Squid Game
TV Show • 2021 • Thriller
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Yes
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
151 supporters
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0
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0
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arowana
S1
E7
No assault occurs and the writing frames it as an uncomfortable scene but you do watch as onlookers jeer upon hearing that a man was coerced into performing sexual acts.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
145 supporters
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0
Yes
0
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Yes
0
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Abandonment
Yes
2
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1
Abuse
Is someone stalked?
271 supporters
Yes
187
No
3
22
pinklemonade
The people who control the games have files with information about the players like their work experience, education, debt, illegal activities, etc
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
117
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17
19
alienfriend
None shown but one character describes their childhood abuse including spousal domestic abuse and murder
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Is someone gaslighted?
412 supporters
Yes
146
No
19
30
Anonymous
An old man begins to lose his short term memory, and is completely unable to remember things that have just been said. When playing a game against another character, he asks for things to be repeated. This other character lies about how the game is going in order to win.
There are several times where a character is tricked/betrayed by someone they trust.
There are several times where a character is tricked/betrayed by someone they trust.
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Yes
98
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30
27
eggthew
A character implies that she was sexually assaulted by her father when she was a kid
11 comments | Add comment
Addiction
Is there addiction?
226 supporters
Yes
245
No
1
25
SilverSkylark
Addiction to smoking and gambling, possibly alcohol too
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
208 supporters
Yes
186
No
0
6
Smiliey
One person who fails sucide is shown drinking. Homless person passed out, implied drunk
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Yes
185
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15
20
Syno
There’s use of sleeping gas on the players.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
642 supporters
Yes
1
No
177
7
violetlime
but horse racing (abuse) is depicted in episode 1.
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Yes
215
No
11
27
xxfreakiexx
A dead fish is cut at a market for food, nothing bad really and there's fish that have died in a bowl when he visits an apartment to look for his brother but nothing terrible. The series is brillant and coming from someone who's overly sensitive to animals dying most of you should be ok! I recommend
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Are animals abused?
1,530 supporters
Yes
52
No
146
31
Blitkun
Horse racing is depicted early in the first episode.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
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186
Is there a dead animal?
617 supporters
Yes
254
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20
koralik
1st episode, at 24:10 fish's head is cut off
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Does a cat die?
1,207 supporters
Yes
1
No
198
19
Golab
but in the first episode a cat is fed
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Yes
1
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3
Does a dragon die?
196 supporters
Yes
3
No
192
0
Mindori
Don't know how there are yes votes on this, the show features no dragons to begin with as it is set largely in, at the time, contemporary South Korea.
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Yes
1
No
167
Are there snakes?
117 supporters
Yes
1
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163
23
LeiaPasquarelli
A guy has a tattoo of a snake.
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Are there bugs?
281 supporters
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62
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104
8
Nylah_jp
In one short scene a lot of bugs were crawling over a dead persons body
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Assault
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
2
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1
Yes
10
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0
Yes
184
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1
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pinklemonade
There's a mini side story where some "staff" members and a player who's a doctor traffick organs from deceased players, one mentions to an undercover cop that they took turns to rape a woman before taking her organs
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
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6
Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
318 supporters
Yes
106
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48
15
Mayy
First episode some gangsta man sticks his finger in the main characters blood and sucks it off. Says he tastes good and will make a soup out of him but that's as far as it goes.
6 comments | Add comment
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0
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4
Is someone burned alive?
439 supporters
Yes
189
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6
12
TaylorGriffin
Someone is near-death and is put into an incinerator. There is no screaming, or a sign of pain or struggle.
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Is there amputation?
310 supporters
Yes
141
No
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pinklemonade
Ali is missing two fingers, it is not shown how he lost them just a close up of his hand
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
520 supporters
Yes
145
No
10
18
Nobodytoseehere
It's not shown, but a character twist's a man's genitalia
4 comments | Add comment
Is someone buried alive?
363 supporters
Yes
127
No
13
19
eggthew
Someone is trapped in a coffin and then cremated alive
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
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4
Is there a hanging?
489 supporters
Yes
165
No
0
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pinklemonade
A character commits suicide by hanging himself with bed sheets
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone asphyxiate?
148 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
TechDude99
If you count being choked by other person then yeah
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
633 supporters
Yes
234
No
1
28
jackkastiel
Episode two when theyre fighting in the factory. A hand gets stuck in a machine
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3
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0
Does someone break a bone?
262 supporters
Yes
177
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Syno
Someone has their hand get stuck in a press machine, which crushes it. People also fall off from a high place, and are shown on the ground afterwards.
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Are any teeth damaged?
476 supporters
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10
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127
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xeobun
no teeth directly damaged but in the first episode there’s a threat and [slight spoiler] a knife held to his throat/mouth
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Is there eye mutilation?
