Hannibal
TV Show • 2013 • Drama Report
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lepetitmonstresr
Throughout season 1 Will Grahm believes he hears a dog yelping in pain, but these are hallucinations. In Season 2 Episode 9 a dog is injured but survives.
Season 3, Episode 11 - Will's dogs are poisoned by The Red Dragon. They are taken to the vet and survive. They are not seen ill on screen.
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Yes
1
No
2
Yes
156
No
1
12
lepetitmonstresr
Season 2 - Episode 8
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Yes
160
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1
7
solklavier
A live fish is filleted.
A bird is drowned in liquor.
A dead, hanging rabbit gets a nosebleed.
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Yes
112
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19
9
Setton
There are pigs in seasons 2 and 3 that are experimented on to make them eat humans alive, and one pig has a uterus implanted to be surrogate to a human child.
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Yes
4
No
112
Yes
119
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0
9
bugbite
dead birds, pigs, and fish are depicted as livestock and food.
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Yes
92
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13
12
lepetitmonstresr
Season 3, Episode 9.
A dead cat is seen briefly in a cardboard box.
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Yes
20
No
1
0
stuckynat
In the last season the Red dragon targets animals before killing the families
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Yes
12
No
110
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zdy1994
There are no literal dragons in this show.
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Yes
17
No
71
9
river_night
I honestly have the biggest phobia of spiders (to the point where seeing a photo gives me a panic attack) and I was fine watching Hannibal. I don't actually ever remember seeing a spider on screen.
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Yes
1
No
85
3
bellagoth
S3E03: No real snakes but there is a drawing and a sculpture of a snake on some coat of arms. Snakes are also mentioned in conversation.
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Yes
129
No
1
7
There is some general bug imagery throughout the show, but the biggest trigger I’ve seen is S2E4.
S2E4: Major case they’re working on involves honeybees, which has visible bees from 4:15-5:00 and pretty scientific talk about bees from 10:00-11:00 and 21:30-22:30
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WaterloggedKazoo
Not exactly, but there is a case in season one where young boys who are the "black sheep" of their families are manipulated into running away, and the parents don't seem to care. One family even erases the missing son from the family photos, if I remember correctly. More abandonment-adjacent than anything
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Yes
1
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5
1
Nepeta
S3
If you want to get technical with it then Margot's revenge on Mason can be “abuse” but he had it coming to him
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Yes
96
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1
1
In one episode, a young boy is shown being psychologically abused by Mason Verger in a horse stable.
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Yes
83
No
0
7
cherry
more than one instance of violence between family members- a husband attacks his wife and daughter with a knife in season, an abusive older brother and his younger sister get into/have been in physical fights with each other
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Yes
137
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2
26
Freezer7
Yes. A large premise to the show is the intense gaslighting of one of the characters. He loses his grip on reality, and others do not believe him.
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Yes
88
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3
0
WaterloggedKazoo
On many many occasions.
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11
MissUtahraptor
S01E04 Abigail gets tea with shrooms
various people are drugged through the series (Will's flashbacks in S02, also Will in S03E06, people kept in coma in S01E02...)
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Yes
59
No
12
3
Ljlj
A character has excessive amounts of alcohol but it is not discussed in the dialogue of the show
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Yes
24
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51
8
ihatekenbranagh
There is one offhand comment made by character Jimmy Price (somewhere in the first two episodes I think?) alluding to his alcoholism. Also, somewhere in the beginning of season 2, a victim is found to be a recovering heroin addict.
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Yes
22
No
0
1
stuckynat
SPOILER
Will is put in a straight jacket when being transported to a crime scene
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2
Not rape, but a female character manipulates a male character into having sex with her.
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Yes
6
No
0
0
helpfulbug
a character is drowned on screen
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Yes
10
No
0
0
maxemerson666
Will is drugged by Hannibal against his will, Mason is drugged by Hannibal against his will, Abigail is given drugs by Hannibal.
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0
No
1
Yes
73
No
15
12
river_night
The show never focuses on it (and has actually been praised for not making it a big deal) but it is heavily implied that a character assaulted/abused his sister and sexual assault is mentioned a few times throughout the show in the context of serial killers and their actions.
