The Leftovers

TV Show • 2014 • Drama  

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When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies.
This tv show contains 84 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Sass Master
A dog is shot in the head in the first 5 minutes of the pilot as the main character reaches out to pet him, along with several others throughout the course of the first season.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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alicoop2992
S2
 E3
Not a joke — but a male character is raped onscreen.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there blackface?
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Abandonment
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Laurie effectively abadons Tommy and Jill when she joins the GR
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E2
Not abandonment, but a family has to put their dog in quarantine at the pound for two months. There’s a hard scene where the owner says goodbye to him through the cage. As far as I know, we never see the dog again? But there’s no scene about him dying or running away either.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
The GR consistently follow people
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Is there domestic violence?
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BitsyPoet
Their are numerous cults who gaslight their members
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Is a child abused?
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
Past child SA (father to son) mentioned a few times throughout the season. It’s in the past though, not shown or discussed in detail.
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Addiction
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E2
No, but one of the departed sold drugs to college kids and it's connected to the work that the priest is doing
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Is there addiction?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin is frequently seen buying alcohol and drinking to cope
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Anonymous
When the woman opens the box she buried you will see a bird that has died
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Are animals abused?
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Season 2 episode 1, last couple mins of the episode you see a newly emptied lake with the fish left behind flopping around, struggling to breathe.
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Is an animal sad?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E3
Is the outback after the car burns. It bites Kevin, Sr.
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Are there bugs?
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LiveItOut
S2
 E10
When John opens the gift Evie had given him for his birthday it's a dead cricket they show it really up close
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Assault
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S2
Not shown but an older man is revealed to have abused a main character as a child
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Is rape mentioned?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E2
When discussing Wayne at the beginning of the ep, it's mentioned that he has several priors for staturory. Also, mention of a departed person, while in the casino, who raped and killed a child
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
Very brief flashback of a character getting beat up as a kid by a gang of other kids.
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin arrests a handful of people. Mostly GR
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BitsyPoet
A main plot point in the first season is a cult leader keeping a large group of underage girls around around him to have sex with at his command

Another character is later beaten and raped while trying to infiltrate a different cult in the second season
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E3
Spoiler: Tommy by Meg
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Bodily Harm
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lilpig
Skin is cut open, and a character shoves their hand into the opening.
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E8
Around 55 minutes into S1E8… ( SPOILERS) A character sticks a shard of glass into her throat. Skip to next episode when she picks up the shard of glass, you won’t miss much. She just tells Kevin, “You do understand” as she dies.

They also show it in the recap for the next episode.
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
Kevin suffocates himself again
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone choked?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E1
Yes, in a sexual manor
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andyyy
A character commits suicide by setting themself on fire after dousing themself with gasoline
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E8
At the end when the well collapses
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
At Erika's Nora reveals why she broke her arm
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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DanniHarper
Someone is very brutally and graphically stoned to death
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MingaLei
In the pilot, two people jump off a building
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ravid
A character is shown brutally stoned to death. One of the rocks hits their eye and it's visible.
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andyyy
One scene near the end of the show has a character cut another character open and remove something from their body
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Children
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E9
Season 2, Episode 9. A baby is snatched from her adopted mother’s arms. A woman assumes the baby doesn’t belong to the mom, presumably because of the difference in skin color. Mom gets her back pretty quick though.
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Does a kid die?
1 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E9
A woman appears to throw a grenade into a school bus full of children. (SPOILERS) It’s a fake.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E5
By lion
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Family
Does a parent die?
23 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E1
(Spoilers for the beginning sequence of this episode, which is a standalone story) A woman dies from a snakebite while trying to get her new baby to safety. It’s very sad. Another woman luckily finds them and takes the baby.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E8
Patti
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Does someone cheat?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E3
Nora finds out that he husband cheated from her brother when he asks for money
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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KayVenedam
Kind of, main character sees people who have died but it's in their mind so not really a ghost
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lilpig
There are some abrupt moments of violence that are loud and shocking, mainlythe dog that's shot while the protagonist is on a jog. There are flashbacks to this moment that are also meant to make you jump.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
11 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
Low effort clown seen briefly.
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Is someone possessed?
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gayle
The likenesses of the departed are like mannequins
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Sharky13
S3
 E6
5:20
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Does someone spit?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
28 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin continually is shown to be abusing his power as chief of police for both personal gain and spite/revenge
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E5
Laurie goes for a panic attack
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E9
No, but the priest is seen going for a screening
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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TheCassandraComplex
Many times, characters who are shown to be mentally ill (mostly hallcucinations) are shown to be violent (as a result of their hallucinations).
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E6
Laurie after her session
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TheCassandraComplex
Throughout Season 1, there’s been a couple dream sequences that aren’t obviously dream sequences. At least, not at first.

Throughout Season 2, a character frequently hallucinates, seeing and talking to someone that (most) other people cannot see. It’s not clear whether the entity is real (as in supernatural) or just imagined.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E5
Laurie after they find the body
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In the pilot, two high schoolers mimic suicide to express their boredom in class (by gunshot and hanging)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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andyyy
A character gets in an enclosed space that fills up with a liquid that will kill them if they breathe it in
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E8
Major spoiler: Shortly after Patti picks up the glass, she slits her throat. Patti also admits beforehand that the woman who was stoned to death willingly did so, but it's unclear the exact motivation for the cult killimg themselves
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lilpig
The story is largely about a collective traumatic response to so many people vanishing. Some characters are impacted very strongly, and have PTSD relating to losing family, friends, coworkers, etc
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
15 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
Baby Lily cries sometimes throughout this season.
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Is there screaming?
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
In the first 5 minutes, a woman repeatedly screams when her baby disappears.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Pregnancy
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E6
They talk about them in therapy
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E4
There're babydolls
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Is there childbirth?
19 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E1
After the cave-in
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Are there abortions?
11 supporters
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2
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E9
Spoiler: Not how one would imagine, but Laurie loses her pregancy due to the departure
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
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Religious
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TheCassandraComplex
Religious beliefs are a huge part of the story.
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Sex
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andyyy
There are too many to count. Very few are sexual but nudity happens a lot.
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Yes
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E1
Briefly while in the bar when a woman asks Kevin where he was on the day. He flaahes back to having sex with his wife
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
20 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E1
Car crashes bc it's being shot
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
Four women drown a man believing that he can resurrect
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E10
Kevin bleeds a ton from his wound
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Yes
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SabelaEiriz
(3rd season)
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Yes
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DogLover85
At the beginning of the second episode, there is a raid with many people being shot.
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