Criminal Minds
TV Show • 2005 • Crime
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Your Triggers Back to Top
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S1
E7
Crime scene photo of dog after being shot alongside family.
Anonymous
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Abandonment Back to Top
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Reid was abandoned by his father when he was 10
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S9
E19
Someone has to abandon someone else
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Abuse Back to Top
National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-Child)
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There are heavy implications that spencer Reid experienced several forms of abuse throughout childhood. He was often neglected by his parents and other adult figures and was insulted, beaten, and sexually assaulted by his classmates. Most of his abuse isn’t shown, and what is shown is subtle, but it is discussed and affects him a lot in his adult life.
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Women are the main victims in almost every single episode, I suppose this may just be a personal opinion of mine - but the essense of the series continuously revolves around severe and disturbing types of violence against women for entertainment and shock value. Although, what helps is that there is a prevalent theme of the protagonists focusing on honouring the victims as opposed to letting society idolize the serial killers, which tends to be common in our society. Still, the brutalization of women does tend to be utilized for shock value and spectacle in the show, in my opinion at least.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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S1
E7
mentions of it (the unsub to his wife)
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S9
E9
There are harsh and controlling parents who don't believe in mental health
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S4
E3
Sort of - the main villain in this episode is a cult leader who se*ually abuses young girls, who he also marries. The main one of his victims featured in this episode basically worships him and is too brainwashed to understand the truth all throughout the episode. The episode ends with a very sad act that demonstrates just how brainwashed by her abuser she was.
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S3
E1
The suspect repeatedly is shown gaslighting, a young woman and the police when he is held for questioning.
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S7
E6
One guy hits a younger guy with a belt. There is obvious signs of previous abuse with a belt through scars on his back. It only last a few minutes long.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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S4
E3
Not entirely sure to be honest, I'd say no - the abused girl in this episode doesn't become an abuser in the same way. But she commits an act of violence meant to kill other people in the end. So the abused doesn't become an abuser, but the abused does become violent.
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Season 8 episode 12. Maeve, Reid’s girlfriend, is stalked by a student of the college she previously worked at.
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Addiction Back to Top
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S6
E13
The two unsubs are alcoholics
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S1
E9
Alcohol is abused by a side character so much so that they crash several cars.
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S2E15 an FBI agent is injected with a drug several times.
S2E16 there are flashbacks to this, and we see the drug bottles. Also in S2E16, several victims are drugged unknowingly and kidnapped.
S2E16 there are flashbacks to this, and we see the drug bottles. Also in S2E16, several victims are drugged unknowingly and kidnapped.
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Animal Death Back to Top
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S4
E22
No but it’s mentioned in a joke
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(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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S4
E24
There is a lab scene where the body of an animal is briefly shown in a cage.
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S9
E2
In the previous episode it is implied that a snake either eats or is eaten by a praying mantis
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S9
E9
Season 9, episode 9, it's mentioned that an unsub killed the neighbor's dog in an awful way. It's just mentioned, nothing is shown, but it made me feel bad so I thought I'd share.
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S1
no dragons in criminal minds, no worries about dragons
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Animal Distress Back to Top
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S8
E6
A dog is shown being beaten by the unsub but not graphically but animal killings and abused are mentioned throughout the epsiode
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S2
E22
Towards the end the victim is attacked by a dog.
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S9
E18
Unclear; the unsub has a dog, which obviously isn't arrested along with the unsub
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S3
E18
[SPOILER] A dog misses its owner after being taken by the unsub.
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S10
E3
A dead rabbit is shown
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Animal Phobia Back to Top
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S10
E4
Spiders are put on arachnophobe 34 minutes in
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S10
E4
if you don't like bugs, don't even bother with this episode. in general, i don't mind them that much but this one episode still haunts me and makes me squirm to even think about it
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a little one in s9e1, it gets attacked by a mantis so if you don't wanna see that it's around 24:00 ish
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S6
E2
Talk of sharks, yes, but none shown
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They are mentioned, but not shown.