981 supporters
Yes
196
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2
20
jackkastiel
An eye is removed from a dead man. (They show the eye, but not the removal in focus)
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Is someone tortured?
761 supporters
Yes
214
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2
26
niomi
In the first episode the main character is hit in the face and his nose bled. the beater wiped blood away and licked the blood from his thumb, then intimidated him further by holding a shiv to the inside of his nostril. but does not cut him.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
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5
Does someone fall to their death?
194 supporters
Yes
181
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0
22
pinklemonade
Many times throughout the episodes
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Is there excessive gore?
499 supporters
Yes
21
No
0
0
Very. It shows pools of blood and even shows organs/intestines
2 comments | Add comment
Is there shaving/cutting?
502 supporters
Yes
178
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0
10
plateoffrogs
Lots of throats are slit, and people die from it.
7 comments | Add comment
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0
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142
Does someone struggle to breathe?
328 supporters
Yes
130
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0
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Syno
People are drugged by a sleeping gas, which makes them cough. People choke each other as well.
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Does a head get squashed?
573 supporters
Yes
179
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1
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pinklemonade
Episode 9 - During the game many people fall from a very high type of bridge and a close up of a woman's skull/brain is shown for a few seconds
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Children
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7
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5
Does a kid die?
644 supporters
Yes
67
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90
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fishtopherwalken
Two of the competitors and one of the red suits that die are confirmed as teenagers.
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Death
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1
No
2
Yes
7
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0
Yes
3
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0
Disability
Yes
0
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7
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
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5
Family
Is someone kidnapped?
171 supporters
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192
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3
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pinklemonade
Before been taken to the place were the games take place the players are drugged so they don't know where it is
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Does a parent die?
326 supporters
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193
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0
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pinklemonade
Many of the "players" that die were parents and at the end Gi-Hoon's mother dies from diabetes.
Sae-Byeok mentions that her dad died while scaping North Korea.
Sae-Byeok mentions that her dad died while scaping North Korea.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
239 supporters
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3
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136
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Moomin
No but if you don’t want upsetting imagery around children’s toys/games this is NOT the show for you. Twisted versions of various games and toys throughout.
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Does someone cheat?
212 supporters
Yes
8
No
136
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pinklemonade
They cheat on the games, not on people
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Fear
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0
No
141
Yes
0
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3
Are there jumpscares?
785 supporters
Yes
33
No
108
29
Anonymous
Although they aren’t quite jump scares, there are several instances where a character is suddenly shot which can be alarming. The sound and visual cut to someone dying is often very abrupt with no warning.
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Is there a shower scene?
159 supporters
Yes
53
No
95
23
pinklemonade
There is a [long] sex scene that takes places in a bathroom stall
7 comments | Add comment
Are there clowns?
202 supporters
Yes
1
No
157
5
Moomin
But creepy sing song children’s music of the kind that often is associated with clowns.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there mannequins?
95 supporters
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3
No
1
1
KamiSteele
S1
E1
The first episode has a giant creepy robotic doll resembling a young child used as part of the 'Red Light Green Light' round. If the doll depicts someone moving it sets off hidden guns at the contestant. The design plays heavily into the uncanny valley, and the doll's eyes are shown moving around in close-up.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
141
Gross
Does someone spit?
198 supporters
Yes
167
No
0
24
pinklemonade
A lot of blood spitting
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Does someone vomit?
1,196 supporters
Yes
161
No
58
42
sydneylewis
on episode 1, at around the 46:35 mark, a man spits up blood. it's not vomit but it was very sudden and as someone with emetophobia it definitely shook me up a bit
23 comments | Add comment
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
134 supporters
Yes
196
No
0
24
After the workers come back to the room with the players (after the alarms are sounded), they demand the old man to get up, and they pull his blanket off of him. It's revealed that he's wet himself.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
387 supporters
Yes
182
No
0
22
Syno
Gunshots, blood splatter, stab wounds, etc.
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
4
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
238 supporters
Yes
58
No
72
21
byakuyautistic
An important part of the story includes a cop being worried about lives and wanting to end the game.
9 comments | Add comment
LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
3
Medical
Does someone have cancer?
231 supporters
Yes
176
No
5
21
pinklemonade
Oh Il-Nam (001) has a brain tumor
3 comments | Add comment
Are needles/syringes used?
497 supporters
Yes
149
No
1
8
TaylorGriffin
Someone is stabbed in the face with a small sewing needle
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
135
Is there a hospital scene?
197 supporters
Yes
165
No
0
13
eggthew
A character is briefly in hospital due to diabetes
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
135
Mental Health
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
273 supporters
Yes
22
No
96
24
WillowReymond
Suicide does happen
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
128
No
22
19
WillowReymond
Player shoots himself. Another player hangs himself.
5 comments | Add comment
Is a mentally ill person violent?
