Prison Break
TV Show • 2005 • Crime
ReportDue to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
This tv show contains 127 potentially triggering events.
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A pet gets left behind when a character has to suddenly run away
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Is someone stalked?
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Depends if it's considered technically "stalking in these scenarios, but a crooked FBI agent is on the hunt for some of the main characters, as well as a crooked prison guard, other villains stalk and follow others. The promise on the show involves almost all the characters on run all the time, so they are constantly being searched for by both regular law enforcement, but as well as many villains.
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When, in which context and to which extend, does someone have specifics please?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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E12
At the beginning of s2e12, Scofield tells a story from his childhood and we see flashbacks of abuse.
Skip times: The first 3 minutes are full of this trigger. The scene at 3min involves drowning so skip further if that's also a trigger. Then once we're back with the guys, there's a bit more flashback but I think it's just the rescue.
Details: Michael Scofield was locked in a dark room as a child, he tried to escape, the (foster father?) was on the other side of the door and beat young (10-year-old?) Scofield. Then next flashback we get is the dad rescuing him (dad already unalived the abusive foster dad.)
Skip times: The first 3 minutes are full of this trigger. The scene at 3min involves drowning so skip further if that's also a trigger. Then once we're back with the guys, there's a bit more flashback but I think it's just the rescue.
Details: Michael Scofield was locked in a dark room as a child, he tried to escape, the (foster father?) was on the other side of the door and beat young (10-year-old?) Scofield. Then next flashback we get is the dad rescuing him (dad already unalived the abusive foster dad.)
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justice4animaIs
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morphine for recreation/addiction
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Probably real severed pig legs used as props
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A cat is killed in episode 08 of First Season. Nothing graphic, they show him already dead.
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There is a cat that gets killed
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Is there a dead animal?
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In series 1 episode 14 - there is a rat that is seen being picked up by its tail and you later see it's dead body. You don't see it die.
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Does a cat die?
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E8
Skip from 31:30 to 32:40 to be safe / skip the dead cat scene! As another person said, you see inmates talking outside the cell and the cat's human buddy walk up before they show anything. I had time to pause and come to this site to check and skip ahead, and wanted to share the timestamps for others.
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Is there pedophilia?
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E4
If you want to skip, it's s2e4 from 27 minutes to 29 minutes. Then 31 to 32 or so if you don't want to see the follow-up (the girl is safe, FYI.)
Summary of the skipped part: he makes a move on a teen and she runs back to her dad. Dad has her leave the room and the dad confronts him (we don't see the fight). In the end, the girl is safe, the pedo drives off, the dad is presumed... not well.
A bit more detail: One of the main characters is a pedophile, but I wanted to especially note that in this episode, in the second half, he interacts with a 14 year old and tries to make a move on her. She gets away and makes it to her dad safely. He talks creepily and puts his arm around her but nothing beyond that. The scene ends with the dad grabbing an iron to confront the pedo and the pedo warns him. We don't see the rest of the confrontation, but later we see pedo drive off in dad's car, the girl sees him and realizes something bad happened to her dad.
Summary of the skipped part: he makes a move on a teen and she runs back to her dad. Dad has her leave the room and the dad confronts him (we don't see the fight). In the end, the girl is safe, the pedo drives off, the dad is presumed... not well.
A bit more detail: One of the main characters is a pedophile, but I wanted to especially note that in this episode, in the second half, he interacts with a 14 year old and tries to make a move on her. She gets away and makes it to her dad safely. He talks creepily and puts his arm around her but nothing beyond that. The scene ends with the dad grabbing an iron to confront the pedo and the pedo warns him. We don't see the rest of the confrontation, but later we see pedo drive off in dad's car, the girl sees him and realizes something bad happened to her dad.
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It is a somewhat frequent theme, one of the main characters (TBag) is a convicted serial rapist. He is a main character and antagonist throughout all the seasons, although there are no graphic sexual violence scenes, the theme is present very often.
