A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. The question will arise: can a person who doesn't have the ability to relate to people actually save their lives?
This tv show contains 54 potentially triggering events.
Idk if i'd say outed since the adult present (grandma) with the teenager/patient was aware (transphobic comments, but aware). We/viewers find out the person is trans when they are doing their exam and lift up the sheet/covering and are surprised. Then it's discussed and there is misgendering, questions, etc. Transgender care wasn't part of the residents' medical training and there are varying reactions (autistic main character misgenders and asks repeated questions, another resident corrects him and tries to stop the questioning & misgendering, etc.) The patient has been on puberty blockers but the parents (not present) didn't want the grandma to know.
A pet rabbit is thrown against a wall, and an audible crack can be heard, indicating the rabbit's neck is broken.
The rabbit is shown later in a doctor's office, but no blood is ever shown.
The autistic main character is restrained by airport security after he takes a knife, but is let go when another character comes over and advocates that he needs the knife for an emergency surgery on someone who just got critically injured. Note that one line from one of the security officers says something along the lines of him being lucky they didn't just shoot him (tackled to the ground instead.)
There are cases that result in amputation.
One episode in season one almost ends with amputation of a character's leg, but the leg is ultimately saved.
At least two episodes have it as the main topic (male and female). Multiple episodes where medical procedures or surgery is required. A male patient deliberately self harms.
The dialogue and drama may be triggering in these episodes too. It is implied in more than one episode that implies suffering is the price of sexual desire. Women are shamed by themselves and others (but also stood up for.)
I'm not sure about violent attack sort of stabbing since I just started, but note that in episode one an emergency surgery is done with a knife (looks like a box cutter, maybe) in an airport. I expect more blade uses in hospital settings, given it's a medical show.
The main character's younger brother died when they were kids, falling to the ground from the roof of an old train cart. The fall is shown, and the body after it hits the ground, but the initial impact is not shown.
One episode features a boy that is diagnosed with a severe form of cancer. It is alluded that nothing can be done, and that he will ultimately die. This is not shown on screen however.
A pair of conjoined twins undergo surgery to separate them, which unintentionally results in one of the girls' death. The scene is very emotionally upsetting.
Dr. Perez does at the very end of the episode. He was triggered by him feeling guilty and blaming himself for a bulimic guy almost killing himself when he throws up (he's already caused so much damage to his body)
Shaun’s special toy scalpel that means the world to him from his childhood is broken in a meltdown. As an autistic person myself, I had a breakdown over it, it was really triggering!
No ghosts per day, but the main character does often see his younger brother, who died when they were children. The brother often appears when the main character is distressed.
Not sure about razors in other episodes since I just started, but there is an emergency surgery on someone who just got critically injured and he has to use a knife that looks like a box cutter or something razor-like in order to save the injured kid. Note that one line from one of the security officers says something along the lines of him being lucky they didn't just shoot him (tackled to the ground instead.)
A small scene occurs where the main character (doctor Murphy) is sitting and waiting for a patient to release gas, an indicator that her bowels are working properly after gastrointestinal surgery.
No slurs so far but a lot of misgendering from the main character and the stereotypical 'phase' comment is made by the grandma during the first scene with them both. (I am both autistic and trans and have mixed feelings about the rep so far but TBD.)
In this episode, the residents speculate that the patient may be trans based on the patient being on antiandrogens. However, the patient is not trans. If he were, this scenario could be highly problematic due to harmful stereotypes about trans and LGBTQ+ individuals. Instead, the patient is a cis white man, which is statistically more common. Additionally, the patient self-harms because he struggles with his urges. This content may be triggering for some viewers, so please take care while watching.
In S3 E2 a female patient with a blood clot is admitted to the hospital. Prior to the surgery, Dr. Brown rolls up the patient’s hospital gown and sees multiple cuts on her thighs
The show says that autistic people are useless unless they have "savant"-like skills, and that our autism causes us to be bigoted. This is basically what a white suburban Christian mom who runs a mommy blog’s idea of autism is.
The main character is autistic, and experiences meltdowns. These might be interpreted as anxiety attacks by some, as they include heavy breathing, yelling, flailing, crying, and general emotional distress.
The main character suffers abuse as a child from his father, mainly grounded in his behavior as autistic. As an adult, he is subject to scrutiny and discrimination from some of his co-workers, but also patients.
A man steps in front of a bus, and is run over.
The scene cuts away just before the bus hits, but two characters reacting to the death are shown instead, who are obviously distressed.
Between 13 minutes and 14 minutes, an uncecessary inclusion of 'fat' is used by a doctor to make a point (this happens when preparing a room, over once the doctor leaves the room, though the two residents briefly touch on the inclusion after-- saying it was unnecessary but do laugh after so if you want to skip that, add another 30 seconds or something.)
During the episode "She", Dr. Murphy kept misgendering, saying extremely transphobic things, invalidating a trans girl and was just being disgusting. It's no excuse that he's autistic. That's extremely triggering for a lot of trans people.
Don't think this counts as a slur, but note that around 22-23 minutes, a doctor shares that some people probably think he's gay because he's stylish so that could be a homophobic/flamboyant sort of trigger.
Sort of. A trans girl patient has her gown or sheet or whatever covering moved for an exam and transphobic comments are made.
I put notes about transphobia in another section.
A lesbian woman dies in a bus accident, and as a result of an accident, made by a resident at the hospital. The mistake was not intended, obviously, but the woman does anyway.
TRIGGER WARNING The very beginning of s2e18 Shaun is beat up in a bar for having autistic traits (including him stating he doesn't like being touched.) I am skipping ahead because my friend told me at some point this happens and I guess no one else reported it here yet. My friend told me he repeats "i am a surgeon" repeatedly as he is beaten.
Also, just in general, there's a lot of ableism in this show. The ableism from the initial main cast sort of settles down as they learn and grow to like Shaun, etc, but any new characters pretty much start with ableism too, etc.