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Appendages Back to Top
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brief mentions of it when talking about what happened to some victims
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Some of the Unsubs, mostly cannibals, cut off their victims fingers or limbs. Floyd Ferrell, a cannibal, in season 3 episode 8 and season 13 episode 5 is known for cutting of his victims fingers and either eating them or force feeding them to his victims.
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S2
E13
opening scene is VERY bad
SPOILERS…
it shows a cut off arm
SPOILERS…
it shows a cut off arm
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s12e16 is particularly bad
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S6
E15
Severely. Both hands and feet.
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S8
E10
there are some very graphic dislocations in this episode, the unsub disclocates his victims limbs so that he can manuever them like puppets basically. other than this, dislocation isnt super prevalent
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Assault Back to Top
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S1
E13
7 people are
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S9
E17
Characters are tied down, and then water drowns them.
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throughout the show the unsubs are restrained wit handcuffs upon being arrested.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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S4
E3
There is a scene that Is a few minutes long of a man beating up an adult women after discovering she was a secret FBI agent. There is punching and slapping and it is graphic.
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S6
E19
This episode starts out with heavy peer pressure
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S9
E19
With fabric
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Children Back to Top
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In multiple episodes kids and teens are murdered
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S12
E2
No infants but older children are
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Season 1 episode 7. The team is able to locate the Unsub in his newest visions basement. They have taken the families baby, who is crying and screaming quite hard.
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Creepy Crawly Back to Top
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S10
E4
If bed bugs trigger you or upset you in any way do not watch this episode
This is an episode surrounding a man with parasitic delusions aka seeing and feeling bugs in his skin
This is an episode surrounding a man with parasitic delusions aka seeing and feeling bugs in his skin
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Death Back to Top
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S9
E2
In the previous episode it is implied that a snake either eats or is eaten by a praying mantis
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S10
E13
a character that is very important in the first (i think 2) season(s) dies in s10e13 but you don't see their body. they haven't really appeared in the seasons in between
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The show is about catching serial killers. this one should be obvious
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S9
E3
Someone almost does
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Disability Back to Top
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S6
E12
6 episode 12 at 16:23 minutes Dr. Reid says "those lost years r word behavioral age."
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S4
E22
A blind character is played by a seeing person
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Drugs/Alcohol Back to Top
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S8
E16
One victim almost overdoses on ketamine but ultimately COD is something else
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Family Back to Top
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there are a lot of episodes where there is a mention of parents being dead
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Season 4 episode 21. The Unsub has a model toy plane which is accidentally broken by his brother.
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S6
E2
A family has already lost one child
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There are dozens of victims and offenders throughout the series who were/are cheating on their significant other/spouse.
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S2E14 a woman is kidnapped and chained. S2E14 and 15, an FBI agent is kidnapped.
S2E16 several teenagers are taken into a car and later killed.
S2E16 several teenagers are taken into a car and later killed.
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Fear Back to Top
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Season 13 episode 17. The Unsub, disguised as a clown, sometimes appears out of nowhere.
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S4
E24
Several characters throughout the episode are shown with small lesions on their body. Pretty brief and not too graphic but definitely icky.
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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S6
E8
Quite a few razor blades shown in this one
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s10e5, s3e3, s12e3, s7e6, s13e11, s10e11, s11e14
likely more
likely more
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Although there is an episode where several people are killed because a priest believes they are possessed and performs an exorcism on them.
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Season 13 Episode 17
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They’re are no ghosts but some Unsubs see people they’ve created in their minds. Reid also has visions in some episodes of Maeve, his murdered girlfriend.
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S2E14 or 15 a clothed child is submerged in a bathtub full of water several times. S2E15, nothing is seen other than the character’s face and blood running down the drain.
