American Horror Story: Asylum

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Does the dog die?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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A Catholic nun uses the religious/Christian rhetoric when a character tries to abort her child.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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18 mins into episode 4 there is a thought of Kit beating up Alma. Its onlt a few seconds and it never actually happened but it is very graphic and difficult to watch. Women are also slapped and degraded a lot during this show, especially by Dr Arden
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synth1919
There is a lot of forms of gaslighting throughout this show. I believe it's a premise actually. Most of the characters go through things that others don't believe or try to make them forget (e.g. deem them mentally unstable etc.)
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Is a child abused?
60 supporters
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34
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CielMarie
A nun says pepper killed her sisters baby and cut its ears off. Spoiler******But since pepper is from season 4 and season 2 happens later in time, we know pepper didn’t actually hurt anyone she was framed and sent there.
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Addiction
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Certain drugs are administered to patients to “keep them calm”, that can be triggering to some
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Is there addiction?
7 supporters
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25
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puppybrained
Alcoholism, all of the characters smoke
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Yes
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Sister Jude struggles with recovering and relapses of alcoholism
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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4
Does a horse die?
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34
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
88 supporters
Yes
16
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19
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wren_scribbles
a cow
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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3
Are rabbits harmed?
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3
Does a cat die?
92 supporters
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Colleen Werner
No, but a character mentions skinning a cat as a child.
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Does a pet die?
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4
Does a dragon die?
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31
Are there spiders?
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28
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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3
Are there snakes?
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27
Are there sharks?
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4
Are there bugs?
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27
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Assault
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EnterShibari
Episode 3 at 14:30
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Is rape mentioned?
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Yes
8
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Gaybie
Frequently. Several times during the season people are strapped or chained to a bed.
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Gaybie
Yes in epsiode 7 while Threadson and Lana are in his basement. It's very graphic.
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When Shelly walks into Dr Ardens office at the end of episode 3. 10-11 minutes into episode 7, Thredson rapes Lana onscreen. 13 ish minutes into episode 10, the satanic nurse rapes the monsignor on screen. In episode 11 when Lana points a gun at Thredson, it shows us a flashback to thredson raping a dead body.
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Bodily Harm
Yes
29
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0
At least 3 times shows suicide by wrists being cut (one being imagined by sister Jude) but also throat slashing
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Yes
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1
0
Yes, when characters are strangled or have their throat slashed
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2
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Melinski
Not on screen, but mentioned
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Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
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2
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15
1
Mutated inmates are fed dead inmates
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Yes
21
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synth1919
A man burns himself alive and a dead body in a crematorium.
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Is someone buried alive?
11 supporters
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Is there body horror?
25 supporters
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3
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Melinski
A doctor performs "experiments" on people and the results have bumps all over and look rather zombie-like. He also does a random leg amputation…
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Is there amputation?
11 supporters
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24
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Forced amputation of both legs below the knee and a man gets his arm ripped off (which I guess counts?)
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
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Anonymous
Yes, there definitely is in a scene with the nun.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Yes
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BethRees
Dead Women’s teeth are removed to add to a mask of skin this scene is not shown but mentioned
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Does someone break a bone?
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lulucakelove
ECT is used often and this results in seizures
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AnonymousTriggerWarnings
Mentioned multiple times but not shown
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
53 supporters
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synth1919
There are a lot of torture scenes. Electrotherapy, surgical scalping, kidnapping, sexual and physical assault etc.
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j3m_jem
Someone falls down a flight of stairs

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synth1919
Down a flight of stairs.
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sunsetredwolf
in one of the first few episodes of the season, kit has his eyes pried open by a metal device.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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10
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Children
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puppybrained
An infant is forcefully taken by foster services. Very intense scene, lots of screaming and crying.
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Does a kid die?
25 supporters
Yes
24
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10
7
BethRees
A child murders younger friend
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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Melinski
Depends on the definition, but during an escape attempt someone stays behind to distract a guard. They do not die immediately, but eventually due to the consequences.