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Yes
1
No
1
Yes
3
No
0
0
Nepeta
The season 2B and season 3A antagonist is a pedophile. Its not spoken about in detail but is implies
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Yes
135
No
0
2
boilingpoint
characters are mentally/psychologically and physically tortured at several points in the show
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Yes
88
No
0
6
teethsoup
In season 2, episode 5, Hannibal is briefly hung but is rescued before any serious injury occurs
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7
jellybean
the major ones are:
season two episode 1: a character has a flashback to getting force-fed via feeding tube
season two episode 5: a character is briefly hung before being rescued
season two episode 9: a character is seen tied up to a tree with a rope around his neck
there are other times were a character with lung cancer struggles to breathe, but it is brief.
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6
Dock
S1E05, the Angel Maker performs an orchiectomy on himself, essentially removing both of his testicles and desplaying them next to a victim.
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Yes
102
No
1
12
LGBTRex
Season 2, Episode 4, roughly 23 minutes in. Once the scene containing acupuncture begins, I recommend a skip if you can't handle eye trauma. It ends in a lobotomy, for the sake of understanding the following scene.
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Yes
37
No
1
2
mistersandman
Every episode is EXTREMELY graphic and contains copious amounts of blood, gore, and mutilation.
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WaterloggedKazoo
At one point in season three where Hannibal hides under a table and cuts Jack's ankle. Its easy to see coming, and happens right after a heavily-drugged Will whispers "He's under the table."
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Yes
114
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0
6
invadermac
Everything from preparing human meat, to surgery to filleting a woman. Some shown, some not-
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6
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0
Yes
4
No
2
Yes
11
No
0
0
WaterloggedKazoo
Lots of situations where characters are drugged or knocked unconscious
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87
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1
1
Dock
As far as I have watched, S1E8 (Fromage), someone's neck is snapped and a few moments later, another person's arm is broken after being forced against a ladder.
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Yes
90
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0
0
izkm
there's some hand stabbing
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3
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0
Yes
76
No
15
5
mellttpa
A character, having survived a shot in the face, has to use fake teeth in Season 3.
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stuckynat
Someone is thrown down an elevator shaft
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Yes
71
No
11
9
graywolf2010
MAJOR SPOILERS:
The ending is left ambiguous as to whether or not Hannibal and Will survived the fall. The ending scene of Bedelia at a table set for three, about to eat her own amputated leg, implies that the two lived.
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Yes
127
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0
8
MissUtahraptor
fireplace S01E04, Georgia S01E11, fake Freddie S02E11, Frederick Chilton S03E12
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Yes
125
No
0
10
Greenandsilver
One character suffers from at least one seizure during the show because he had untreated encephalitis
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Yes
74
No
10
9
jellybean
season one episode two: very minor characters are buried alive while in an induced coma
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99
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1
8
OrionWatson
1) amputation of the legs of a man who is being kept alive to slowly eat. pretty gruesome scenes with this one.
2) amputation of a girls arm. the actual act of amputation is not shown on screen but the severed arm is shown as well as the healed spot where her arm used to be. she is given a prosthetic arm and uses this for the rest of the show.
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Yes
65
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1
Yes
149
No
2
33
ElenaLucia
The main character is a cannibal. Others willingy or unwillingly take part in the act. However, no one ever eats raw meat — all plates are carefully constructed under the pretence of "real" food.
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Yes
13
No
0
2
Pantalones
Several episodes feature grotesque abuses of the human body. Many of them are on corpses but not all. A woman's body is cut into segments. Someone is impaled on antlers. Human bodies are turned into beehives. A cannibal makes fancy food out of people.
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0
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14
Yes
7
No
4
0
Nepeta
S1
E4
Kids are abducted from parents in season 1 episode 4
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Yes
108
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2
7
zdy1994
Happens several times throughout the series. Sometimes on screen, sometimes off.