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S5
E12
Yes, mannequins and dolls are a crucial part of this episode
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S18
E1
This episode HEAVILY features drowning and multiple bodies of water -- pools and the ocean, as well as having multiple scenes on the beach. Viewers with concerns about drowning should avoid this episode or exercise extreme caution if they choose to watch it. If you would like to watch only the scenes that address the overarching themes of the season and avoid the 'UnSub of the week,' watch:
0:00-1:30, 9:12-16:08, 18:10-20:46, 30:35-33:35, 43:34-end. (note that this does include one mention of drowning, but is otherwise completely omits this storyline)
0:00-1:30, 9:12-16:08, 18:10-20:46, 30:35-33:35, 43:34-end. (note that this does include one mention of drowning, but is otherwise completely omits this storyline)
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Gross Back to Top
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i did my best to catch them all, please forgive me if i’ve missed one !!
s1e9 10:50 - 11:00 audio only,
s2e13 6:45 audio + visual it’s sudden and jarring,
s4e15 12:18 audio mostly,
s4e25 ,
s5e7 20:30 audio,
s5e9 at 4:00ish minutes a guy says “i’m gonna be sick” he doesn’t actually get sick though,
s5e20 3:20 a guy Almost gets sick but he doesnt actually,
s6e7 27:37,
s6e17 39:30 audio semi-visual + VISUAL at 40:48,
s6e23 25:18-25:50 visual & audio,
s7e7 31:12 casually mentioned,
s7e8 27:30 audio,
s7e12 THIS EPISODE IS MISERABLE!!! be careful with the first 2 minutes it’s audio + visual and then 4:27-5:00 there’s a photo of sick in the back and they discuss it, more discussion at 7:50,
s7e22 09:00-9:30 audio visu,
s8e2 16:40 audio + a visual of a toilet,
s8e5 visual at 2:40 + discussion of it at 6:28 + mentioned again at 7:20 and 8:20,
s8e8 26:48 audio,
s8e18 26:20 audio + visual,
s8e23 it’s more just people coughing up blood so be careful if that bothers you,
s9e1 6:00 audio & a small visual + 21:27 super sudden audio visual,
s9e2 13:20 not exactly puking but it’s uncomf + a mention at 17:12,
s9e14 21:42 audio & slight visual,
s10e3 8:45 mention & a visual of mess + 14:30 mention,
s10e6 14:30 guy acts like hes going to be sick,
s11e1 25:05 audio,
s11e7 2:25 a guy coughs up blood,
s11e21 15:58 it’s someone spitting out chewed up food but was triggering to me + 29:26 audio,
s12e18 16:04 it’s a mention,
s13e1 29:30 mostly audio,
s13e7 10:30 VERY VISUAL and then mentioned afterwards,
s13e20 15:40 a guy coughs up blood,
s14e3 12:25 only a mention,
s14e5 23:05 audio.
s1e9 10:50 - 11:00 audio only,
s2e13 6:45 audio + visual it’s sudden and jarring,
s4e15 12:18 audio mostly,
s4e25 ,
s5e7 20:30 audio,
s5e9 at 4:00ish minutes a guy says “i’m gonna be sick” he doesn’t actually get sick though,
s5e20 3:20 a guy Almost gets sick but he doesnt actually,
s6e7 27:37,
s6e17 39:30 audio semi-visual + VISUAL at 40:48,
s6e23 25:18-25:50 visual & audio,
s7e7 31:12 casually mentioned,
s7e8 27:30 audio,
s7e12 THIS EPISODE IS MISERABLE!!! be careful with the first 2 minutes it’s audio + visual and then 4:27-5:00 there’s a photo of sick in the back and they discuss it, more discussion at 7:50,
s7e22 09:00-9:30 audio visu,
s8e2 16:40 audio + a visual of a toilet,
s8e5 visual at 2:40 + discussion of it at 6:28 + mentioned again at 7:20 and 8:20,
s8e8 26:48 audio,
s8e18 26:20 audio + visual,
s8e23 it’s more just people coughing up blood so be careful if that bothers you,
s9e1 6:00 audio & a small visual + 21:27 super sudden audio visual,
s9e2 13:20 not exactly puking but it’s uncomf + a mention at 17:12,
s9e14 21:42 audio & slight visual,
s10e3 8:45 mention & a visual of mess + 14:30 mention,
s10e6 14:30 guy acts like hes going to be sick,
s11e1 25:05 audio,
s11e7 2:25 a guy coughs up blood,
s11e21 15:58 it’s someone spitting out chewed up food but was triggering to me + 29:26 audio,
s12e18 16:04 it’s a mention,
s13e1 29:30 mostly audio,
s13e7 10:30 VERY VISUAL and then mentioned afterwards,
s13e20 15:40 a guy coughs up blood,
s14e3 12:25 only a mention,
s14e5 23:05 audio.
