Grey's Anatomy
TV Show • 2005 • Drama
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Your Triggers Back to Top
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Meredith Grey's dog is euthanized by the vet.
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Abandonment Back to Top
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Meredith's father leaves her as a child and then remarries/has another family. Jo was abandoned as a baby and left at a fire station. A few parents throughout the series abandon their babies.
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This happens semi-frequently throughout the series
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Abuse Back to Top
National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-Child)
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Several episodes deal with abuse/neglect, including Meredith's mother abusing/neglecting her which is a main theme, as well as Alex and his family being abused by his father
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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There are some patients and doctors who are survivors of domestic violence. The abuse is not shown, but the injuries are. One doctor’s abuser is shown strangling her but it turns out to be a dream/imagined scenario. An abuser lunges at their victim but does not teach them.
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both meredith and alex have abusive/neglectful parents which are referenced throughout the show. meredith’s mother actually appears on the show and we see her verbally abusing a now adult meredith
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many of the romantic relationships in thr show are unhealthy in one way or another
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many relationships and families deal with gaslighting.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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a woman, who experienced sexual violence,
took a knife and cut off the p***s of the abuser?
took a knife and cut off the p***s of the abuser?
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S2
E21
A patient that fell out of a tree is suspected of stalking her ex-boyfriend. She asks the doctors to call him and he confirms that they haven't been together for a while, yet she still tried to see him by climbing a tree to get into his backyard.
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Addiction Back to Top
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Webber is an alcoholic but recovers, patients who use drugs come in to the ER, some patients are accused of being drug seekers, and Amelia is a recovering oxycontin (and other medications) user and struggles with almost relapsing, including when she actually goes out and buys oxy and the drugs are shown on screen.
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Webber is an alcoholic and other characters drink heavily because of trauma and bad emotions.
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Several patients need medications. Amelia is a recovering drug addict and there are several episodes where opioid addiction is discussed.
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Animal Death Back to Top
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Technically a lion dies off screen in season 8
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(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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A man falls from a building and lands on a pigeon, the pigeon is shown crushed and sticking to his body in pieces but it's mostly feathers, bones, and a beak. Turkeys are shot on screen. Mice in experiments die. Pigs used for teaching are operated on while under anesthesia and then euthanized.
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A dog is euthanized
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The interns work on pigs in the skills lab and then they are euthanized
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Animal Distress Back to Top
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Not really, but live animals are operated on while under anasthesia as an educational thing.
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There is an episode where they use pigs for medical research and had to put them to sleep and the end but at both the begging and end of the episode they reassure that there were no animal hurts during the making
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There isnt any direct dog fighting buht some of the earlier episodes(7-9ish) flak of a trauma case and perform surgery on this case where a young child, male, had his face mauled by a dog.
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Dying deer is shown so I guess it was sad because it was dying
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Animal Phobia Back to Top
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Season 1 episode 7 roughly 33 minutes in, a man has a fairly large tattoo of a spider on his leg, however it is badly infected so the image it quite distorted.
Season 7 episode 3 from 26 minutes to 28 minutes there's a man having surgery on his hand and a Spider crawls out from his flesh, it is clearly visible so I would recommend skipping the scene.
Season 7 episode 3 from 26 minutes to 28 minutes there's a man having surgery on his hand and a Spider crawls out from his flesh, it is clearly visible so I would recommend skipping the scene.
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there are worms, many worms, being pulled out of someone
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In a very recent episode 18x13, a snake injures a patient and is seen in great detail.
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S10
E6
During a brain scan with Callie and Jo for brain mapping fear, a picture of a GW pops up twice briefly.
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Appendages Back to Top
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on season one episode two, a man comes in the hospital after his p***s was bitten off
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A woman has her finger dislocated on screen. Derek has to rip his arm out of part of a plane and is cut severely. People have amputated limbs, including one man who gets his arm stuck in a meat grinder.
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Multiple patients have an amputation, including one of the main characters.
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Breaks, including open fractures, are shown and set on screen. Some people have broken skulls or face bones. Dislocations are also common, including severe ones and the dislocations being set.
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S8
E15
A mans hand got smushed in a meatgrinder.
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It is a medical drama and dislocations are a common injury so they appear somewhat frequently on the show
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Assault Back to Top
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patients on anesthesia, one epsiode many doctors ate edibles that they thought were normal cookies
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a main character almost drowns but she is not held underwater by anyone else.
