Mainly in season 2 the doctor’s wife, when she has a break through about killing hybrids isn’t good and everything, tries to stop her husband from butchering hybrids but is gaslighted many times by him because he his obsessed by his researches
The current generation of children (10 and younger) are widely despised and feared to the point that they are hunted for sport and references are made to many being tortured and experimented on in a medical setting. It is implied to be commonplace to abandon them at birth in the wild, only some of which survive.
There is a tiger chained up and used to kill people. It looks like it is in a lot of de-stress. It is animated so not a real animal. The effects are pritty stunning thought.
Beginning of episode, Big Man has a nightmare about when he joined the Last Men. He then wakes up struggling to breathe from a panic attack. Skip the first five and a half minutes to skip all of that and the audible breathing issues.
It is not graphic. A house is set on fire with someone still inside. If I remember correctly, you do hear them scream. But the viewpoint is from outside.
The above post is incorrect. There is one flash in a nightmare, around episode 5 or 6, where organs are shown up close accompanied by some gross noises. It is very quick. It's a dream sequence.
One of the kids is a skunk. WHen he is presented to Gus, he farts loudly (I believe skunks actually spray something, so more like spray-pee than farting, but never mind).
Probably it will come up as useful later and there will be more farting.
Not horrible. Around episode 3 that guy gets his head clamped in a bear trap off screen, very quick. The dream sequence around episode 8/9 with the doctor has some tearing noises, again, very quick. The bone saw around the last episode starting up was what bothered me, but it was just started up - not used on screen.
A main cast person works as a psychologist before The Great Crumble and there are short scenes of her in a mental institution listening to some of the patients story’s
Syringes are shown briefly in most of the episodes. Spoiler-free timestamps-
Ep1: 21:30-22:00 syringe is tied to a stick, not shown in use
Ep2: 22:06-22:20 syringe is filled & used to administer medication
Ep3: 11:26-11:41 syringe shown injecting medication
20:57-21:22 blood drawn from a finger prick
Ep4: SAFE
Ep5: 4:37-4:49 syringe removed from case, implied offscreen that a woman is injected with it and can be heard yelling from her house
Ep6: SAFE
Ep7: 3:09-3:16 scientist injects test into an egg
Ep8: SAFE
The hospital shows up a lot but there aren't any procedures being done. Around the last episode, the doctor starts up a bone saw but it is not used on screen and it only plays for a few second. There are quite a few syringes used in the show however.
the hybrids can be seen as neurodivergents, and there is a clearly reference to asperger's work during 2nd war, with the unusfull autistics who didn't speak and can be killed and those who are more intelligents and can be usefull to society, at the end of the 8 episode of season 1
"Sweet Tooth" Gus is frequently overwhelmed by the new, loud, scary world. Almost every episode he has a panic attack. It's mostly portrayed through hyperventilation and denial/flight response.
Not on screen. A pregnant woman is shown being taken into a hospital. You don't see the baby until it has been separated from the mother and placed into an IC unit.
No jokes, but there are some comments on Jepperd's size and weight.
In season 1 Ep 1: [pubba's] bigger than you (said by Gus) -they don't make 'em bigger than me (said by Jepperd). episode 5: at an old bridge. Jepperd says "it won't hold our weight" (referring to the group). Bear responds "you mean your weight".
A lot of people die. And many sad things happen. The ending is not as terrible as it could be, and there is adventure still to be had, hope even.
But with all the sad things happening right before the ending it's hard to say the ending isn't sad.