Candy
TV Show • 2022 • Thriller
ReportCandy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right — but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.
This tv show contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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petezaparti
There's lying to other characters, but lying isn't gaslighting. I'm not sure why people are saying there is.
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petezaparti
The foster mother threatens to hit her foster son when he misbehaves, which visibly frightens him. In the final episode, Candy reveals that her mother was cold and controlling. A flashback shows a young Candy crying in the hospital due to a head wound and her mom angrily shushes her.
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Mommagranate
We see fresh cuts after an altercation
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Candy hyperventilates when thinking about what she did to Betty
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Is there amputation?
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Allusions to dismemberment. Crime itself involves deep slices to limbs.
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Does a head get squashed?
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scubasushi
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Shown *MOSTLY* off camera, a woman’s face & head is hit 28 times with an axe. There’s a ton of gross audio-gore so even though it is mostly off camera, you still get a pretty good picture in your head of what’s going on. The aftermath is then shown and the woman’s head and face are mangled and “deeply damaged” as the other comment states.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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A wound to the foot is recieved during the altercation. Cut isn't shown in detail, but resulting bruises are. Mention of defensive wounds to arms, possibly hands.
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Is someone tortured?
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To me being chopped up seems like it would be torture...
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Is there eye mutilation?
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petezaparti
It's described briefly and non graphically, but never shown
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Is there excessive gore?
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I don't know how anyone could put no on this. It is excessively gory on the last episode.
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Does a kid die?
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Debatable. A woman is murdered and later on it's revealed that she was in her first trimester of pregnancy. So it depends on how you would define a "kid".
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Does a parent die?
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petezaparti
The story is about the real life murder of a mother of two. The older child is informed of her mother's death in episode 4 and it's pretty heartbreaking to watch her reaction. You should skip the funeral scene as well.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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I think a child damages a toy in frustration, but the focus isn't on the toy
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Does someone cheat?
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petezaparti
Infidelity is a pretty significant plot point
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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petezaparti
Candy hallucinates Betty when she's in court but I wouldn't consider this a ghost
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Is there a shower scene?
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a shower scene where main character is washing blood off of herself.
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Does someone vomit?
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First episode, after the family leaves the movie theater. After one child pretending to be Luke Skywalker says "Ahhh you cut my hand off". Candy throws up between two parked cars.
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Does someone spit?
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Candy spits blood out of her mouth after axeing Betty
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Is there audio gore?
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ericafarfan
yeah noises when the ax is used
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Police are present but portrayed neutrally
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Are needles/syringes used?
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s1 ep1: at 16:24, Betty uses a sewing machine. camera focuses in on the needle of the machine. the position and noise could cause some anxiety. no syringes/medical needles.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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ericafarfan
gross noises when kid is feeding dog in episode 2
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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petezaparti
It's debatable whether you could call it an anxiety attack but Candy does hyperventilate at times throughout the series when thinking about the crime she committed
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Betty is insecure about her desirability and weight gain in relation to pregnancy
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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While not explicitly said to be an eating disorder, Betty describes a desire to lose weight due to pregnancy several times. A woman also tells a young girl to eat less (among other things) and that her “future self will thank [her]”, which could be triggering to those with eating disorders or those who are sensitive to that type of language.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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petezaparti
Candy's behavior after the murder is similar to PTSD but is never labeled as such
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Does a baby cry?
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PloppyDaBoppy
s1 ep1: at approximately 3:40 a baby starts to cry, and its mother wakes up to change it. crying lasts until roughly 5:26. baby starts to cry again around 11:50 while Betty is on the phone with Candy. after that, the crying happens on and off throughout the episode every time you see Betty’s house. there is a scene of children loudly mimicking baby cries in a car. this could also be triggering.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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petezaparti
One of the final shots in the show, while Candy is getting in the car, she looks directly at the camera. Some may feel like this is breaking the 4th wall but it's debatable.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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I think the baby's face is only clearly visible in episode one, when cooing. Baby is alive, and a couple months old. Discussion of babies and unborn children throughout.
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Are there abortions?
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When the pregnant woman is expressing anxiety about finding out, her husband tells her to "take the second pill" and stop worrying. This is similar to some termination techniques, but it could have been something like an anxiety medication that I missed.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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PloppyDaBoppy
a woman is murdered in episode 1, and it is later found out that she was also pregnant. Candy has several moments of guilt and panic throughout the series regarding it. these scenes may include triggers: closeups of baby toys/bottles, a still of it’s a girl/boy greeting cards on a shelf, and echoed sounds of children mimicking baby cries.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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TheCassandraComplex
No slurs but an investigating officer, while doing a reenactment of a murder, makes a comment that homosexuals have a proclivity for eye mutilation in murder cases. It’s clearly meant to be a ridiculous statement from a time when homosexuality was the norm.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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petezaparti
there is no "man in a dress" joke, idk why that person said there is
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Does an LGBT person die?
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petezaparti
A police officer suggests that Candy and Betty (the murder victim) were lovers but there is no proof of this
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Are there fat jokes?
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petezaparti
A character expresses her insecurity about her weight, feeling like being fat is shameful. Nobody makes jokes about it though.
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Is there hate speech?
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petezaparti
After the trial is over in the last episode, someone yells "tramp" and "jezebel" at Candy
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Mommagranate
Masturbation on screen in bathtub. Vague discussions of sexual encounters and erotic fiction. Brief, nonsexual nudity in bathing scenes and a laundry scene. Sex scene, thrusting visible (episode 3, 19 minutes in).
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Sickness
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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TheCassandraComplex
I think Melanie Lynskey, who plays Betty, is wearing a fake pregnant belly in a flashback but not a fat suit.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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petezaparti
This is the story of an actual murder. There's no way it could end happily.
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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petezaparti
It's initially assumed that the victim was shot, but she was actually killed with an axe. There are guns visibly carried in the first episode but they are never fired.
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