The Alienist

TV Show • 2018 • Crime  

Report
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
This tv show contains 56 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
168 supporters
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25
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PandemoniumGrey
Can someone say WHEN the dog dies please?!

A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Yes. Children are sex workers and there are scenes in the brothel. It is presented as uncomfortable and reprehensible.
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Is an animal abandoned?
45 supporters
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Is there bestiality?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
59 supporters
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Greenandsilver
Very much so. One of the main characters was violently abused as a child and during the series he defends multiple children from abusive parents while in public and in private
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Addiction
Yes
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Is there addiction?
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9
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Yes
15
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Greenandsilver
One of the main characters is an alcoholic and is implied to have been one for years. One of the minor plot lines is him trying to quit
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Animal
Does a horse die?
49 supporters
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21
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0
0
Episode 6, season 1 opens with a dead horse lying in the street - it’s the very first thing you see in the episode.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
87 supporters
Yes
23
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0
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PandemoniumGrey
A cat is stuffed in a bag around the eighteen minute mark of episode ten, season one, and subsequently killed.

In episode two of season two, a rabbit is being dissected around the fifteen minute mark.

Episode two season two: three slaughtered pigs are seen being pulled through the roads on a cart, around the 36 minute mark.
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Are animals abused?
101 supporters
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10
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PandemoniumGrey
A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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PandemoniumGrey
A dog fight happens in episode two of season two around the 28 minute mark.
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LucF
S1
 E9
S1E9

Beheaded dead cat under the floorboards. It is NOT skeletal and is only partially decomposed, the previous comment is mistaken. It is very clearly a dead tabby.

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Does a cat die?
0 supporters
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35
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Anonymous
There are a few cases of a cat dying during the season. The last episode especially features the antagonist putting a live cat in a bag and violently smashing it against a wall.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Greenandsilver
It is not outright stated, but rather implied that multiple characters have been assaulted. One of them is a main character. He seems to have no memory of the event because his alcohol was drugged, but it is heavily implied he was assaulted after he lost consciousness
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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3
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Is there cannibalism?
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gracebrokke
One character is said to have burnt her father alive. This is not shown.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Is there a hanging?
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Lau
A boy attempts suicide by hanging but is saved in time
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byrgolf
Ding Dong (first appearance in episode 2) is missing a couple front teeth
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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2
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Greenandsilver
A supporting character falls to her death during a home invasion
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Greenandsilver
The serial killer mutilated the eyes of all his victims
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Is there excessive gore?
44 supporters
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3
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Children
Does a kid die?
0 supporters
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21
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Greenandsilver
The series is about a serial killer who targets young boys, and specifically because they are sex workers and thus unprotected by police
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Family
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9
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Greenandsilver
The killer kidnaps boys to murder and mutilate boys
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Is someone possessed?
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5
Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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6
Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
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aussiekanga
a character gags several times after seeing a dead body.
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Does someone spit?
7 supporters
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mara
spitting blood happens on occasion
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
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aussiekanga
i say no considering that the police can't really do anything right in this show and the people solving crimes are not police.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Greenandsilver
The mental institution scene can be very disturbing, even for people that are normally fine with those scenes. There is a lot of screaming and crying, as well as people begging one main character for help while they are restrained in a chair. Feel free to skip this scene
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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SilverSkylark
S1 Ep1: Suspect is shown banging his head against a wall, bleeding.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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6
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gracebrokke
The suicide of a character's father is referenced many times, but not shown.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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4
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1
Does someone miscarry?
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2
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1
Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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4
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Bibisquad
S1
the twins are jewish, and receive some mean comments from time to time
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Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
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Greenandsilver
There are multiple bigoted characters in the show, though none are the main characters
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9374875
Though not explicitly mentioned, a lot of the victims at the centre of these cases are either implied to be LGBT or at least lgbt-adjacent, specifically transgender or gender non-conforming individuals. If you are sensitive to such themes, I would avoid this series.
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Are there n-words?
13 supporters
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Bibisquad
S1
because of the time it takes place, the n-word is used to talk about black people by the main characters
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Sex
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19
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0
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9374875
There are multiple instances of sex scenes. Some consensual and other non-consensual. A multitude of these take place within brothels and some between adults and underage children/teenagers. It is a series heavy with sexual scenes.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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4
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
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1
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gracebrokke
A horse-drawn carriage crashes.
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Does a plane crash?
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5
Is someone hit by a car?
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5
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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0
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5
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
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14
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0
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Greenandsilver
This is a show about hunting a serial killer who murders and mutilates young boys so there is a lot of fire, though the amount varies between episodes
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
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4
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0
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gracebrokke
A main character's brother is said to have drowned.
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Is there gun violence?
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