Does the dog die?
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Grey's Anatomy
TV Show • 2005 • Drama
ReportFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
This tv show contains 140 potentially triggering events.
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craftyminersminecraft
Meredith Grey's dog is euthanized by the vet.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Amiliaaa
This happens semi-frequently throughout the series
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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uselesslesbiab
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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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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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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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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shaymin
many of the romantic relationships in thr show are unhealthy in one way or another
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Is someone stalked?
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nalo25
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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Asiaklg
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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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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beeistyping
many relationships and families deal with gaslighting.
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hyperandrogenism
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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Addiction
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aaron
Several patients need medications. Amelia is a recovering drug addict and there are several episodes where opioid addiction is discussed.
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Is there addiction?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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hyperandrogenism
Webber is an alcoholic and other characters drink heavily because of trauma and bad emotions.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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MartinaPrada
S5
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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hyperandrogenism
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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Are animals abused?
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BlueDragon
Not really, but live animals are operated on while under anasthesia as an educational thing.
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Is there a dead animal?
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noelleh18
The interns work on pigs in the skills lab and then they are euthanized
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Is an animal sad?
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KHave
Dying deer is shown so I guess it was sad because it was dying
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Does a cat die?
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0
Technically a lion dies off screen in season 8
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Does a pet die?
140 supporters
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Carys_G
A dog is euthanized
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Are there spiders?
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Faun.Pisces.Soul
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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Are there snakes?
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niamh3118
In a very recent episode 18x13, a snake injures a patient and is seen in great detail.
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Are there bugs?
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frogs.r.rad
there are worms, many worms, being pulled out of someone
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Assault
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S3
E23
Meredith is slapped by her father.
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Is someone drugged?
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aiko
patients on anesthesia, one epsiode many doctors ate edibles that they thought were normal cookies
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Is there pedophilia?
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shaymin
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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Is someone held under water?
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0
a main character almost drowns but she is not held underwater by anyone else.
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Is rape mentioned?
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emetophobic
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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Is someone restrained?
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purpleunicorn
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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Hello
One of the latest episode focuses of the mother of a protagonist and a patient both being victims of rape.
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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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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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jessmart2005
While this episode does not directly deal with self harm season 5 episode 8 was extremely triggering as the interns practice sutures on each other’s wrists and some of the doctors believe they are engaging in self harm and the interns behave in many ways that were similar to such and extremely triggering as someone who had a history with that.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Vannymon
S8
E15
A mans hand got smushed in a meatgrinder.
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Are there dislocations?
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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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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Avagrace127
A main character almost drowns in one episode
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Is there decapitation?
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im not sure when but a man gets decapitated inside his body so you dont see a head wirh no shoulders but there is mention of it and he is inside his skin. hope this helps!
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Is there cannibalism?
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L4n4
No but somebody does bite then end off of her rapists penis on a very early episode
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Is someone crushed to death?
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0
It is a medical drama. It is not excessively gory but if you are pretty squeamish i would avoid it. There are many episodes where patients obtain massive injuries.
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Is someone choked?
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purpleunicorn
^ 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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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
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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Is someone buried alive?
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molliealice
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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Is there amputation?
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luna78
Multiple patients have an amputation, including one of the main characters.
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Does a head get squashed?
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ana_mason1
"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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Is there a hanging?
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Abadou01103
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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Does someone asphyxiate?
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uselesslesbiab
MANY episodes deal with patients asphyxiating
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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on season one episode two, a man comes in the hospital after his penis was bitten off
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Does someone become unconscious?
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uselesslesbiab
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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Does someone break a bone?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Does someone have a seizure?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Is someone tortured?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Does someone fall down stairs?
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voidcitys
in 9x23 meredith falls down a flight of stairs whilst pregnant.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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OpenCasting
Yes many episodes have people with different forms of eye mutilation
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Is someone stabbed?
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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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Is there excessive gore?
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membree711
It's a surgical show at a hospital, so many graphic injuries and very bloody scenes
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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ice
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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Does a kid die?
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OpenCasting
Yes many kids die over all seasons of the show.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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cjamie71
in one of the early seasons, a character sacrifices himself to save someone else from being hit by a bus
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Does a major character die?
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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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Yes
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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shaymin
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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Is the r-slur used?