I would strongly suggest that you don't watch this show if that's your trigger <3
SPOILERS
In the first season TBag is seen to be sexually abusing a fellow inmate, who asks Micheal to help him, and later kills himself. Later a new inamte comes in and TBag attempts to Coerce him into sex.This same character survives an attempted rape by another inmate using a knife. Later through flashbacks we see that TBag was sexually abused by his father as a child. In the finale TBag had captured and is seen to attempt to rape a main female character. Another female antagonist shows a character her scars on her thigh, from surviving rape.
I would strongly suggest that you don't watch this show if that's your trigger <3
SPOILERS
In the first season TBag is seen to be sexually abusing a fellow inmate, who asks Micheal to help him, and later kills himself. Later a new inamte comes in and TBag attempts to Coerce him into sex.This same character survives an attempted rape by another inmate using a knife. Later through flashbacks we see that TBag was sexually abused by his father as a child. In the finale TBag had captured and is seen to attempt to rape a main female character. Another female antagonist shows a character her scars on her thigh, from surviving rape.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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amalia17
in season four one of the main characters has his forearms cut as a form of torture
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Are any hands damaged?
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sheregenerated13
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E22
About 32 minutes into episode 22 ("Flight"), skip ahead once you see a character grab an axe. (Technically, the hand is fine, but no longer attached....) Skip to 33 minutes into the episode.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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A throat is slit but it was not very gory imo
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Is there cannibalism?
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amalia17
in season 4 one of the main characters is stranded on a desert and consumes his friend after accidentally killing him in a fight
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Is someone burned alive?
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Fe11x
In Season 5 Ja, the Korean Queen Fan, pours gasoline all over the place so two terrorists light themselves up
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A man is crushed in a mineshaft.
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Is there amputation?
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an amputation is shown in the finale of season 1, a main plot point in season 2 centers the amputation and failed reattachment
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Is there a hanging?
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HannahMc
in one of the first episodes, the character seth aka "cherry" kills himself by hanging
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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StaySafeFriends
Yes. A character in season 3 is tortured by electricity in the genitals.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Wellhi
In season 1 someone fakes a seizure but you don't know straight away it's fake until he winks at another character
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Are any teeth damaged?
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j.cat
A character gets his teeth pulled out by a tool.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Anonymous
Hand mutilation yes, pretty bad. Someone get his hand cut off, carries it along in ice for a while, attempts to sew it back on, doesn't work very well and it gets necrotic. Eventually he's cuffed to a radiator and to break free he pulls until the hand fells off again.
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Is someone tortured?
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youbetterknow
Season 3 episode 9 Grechten gets waterboarded around minute 33.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Gennaro456
In season 2 Haywire killed himself by jumping off a tower.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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j.cat
A character puts a broken light bulb to a mans eye and presses it into him. You hear him scream but i THINK it is off camera.
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Is there excessive gore?
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HannahMc
toes are cut off, hands are cut off. its not too gruesome but there is blood and people clearly in pain
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Does a kid die?
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E12 About half way through the episode you get the news. Nothing is shown.
E16 18 minutes in, teenager is implied hit by vehicle
E16 18 minutes in, teenager is implied hit by vehicle
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Is a minor sexualized?
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LadyMcD
One of the (antagonistic) main characters is a sex offender who (also) pursues predatory relationships with minors. His gaze is represented in the narrative, although the framing is always clear on that it is wrong.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Anonymous
Yes, season 1 ep 6 a guard says it to an inmate
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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HannahMc
SPOILER in season 1 finale there is a cliffhanger where you believe sara has died from an overdose of morphine but she hasn't
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Does a parent die?
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j.cat
A father dies by hanging.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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youbetterknow
Two characters are kidnapped in season 3.
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Razor blades are often used as weapons during season 1.
