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Does the dog die?
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This is one of the best written shows of the 90s when it first aired. It’s well written the stories are engaging. It’s based on a real woman who could do what Allison DuBois does, but this show is also filled with a lot of gory animal scenes that you don’t see much of these days on TV. For which I am grateful. As someone below stated there is an episode where a dog is tortured another episode where a cat is viciously killed. There’s even dead fish, there’s a dead deer— it’s just a series that takes liberties with animal cruelty. And while this goes to highlight the cruelty, that killers do, they could’ve handled it much much better without all the gratuitous animal cruelty. That’s the one thing I really really dislike about the show. Otherwise it’s a damn good TV series.
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there jump scares?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Are there spiders?
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S6
 E6
Really big one throughout episode. I’d say skip the episode completely if you’re arachnaphobic.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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S1
 E12
S1E12 includes a depiction of a woman being pulled over while driving and raped by the cop. [LITTLE TO] NO WARNING beforehand. (At least, on my end... I was watching via Amazon Prime Video, and the scene caught me off guard to a really bad degree.)

I honestly can't say how much VISIBLE detail there was — I couldn't stomach the scene, so I had to stop watching the episode entirely. (At the end of this comment, I'll write a description of what I got through before I had to stop watching.) I'd been enjoying the show, but ever since this, I've been really put off. It effected me negatively enough that I can't stand the thought of resuming the show, as I type this.

!!!! ---- WARNING : SCENE DESCRIPTION (as far as I got through) BELOW HERE. ---- !!!!
A woman is driving at night. Her partner (boyfriend? husband? IDK, I didn't catch the specifics...) is unconscious in the seat next to her; later dialogue essentially reveals that he got drunk — he's out like a light and it doesn't seem possible to wake him, even when there's a flashlight directed at his face. A cop pulls her over, citing a busted tailight (if I'm not mistaken) and eventually asks her to step out of the vehicle.
(There is uncomfortable dialogue throughout the entire scene, — mostly implied threats from the cop, otherwise depicting nervousness, discomfort, and fear from the woman. I can't recall the dialogue, apart from two lines.)
She is told to place her hands on the vehicle and bend over; she obeys. (The camera view shows her hands on the car, her face, etc. from this point forward, as well as the cop when he is behind her, but nothing is visible below her waist or his.) He tells her to bend over further, repeatedly. There are sounds of him undoing his pants. He presses up against her back. She goes, "Oh my god, what is that?" to which the assaulter replies, "I think you know."
I HAD TO STOP WATCHING BY THAT POINT. THE SHOW IS VERY SLOW-PACED; THE SCENE HAD DRAGGED ON FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I COULD NOT STOMACH ANYTHING FURTHER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY SHOWED, NOR DO I INTEND ON FINDING OUT OR OTHERWISE CONTINUING TO WATCH THE SHOW. I WAS DEEPLY DISTURBED BY HOW REALISTIC THE SCENE WAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING FORCED TO ENDURE SUCH CONTENT (IN A SHOW WHERE SUCH EVENTS HADN'T YET BEEN DEPICTED SO EXPLICITLY) THAT IT MOVED ME TO FIND AND USE THIS SIGHT, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT ANYONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY OTHER VICTIMS/SURVIVORS.
I AM GENUINELY ANGRY ABOUT THE LACK OF *PROPER* WARNING BY AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, BEING A VICTIM OF S. A. AS WELL AS IN DEFENSE OF OTHER SURVIVORS OF S. A. AND/OR RAPE. I TRIED TO RECOMMEND A CONTET/TRIGGER WARNING, *ESPECIALLY* SINCE THE SHOW IS CATEGORIZED WITH A "TV-14" RATING ON THE PLATFORM, BUT I COULD NOT FIND ANY WAY TO DO SO. I REALIZE I AM RANTING IN A COMMENT SECTION ON A DIFFERENT PLATFORM, BUT I FIND THIS MATTER SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO ANYONE WHO READS THIS COMMENT HOW HORRIBLE, DISGUSTING, AND OVERALL TRAUMATISING SUCH THINGS CAN BE, PARTICULARLY TO VICTIMS & SURVIVORS; I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS COMMENT IS VISIBLE ENOUGH HERE THAT NO ONE WHO HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THESE HORRORS IN REAL LIFE IS FORCED INTO EXPERIENCING/RE-LIVING/PERCEIVING SUCH EVENTS IN ANY WAY/SHAPE/FORM, WHICH IS THE POSITION I WAS FORCED INTO BY THE LACK OF PRIOR WARNING BEFORE WATCHING THIS EPISODE.

