Takin' Over the Asylum

TV Show • 1994 • Comedy  

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This tv show contains 11 potentially triggering events.
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Does an animal die?
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Anonymous
Not onscreen, but Eddie and a nurse talk about the death of a litter of kittens
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waterparks
The death of multiple cats comes up a few times.
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Endy
an animal dies that is treated as a pet by one of the characters
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
A character talks about the trauma they‘ve experienced because of years of sexual abuse by a family member. They also talk about telling their father who did not believe them and reacted very negatively.
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waterparks
There isn't enough to go off of to be considered abuse, but the way a main character's father interacts with his son could cause discomfort in child abuse victims.
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waterparks
A grandmother hits her grandson multiple times.
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finch120
One of the characters has problems with alcohol throughout and admits to being an alchoholic at the end
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Endy
smoking is shown, but no other drugs.
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Endy
while having a manic episode, someone is restrained and sedated.
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waterparks
It is not shown, but a character describes their sexual abuse to another. No details are used, but it's extremely obvious of what happened.
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wingwingwinggggg
not shown, but a character describes past assault when they were a child
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Anonymous
A nurse talk about a person that found a piece of glass and cut their arm. They are later shown wearing a bandage
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Anonymous
S1
 E2
Not really, but at 43:45 in s1e2 a character is seen walking barefood through broken glass. They try to avoid the glass, but it might still be triggering
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Anonymous
S1
A character is shown wearing a bandage over their eye and the say someone threw a rock at them. You later see the wounds around the eye. They’re quite small cuts and the eye itself is not injured
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S1
 E2
Someone opens a window and when snother character wants to close it because it is to cold, they say „I am suffocating in here“
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Endy
a character steps off a ledge. we see them fall but we do not see them hit the ground.
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DR34MB0Y
No, but a character mentions her newborn being taken away because she was too young to care for him.
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waterparks
There are mentions of a main character's late son occasionally.
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Anonymous
S1
 E4
SPOILER FOR THE END OF EPISODE 4

Fergus dies by s*icide after being denied a job he was very much looking forward to. After fibding out they won’t hire him because of his medical history he walks up to the rooftop and jumps. People run after him to try and stop him, but fail. The landing is nit shown but it is quite dramatic and sad.
In the beginning of episode 5 his funeral is shown
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Anonymous
No, not the r-slur as far as I know, but a lot of other derogatory terms for mentally ill people.
Most of the time, the term „looney“ is used. But within the series, the word becomes sonething the patients call themselves in a non-degrading way. Campbells „We are looneys and we are proud“ becomes an empowering statement for them.
If you are very sensitive to that kind of language though, this show might not be for you
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Anonymous
The death of husbands and children are mentioned a few times
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Are there razors?
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Characters are arrested but are never shown actually in jail and are let out soon after.
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Anonymous
ECT is mentioned multiple times and Campbell jokes a bout it on his radio show. It is never shown though
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waterparks
A main character's late son is mentioned to have leukemia.
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sofiaiscool
Almost the whole show takes place in a mental institution
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waterparks
A main character is briefly shown being sedated via injection.
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waterparks
Almost the entirety of the show takes place in a mental hospital.
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waterparks
A main character with OCD has a panic/anxiety attack when she spills the last of her cleaner.
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Anonymous
There is no character with DID in this show
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Anonymous
S1
 E4
Yes, and they die
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Endy
a character commits suicide by stepping off a ledge. we see them step off but do not see them hit the ground.
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Anonymous
Most of the characters
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Endy
it is not explicit, but a character seems to have triggers (words and phrases that make her rapidly distressed) regarding childhood rape.
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waterparks
EPISODE 1: A character puts out her cigarette on her arm, 35:58 - 36:08.
EPISODE 6: It is hinted at very briefly (bandages around an arm of a main character who had recently experienced something traumatic) but not shown, 36:54 - 36:57.
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Anonymous
The main characters are trying to raise money for the station and one character suggests that they could climb up on the roof and threaten to jump to get what they want. It is played as a joke though
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Does a baby cry?
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Anonymous
During a scene where Eddie is shown going door to door to try and get customers a woman is carrying a baby.

A character talks about their newborn being taken away by the authorities because they were to young to take care of the child
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waterparks
Never shown but mentioned.
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waterparks
It's a very common theme within the entire show. Multiple characters are referred to as "loonies" (one of the main characters uses it in reclamation often, while a few minor characters use it maliciously towards others).
Also, the way some professionals interact with patients could be seen as ableist.
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waterparks
Nothing is ever used in a homophobic context but cigarettes are briefly referred to as "f*gs".
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Anonymous
Just very briefly
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Anonymous
S1
 E2
No, but someone talks about their plan to lose their virginity when they are released. They never follow through with it though
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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waterparks
Not shown but described.
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Is there BDSM?
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Anonymous
S1
 E2
Not really, but a characters pants are pulled down and they get an injection. They are seen naked from behind for a few seconds
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S1
 E1
at the end of the first episode a character heavily featured throughout is shown to be homeless. the character is never shown again.
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Endy
most of the characters get a happy ending, although one in particular has an incredibly unfortunate ending.

this is a matter of opinion.
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S1
 E5
Not much but a character is punched in the face and their nose bleeds. There is a bit of blood on their shirt, their hands and face. It does not look to realistic though. It happens in the last 3 minutes of episode 5
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