Designated Survivor
TV Show • 2016 • Drama
ReportTom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
This tv show contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Is there pedophilia?
107 supporters
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SamsungFridge
A foreign leader has a child bride but it's only briefly discussed
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Gaybie
There's child marriage in one episode of season 3.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Gaybie
A character in season 3 has a fentanyl addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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akoifish
Frequent drinking is present.
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Animal
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Gaybie
We see several hundred dead birds in season 3
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Is there a dead animal?
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S3
E1
There’s one dead bird in beginning of episode 1 (5:50), and hundreds in the last minute of the episode (48:30)
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Are there snakes?
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only political ones (‘:
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Assault
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Gaybie
Someone is coerced into sex my a man in season 2. They're recognize that man had a position of power over them and they don't know if it was truly consensual. This man also sexually harassed 2 other women.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone buried alive?
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Marcie
Someone is found under rubble
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Does someone fall to their death?
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akoifish
Someone is shot and falls off a bridge. They survive the fall, but we do not know this at first.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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akoifish
A character's son is kidnapped and murdered
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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S3
There are multiple politicians who are mentioned to have affairs; in season 3 particularly, a recurring character cheats on his wife who is struggling with addiction
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Marcie
Not intentional but I did jump really hard when a window was broken in season 3
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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season 1 episode 1, like 18 minutes in. it’s tom and it’s graphic (it also had me in tears lmao)
season 1 episode 20, about 2 minutes in. it’s seth, he does it 3 times. no visual just sound. it ends @ 2:40
season 1 episode 20, about 2 minutes in. it’s seth, he does it 3 times. no visual just sound. it ends @ 2:40
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Gaybie
Half of the show is propaganda for the FBI. They glamourize criminal actions done by law enforcement like breaking and entering without a warrant and stealing private medical records.
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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akoifish
Someone has a therapist
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Does someone have cancer?
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Gaybie
Yes, someone's mom in season 3 and someone's wife in season 1
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Mental Health
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Is there misophonia?
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Marcie
Character crunches chips in another’s ear
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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akoifish
Tom develops PTSD later in the show and has panic attacks
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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akoifish
A thin character "watches her w****t"
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Gaybie
There's an episode where two characters are trapped in an elevator which some might consider claustrophobic
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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akoifish
A main character is a chronic dieter.
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A character's mom who has cancer considers medically assisted suicide
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The main character not only suffers from PTSD, but also faces skepticism and backlash when his therapist's notes are leaked to the public. It is debated that his mental state is cause for removal from office. Some of the comments/accusations made by characters about his diagnoses are a bit hard to hear.
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Gaybie
Several women miscarry though not on screen during season 3
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Marcie
There’s a scene where Tom is holding a baby in season 2
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Is there childbirth?
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Marcie
It is briefly talked about between an aunt and niece.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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akoifish
Season 2 around episodes 17/18/19, Tom is humiliated in front of a committee by a lawyer arguing he isn't mentally fit to hold office. Mentions specific diagnoses of Tom and of his family, and mentions hospitalization.
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Gaybie
In season 3 episode 6 45:20. A trans woman in the women's washroom has the cops called on her and is called a man.
Also in episode 7 the same trans character is misgendered again.
Also in episode 7 the same trans character is misgendered again.
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Are there fat jokes?
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akoifish
A main character is a dieter, which may be upsetting to some viewers. Multiple jokes have been made across the series about dieting/losing weight.
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Is there hate speech?
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SamsungFridge
S3
There's not a separate category for this, but there is also two Latino characters in a relationship who have different opinions about how to treat their heritage. There are many heated conversations/arguments about this
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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SamsungFridge
Throughout the show there are multiple scenes where characters are shown having sex or the immediate before/after of it
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Gaybie
Depends on how you interpret it. But regardless of what side you're on there's something to be sad about.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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akoifish
A main character is killed in a car crash very suddenly and unexpectedly. This affects everyone and some develop PTSD.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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legacide
in s1 e11, there is a hospital scene where you can see a bloody bullet hole through someones chest, and there is a decent amount of blood
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Gaybie
There's a dirty bomb that kills 6 people. It doesn't disperse any radiation or kill an entire city or anything so not a classic nuclear explosion.
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