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Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
20 supporters
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8
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For all degrading and offensive language used towards the patients (quite accurate for the time in many asylums), I don’t recall the R-word specifically being used
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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0
Roughly 25 mins into episode one a child gets graphically/realistically kidnapped and then we see him being held hostage with a teenage girl.
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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15
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probablyadalek
its mentioned once
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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16
Does a family member die?
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3
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
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synth1919
There are plenty throughout, some expected some not.
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synth1919
A boy is majorly possessed by the devil and they perform an exorcism. Then a low-key possession takes place with a nun that spans a couple episodes.
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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10
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2
Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
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0
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saigeisswag
SERIES 2 !! (made with the help of emetophobia warnings tumblr).

ep1 — SAFE-ISH!
30 minutes and 46 seconds in, kit eats some food, and spits it back out. Slight g*g sound, however he DOES NOT actually v*. Shouldn’t be too triggering.
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ep2 — SAFE!
(However 32 minutes and 56 seconds in, a boy is getting an exorcism begins to foam at the mouth. It’s also shown again at 34 minutes. There’s no triggering audio, and I personally did not find it triggering at all.)
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ep3 — SAFE!
(lana’s girlfriend says she’s going to be sick 1.40 minutes in, but isn’t)
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ep4 — UNSAFE!
24 minutes and 54 seconds in, Lana is given therapy to “cure” her. She is shown indecent images of naked women, and is made to v* at the sight of them. Very graphic visual and audio. I found it best to mute and look away. It’s safe to unmute and watch at 26 minutes and 6 seconds, but at 28 minutes and 29 seconds she v* again. The scene ends at 28 minutes and 40 seconds, and is completely safe from that point on.
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ep5 — SAFE!
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ep6 — SAFE!
(15 minutes in they are in a tuberculosis ward, there is coughing but no one v* so don’t get worked up about that. It’s not very triggering I just thought I’d let you know because I was a bit nervous.)
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ep7 — SAFE!
(mention of v* though. when a man comes into judy’s apartment around 24 minutes in, he mentions she smells of v*- however, you don’t see anything).
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ep8 — UNSAFE!
18 minutes in, Lana v* into a bowl. Slight visual/ does have audio. She stops v* at 18 minutes and 15 seconds, however she does keep the bowl in her hands. You can’t actually see the contents of the bowl though. If you want to skip the whole scene, it ends at 19 minutes, and all you miss is kit being in the bed behind the curtain.
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ep9, 8, 11 & 12 — SAFE!
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ep13 — SAFE-ISH!
18 minutes and 15 seconds in, sister Jude is shown getting a “detox” through a time lapse. In the time lapse she is shown holding her stomach, coughing and g*gging. I didn’t find it too triggering as I don’t think she actually v*, the time lapse ends at 18 minutes and 34 seconds. The rest of the episode is safe.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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22
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
3 supporters
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0
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6
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
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3
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6
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Gaybie
No, the cops are portrayed as very useless in this show with the characters having to be the ones to seek justice. There's also no unlawful acts by the police that are glorified.
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Is there incarceration?
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Yes
3
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0
Medical
Yes
36
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0
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synth1919
Scenes with an electric table is used for aversion therapy.
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Yes
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0
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sunsetredwolf
be aware of several scenes in which mental patients are sedated.
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carolineop
It's the whole season
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0
0
It’s a big part of the asylum
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Yes
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13
2
can_of_pringles
Kit gets cancer later in the season
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Mental Health
Yes
7
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2
0
Gaybie
Alma suffers PTSD after she was abducted by aliens.
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CrispyPumpkin
S2
The entire premise of Asylum is shaped on it. There are also plenty mental health stereotypes due to the time period it is set in.
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Yes
31
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0
0
A lot of self harm, not only c*ts, but also banging head against wall etc
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Yes
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No
0
0
This happens a lot
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
10 supporters
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0
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3
Yes
5
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0
Does someone have a meltdown?
3 supporters
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Yes
4
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0
Is there misophonia?