250 supporters
Yes
6
No
113
38
eggthew
I highly doubt that none of the characters have no mental illnesses or disorders, but none are mentioned or implied to be the reason why they're violent.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
148
Does someone have an eating disorder?
573 supporters
Yes
5
No
127
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ghostlysekai
eating disorders arent mentioned or shown, but the characters frequently state disappointment with the amount they're eating, if underfeeding is triggering to anybody.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there misophonia?
238 supporters
Yes
141
No
14
39
ratatat
im not entirely sure if this counts? but in the second game they all start licking the candy, and theres a few close up shots of the tounges while they do.
10 comments | Add comment
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
385 supporters
Add comment
Yes
7
No
0
Are there anxiety attacks?
434 supporters
Yes
143
No
8
15
eggthew
Several characters do panic and/or freeze up during the games
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
125
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
238 supporters
Yes
147
No
1
24
Syno
Someone crawls in a vent, someone is trapped under a bed for a moment, someone is alive but stuck in a coffin.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
196
No
0
27
pinklemonade
A character hangs himself after losing his wife in the games.
Sang-Woo stabs himself in the neck last minute.
Sang-Woo stabs himself in the neck last minute.
11 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
263 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
0
Yes, In episode 6 a girl explains her PTSD
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
108 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
catzrcoool
ppl cuss a lot so yeah
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
272 supporters
Yes
119
No
2
13
Syno
Many moments have shakey camera movement to induce stress in the viewer that the characters are feeling. But it’s not too extreme.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
127
Are there flashing lights or images?
354 supporters
Yes
172
No
0
39
jackkastiel
Episode 4 after the black masked man says "Do it." The following fight scenes are entirely strobe
8 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Yes
0
No
7
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
126
Yes
1
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Is there childbirth?
276 supporters
Yes
2
No
122
11
plateoffrogs
There is mention of someone giving birth and their child nearly not making it in episode 2
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
122
Does a pregnant person die?
257 supporters
Yes
1
No
108
9
plateoffrogs
there is a conversation in episode 2 about how a pregnant woman almost didn't make it to hospital and almost lost her baby because of it, if that counts
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Is there hate speech?
417 supporters
Yes
160
No
0
37
eggthew
Racist remarks are made towards a Pakistani character
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
117
Yes
0
No
131
Yes
0
No
132
Are there homophobic slurs?
591 supporters
Yes
1
No
122
10
b3ll4g0th
No, but the "depraved homosexual" trope is depicted in s01e07. (An older man with a decadent lifestyle tries to sexually assault a younger adult man and fails. )
1 comment | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
449 supporters
Yes
26
No
82
20
pinklemonade
Not jokes but it is used as an insult
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
522 supporters
Yes
135
No
4
28
Syno
A very old man with a brain tumor and health problems gets picked on, and is rarely picked for teams in the games. But some characters make sure he isn’t left out.
3 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
273 supporters
Yes
0
No
134
19
byakuyautistic
There are no black characters, and the first one to die is a lightskinned east asian.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
134
Does an LGBT person die?
640 supporters
Yes
31
No
87
23
Syno
We don’t actually know if a character is LGBTQ+ or not, but there are a couple of characters that many people who are LGBTQ+ deem to possibly not be straight, and they die.
8 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
3
Relationships
Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Yes
8
No
0
Is there sexual content?
719 supporters
Yes
180
No
0
25
Herdo
S1E4: Sex scene in a restroom.
S1E7: Lot's of naked people, but with full body painting, so there's not much to see. In the same episode there's also a naked man to see from behind.
S1E7: Lot's of naked people, but with full body painting, so there's not much to see. In the same episode there's also a naked man to see from behind.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
1
Yes
50
No
67
40
eggthew
None that are shown, but a character implies that she was sexually assaulted by her father when she was a child
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Sexism
Yes
0
No
4
Sickness
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
5
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
Social
Is someone homeless?
99 supporters
Yes
8
No
1
1
Crockist
During the season finale, someone who appears to be homeless is unconscious on the sidewalk in the snow, and two characters bet on whether or not someone will come help the man. Someone ends up bringing the police over as a means to help the person.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
536 supporters
Yes
150
No
4
22
pinklemonade
Bittersweet
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
125
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
106
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
112
Yes
1
No
111
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
110 supporters
Yes
1
No
110
9
Engelsoft
No explosions happen, but it is worth mentioning that a bomb is shown onscreen and talked about when two character descend a ladder. It does not explode.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
Yes
183
No
0
21
Syno
Pretty much the entire show has blood, gore, bruises, etc.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone drown?
272 supporters
Yes
12
No
92
17
eggthew
No one drowns, but several people are dumped into the ocean after being killed, and there's a scene where they pull a corpse out of the ocean
3 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
Yes
157
No
1
23
Syno
People are threatened with guns, and killed by execution with guns.
7 comments | Add comment