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In the jail episode, the young female patient is restrained to the bed. It's slightly distressing because her wrists get bloody
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National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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S3
E23
Meredith is slapped by her father.
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S2
E15
A person is intubated
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Children Back to Top
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Yes many kids die over all seasons of the show.
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Meredith lied to a social worker about something important so she wasn't allowed custody of the baby she wanted to adopt with Derek. There was a brief moment I think where after this happened Meredith decided to kidnap the baby. The situation was resolved.
Also the comment above was about a child not an infant but it did happen.
Also the comment above was about a child not an infant but it did happen.
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I believe there are scenes in the NICU where babies can be heard crying, and birth scenes where babies cry. Many young kids and adults cry during the show as well
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Creepy Crawly Back to Top
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I don't think there are bedbugs, but definitely bugs inside people, shown in great detail
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Death Back to Top
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That’s all this show does. Do not get attached. Mer is the only safe bet tbh.
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S1
E4
Death on screen
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in one of the early seasons, a character sacrifices himself to save someone else from being hit by a bus
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Disability Back to Top
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Christina says she’s not “socially r****ed” somewhere in the end of the second season or beginning of the third. Haven’t gotten past S3 to inform on later episodes
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i dont know any specific moments off the top of my head, but there are so many one off patient actors that im sure there are a few that present disabled on the show but their actors arent
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Drugs/Alcohol Back to Top
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Amelia od as a tenager
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Family Back to Top
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Maggie pierce's mom dies. Meredith's mom dies. Alex Karev's dad dies.
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A toy is not shown being destroyed on screen, but destroyed toys are involved in at least one medical case.
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S1
E6
An adult daughter who's seemingly close to her mother dies
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does anyone not cheat?
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In season 13 a rapist is a patient in the hospital. In order to evade authorities he holds a doctor hostage and they find a child who had wandered off from her parents and he holds her hostage as well. He does not directly harm the child, but she is hurt in their escape from him.
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Fear Back to Top
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yes, whenever owen hunt’s face pops up
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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A patients scalp is prepped for surgery with an electric shaver
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An episode where a character gets stuck in an elevator.
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No one is “possessed” but people do have mentor conditions that cause them to act unlike themselves.
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owen hunt
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Denny Duqette is shown several times in cause of Izzie's disease
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Including one where George has a fantasy about Izzie, Meredith, and Cristina showering together. No nude bodies are shown except for upper chest (ending around cleavage) and legs.
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It is set in seattle so there are large bodies of water and multiple scenes involving boats and at least one episode involving drowning.
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okay. this took me forever, i definitely missed some, and haven't watched past s16e11 but will update as i go. this is a pretty comprehensive list of the worst ones (with time stamps):
s3e4: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~6:10 and again at ~7:45
s5e20: visual and audio of izzie vomiting at ~21:30
s6e4: visceral visual and audio of thatcher vomiting blood TWICE at ~03:47
s6e7: visceral visual and audio of derek vomiting at ~30:45
s7e9: partial visual and audio of christina vomiting at ~41:30
s8e3: audio of owen vomiting at ~37:20
s8e21: audio and partial visual of meredith gagging and then vomiting at ~7:20, audio and partial visual of meredith vomiting at ~38:00
s8e22: partial visual and audio of meredith vomiting (twice) at ~09:35, and again at ~30:25, and at ~31:15, and at 31:50
s9e6: audio and visual of a patient vomiting on jo at ~04:45, and 29:30
s10e18: many people act as though they are going to vomit, visceral audio of jackson vomiting at ~38:30
s11e6: visual and audio of patient vomiting during intro at ~00:20,
s11e07: audio of dr. herman vomiting at 30:05
s11e21: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~37:00
s12e5: meredith does NOT vomit but runs to the bathroom as though she might
s13e9: visual and audio of patient vomiting blood at ~06:00
s13e10: audio of jo vomiting at ~41:30
s13e20: audio and visual of a passenger vomiting at ~22:50
s13e21: audio and visual of a patient vomiting at ~03:10
s14e2: audio and partial visual at ~21:55
s14e8: visual and audio of a young patient vomiting at ~39:10
s14e14: audio and partial visual of a young patient vomiting at ~02:50