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0
WaterloggedKazoo
No, but during a home invasion a mother is shown helping her son out of a small window and tells him to run away without her if she can't get outside within a couple minutes. The mother is shot by the invader, but both mother and son survive.
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1
Nepeta
Everyone is a human
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Yes
3
No
0
0
The entire show is about murder
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Yes
0
No
14
0
GenderlessGoon
the r slur is not used, but the term Asperger's is used.
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Yes
10
No
2
1
A female character intentionally overdoses on morphine.
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Yes
0
No
40
Yes
3
No
0
1
brokke
Multiple instances of death of family members from the beginning.
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Yes
115
No
0
7
Greenandsilver
Yes a father attempting to kill his daughter is killed before he can succeed
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Yes
85
No
2
5
ihatekenbranagh
At the beginning of Season One, a group of young boys is kidnapped by an adult woman.
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Yes
31
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50
14
river_night
This one's a tough one. There's never any actual explicit cheating on screen, but a married man left his wife for another man. Their romance is very subjective for most of the show, but one character confirms the second man is in love with the married man and they end up running away together, plus many people refer to it as a romance.
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Yes
92
No
1
4
MissUtahraptor
S01E01, S03E01
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0
ciinemia
S1
E2
Lots of mushroom/fungus trypophobic-esque imagery that is personally very triggering. Lots of other similar content throughout.
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Yes
66
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20
13
lepetitmonstresr
There are no proper ghosts, but Will Grahm has many hallucinations that might appear to the viewer as, and serve a similar thematic purpose to, ghosts.
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Yes
88
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8
Yes
1
No
2
0
WaterloggedKazoo
Not that I can remember, but there is a symbolic "demon" form of Hannibal that pops up in Will's imagination/hallucinations that is very uncanny-looking.
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3
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1
Yes
2
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74
Yes
0
No
89
5
Dock
S1E04, a boy wets his pants in a store.
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Yes
57
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0
7
cronus.ampora
multiple instances of murders taking place where you can hear gore,
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115
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2
13
- S1:E5 in the first third of the episode nobody vomits on screen but you can see vomit in the crime scene.
- S1:E10 in the first half, someone vomits blood
- S1:E13 in the first few minutes, Will vomits into the sink
- S2:E1 nobody vomits but Will has flashbacks to an ear being shoved into his throat with a tube near the end of the episode
- S2:E8 near the end, someone vomits blood
- S3:E10 in the last third of the episode, someone chokes and vomits blood
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Yes
16
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45
5
Snezzpai
A minor character spits at another character.
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0
No
0
Yes
5
No
0
3
It’s Hannibal. People get eaten. It’s very artful, but people definitely get eaten
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12
Yes
17
No
19
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haloblues
A lot of the main characters are FBI agents, but are all shown to be imperfect and in some cases corrupt/dishonest, so I don't believe there's anything that could be construed as propaganda.
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0
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2
Yes
1
No
2
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
89
No
1
2
manicpix
Early season 2 In a dream sequence, the main character is seen strapping another version of himself to a chair and performing electroshock therapy
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Yes
126
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0
8
AlexKrueger
Jacks Wife Bella has stage 4 cancer and you see elements of her treatment. There's also a very rough line about her having stage 4 in Season 1 episode 5. It’s near the end and you can just skip over the conversation between Bella and Hannibal if you wish.
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Yes
122
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1
9
MissUtahraptor
S01E06 and 11, S02E01-07, S03E08-13
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Yes
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No
0
6
Crow75
Several times, lots of times in extreme close-ups
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Yes
116
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0
1
WaterloggedKazoo
Lots of scenes where characters are recovering in hospital beds, as well as a scene where a character undergoes an on-screen emergency surgery after having his stomach sliced open. There are also lots of morgue/autopsy scenes.
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Yes
71
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25
27
Jack is incredibly rude in the first episode re: Will and his autism--forcing eye contact, etc. Freddy calls Will crazy and the like through season one. People consistently treat Will as a child. A lot of it isn't autism *specific* but treads the line
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0
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0
Yes
92
No
0
8
ducktoothcollection
I'm part-way into season 2 and Will has had an anxiety attack of some kind in the overwhelming majority of episodes. (*I've* also had a few anxiety attacks over this show, but that's not relevant.)