RAINN/National Sexual Assualt Hotline (Available 24/7)
1-800-656-4673 (CALL)
online.rainn.org (Online Chat)

VictimConnect Resource Center
victimconnect.org (Online Chat)
1-855-484-2846 (Call/Text)

National Helpline for Male Survivors
(aka "Sexual Abuse & Assault of Boys & Men" resources)
1in6.org
https://supportgroup.1in6.org/ (Support Group Chat; information, etc.)

National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (CALL)
TEXT "START" to 88788
https://www.thehotline.org/# (Online Chat)
TTY : 1-800-787-3224
AlyssaMcGinnis
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Is there domestic violence?
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S2
 E5
Father SA daughter
Smjharvey
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Is someone gaslighted?
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in the first episode it is revealed that the 17 y/o who molested a 6 year old was also molested, his abuser was molested and that person was molested too.
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Lee is a recovering crack addict. Allison has a dream about him smoking crack at his wedding. There are a few other instances where he comes close to using again or Allison dreams it. In 'Second Opinion' season 3 episode 13, a man Lee sponsored in Narcotics Anonymous is dead from an apparent overdose. The man's roommate is also an addict and he is shown having withdrawals.
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Allison mentions that she used to, and her brother still does.
MorgannaTheFae
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Lee is a recovering crack addict. Allison has a dream about him smoking crack at his wedding. There are a few other instances where he comes close to using again or Allison dreams it.

In 'Second Opinion' season 3 episode 13, a man Lee sponsored in Narcotics Anonymous is dead from an apparent overdose. The man's roommate is also an addict and he is shown having withdrawals.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Animal
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S6
 E11
Dog body shown multiple times at the beginning of the episode during Allison's dream.

Again at 09:15, dream comes true but different dog (husky).
Smjharvey
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Are there bugs?
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Is an animal sad?
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S6
 E21
The episode "Dead meat" has a heartbreaking scene with a sad animal.
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Does a cat die?
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Yes. You hear it happen, it's killed. You don't see it until after it's dead but it's very gory. It's in season 3 episode 15 'The Boy Next Door'
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Does a pet die?
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S6
 E11
Body shown multiple times at the beginning of the episode during Allison's dream.

Again at 09:15, dream comes true but different dog (husky).
Smjharvey
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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S2
 E7
S2E7 Deer is shot and shown dead at the ground.
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Are animals abused?
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There's one pretty grizzly scene in Season 3 Episode 6 'Profiles in Terror' where a dog is burned with cigarettes
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Assault
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S1
 E12
A cop pulls over a car and has the female driver step out and attempts to rape her.
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It is referenced a lot, as a lot of the cases they solve involve SA, and a lot of those involve children.
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Is there pedophilia?
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S2
 E5
Young girl abused by father on tape
Smjharvey
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Is rape mentioned?
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S2
 E18
Mentioned but not shown
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Bodily Harm
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if this is a serious trigger for you, there's a few episodes to avoid.