s14e18: audio and visual of amelia vomiting at ~18:50
s14e22: visceral audio and visual of a girl vomiting at ~00:50
s16e1: young girl vomits at ~12:00
s16e5: audio and visual of zola vomiting at ~01:55
s16e11: audio and visual of a young man vomiting blood at ~07:50
s16e14: audio and visual of patient vomiting at ~01:30
s3e4: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~6:10 and again at ~7:45
s5e20: visual and audio of izzie vomiting at ~21:30
s6e4: visceral visual and audio of thatcher vomiting blood TWICE at ~03:47
s6e7: visceral visual and audio of derek vomiting at ~30:45
s7e9: partial visual and audio of christina vomiting at ~41:30
s8e3: audio of owen vomiting at ~37:20
s8e21: audio and partial visual of meredith gagging and then vomiting at ~7:20, audio and partial visual of meredith vomiting at ~38:00
s8e22: partial visual and audio of meredith vomiting (twice) at ~09:35, and again at ~30:25, and at ~31:15, and at 31:50
s9e6: audio and visual of a patient vomiting on jo at ~04:45, and 29:30
s10e18: many people act as though they are going to vomit, visceral audio of jackson vomiting at ~38:30
s11e6: visual and audio of patient vomiting during intro at ~00:20,
s11e07: audio of dr. herman vomiting at 30:05
s11e21: visual and audio of meredith vomiting at ~37:00
s12e5: meredith does NOT vomit but runs to the bathroom as though she might
s13e9: visual and audio of patient vomiting blood at ~06:00
s13e10: audio of jo vomiting at ~41:30
s13e20: audio and visual of a passenger vomiting at ~22:50
s13e21: audio and visual of a patient vomiting at ~03:10
s14e2: audio and partial visual at ~21:55
s14e8: visual and audio of a young patient vomiting at ~39:10
s14e14: audio and partial visual of a young patient vomiting at ~02:50
s14e18: audio and visual of amelia vomiting at ~18:50
s14e22: visceral audio and visual of a girl vomiting at ~00:50
s16e1: young girl vomits at ~12:00
s16e5: audio and visual of zola vomiting at ~01:55
s16e11: audio and visual of a young man vomiting blood at ~07:50
s16e14: audio and visual of patient vomiting at ~01:30
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screaming, vomiting, bones breaking or being put into place, just generally gross sounds in surgery and way more
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S9
E24
A patient’s intestine is pushed up into his chest and when the doctors are tending him something bursts and feces sprays on one of the interns. You can see it on her scrubs afterwards a couple times in the episode.
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after the plane crash cristina talks about lexies body being eaten by wolves
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one was when the little girl who was in the ferry boat crash peed herself
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One episode focuses on a patient who can't stop farting because of a medical condition.
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S1
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Mentioned
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Head Back to Top
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Yes many episodes have people with different forms of eye mutilation
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"ava" from season 3 got her head squashed by a pillar or something on the dock in the ferry boat crash
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S2
E6
Mentioned, but not shown
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Large-scale Violence Back to Top
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i believe teddy's former girlfriend died in one of the towers during 9/11, she teddy has ptsd/flashbacks from it in season 16 or 17 i forget which one and the specific episode(s)
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Law Enforcement Back to Top
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the show is generally anti-cop, particularly in the later seasons. cops are usually shown getting in the way of the doctors rather than helping. season 17 mentions main characters attending anti-police brutality protests.
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One episode is set in a prison.
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LGBTQ+ Back to Top
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S3
E7
Not slurs, but a trans woman is dead named
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Ben warren’s sibling comes into the hospital and ends up coming out as a trans woman, and Ben is an absolute a*****e about it, calling her his brother and using the wrong pronouns and name etc. he eventually comes around.
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S11
E12
A characters sister is trans and is transitioning in secret. The hormones are damaging her spleen and she needs surgery. Her brother thinks she’s doing drugs until his wife eventually tells him the truth while his sister is in surgery. He is very unsupportive and keeps during he/him pronouns and calling her his brother for the rest of the episode
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callie is bisexual and sleeps with mark while arizona is away and they are broken up. kind of a rachael/ross situation and its almost treated like it was chesting but wasnt. arizona makes remarks about callie being unfaithful because shes bisexual
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Loss Back to Top
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rooms full of expensive equipment are shown being destroyed
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Meredith breaks the glass on her and Derek's wedding vow post-it note
[spoiler]
Meredith breaks the glass on her and Derek's wedding vow post-it note
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Medical Back to Top
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Usually you can hear when the doctors will use a needle/syringe/IV etc and there’s time to look away. But there’s a very abrupt scene with a needle stuck in someone’s arm in S15 ep 14 around 22 minutes in. Blood starts to pour from under a door, look away then
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There are consults in the psych ward. Patients are sent to a psych ward, and some are made fun of, treated badly, or insulted for being mentally ill.