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Many episodes include gory sounds, especially when a victim of the Unsub or a member of the FBI is being tortured, stabbed and cut.
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S9
E2
Feces are mentioned when Reid and Morgan meet up with the unsub’s mentally unwell father
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S3
E8
Human meat is served to a bunch of people under the guise of stew. They unknowingly become cannibals.
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Season 12 episode 5. The Unsub spares one of his victims, one of his school bullies, because he is found in a puddle of his own urine, after he wets himself in fear.
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Season 2 episode 15. Reid suffers from a overdose and has a seizure. He begins foaming and spitting.
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Head Back to Top
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SKIP S5E6 TRUST ME, s7e2 is also Not good, s14e11
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Season 1 episode 8. The undercover officer is seen tied up with blood covering his mouth. A tray is shown on a table next to tools with two teeth on it.
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Season 1 episode 11. The Unsub breaks into his victims house and smashes her head in with a shotgun
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S2
E13
Entirely dismembered bodies. All limbs removed and scattered.
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Large-scale Violence Back to Top
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There are mentions of it especially during episodes involving planes or terrorism.
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Law Enforcement Back to Top
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all main characters are fbi agents who work with the police, so yeah, but a surprising amount of episodes have a corrupt cop/security guard as the killer
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S12
Season revolves around a prison arc that is very important to the overall season storyline.
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LGBTQ+ Back to Top
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S4
E20
Major spoiler: the unsub has D.I.D. and the alter responsible for the crimes is a woman but the unsub's body is male. I imagine this could be triggering in this category as well as the DID misrep.
Stay safe out there <33
Stay safe out there <33
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S18
E6
yes, not to a trans person but might still be uncomfortable for some.
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S8
E15
No, but there are conversion camps in this episode
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Loss Back to Top
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Medical Back to Top
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S2E15 Someone injects an FBI agent with a drug multiple times throughout the episode.
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We see one of the character's mother in a mental institution multiple times throughout the show.
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implied usage in s8e15
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Season 5 episode 5. The Unsub is discovered to have breast cancer. It is believed they succumbed to the cancer while in custody.
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S2 E1
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Other comments is misleading: Elle is shot in the stomach and the unsub puts his hand in her bullet wound to write with her blood
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Mental Health Back to Top
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Doctor Spencer Reid is heavily implied to be autistic. There are many, MANY occasions where he is interrupted, teased, or shot down for infodumping. While most people don’t actually mean any harm (the team is like a family, they just sometimes don’t fully understand) it can be painful for autistic people to watch. There are also jokes about his issues with social queues. I definitely don’t speak for everyone, but as an autistic person these gags don’t really bother me. They’re very lighthearted and typically really funny and relatable. That’s just my opinion though, so if you’re autistic as well and feel differently that’s 100% ok!!
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Dr. Spencer Reid is implied to be on the autism spectrum, but they never say it explicitly.
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Season 13, episode 21. The Unsub and his wife can hear a low pitched humming sound. Only the Two can hear the sound and they react violently to it, attacking and killing their victims as they are not able to locate where to sound is coming from, as they cannot hear it.