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Season 1 ep 4 - 5:10 - 5:19 audio
Season 1 ep 11 - 23:45-24:35 visual
Season 1 ep 13 - 30:40 - 32:00 audio
Season 1 ep 18 - in the recap, 7:12 - 7:26 audio and visual, 12:52- 13:05 audio and visual
Season 1 ep 21 - 6:40 - 6:52 audio and visual
Season 1 ep 22 36:07 - 36: 16 visual
Season 3 ep 9 9:10-9:20 9:36-9:44 audio and visual
Season 4 ep 22 - 10:34-10:39 audio
Season 5 ep 7 - 7:45- 7:51 audio and visual
Season 1 ep 11 - 23:45-24:35 visual
Season 1 ep 13 - 30:40 - 32:00 audio
Season 1 ep 18 - in the recap, 7:12 - 7:26 audio and visual, 12:52- 13:05 audio and visual
Season 1 ep 21 - 6:40 - 6:52 audio and visual
Season 1 ep 22 36:07 - 36: 16 visual
Season 3 ep 9 9:10-9:20 9:36-9:44 audio and visual
Season 4 ep 22 - 10:34-10:39 audio
Season 5 ep 7 - 7:45- 7:51 audio and visual
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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amalia17
In season 3 one of the inmates wets themselves after being confronted by Lechero.
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Is there incarceration?
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Murmil82
This is the main plot. Its also wrongful incarceration.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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justice4animaIs
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E2
Lethal injection for a person bound to a table
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Emily6742
the psych ward of the prison is a main plot point in season 1
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Does someone have cancer?
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Anonymous
one of the characters daughters has cancer but it is never shown on screen, only mentioned
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amalia17
In season 1 main character cuts open the skin on his arm to retrieve something he has hidden there. Not sure if this would be considered self harm, but was extremely triggering and upsetting.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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StaySafeFriends
Yes, one of the main characters in season one is an inmate from the psych ward in the prison. He's been diagnosed with " schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies" He's obviously in prison in the first place - because he killed his parents. Later in the series he shows aggression.
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sheregenerated13
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E16
Skip the last few minutes. You will be able to tell it's about to happen-- skip once he gets up and goes to the railing.
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Is there misophonia?
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justice4animaIs
Many noisy eating scenes throughout the series, the smacking seems to be loud on purpose
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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youbetterknow
In season 3 a character says that he is claustrophobic and he is having breathing problems.
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boothisshow
season 1 episode 9 right after the intro someone kills themselves by hanging
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Murmil82
In season 1 a character swims through a tight underwater space. Characters as also waterboarded and their perspective is shown.
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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JTOHmaster1
No but somewhere in season 3 it mentions a miscarriage
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Wellhi
Unsure if this is counted, but people in the prison psych ward are often made fun of and called things like "nutjob" and the psych ward itself is referred to as the "whack shack".
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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sarahlynne
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E17
A trans women/drag queen is shamed for their appearance.
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Emily6742
there is a prisoner that crossdresses as the butt of a joke in season one
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Does an LGBT person die?
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youbetterknow
In season 3 a homosexual man gets killed in prison because of this.
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Is there hate speech?
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HannahMc
at the start of season 1, one of the main plots is a building race war within the prison, there is a lot of racist/homophobic hate speech during this time, it lessens towards the end of season 1 and isn't as prevalent through out the rest of the show.
examples of this are t-bag (one of the main characters) being in a white supremacist gang, he often refers to black characters as "rugheads", goes on more than one rant about latin people being lazy and refers to another character as "tweener" since he is white but "wants to be black"
there are more examples but if you are sensitive to language like this, i would suggest skipping this show
examples of this are t-bag (one of the main characters) being in a white supremacist gang, he often refers to black characters as "rugheads", goes on more than one rant about latin people being lazy and refers to another character as "tweener" since he is white but "wants to be black"
there are more examples but if you are sensitive to language like this, i would suggest skipping this show
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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S1
A main character believes he sees Jesus in a stain on a wall and begins to follow Christianity. In the same season, the inmates use a projected image of the devil to drill into the wall.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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CC23
There are no nude (naked) scenes. A
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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HannahMc
one main character is harassed by another. given the nickname "pretty", character also makes references to sexually assaulting him many times over the course of the show
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Wellhi
This is a rather large plot point discovered in season 2
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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StaySafeFriends
Many car chases and car crashes all throughout the series
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Does a plane crash?
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LadyMcD
One of the main characters tries to cross borders by airplane, which consequently crashes.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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StaySafeFriends
Yes it's a violent show. Although there is never excessive gore - there is definitely a blood and injuries.
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