The Bear
TV Show • 2022 • Drama
ReportSynopsis
Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
50 supporters
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E10
** SPOILERS ** The mother of 2 main characters shows up to opening night (they've been hoping she would), but she freaks out and leaves without telling them she was there. We're shown that this is a pattern and that she has walked away from her kids many times before, which is a huge source of pain for at least one character.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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E10
** SPOILERS ** The mother of 2 main characters shows up to opening night (they've been hoping she would), but she freaks out and leaves without telling them she was there. We're shown that this is a pattern and that she has walked away from her kids many times before, which is a huge source of pain for at least one character.
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
54 supporters
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E6
There is a theme between Sugar and her mom where mom treats her kids terribly but Sugar is seen time and again seeking out a relationship with her. This is especially, painfully illustrated in episodes 6 and 10 of season 2.
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You see the main character’s verbal abuse in flashbacks, he later verbally abuses people to a lesser degree, but still.
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E6
In "Fishes" we get to see how Carmy and his siblings must have grown up - their mother is very mentally ill and an alcoholic, and she is very verbally abusive to them, even as adults
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Are there abusive parents?
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Mrs. Berzatto (Carmy's mom) is shown to be very unstable and perhaps emotionally/mentally abusive
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Gaslighting refers to when a character is made to feel crazy by conflicting statements/being lied to repeatedly from someone else. This does not occur in the show. There is plenty of verbal abuse, shouting, threatening, and a laundry list of other problems. But “gaslighting” does not appear in the show.
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There are some characters that have very physical tantrums including throwing and knocking things over when they get angry, might be triggering for someone recently out of an abusive situation. Also some really intense screaming and yelling and even a scene where someone threatens a co-worker with a knife
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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A recently deceased man having been an addict is prominently discussed and his brother (a main character) attends Al-Alon meetings.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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S2E06 Entire episode is a Christmas flash back where the MCs mother is drinking the entire time yelling and screaming at people bc they aren't helping her even though they are constantly asking if she needs any help.
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In s2e10, we see a character smoking crack onscreen.
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Animal
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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No, but it is a show about food, so you’ll see raw foods including raw meats. Nothing graphic at all though.
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Is there a dead animal?
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There's a lot of raw meat shown
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Are there bugs?
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E4
Episode 4 is titled “Worms” there are no worms in this episode 👌🏻
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Are rabbits harmed?
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There might be a dish with rabbit in at some point, but I can't remember
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Assault
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E8
In 'Ice Chips' Natalie's mother sexually assaults her by touching her ass
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Is someone restrained?
41 supporters
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S2
E1
The main character is trapped against his will by a broken door handle and cannot escape. It is clear that he is being rescued and is not in danger, but it is very stressful to watch.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone's mouth covered?
20 supporters
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S2
E2
At 11:47, Richie covers Fak's mouth.
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Is someone drugged?
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During a children’s birthday party a bottle of popular anxiety pills is dropped into the punch. Every adult at the party is acting weird and every child at the party is asleep on the floor.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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S3
E9
opening montage. after the card trick, a quick shot of a magic trick involving eye stuff
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Is there excessive gore?
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A character is stabbed very lightly. Minimal blood shown
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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E3
You see Sydney's bloody finger as she's washing her hands around 22:15
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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People cut their fingers from knives while cooking.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
46 supporters
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During panic attacks
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Does someone break a bone?
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S03e09 Extremely brief, like half a second, while Carmen is in the walk-in with blue light, it cuts to another scene where a bone is broken as part of healing process in hospital. You barely see anything, just the arm. No bone or blood, but you do hear it crack.
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Are any hands damaged?
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E3
Sydney cuts her hand on a box cutter. You don't see much blood until she's washing her hands around 22:15.
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Is someone stabbed?
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E7
A main character is accidentally stabbed in the butt by another main character. This moment is meant to be a humorous setback for the characters and not as a life-threatening or dangerous situation. The stab wound is briefly shown and is quickly established to be a minor injury and completely non-fatal.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Children are accidentally drugged with Xanax and are unconscious, played as a bit of a absurd scene
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Kids do not die but there is one episode where children at a party are shown to be sleeping due to an adult spiking the punch they were given.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a major character die?
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The show revolves around the death of the main characters brother. He is shown in multiple episodes through flashbacks, and another in season 2 of him going through a drug induced manic episode.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
43 supporters
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E1
Richie says it when describing how he’s trying to say it less
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
42 supporters
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In season two, we learn that a character’s mom died when they were 4, and in the finale, it is implied that another character’s parent has died.
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Does a family member die?
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The show centers around the death of the main character’s brother. He and the others that loved him process the grief throughout the show.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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One kid jumps out at another in the dark and yells to scare him when the group first go out into the woods around the 35 minute mark. When you hear the owl hooting it’s about to happen. It’s in jest and pretty low-key and nothing bad happens but could be startling for some.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The Chicago river is also shown a few times, given that the majority of the show takes place in Chicago.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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S2E10. Taking one for the team.
28:54-29:05 Audio, visual of her back but not of v* itself. Decent warning prior (she excuses herself for air).
37:02- 37:18 Quick cut to while fridge guy is working. This one caught me off guard. Audio and visual.
38:13-38:22 Audio no visual (except her back again), decent warning too but whole scene may make people uncomfortable. May just want to skip from 37:00-38:40 (though, unfortunately, important stuff happens in between these two.)
28:54-29:05 Audio, visual of her back but not of v* itself. Decent warning prior (she excuses herself for air).
37:02- 37:18 Quick cut to while fridge guy is working. This one caught me off guard. Audio and visual.
38:13-38:22 Audio no visual (except her back again), decent warning too but whole scene may make people uncomfortable. May just want to skip from 37:00-38:40 (though, unfortunately, important stuff happens in between these two.)