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Burgerkingcomputers
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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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
14 supporters
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Soapy1906
S15
mass od
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Family
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1
Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Maggie pierce's mom dies. Meredith's mom dies. Alex Karev's dad dies.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Reviewer
A toy is not shown being destroyed on screen, but destroyed toys are involved in at least one medical case.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Asiaklg
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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Does someone cheat?
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NeonPhoenix
does anyone not cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
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Merle
Denny Duqette is shown several times in cause of Izzie's disease
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Are there jump scares?
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voidcitys
yes, whenever owen hunt’s face pops up
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Is there a shower scene?
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hyperandrogenism
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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Are there natural bodies of water?
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1
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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Are there clowns?
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ameliashepherd
owen hunt
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BroTidds
S1
E1
A patients scalp is prepped for surgery with an electric shaver
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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KirEm
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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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
1 supporters
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ana_mason1
one was when the little girl who was in the ferry boat crash peed herself
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Is someone eaten?
29 supporters
Yes
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Soapy1906
after the plane crash cristina talks about lexies body being eaten by wolves
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Is there on-screen pooping?
37 supporters
Yes
0
No
15
0
no but in an episode someone needed a fecal transplant
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Does someone spit?
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Yes
135
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3
hyperandrogenism
One episode focuses on a patient who can't stop farting because of a medical condition.
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Yes
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No
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Yes
39
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kkyubinbestiez
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
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
Yes
5
No
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11
ameliashepherd
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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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Yes
17
No
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Naina123
One episode is set in a prison.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
43 supporters
Yes
5
No
25
0
Sawyerbean
S3
E7
Not slurs, but a trans woman is dead named
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25
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
30 supporters
Yes
26
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1
I dont remember the episode but its a trans couple (mtf and ftm) and one of their fathers deadnames them.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
20 supporters
Yes
30
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4
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shaymin
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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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
20 supporters
Yes
19
No
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Avagrace
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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Loss
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No
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
1 supporters
Yes
36
No
73
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rickiecait
There are scenes where patients get shocked to restart their hearts b**t never as electro sick therapy.
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Are needles/syringes used?
1 supporters
Yes
166
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0
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axmeeshxxxs
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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Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
Yes
139
No
3
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hyperandrogenism
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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Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
Yes
174
No
5
13
hyperandrogenism
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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Is there menstruation?
6 supporters
Yes
15
No
15
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shaymin
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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Does someone have cancer?
1 supporters
Yes
164
No
1
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hyperandrogenism
Frequently people die of cancer. Some doctors have/develop brain cancer. Tumors are operated on on screen.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
Yes
25
No
1
4
Soapy1906
multiple doctors and patients have mental illness eg. addiction, depression, ptsd etc
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Yes
155
No
5
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SydneyBess
Yes, episode 13 of season 2 has images of young girl's self harm scars and it is briefly mentioned
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Is autism misrepresented?
30 supporters
Yes
34
No
3
6
shaymin
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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Yes
65
No
2
Yes
8
No
2
0
Avagrace127
Christina is shown having a dissociative episode sometime after the shooting
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is there autism specific abuse?
38 supporters
Yes
46
No
60
31
NeonPhoenix
not abuse, but there's references to curing autism and an autism speaks poster in the background of a few episodes
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
41
No
12
4
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
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
12
Does someone have a meltdown?
1 supporters
Yes
20
No
1
-1
Avagrace127
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
1 comment | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Yes
9
No
28
0
Kai1
S1
E1
Meredith vomits around 19 minutes in
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Are there anxiety attacks?
1 supporters
Yes
144
No
1
5
hyperandrogenism
Webber has an anxiety attack that he thinks is a heart attack, characters are shown having panic attacks and flashbacks frequently.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
29 supporters
Yes
58
No
8
6
Jackie3Vargas
The characters occasionally make suicide jokes, mostly Meredith and Cristina
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
8
No
17
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
104
No
1
0
one episode contains a patient who is diagnosed with body dismorphia because he is convinced that his foot is not his own
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
1 supporters
Yes
103
No
3
3
rehepapp
An episode where a character gets stuck in an elevator.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
35 supporters
Yes
156
No
6
7
hyperandrogenism
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
127
No
19
6
rickiecait
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.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
Yes
58
No
1
3
membree711
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.
5 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
7 supporters
Yes
18
No
2
1
shaymin
S3
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
18
No
2
Is there shakey cam?