'Knowing Her' Season 2 Episode 19. Several drug mule girls are found without their eyes. Allison dreams that Elena sticks her thumbs in Lee's eyes (Very graphic)

also, avoid the entire 'How to Make a Killing in Big Business' 3-episode series because in all three episodes, corpses are found without their eyes.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone tortured?
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S1
 E12
Child tortured - child seen crying and gets finger chopped off
Smjharvey
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S1
 E12
On-screen rape attempt.
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Episode where the executioner is blackmailed into injecting a drug to stop the inmate's vitals- they cut off her child's pinky.
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Bring Your Daughter to Work Day - season 7 episode 1. A homeless man is seen pulling his tooth out with pliers for money. Also, in the Burn Baby Burn two-part series, (season 4) a dentist kidnaps a girl and does major jaw surgery on her without her consent.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Here's where it's complicated. In 'Burn Baby Burn part 1 & 2' We see a woman lighting herself on fire. However, it's not graphic, and it's not real. It's a visual metaphor.

*SPOILERS*
It's to signify that she faked her death by 'burning herself' when really, the body was swapped with someone else in the actual fire.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Is there cannibalism?
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Joe is frequently seen shaving his face in the morning.
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S1
 E14
POV shot and sounds of the victim coughing and gasping for breath
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Is there amputation?
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Allison has a dream at one point that both of her legs have been amputated. in 'Be Kind, Rewind' season 3 episode 3.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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A baby is smothered
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone choked?
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S2
 E16
Man thrown off a building. Only see him go over, nothing else
Smjharvey
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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S3
 E7
Boy groomed by man
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Does a kid die?
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At least one baby - in yeh first episode - I would guess that there’s more later on
doesthedogdie.comfan
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S2
 E15
Newborn taken
Smjharvey
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Death
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Joe (main character Allison’s husband) dies in the finale of the show from a plane crash. the show ends with Allison dying of old age and being reunited with joe as a spirit.
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Does someone die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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S2
 E11
It is implied that a man had been unfaithful
Smjharvey
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Bath scene in the first episode - also in the first episode there’s pictures of blood in a bathtub
doesthedogdie.comfan
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Are there ghosts?
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The show is about a Medium, who not only has psychic visions but can see and speak with spirits.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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season 1 episode 6 - from an emetophobia, it is not that triggering for me at least. there's no graphic visual. very slight sound, just turn it down for a moment. you get a brief warning because Allison covers her mouth and walks out of the room. skip from 10:29 to 10:41, after that she's just hunched over a little bit but nothing else happens for the entire rest of the series.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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I mean... it's a crime show.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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S6
 E13
Multiple scenes as the episode is about someone who is mentally ill
Smjharvey
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S2
 E14
MRI scenes
Smjharvey
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S6
 E3
Someone with cancer dies suddenly
Smjharvey
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Mental Health
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S2
 E13
It is discussed that someone to took their own life but is not shown
Smjharvey
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S6
 E13
A girl with paranoid schizophrenia kills a cat off screen (you can hear it) then body is shown
Smjharvey
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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S6
 E13
Someone with paranoid schizophrenia
Smjharvey
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Pregnancy
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Allison mentions a miscarriage she had a few years earlier.
AbigailFlowerPollard
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S2
 E15
Mentions of miscarriage
Smjharvey
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Only mentioned and played for laughs in an episode: Bridgette is a very young child, she doesn't know how babies are made yet and she becomes so fond of her pet dog that she says she wants to marry him and have babies with him.
silencesilence
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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S5
 E9
Spoiler alert. A man is romantically and sexually involved with a woman who is his sister's exact lookalike. Technically not incest but it can be triggering.
silencesilence
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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S2
 E8
Someone is hit by a car
Smjharvey
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Does a plane crash?
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S7
 E13
This plane crash has prevented me from flying to or from that destination ever since---more than a decade ago. I can hardly even watch any TV show now that has the actor who died in that episode.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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S2
 E21
Discovery of man who slipped in the bath and hit his head on the tap
Smjharvey
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Given that this is a crime series, many episodes contain gun violence
Smjharvey
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