I May Destroy You

TV Show • 2020  

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Following triumph from a piece of writing that garnered internet acclaim, Arabella Essiuedu – easily distracted, non-committal and carefree – finds herself feted as the ‘voice of her generation,’ with an agent, a book commission and a helluva lot of pressure. After being sexually assaulted in a nightclub, her life changes irreversibly and Arabella is forced to reassess everything: her career, her friends, even her family. As Arabella struggles to come to terms with what has happened, she begins a journey of self-discovery.
This tv show contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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shelbzilla
a victim stalks her rapist. for more details, see the other comment with the spoilers
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baharv89
Rape, sexual assault, and consent are themes present throughout, though the sexual violence is between strangers or hookup partners so none of it is really domestic violence per se
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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baharv89
A character says that she lied that her dad sexually abused her at age 7 at her mother's request. So technically no, but it's a very present topic in the show.
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Addiction
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amwhite91
There is heavy drug use throughout the show. The main character's love interest lost his mother and his sister to a heroin overdose prior to the events of the show.
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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amwhite91
Not on screen, but there are meat and animal products served throughout. There is even a point where the main character trolls a vegan brand by eating chicken.
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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Oradianto
There are various depictions of sexual assualt. Some involve deception, nonconsensual removal of condom, date rape, frotting.
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Bodily Harm
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amwhite91
In S1E6, a character purposely cuts her legs with a knife.
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captoring
There is a fantasy sequence in S1E12 where a character is choked and beaten to death. He is seen gasping for air.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Oradianto
In the revenge fantasy episode (last one), there is a brutal beating scene of the perpetrator
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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elsi
Main topic of episode 10
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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livvv
You see v*m*t on the floor next to Arabella in episode 3 (around 16 mins in, when she sits on the railings on her journey home); the act itself isn't shown but the v*m is shown really clearly on screen
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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baharv89
I think the only instance is briefly in episode 12
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elsi
There are also therapy sessions portrayed throughout the show
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baharv89
technically it's a police station, but she gives up her clothes for the rape investigation so she's in a hospital gown for a couple scenes
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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elsi
Episode 6
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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livvv
In episode 2, during Arabella's police interview, she breaks down and cries; it closely resembles an anxiety attack but isn't actually one.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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livvv
Some scenes are filmed fisheye style, as if through the eyes of a character. The view jolts around quite aggressively so might be considered as shakey cam? (Happens during flashbacks or drug-taking scenes across multiple episodes)
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shelbzilla
there are nightlife scenes in most if not all episodes. they include bright, flashing lights outside as well as inside the bars
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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amwhite91
Not on screen, but the protagonist looks at an ultrasound from when she got an abortion prior to the events of the show.
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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baharv89
A straight character uses f-slur, expressing annoyance that it's not okay to use it, not knowing the man she is talking to is gay
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Is there hate speech?
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amwhite91
In S1E6 a white girl refers to a bunch of Black kids as "fucking African monkeys"
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
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amwhite91
There is explicit and implicit sexual content throughout.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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amwhite91
However, in S1E6, a character discusses how, when she was 7 years old, she lied about her dad molesting her so that her mother would get custody in the divorce.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
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amwhite91
The main character has an unexplained cut on her forehead as a result of being sexually assaulted. In a flashback, the main character starts having sex with someone while on her period, and there are scenes of her partner examining a blood clot with his fingers.
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Does someone drown?
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amwhite91
At the end of S1E8, the protagonist walks into the ocean until her head is underwater. She survives.
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amwhite91
Someone threatens the protagonist with a gun.
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