1 supporters
Yes
94
No
14
3
BH88
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).
2 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
Yes
66
No
0
5
brennaaa
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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Is there screaming?
1 supporters
Yes
19
No
1
0
yes, there are many awful injury’s throughout the show and many patients scream
1 comment | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
13
0
Very mild swearing not bad would let my 12 year old watch 👍🏼
1 comment | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
42 supporters
Yes
82
No
25
4
hyperandrogenism
Some scenes have alarms that flash but as far as I remember they aren't bright or intense.
2 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Yes
4
No
8
Is the fourth wall broken?
12 supporters
Yes
7
No
25
5
beeistyping
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
Is a baby stillborn?
23 supporters
Yes
44
No
2
4
Burgerkingcomputers
S3E7 “Where the boys are”, a mother delivers a child she knows is dead. It is all on screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
21 supporters
Yes
155
No
3
7
hyperandrogenism
Meredith miscarries on screen and blood is shown between/on her legs.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
0
Is there childbirth?
18 supporters
Yes
135
No
0
6
LexieDriscoll
there's a graphic scene of April having a C-Section with no meds during a storm on Meredith's kitchen table.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there abortions?
14 supporters
Yes
131
No
2
6
Asiaklg
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.
3 comments | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
16 supporters
Yes
116
No
2
7
Asiaklg
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
39 supporters
Yes
69
No
15
4
niamh3118
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
39 supporters
Yes
90
No
6
13
jensenc18
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
78
Yes
97
No
3
16
rehepapp
There's a patient with a swastika tattoo.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
49
Yes
132
No
5
11
hyperandrogenism
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.
7 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
28 supporters
Yes
142
No
3
15
hyperandrogenism
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
1 supporters
Yes
132
No
6
11
hyperandrogenism
Fat characters are made fun of by the doctors.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there aphobia?
18 supporters
Yes
5
No
10
0
As far as i am aware, there are no openly asexual characters in the entire show
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
Yes
19
No
4
2
An autistic character is represented extremely stereotypically. This was uncomfortable to watch as an autistic person myself
3 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
Yes
2
No
97
2
beeistyping
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
26 supporters
Yes
113
No
3
7
hyperandrogenism
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
13
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
Yes
19
No
5
4
shaymin
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
Yes
18
No
2
2
shaymin
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
Yes
25
No
3
0
BroTidds
S1
E1
The back side of Dr. Shepard is exposed at the beginning of the episode
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone lose their virginity?
11 supporters
Yes
21
No
5
1
Soapy1906
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
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
23
No
2
Yes
83
No
22
8
BeatrizS
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
2 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
1 supporters
Yes
126
No
0
5
hyperandrogenism
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Sexism
Yes
6
No
18
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
16 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
0
Many, MANY patients die from terminal illnesses throughout the show
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a stroke?
9 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
0
It is a medical drama, there are multiple instances of patients having strokes and dying from them
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
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
1 comment | Add comment
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
23 supporters
Yes
30
No
0
4
Meredith’s mother (Ellis Grey has Alzheimer’s). Also Richards wife has Alzheimer’s
2 comments | Add comment
Social
Yes
0
No
16
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
Yes
40
No
2
3
Robin375
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
2
Are there anti-abortion themes?
31 supporters
Yes
26
No
3
7
shaymin
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
3 comments | Add comment
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
Yes
43
No
50
10
hyperandrogenism
A young boy questions the existence of Santa when he has a heart transplant and his mother told him the heart came from Santa.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
15
Does it have a sad ending?
50 supporters
Yes
100
No
16
8
BlueDragon
Many individual episodes have a sad ending, but the series as a whole is still ongoing
5 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
37
No
0
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Yes
136
No
0
11
Anonymous
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.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
10 supporters
Yes
145
No
2
7
TaetaesGucci
When Arizona, Meredith, Derek, Lexie, and Mark were flying. The pilot crashed into like a forest place. I’m not gonna say who but someone dies.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
Yes
129
No
1
9
facts
don’t forget george aha
3 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
Yes
127
No
4
5
hyperandrogenism
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.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
Yes
125
No
1
4
hyperandrogenism
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
6 supporters
Yes
22
No
74
5
snail
But there is a bomb threat in season 2
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
Yes
112
No
4
8
aaron
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).
6 comments | Add comment