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S5
E15
Literally the first lines in this episode are comments on a child's weight. She probably does not have an eating disorder but these comments can perhaps be triggering anyway.
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many of the unsubs are mentally ill. multiple have ocd that causes them to kill people, which is deeply harmful given that many people with ocd are incredibly afraid of hurting someone (this is far from the only harmful portrayal of mental illness on this show, it’s just something i can speak to personally)
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S18
E1
Not explicitly, although one of the agents does display symptoms aligning with PTSD -- this episode in isolation only really shows irritability, but the overarching plotline shows the pattern more clearly. The antagonist is also briefly mentioned as having a traumatic background that informs his crimes, but this is a very quick mention and no further discussion of his mental health is had.
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S9
E6
There are hallucinations
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I'll update as I watch through the show
S1e1, S2e15, S2e16, S4e20, S8e14, S12
Some episodes talk about split personality, multiple personality as passing theories with no expansion. I haven't included these in the list as it's only ever one sentence long.
SPOILERS
S1e1 mentions of using DID to plea insanity
S2e15 killer has DID and alters of his abusive father and archangel Raphael. The killings are based on messed up "Christian" beliefs
S2e16 Spencer's ongoing trauma from previous episode
S4e20 killer and r*pist has DID. Targets "alpha males"
S8e14 (haven't watched yet) "sadistic" alter
S12 (haven't watched yet) killer targets DID systems, pr*gr*ms and t*rt*res them to create new alters. The systems go on to harm others
S1e1, S2e15, S2e16, S4e20, S8e14, S12
Some episodes talk about split personality, multiple personality as passing theories with no expansion. I haven't included these in the list as it's only ever one sentence long.
SPOILERS
S1e1 mentions of using DID to plea insanity
S2e15 killer has DID and alters of his abusive father and archangel Raphael. The killings are based on messed up "Christian" beliefs
S2e16 Spencer's ongoing trauma from previous episode
S4e20 killer and r*pist has DID. Targets "alpha males"
S8e14 (haven't watched yet) "sadistic" alter
S12 (haven't watched yet) killer targets DID systems, pr*gr*ms and t*rt*res them to create new alters. The systems go on to harm others
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S5
E22
Not really but the unsub somehow sees himself in his victims based on their facial symmetry
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S7
E3
I believe dissociation is mentioned. See more under the "mental health" category
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In season four, Reid has anxiety attacks when he remembers his father in a connection to a murder.
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S4
E22
Misrepresented and harmful depiction (in my opinion) of OCD
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S1
E7
An adult suspect, implied to be autistic/have learning disabilities, realises that he "could have saved" his sister's life, if he'd realised what was happening. He has a meltdown/breakdown and beats his head and cries out in anguish. He's restrained by several agents. It's a really distressing scene.
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Natural Disasters Back to Top
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Neck Back to Top
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S3
E15
The whole episode revolves around suicide, this specific type is seen half way through the episode, you see it and you see a child right next to her
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8
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S5
E15
Someone's throat is slit very early in the episode
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S2E14 or 15 we see a child being submerged in a bathtub full of water several times. He doesn’t drown, but he struggles for air. S2E15 an FBI agent starts to foam at the mouth and collapses.
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Yes
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S5
E22
Yes, very graphically. Around the 13 minute mark. Garcia can't bear to look at it and asks Rossi to say when it's over. He doesn't, but when he says "he's tender to her" it is over.
Happens twice again around 23 minutes and 38 minutes in.
Happens twice again around 23 minutes and 38 minutes in.
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S18
E1
At the very end of the episode, a woman's throat is grabbed and held, choking her. The scene immediately cuts to black in a cliffhanger, but the plot indicates that she will soon receive help and be freed.
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Noxious Back to Top
1
S3
E1
An ambulance has flashing lights towards the end of the episode.