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Is there audio gore?
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E6
There is some pretty graphic crunching when someone is prepping lobsters for Christmas dinner
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Does someone spit?
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Season 2 episode 10 towards the end while locked in a freezer, Carmy spits on the freezer door arguing with cousin.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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E8
Not for long, and not in a prison, but Richie is held in custody for a night, after punching a guy during a fight, causing the man to lose consciousness and end up in the ICU.
There's some uncertainty as to whether the guy is going to "make it" or not, and whether Richie will potentially be charged with manslaughter. Eventually the guy does wake up, and Richie is let go.
There's some uncertainty as to whether the guy is going to "make it" or not, and whether Richie will potentially be charged with manslaughter. Eventually the guy does wake up, and Richie is let go.
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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There are no trans characters in seasons 1 and 2
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Loss
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Few hospital scenes in season 2. An IV bag is moved but we don't see any skin or needles.
In s3e01 there is a very short scene of a kid afraid to get a shot and the doctor distracting him while she administers it. No skin or needles are shown at all.
In s3e01 there is a very short scene of a kid afraid to get a shot and the doctor distracting him while she administers it. No skin or needles are shown at all.
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Does someone have cancer?
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S2
Marcus's mother has a terminal illness, I can't remember but I think it's cancer
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Several scenes of Marcus at the bedside of his terminally ill mother
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Mental Health
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Not shown, but suicide is a main theme of the show.
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Nothing on screen, but the main characters brother is known to have shot himself in the head. Also, there’s a lot of insulting about death and how others should kill themselves
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Not directly, but the characters are traumatized to the point of punishing themselves for their pasts.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
66 supporters
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One of the leads derogatorily refers to gaming & cosplay as ‘spectral s**t I did not watch beyond this (episode 1)
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Is there misophonia?
50 supporters
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S2
E10
Lots of stressful noises happening all at once in this episode, along with electric guitar music
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
48 supporters
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In season two, a character who is implied to be bipolar or borderline slaps another character. They also drive their car through the wall of the house.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
44 supporters
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The main character's mother threatends to shoot herself in the head in season 2's Christmas episode
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
39 supporters
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The main character struggles to deal with the loss of his brother. Twice throughout he allows a kitchen fire to burn with the intention of letting the building burn down.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The main character has anxiety attacks from PTSD, and another character also has an anxiety attack from intense pressure.
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Main character to dissociates in various scenes
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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S1
Pretty much everyone every episode. Specifically Carm talks about his anxiety and panic attacks.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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S2
E10
Carmy gets stuck in a walk-in refrigerator
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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S1
The main character, Carmy, repeatedly has dreams/daydreams of altered reality, such as a caged bear, a receipt printer talking to him, or things being set on fire. However, outside of a few scenes from his perspective which mostly occur in the first few episodes of season 1, the show has a firm foot in reality.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
56 supporters
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it depends on your definition of "sudden." kitchens in general are very noisy and there's a lot of yelling in the series, but most of the time it's a gradually increasing amount of noise
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Is there screaming?
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E6
S2 E6 is very intense - a lot of yelling and screeching
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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S4
Is Season 4 safe to watch?? Disney+ has photosensitivity warnings on several eps
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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there is one moment in s1 where the main character addresses an off-screen audience as if he were the host of a cooking show. it visually looks like he's breaking the fourth wall, but it's implied that he's in a studio sort of setting
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
37 supporters
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S3
E8
The whole focus of the episode is Natalie giving birth
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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S2
Natalie is pregnant throughout Season 2, but you don't see anything more than her bump
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
66 supporters
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Yes there are. First episode
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
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Once or twice I think, the R slur is used.
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Is there hate speech?
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B***h is used frequently and there are homophobic slurs.
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In a roundabout sort of way. The phrase “Jewish lightning” is used in two episodes in season 2, but characters who use it are chastised.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Is religion discussed?
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S3
Not discussed per se, but Natalie is shown praying in church in the beginning of S3:E5
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Sex
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S3
E8
There is a weird moment in the hospital where a mom unexpectedly sort of jokingly touches her adult daughter around 20 mins in when she is in a vulnerable position in bed and remarks on her @ss - it doesn’t escalate further and she laughs about it but it’s uncomfortable for the daughter and viewer and I could see it being triggering for someone.
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Is there sexual content?
82 supporters
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S2
E10
Very brief sex scene with no nudity shown, just close ups of their faces
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Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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There are strippers shown during the bachelorette party, but it's really brief and not filmed in a gazey manner
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
29 supporters
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11
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In s2, a character’s mother is revealed to be terminally ill.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
16 supporters
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Two characters are addicts and one has anxiety and PTSD
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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Not homeless, but a character sleeps at the kitchen overnight because he wants to practice his baking.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
34 supporters
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13
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In s2e6, someone crashes their car into a house.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
83 supporters
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18
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Extremely frequent raw meat in various stages of being butchered and cooked.
A few nastier cuts, an accidental stabbing (superficial wound to lower buttocks).
A few nastier cuts, an accidental stabbing (superficial wound to lower buttocks).
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Is there gun violence?
43 supporters
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In episode 1, a gun is fired into the air to break up a fight between people in costumes in a line outside the restaurant. He afterwards waves the gun around while scolding the people who broke into a fight, but doesnt shoot it.
In episode 6, at approx. 10:50 there is a driveby shooting into the restaurant's window, one gunshot.
Later that episode, a character is frantically looking for his gun to break up another gang fight. He ends up finding it, puts it in his belt, but doesnt use it.
In episode 6, at approx. 10:50 there is a driveby shooting into the restaurant's window, one gunshot.
Later that episode, a character is frantically looking for his gun to break up another gang fight. He ends up finding it, puts it in his belt, but doesnt use it.
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