21 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
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blackdovedraws
It’s not intense, but there’s a lot of scenes of intense breathing, and an abundance of sobbing and occasionally the monstrous creatures make gurgling and labored breathing noises.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
14 supporters
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Yes
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2
Yes
7
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0
Are there anxiety attacks?
15 supporters
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Yes
24
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0
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
13 supporters
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Yes
19
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3
Does someone have an eating disorder?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Is there autism specific abuse?
27 supporters
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Yes
0
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16
1
synth1919
A man burns himself alive
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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Yes
9
No
0
Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
Yes
14
No
7
0
probablyadalek
a few small scenes, its not used often

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Is there screaming?
6 supporters
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Yes
3
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0
1
hyunjin
when the aliens show up
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
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7
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
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0
Are there abortions?
11 supporters
Yes
29
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0
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BethRees
Women attempts giving herself an abortion with a coat hanger
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Are there babies or unborn children?
8 supporters
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Yes
7
No
1
Yes
2
No
21
4
Meret Katharina
BUT there are several attempts at (self) abortion
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Does a pregnant person die?
8 supporters
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Yes
2
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16
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
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Yes
0
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22
Does the black guy die first?
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2
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Yes
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0
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sailorvenus69
Many lesbophobic slurs are thrown towards Lana Winters.
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synth1919
There is a whole part of the show with an Ann Frank character who claims the Dr in the Asylum is a N**i who did and continues to do Nazi-related experiments on subjects. A character (presumably semite) who tries to take down the N**i gets murdered.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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0
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Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
Yes
28
No
1
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Colleen Werner
Racism: a character is bullied/beat up for being in a mixed-race relationship, and it's implied that their marriage isn't legally recognized.
Homophobia: a character is committed into the hospital due to being in a lesbian relationship, and at least one episode depicts conversion therapy.
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Yes
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icallitjustice
Not only this but some scenes heavily focus on conversion therapy.
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synth1919
Lots since there are patients in the Asylum with mental and physical issues. Most of the language or behaviour is by the nuns.
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Are there n-words?
13 supporters
Yes
15
No
1
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wren_scribbles
in first episode
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Relationships
Yes
5
No
0
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Gaybie
An elderly man and a 20 -30 year old women have a sexual relationship.
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Sex
Yes
31
No
0
0
Both consensual and non-consensual (aka r*pe)
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Especially Shelly as she has hypersexual disorder (previously called nymphomania), but both Sister Jude and Sister Mary Eunice is objectified
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Yes
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0
Yes, but most of the time where it’s FULL nudity it’s not sexual. Two female characters are nude, one shown full body from the back, in hydrotherapy scene. Nudity is shown during alien abduction and male nudity is shown when doctor “examines” (looks more like torture) a character, both examples blurr front nudity
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
44 supporters
Yes
15
No
9
4
apeop
a man has a delusion that a woman is his mother and sexually assaults her
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Sexism
Yes
0
No
7
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Does someone have a chronic illness?
5 supporters
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Yes
5
No
0
Yes
1
No
2
0
Melinski
There is no literal diagnose, but one woman's symptoms suggest it.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Spoiler
Yes
23
No
3
0
I think it qualifies. A deranged man dressed up as Santa when committing crimes and is dressed as Santa in the asylum when committing acts of violence
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Yes
4
No
20
0
For some characters yes
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
Yes
30
No
0
1
synth1919
A women relives hitting a child and that scene is showed a couple times until it's 'resolved'.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
4 supporters
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Yes
8
No
1
Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
23
Yes
27
No
1
4
lulucakelove
A little girl was, but *SPOILERS* she is revealed later to have survived
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
20
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
0
synth1919
Part of the show's premise is around a major serial killer that was involved in very gorey killings.
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
Yes
0
No
23
1
charlotteanne_l
No, however someone’s head is held under water until they are unconscious.
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Yes
23
No
0
0
blackdovedraws
A mental patient shoots a doctor in the leg in self defense
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