character everyone believes is dead is actually kept locked up against her will.
It is implied that one character everyone believes is dead is actually kept locked up against her will.
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Does a parent die?
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Petey’s outie is revealed to be a father after his death
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Does someone cheat?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
S1
There are discussions around severed characters cheating because they don't know their "outies" are married.
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Does a family member die?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
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Mark's wife's recent death is often discussed.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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carturo222
Each of the protagonists has two identities in the same body, but it's a medical procedure, not supernatural.
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Are there clowns?
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carturo222
One jester in an exaggerated mask does a dance number.
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kelseyj610
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E4
Mentioned - "I could not, with a razor to my throat, be less interested in being your family"
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Is there a shower scene?
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circle2
A male character is shown showering but it is not framed in a sexual way.
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Are there mannequins?
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lilpig
There are uncanny wax statues displayed in a museum--offputting, but not used in an overtly scary way.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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amilnu
Episode 7 "Defiant Jazz" around 5 minutes 50 seconds in - character vomits onscreen
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Is someone eaten?
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ColleenPoggers
Not onscreen, but there is a painting depicting someone eating someone else’s innards that becomes a plot point.
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Does someone spit?
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teethsmuggler
a character spits out an object into another character's hand
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Is there audio gore?
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dzuk
S01E07: In the beginning scene someone is bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat, you can hear the blows being made.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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The whole premise has the character's trapped
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Towards the beginning of S1E2. Definitely skip if you don’t like medical content
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Anonymous
Photography near end of series reminiscent of oversimplified portraits of life in institutions and residential treatment facilities
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Is there a hospital scene?
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JeanE
A medical procedure is shown.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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swoonsing
A side character suffers from a condition very reminiscent of PTSD in the first few episodes, including flashbacks and dissociation.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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8BitMonkey
depression is never explicitly diagnosed or named, but is portrayed heavily in multiple characters.
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A character threatens to cut her fingers off with a paper cutter in S1E4
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JoeGallagher
Not strictly in the conventional mental health sense, but technology used to induce an extreme form of dissociation is core to the show's premise. Characters are portrayed viscerally reacting to disorientation caused by this.
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zhyza
Someone hangs themselves in an attempted suicide at the end of episode 4.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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JoeGallagher
Autism/ABA is not the subject matter, but several scenes and the general premise heavily feature infantilization, reward structures, punishments, and forced expectation that several characters perform their work duties without question without understanding what they do, which may closely parallel ABA-related traumas
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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sadgirl
Episode 4 character threatens suicide
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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moonlike9
The hallway scenes throughout can give a sense of claustrophobia
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moonlike9
No, but someone attempts suicide in episode four and episode five references it heavily.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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dzuk
S01E05: When Mark is on the edge of the lake when his sister is about to give birth, you can momentarily hear the newborn crying in the distance.
S01E09: Mark's sister's baby cries in the middle of the episode.
S01E09: Mark's sister's baby cries in the middle of the episode.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Ajb
Episode 3 when helly runs away
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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swoonsing
Content warnings are provided onscreen beforehand for the episodes where flashing is present, but those warnings are there for actually most of them. I personally didn't find any of it very extreme — I didn't even notice it most of the time, I couldn't tell you where the flashing was in half the episodes that had warnings — but I'm not especially photosensitive.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
S1
Mark's neighbor watches him and snoops through his house.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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candytree
Nothing graphic at all shown on screen, it's more heavy implication
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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No, but several Black, male characters are portrayed unfavorably.
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Does an LGBT person die?
27 supporters
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lilpig
An LGBT character meets a fate that is comparable to death and is mourned, but they are still alive.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anonymous
Would be teally grateful if someone could describe it so I know if I can watch this
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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JoeGallagher
The founding family of the company most of the characters work for is portrayed to have founded an organized religion/cult and entrapped their employees in it, with characters having varied relationships to this religion ranging from rejection and entrapment, to fanatic devotion. Religious texts and painted imagery associated with this religion are seen and quoted frequently, and evoke imagery from real world religions. No real-world religions are explicitly portrayed aside from some minor christian imagery, and exclamations like "Jesus Christ."
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
44 supporters
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swoonsing
Two characters are seen briefly in bed together after sex (towards the end of episode 6) and there's a rather disturbing scene with suggestive outfits and dancing (2/3 through episode 8), but there is no explicit sex. Not a lot of references to it, either.
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Dawn34098320423
There are no incestuous relationships, but Mark makes a very quick joke in episode 8 at 40:12 that alludes to incest. He makes the joke, the other person goes "gross." and they move on.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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redrosy
There are behaviors in certain characters (especially Petey) that are similar, but nobody has a stroke specifically.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
18 supporters
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charlie_o
the whole premise of the show does heavily rely on people temporarily forgetting large parts of their memories (not caused by dementia/Alzheimer) though, so i could see how it could be triggering
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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8BitMonkey
the overall premise of the show ponders what it means to truly be "you", and the different versions of ourselves we portray in different environments. the topic is regularly discussed in-universe as well.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
36 supporters
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8BitMonkey
at the time of writing, there's only been one season, so there isn't really an ending yet, but season one's finale ends with a lot of ambiguity and mixed emotions.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
13 supporters
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shamwowxl
We don't see it, but a character is referred to as having died in a car crash
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Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
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lilycron
Someone is almost hit in the first episode
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
44 supporters
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Seall
Episode 2, about two minutes in. There’s a scene of someone’s head being cut open very graphically
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