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There are scenes where patients get shocked to restart their hearts b**t never as electro sick therapy.
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Frequently people die of cancer. Some doctors have/develop brain cancer. Tumors are operated on on screen.
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It's a medical drama. Heart attacks are bound to happen. Most notably in season 14 episode 11, where Dr Bailey suffers one.
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Almost all of the show takes place in a hospital. Most characters are in medical uniforms, like scrubs, white coats, etc.
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not sure of one specific mention but given its a medical show im sure its mentioned at least once, especially when meredith and derek try for a baby
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Mental Health Back to Top
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not abuse, but there's references to curing autism and an autism speaks poster in the background of a few episodes
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a doctor with autism is portrayed very stereotypically and is shown to be rude and cold. many other doctors make fun of her before finding out shes autistic, and even after she says she is, she refers to it as aspergers. theres a mention if curing autism later in the show i believe.
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S1
E1
Meredith vomits around 19 minutes in
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A patient comes in after she got illegal gastric bypass surgery because of an eating disorder that her mother encourages. She is talked to about the danger of eating disorders.
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Owen Hunt has a lot of story arcs about his PTSD from being an army medic. Being triggered results in him strangling a loved one. PTSD comes up for others as well.
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one episode contains a patient who is diagnosed with body dismorphia because he is convinced that his foot is not his own
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Christina is shown having a dissociative episode sometime after the shooting
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Webber has an anxiety attack that he thinks is a heart attack, characters are shown having panic attacks and flashbacks frequently.
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multiple doctors and patients have mental illness eg. addiction, depression, ptsd etc
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An autistic surgeon has a really bad unrealistically done meltdown where she is able to communicate exactly what she needs. What she needs ends up being physical touch by a person she barely knows. As an autistic person it was very uncomfortable to watch
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Natural Disasters Back to Top
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Not yet.
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Neck Back to Top
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The male was on a death row sentence and wanted to donate his organs in the hospital instead of them just going to waste, Meredith goes to the prison to watch his death , it’s not a hanging but he is euthanized by IV.
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A main character almost drowns in one episode
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MANY episodes deal with patients asphyxiating
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^ Cristina is choked by Owen while he was sleeping. He had a PTSD attack because their fan reminded him of a helicopters blade, he apologized but it's still distressing to watch
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Noxious Back to Top
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Some scenes have alarms that flash but as far as I remember they aren't bright or intense.
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Camera shaking is used during the 'wilderness' scenes of the plane crash episodes (the last episode of season 8 and the first episode or two of season 9).
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yes, there are many awful injury’s throughout the show and many patients scream
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E16
spoiler for s3ep16- meredith falls into a body of water while attempting to help someone, and doesnt exactly try to swim to the surface.
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Very mild swearing not bad would let my 12 year old watch 👍🏼
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Paranoia Back to Top
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i wouldn't consider it breaking the fourth wall, but once the pandemic began, the show went along with it. many people didn't expect the show to recreate struggles of the pandemic because so many other shows pretended things were normal.
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Pregnancy Back to Top
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S3E7 “Where the boys are”, a mother delivers a child she knows is dead. It is all on screen.
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Meredith miscarries on screen and blood is shown between/on her legs.
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there's a graphic scene of April having a C-Section with no meds during a storm on Meredith's kitchen table.
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A few pregnant patients die throughout the show. The most graphic is season 11, episode 16 in which a third trimester pregnant woman dies suddenly following a seizure and doctors perform a C-section immediately after her death.
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Abortions are mentioned throughout the show. One character has an abortion. She is shown lying down before the procedure. None of the actual procedure is shown. It is a sad experience for her and her partner who wanted a baby.
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Prejudice Back to Top
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Their are no homophobic slurs as far as I'm aware, but some queer characters do face homophobia mostly from parents. The other doctors are fully accepting though.
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Fat characters are made fun of by the doctors.