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0
No
4
Yes
26
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0
8
EzraG
Although I consider this show good about it, untensiles Can be heard clicking against plates but chewing is normally inaudible. Since Hannibal, a main character, is an avid cook, misophonia triggers are in most episodes.
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Yes
74
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23
19
lepetitmonstresr
In season 2 Bella attempts suicide by overdose. Hannibal revives her.
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Yes
21
No
0
1
A character experiences regular flashbacks to a traumatic event in which he killed a man.
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11
Penelope Hutton
There is no eating disorder, but someone is force-fed with a feeding tube
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Yes
82
No
3
6
invadermac
Madchen’s character suffers from dysmorphia
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Yes
72
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2
3
Amy17
What has already been said but also the part where Mason Verger (SPOILER SEASON 2 EP 12) eats his own face (END SPOILER). If you want to skip the scene is from 32:06 but it's also often in the background while the main characters talk, so you could miss important dialogues. Also sometimes some of the characters engage in risky behaviors that could be seen as a way of Self harm
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Yes
17
No
2
6
Amy17
Not literally, but it's heavily implied and their intentions are quite certain. The same character later tries to commit suicide, but is "saved" against their will by one of the main characters
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Yes
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No
5
10
Ulrike Loofs-Samorzewski
In season 1, Georgia Madchen is in an isolation chamber in a hospital. While she's in it, a spark caused by her combing her hair starts a fire, and she is unable to escape the chamber.
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Nepeta
There are no characters with DID in the show
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Yes
15
No
0
1
caramelle
One character attempts to overdose on painkillers during her cancer treatments but is unsuccessful. Later, a major character attempts to commit a murder-suicide by jumping off a cliff, and it’s left ambiguous whether they were successful.
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Amy17
In the first season, a character suffers from Cotard syndrome and she's been thinking she's already dead since childhood. Now she's an adult and she becomes violent. She kills a woman (her old friend) in a very crude way, trying to understand if she's real or not.
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Yes
51
No
14
5
lepetitmonstresr
Season 2 - Episode 12
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ducktoothcollection
I don't have epilepsy so I might miss subtler triggers, but I started keeping a log when I noticed blatant strobing in s2e4, will update as I continue watching.
Season 2 episode 4: Strong strobing lights starting around 14:00 (after a character is given an injection) and ending at around 15:50 (should be safe to look when you hear a character say "photosensitive epilepsy").
Season 2 episode 7: flashing lights starting a bit after 4:10 (dialogue: "I could hear his voice, but I couldn't see his face") and continues for a few seconds (should be safe to look when you hear "Why didn't he kill you"). And again a bit after 6:25 (no dialogue, Hannibal looks directly into the camera) for a few seconds (until you hear “It’s not him”). And again at about 22:20 (“And his voice, low and even, would pull me to him”) until about 22:43 (“You and I...are part of his design”). Again after 27:30 (“Would you like to try?”) until about 28:40 (“We found a fingerprint on a flower petal"). Again around 39:10 (“Until my lawyer arrives”) until about 39:35 (furious stammering/sobbing). And lastly, some mild flickering from a fireplace at the very end, around 42:20 (“...my therapy) until the credits roll (all sound cuts out, then is replaced by irregular percussion-dominated music).
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WaterloggedKazoo
Mason Verger makes a lot of obscene, misogynistic, and occasionally homophobic comments to his sister and her girlfriend.
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0
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21
Yes
2
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13
0
ovchre
I don't get why everyone says no. Characters look pretty often directly into the camera.
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Yes
3
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0
0
Teamoon
Yes and no. There is a scene in season 3 where an ultrasound of a dead baby is shown. Spoiler alert: really awful and kinda horrific because the baby was supposedly implanted in a pig as a 'surrogate', using a woman's reproductive organs.
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Yes
0
No
59
11
Freezer7
No, but a pregnant woman is forced to have an abortion and hysterectomy.