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Yes
75
No
10
1
Multiple shaky camera scenes since some scenes were filmed on a handheld camera
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Yes
78
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13
0
S5
E19
A lot of shooting
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Yes
35
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0
0
S8
E11
A woman is giving birth and screaming in pain
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Yes
20
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13
0
S5
E8
The very first images are of someone diving in a pool
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0
S8
E10
This episode begins with a man saying really mean and provoking things to someone for literally no reason
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Paranoia Back to Top
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S5
E14
For a very short amount of time, yes
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Yes
1
No
63
0
Not necessarily, at the beginning and end one main character will quoet someone, more like a inner monologue
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Pregnancy Back to Top
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10
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106
0
S7
E7
In the outro there is a baby's tombstone with identical birth- and death date in 1979.
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Yes
70
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21
1
this is a rather large plot point of season 9
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80
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23
2
In 9x7 reid delivers a baby in the mother’s home
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67
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22
0
a young girl kills herself when she discovers she's pregnant with her abductor/rapists child
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80
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83
5
Emily prentiss talks about how she had an abortion when she was sixteen
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Yes
43
No
19
2
S1
E9
A woman who is pregnant explains she’s seeking an abortion.
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Prejudice Back to Top
Yes
67
No
28
3
Season 3 episode 17. A serial killers is discovered to be gay. The killer is described as disgusting for being gay.
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Yes
35
No
52
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S9
E9
No, but skeletal remains are "gendered" via the width of their pelvis
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10
The show itself is arguably ableist as almost all of the killers have a mental illness or disability.
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Yes
41
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31
4
Not “jokes” necessarily but some unsubs dress in woman’s clothing. Most of these characters are not actually queer in any way but it may feel a bit uncomfortable if you’re trans. It didn’t bother me (trans) but if it bugs you that’s totally valid.
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90
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27
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Yes
75
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19
4
S2E16 Swastikas are painted on victim’s faces.
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Yes
9
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29
2
One of the main characters says that the only people who don’t love other people are sexual sadists. I think it’s in season three or four, but I’m not sure which and don’t know what episode it happens in
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Race Back to Top
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0
No
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25
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22
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S7
E2
Mental disability is misrepresented as violent and an inability to respect personal and legal boundaries.
Now, I will say this show usually handles minorities fairly well, but this is the second episode that I can immediately recall in which the unsub has brain damage and acts a certain way.
Now, I will say this show usually handles minorities fairly well, but this is the second episode that I can immediately recall in which the unsub has brain damage and acts a certain way.
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Yes
7
No
131
1
There are no N-Words used but in the episode A thin line the Unsub targets and murders African-Americans and Immigrants, due to a home invasion by two black men that occurred when he was younger
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2
S2E16 Swastikas are painted on victims’ faces.
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Yes
40
No
119
2
S2E16 several black people die. The episode is centered around race.
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Relationships Back to Top
Yes
23
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38
0
S4
E3
An adult man is married and ab*ses young girls in this episode. The main victim featured is said to be 15, while the main is probably in his 40s.
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Religious Back to Top
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12
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60
0
so i'm not really sure if this counts, but there are several episodes where an unsub believes in this stuff and maybe impersonates it or talks about it but its not too bad
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Yes
32
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5
1
S9
E23
Christianity plays a big role in this one, both with a preacher telling a bereaved person to trust in God, and with a preacher not practicing what they preach
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Self Harm Back to Top
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
Yes
120
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13
5
These are all I could find/remember: s2e11 (attempted), s3e15, s5e13, s5e20, s7e9, s8e23. Some do end up being murders made to look like suicide, but I hope this helps even a bit
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
Yes
69
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14
0
S17
E1
One does happen on screen and is quite graphic. When the character Don starts having flashbacks in the interview room with Rossi and Prentiss, skip forward to 36:15. You will miss some significant dialogue as you're also skipping over when the team meets at the round table afterwards to replay a clip of the security footage of the incident/debrief and the image is paused in the background of the entire rest of that scene when they reach a conclusion about why Don made certain actions/reacted certain ways.