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A trans woman early in the show is misgendered by staff on accident (wrong pronouns and names and correcting themselves) and by her wife (calling her her husband and he), but it implies the trans woman allows her to do. In a different episode, a trans man and his trans woman girlfriend are confronted by the trans man's dad, who isn't supportive and says many things along the lines of losing his little girl etc. A trans woman is shown in later seasons who is not misgendered and fully accepted as a woman. A trans man intern is shown and never misgendered, but he discusses the DMV refusing to change the gender on his drivers license.
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The portrayal of autistic characters in the show, including Dr. Dixon in season 5, is often offensive and ableist. A main character is also interested in “curing” autism in season 11. Throughout the seasons, Autism Speaks signs show up around the hospital.
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There are many LGBT patients, some of them die but not all of them or even close to all of them and it doesn't come off as bury your gays. LGBT characters are otherwise treated very well.
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Transphobia, racism, and ableism (as far as I remember). A trans man is told by his father that he can't make the decision to have top surgery and that he is actually a girl. There is a police shooting where the police try to justify it. Disabled people are made fun of and insulted by doctors and sometimes the disabled people hear this. Jackson is pro cochlear implants and sees them as necessary and says that not getting a child a cochlear implant is abuse/neglect.
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As far as i am aware, there are no openly asexual characters in the entire show
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4
An autistic character is represented extremely stereotypically. This was uncomfortable to watch as an autistic person myself
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Yes
0
No
96
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16
There's a patient with a swastika tattoo.
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Yes
3
No
112
2
no, but many people of all races, cultures, and ethnicities pass away throughout the show for different reasons. some of the cases and deaths are related to discrimination.
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Relationships Back to Top
Yes
27
No
16
4
mark and lexie have a 16 year age gap, meredith and derek are 9-13 years apart (we dont know their exact ages), meredith and deluca are 9-10 years apart. owen and cristina, burke and cristina, no clue exact ages there but its a few years at least. alex and jo are 4-6 years which isnt nearly as bad as theyre similar maturity wise and have shared experiences that contributed to their maturity.
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Religious Back to Top
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0
No
18
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Yes
27
No
2
3
vauge mentions (the hospital has a church and some scenes are in there with characters praying silently, wedding scenes, offhand mention that some characters are W.A.S.Ps) until end of season 8 to beginning of season 9, when a character on the show starts talking about being religious and it becomes a main part of her character.
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Self Harm Back to Top
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
Yes
135
No
13
6
They show just after one person attempts with clips of a young child finding her. They have flash backs to it in a few episodes.
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
Yes
56
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2
6
Depictions of Meredith’s mother. Also season 12 episode 1 where we later find out the two girls hit by a train intentionally jumped together
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S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
Yes
171
No
5
4
Yes, episode 13 of season 2 has images of young girl's self harm scars and it is briefly mentioned
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Yes
66
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9
6
The characters occasionally make suicide jokes, mostly Meredith and Cristina
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Sex Back to Top
Yes
2
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37
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0
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27
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National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
Yes
87
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23
8
Jackson and Maggie had no feelings for each other before their parents got married as Jackson was married to someone else at the time. They started growing co-dependent long after, as Maggie lost her mom and was leaning on her new family to heal. Catherine Avery (her stepmom, and Jackson's mom) specifically refers to them as siblings. So, as they say, even if they're not technically related, it's not great when you have to justify it's not incest by saying that
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Yes
134
No
0
5
People have sex and make out on screen but it only shows their heads and shoulders. One couple comes in to the hospital after getting stuck together during sex and are shown covered by blankets/sheets.
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Yes
32
No
12
0
S1
E1
The back side of Dr. Shepard is exposed at the beginning of the episode
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Yes
31
No
8
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Yes
0
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35
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Yes
27
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18
1
april in season 8
and mer and derek help get virgin patients laid in season 4
and mer and derek help get virgin patients laid in season 4
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Sexism Back to Top
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Sexual Assault Back to Top
1
S1
E2
But the aftermath of a rape victim is shown on the operating table and it is really brutal what happened to her and was definitely triggering to me as a rape survivor.
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Yes
165
No
18
10
One of the latest episode focuses of the mother of a protagonist and a patient both being victims of rape.
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Yes
42
No
22
2
S8
E20
s8ep20, a patient was kidnapped as a child and held captive. the escaped and, while in the hospital, said she was sexually abused and the only reason she successfully ran away was because the man who held her claimed she was "too old" and was going to take a new girl, when the patient was only 18.