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Yes
86
No
1
18
Freezer7
One woman is forcibly given an abortion/hysterectomy.
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Yes
13
No
44
10
Freezer7
A child is stillborn after a C-Section.
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Yes
15
No
0
Yes
78
No
2
8
Nepeta
A pig miscarries a human child, and a pregnant woman is forced to undergo a hysterectomy
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Rev
The show reflects the time of setting and of creation and uses terms like psychopath, sociopath, and psychotic. It is unclear if it is meant in an ableist way or not, but it is something to be aware of in that the demonization of mental illness and personality disorders is unfortunately a big part of the show
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5
No
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Yes
1
No
59
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
67
No
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zaidelles
Alana (bisexual) and Margot (a lesbian) survive; Will and Hannibal (confirmed by Fuller to be bisexual and omnisexual/pansexual respectively) appear to die in the final episode of Season Three, but their survival is implied in the post-credits scene and has since been confirmed by Bryan Fuller and the cast. However, Anthony Dimmond, who is shown to proposition Hannibal, and Francis Dolarhyde, who writes about Hannibal in a romantic/sexual context in his journal, are both killed.
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caramelle
Yes and No. There are a couple of jokes misgendering a cisgender man in a sort of homophobic context (calling him the wife/bride of another man insultingly) but there are no canonically confirmed trans/nonbinary in general, thus none who are misgendered.
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Yes
1
No
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Yes
1
No
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haloblues
I don't personally remember the remarks made in the other comment after rewatching it a few times, so take with a grain of salt.
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Yes
4
No
60
3
zdy1994
I think in at least one episode?
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Yes
0
No
62
0
cha0ticnewtsys
No but Mads Mikelson (Hannibal’s actor) is now a JKRowling supporter unfortunately so be careful with Hannibal fan-media if you are sensitive to transphobia
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WaterloggedKazoo
For the most part the show is surprisingly good when it comes to portraying characters with disabilities and severe mental illness in an empathetic light, like Will Graham, Georgia Madchen, and Peter Bernadone (at least in comparison to most of the horror genre). However, Francis Dolarhyde has a cleft lip and thinks of himself as hideous. While the cause of his self-hatred is likely the severe abuse he experienced as a child, its still a notable correlation.
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Yes
0
No
0
Yes
5
No
9
1
gayjarritos
I personally would not count the age gaps as “large,” but some people might be uncomfortable with it regardless.
Alana Bloom is in her early-mid 30s when she has a tryst with Hannibal, who is in his late 40s. Similarly, Will Graham is in his early 30s and Hannibal in his late 40s.
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Yes
0
No
1
Yes
70
No
8
12
Greenandsilver
The relationship between the verger siblings is implied to have existed in the past and been nonconsensual on the sister's part.
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Yes
0
No
4
Yes
11
No
2
1
Lizzzie
Several sex scenes and hospital scenes but genitals and breasts are covered up.
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caramelle
One woman is repeatedly (off-screen and non-explicitly) sexually abused by her brother, which includes an inherent sense of objectification.
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Yes
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No
0
15
Lukas Frost
There are some s*x scenes. But they are mostly contorted and/or shown in a way that nothing graphic is shown.
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Yes
0
No
8
2
stuckynat
I don’t know if this counts, but one character suffers with encephalitis
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0
No
5
Yes
3
No
9
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
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Yes
65
No
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zaidelles
Hannibal and Will's survival has since been confirmed.
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Yes
10
No
0
Yes
65
No
0
5
MissUtahraptor
S02E11
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Yes
0
No
70
Yes
25
No
40
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harleenivy
In season 2 a henchman intentionally crashes a car into one of the supporting character's car while she's driving it.
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Yes
123
No
0
18
Greenandsilver
Dear god yes. It appears in many episodes
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Yes
0
No
81
Yes
85
No
1
7
Xonauge
In nearly every episode. The main characters are FBI and there are murders with guns.
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Yes
65
No
9
0
Teamoon
Mason Verger dies in a water tank that contains a live eel. Season 3 episode 7.
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