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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106
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11
4
graphically shown s3e1 32:30
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Yes
51
No
14
1
S2
E13
Throw away line. Gideon says to an unsub that he would kill himself if he ended up the way they have. About 42 minutes in.
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Sex Back to Top
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58
No
32
1
S10
E7
This episode begins with a teenage girl taking risqué photos of herself for her social media and a grown man following and being obsessed with said social media
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Yes
5
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40
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National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
Yes
79
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25
2
s3e5 csa,
implied s4e19,
implied s6e8,
s6e13 it’s throughout the whole episode but graphic csa description 10:40-11:40 and heavily at 27:00,
s7e2,
s7e19 brief,
implied s4e19,
implied s6e8,
s6e13 it’s throughout the whole episode but graphic csa description 10:40-11:40 and heavily at 27:00,
s7e2,
s7e19 brief,
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Yes
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22
1
Season 2 episode 14. A man enters a woman’s house and it is implied they have sex, due to moaning noises heard during the scene,
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Yes
10
No
55
2
S1
E11
A character is found in his underwear but he isn’t nude
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Yes
39
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21
0
S18
E1
There is a *very* oblique reference to sexual harassment (a young man gets angry at a young woman for thinking she's "too good" for him), but sex and attraction are not mentioned at all, and it is a fleeting exchange in a scene that only sets up a completely unrelated plot point.
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Yes
16
No
18
0
S9
E10
There's an audio clip of a BDSM scene
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Yes
12
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24
0
season 8 some episode a guy mentions to a pr*statute that he’s a virgin, but we don’t know if he was lying or not.
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Sexism Back to Top
1
Multiple episodes show male unsubs being told not to cry
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Sexual Assault Back to Top
5
I dont know the exact episode and i dont remember how graphic it gets specifically but there is an episode where girls are raped and filmed during it and that video is sent to their parents and we see the parents watch the video and im pretty sure theres sound and a brief show of the video but probably not long
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24
9
I have created a list of what I could find: s1e4, s2e5, s2e12, s4e7, s5e5, s5e12, s6e7 (I think), s6e24 (I think), s7e12, s8e18, s10e5 (possibly), s10e23, s11e6. I don’t believe it is shown in those episodes, however it is either mentioned or implied. I also think it’s implied in s6e9 but I may have been wrong
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87
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23
3
S1
E12
Season 1, ep 12 there is a child abduction and when conducting a profile on the unsub, they mention that he will have a record of CP. They also show a scene of him "getting too close to the neighbours kids" and touching their shoulders.
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Yes
76
No
12
4
S1
E4
a man r*pes and kill multiple women + footage of the naked body on their bed
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1
A few incidences of teenage boys being s*xually assaulted in school settings by bullies as a form of humiliation or hazing rituals. Some were recorded and spread around the internet. You can see other students laughing at the victims, and it is played off as humorous by some characters.
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Sickness Back to Top
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32
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18
1
Alzheimer’s disease is a major plot point in the latter half of season 12
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Yes
30
No
58
0
S8
E7
Someone has drug-resistant tuberculosis
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Yes
7
No
82
1
S4
E24
Someone has trouble forming sentences and suddenly speaks gibberish. Idk if that counts as a stroke
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Yes
35
No
17
0
S5
E12
One woman has diabetes
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Social Back to Top
Yes
3
No
34
0
S4
E17
A character discusses her experience with an abortion and how she was threatened by an anti-abortion religious group.
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Yes
5
No
34
0
Yes, but shown briefly. The unsub was on medication that made him gain a significant amount of weight. Doctors talk about the risks of him going off of medication because of the weight.
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Yes
9
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60
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41
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18
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S8
E7
SPOILERS:
The unsub is killing unhoused people to scare the community.