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Yes
61
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3
7
S1
E2
a rape victim is admitted who has been attacked and fought heavily back. If this triggers you I would skip this episode as it is the main focus
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Sickness Back to Top
Yes
43
No
6
4
Meredith’s mother (Ellis Grey has Alzheimer’s). Also Richards wife has Alzheimer’s
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Yes
37
No
4
0
Many, MANY patients die from terminal illnesses throughout the show
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Yes
35
No
12
0
It is a medical drama, there are multiple instances of patients having strokes and dying from them
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0
It’s a medical drama, many patients have chronic illnesses. if you are triggered by illness at all i would definitely avoid watching <3
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Social Back to Top
Yes
33
No
4
10
owen supports cristina getting an abortion at first, and then has outbursts at her saying she killed their child, etc. the show itself doesnt really lean towards either way, but meredith doesnt like owen particularly because of that
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Yes
0
No
31
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Yes
14
No
9
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Yes
43
No
14
3
The show discusses Jo living in her car at 16 because she ran away from foster care. It is a large part of her storyline, and relationship with Alex.
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Spoiler Back to Top
Yes
108
No
20
8
Many individual episodes have a sad ending, but the series as a whole is still ongoing
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Yes
1
No
32
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Yes
48
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64
10
A young boy questions the existence of Santa when he has a heart transplant and his mother told him the heart came from Santa.
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Vehicular Back to Top
Yes
134
No
2
6
Some car crashes, including bad ones where people are severely injured, are shown on screen. Late in the show Derek is shown being hit by a semi truck in his car. Car crash victims are brought into the ER frequently and some die.
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Yes
142
No
13
11
On multiple occasions, one being Derek's death scene. Also, There is the Calzona car crash,the ambulance crash that injures two paramedics and kills the patient.
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Yes
151
No
3
2
There is the crash where the doctors were flying on a plane and they are injured, some die, and the crash is shown graphically for several episodes. A small plane crashes but the crash itself isn't shown on screen.
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Yes
40
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12
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Violence Back to Top
Yes
144
No
2
4
Frequent gore including surgical scenes, severe injuries, and head wounds where the brain is shown. At one point Izzie drills holes into a man's head. A woman is shown after having her face severely injured, breaking many of her bones. There are scenes of internal organs, brain surgery, and intestines being operated on.
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Yes
130
No
18
5
Meredith tries to drown herself in the bathtub but denies that it was one purpose. Later in the same episode two ships hit each other and people are mentioned to have drowned, and Meredith is drowned but survives after almost dying.
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Yes
119
No
16
8
After a black kid is shot by police and treated in the hospital, Bailey has to talk to her son about being careful around police (Bailey and her son are black).
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Yes
22
No
78
6
But there is a bomb threat in season 2
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Whole Body Back to Top
Yes
77
No
11
4
It's a surgical show at a hospital, so many graphic injuries and very bloody scenes
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Yes
139
No
7
3
A girl comes to the hospital who was kidnapped and sexually assault and it is implied that she was tortured. Other than that, there aren't actually torture scenes but there are scenes where patients are held down while painful medical procedures are performed.
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Yes
44
No
3
0
S1
E6
Huge tumor
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Yes
172
No
16
8
Season 13 episode 23 when Keith holds Stephanie hostage and tries to escape except the hospital goes into lock down shutting off all the exits so he tries to set off the sprinklers but instead Stephanie douses him in alcohol turning him into a human torch (burning him alive)
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Yes
4
No
123
5
No but somebody does bite then end off of her rapists p***s on a very early episode
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Yes
191
No
1
7
In season 2, Episode 13 a young girl's self harm scars are visible and vaguely discussed
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Yes
48
No
12
0
S5
E8
He does survive being crushed at first
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Yes
38
No
83
7
there is a scene in which one boy is trapped in concrete by bullies, we don't see, but doctors work to chisel his body out of the concrete block
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Yes
31
No
2
0
No direct stabbing a on screen however there are many patients with stab wounds or items lodged in their body
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Yes
197
No
3
5
Many seizures, including grand mal, are shown on screen. One episode has a man who has a severe seizure and while post-ictal is violent.
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Yes
133
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4
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Yes
64
No
0
3
in 9x23 meredith falls down a flight of stairs whilst pregnant.
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Yes
49
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1
1
many patients faint or fall unconscious do to medical emergencies. people are also put under anesthesia for surgery pretty much every episode.
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