The unsub is killing unhoused people to scare the community.
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Spoiler Back to Top
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104
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42
2
most of the time the BAU catch the person / people responsible for the crime and save the last victim- however lots of people die, sometimes specifically happy seeming people, and sometimes these episodes don’t end with someone being saved. additionally, if it’s a plot oriented episode (aka parts of an arc that spans over multiple episodes etc) it can be sad or unsatisfying. it’s a show about crime, death, and beyond - there’s a lot of tragic and dark content, but it’s still a good show. just be careful- if sad things or possible sad endings aren’t your thing, this probably isn’t the show for you. it deals with a LOT of heavy topics.
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Yes
3
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29
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Yes
13
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119
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Vehicular Back to Top
Yes
75
No
24
0
The episode annnaa mentioned is s4e23
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Yes
85
No
18
0
S6
E13
A car is driven into a bunch of other cars. Nobody is hurt by this action.
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Yes
71
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23
0
10x03 “A Thousand Suns”. The Unsub hacks into planes/their systems, gains control, and crashes them as a form of serial killing.
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Yes
44
No
11
0
S7
E21
There's a car chase
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Violence Back to Top
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129
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1
2
Prevalent in every episode.
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Yes
94
No
78
1
S9
E20
An attempted drowning
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Yes
109
No
6
2
In every episode, lol
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Yes
15
No
144
4
Nuclear explosions? No, but there are a couple episodes where buildings are blown up.
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Whole Body Back to Top
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74
No
19
3
it’s a show about serial killers
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Yes
151
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8
3
There are many torture scenes, this show deals with criminals who oftentimes are sadists. If you’re sensitive to torture scenes of any kind I would highly recommend not watching this :)
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Yes
49
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13
0
S5
E22
Three women’s bodies are shown dangling from meat hooks in a walk-in freezer. They were impaled post-mortem but it’s still a very disturbing visual. (I’m not sure what the parameters for body horror are but this seemed like the best place to put this info)
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Yes
112
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27
1
Season 1 episode 2. An arsonist sets multiple fires across a college campus, killing multiple people. One professor is seen entering a classroom, which is caught on fire by chemicals planted at the scene. He is burned alive and the team is unable to get to him on time.
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Yes
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No
20
3
S3
E8
would definitely skip 3x08 as *SPOILERS* the unsub is a cannibal and kidnaps a girl which he minced and feeds her to the search party
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Yes
122
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10
2
In s2e11, a kid cuts his wrists to attempt suicide. The action is not shown on screen but a woman witnesses it and calls Reid, who attempts to save the kid. There is a lot of blood from it and the kid asks Reid to let him die. 41:40 is approximately when the knife is pulled out
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Yes
55
No
25
0
S18
E1
There is no crushing at all, but viewers might want to take note that if claustrophobic situations, particularly ones where life is at stake, are a concern, they should probably avoid this episode. It does involve victims being drowned in a pool, with the cover trapping them with only about 8 inches of air above the water's surface. The deployment of the cover also occurs on-screen, so the viewer watches as it slowly expands to trap the victims.
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Yes
90
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20
1
S3EP3: woman is buried alive and it is talked about a lot throughout the episode
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Yes
44
No
5
1
S1
E1
Not shown on screen but mentions that victims were stabbed
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Yes
86
No
20
1
Season 2 episode 15. Reid has a seizure, from either drug overdose or drug withdrawal, and briefly dies. He is brought back by his kidnapper.
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Yes
89
No
20
0
(spoiler)
mr scratch falls to his death.
i’m pretty sure there are more falling to death scenes in a few episodes, i just can’t recall which ones
mr scratch falls to his death.
i’m pretty sure there are more falling to death scenes in a few episodes, i just can’t recall which ones
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Yes
42
No
23
0
S9
E4
Someone falls down a ramp in the beginning
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Yes
55
No
1
0
S9
E5
An agent faints in the intro
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