Heartstopper

TV Show • 2022 • Drama  

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Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
This tv show contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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Season
Episode
Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
169 supporters
Yes
203
No
17
15
fluffy8uns
it is mentioned a dog dies on the movie, but it is not onscreen
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Abandonment
1
S1E3, a character shares an intimate moment with a love interest, then abruptly leaves. When they return minutes later, the other person left. They are reunited the following day
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Yes
44
No
20
4
Anonymous
nick and his brother by their dad and darcy by her mum
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Is an animal abandoned?
46 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Abuse
Yes
48
No
5
2
sheregenerated
Darcy's mom is lesbophobic and kicked her out at the end of episode 7. There's one scene with her in this episode, when Tara goes to Darcy's house. Her mum answers the door and says something lesbophobic about Darcy. Later on, Darcy rejoins her friends and is visibly disheveled (from spending the night in the park) and opens up to Tara about her parents.
6 comments | Add comment
4
In s2e7 there is an attempt by an abuser to ask for forgiveness. The survivor sites not forgive and establishes never wanting contact again. This conversation happens with a 3rd party present, who is an established safe person for the survivor.
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Is someone stalked?
11 supporters
Yes
30
No
93
11
GreenFruit
Not stalked, but someone is walking alone in the dark and has another character, who doesn’t like them, suddenly walk up from behind and verbally confront them.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
113
1
imsauce
No. Family members are positive.
4 comments | Add comment
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
37 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
3
ellieannco
S2
 E7
An abusive character briefly mentions having homophobic parents
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
170
No
6
16
Charlie is manipulated by his first boyfriend into thinking he is crazy for thinking He ever liked him
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Is someone abused with a belt?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Is a child abused?
60 supporters
Yes
31
No
121
5
Anonymous
darcy is
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Addiction
Yes
1
No
127
Is there addiction?
7 supporters
Yes
2
No
125
1
Not in season one but in the comics Charlie self harms, it is not specified if it is an addiction or not
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
35
No
100
3
kinda_fruity_ngl
not sure if it'll be in season two, but in the comics Darcy somehow gets alcohol and she gets drunk and throws up.
10 comments | Add comment
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
61 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
44
Does a horse die?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
145
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
88 supporters
Yes
126
No
46
13
Not shown on-screen. A character mentions her dog died and shows a picture of the dog when it was alive.
5 comments | Add comment
Are animals abused?
102 supporters
Add comment
Yes
9
No
162
Yes
6
No
155
Yes
35
No
96
6
No dead animals are shown
4 comments | Add comment
Is an animal sad?
39 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Are rabbits harmed?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
32
Does a cat die?
92 supporters
Add comment
Yes
14
No
158
Does a pet die?
80 supporters
Yes
65
No
6
3
A character talks about her dog dying, but it isn't shown
3 comments | Add comment
Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
Yes
0
No
138
1
MuffinCriesOverDumbStuff
how many shows have dragons that die?? enough to have a section??
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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Yes
1
No
134
Are there alligators/crocodiles??
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
33
Are there snakes?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
138
Are there sharks?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
32
Are there bugs?
17 supporters
Yes
23
No
127
8
LucysOutlet
theres animated butterflies around the characters in romantic scenes
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
26
Is someone drugged?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
43
Is there pedophilia?
58 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
41
Is someone held under water?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
Is rape mentioned?
39 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
33
Yes
30
No
10
1
Viomma
No, but there are fights that break out with bullies
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
55
No
7
4
Yes, After Tao and Harry fight one of them is restrained by a teacher
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
177
No
5
11
lefthalfataxia
TW & SPOILERS:

During an arguement Ben and Charlie have, Ben pauses to force Charlie against a wall and make out with him as Charlie asks him to stop. It is brief and lasts for a few seconds before Ben is stopped by Nick.
9 comments | Add comment
Is someone's mouth covered?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
5
Yes
0
No
31
2
no but someone is sexually assaulted on screen
3 comments | Add comment
Bodily Harm
Yes
28
No
110
6
In future seasons (if they follow the books), a character’s struggles with self-harm will be explored.
6 comments | Add comment
Are any hands damaged?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Are there dislocations?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Is there throat mutilation?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
75
No
48
7
LucysOutlet
when charlies ex is force kissing him
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Is there decapitation?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
29
Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
129
Is someone crushed to death?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
53
Is someone choked?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Is someone burned alive?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
118
Is someone buried alive?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
120
Is there body horror?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
Is there amputation?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
120
Does a head get squashed?
28 supporters
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Yes
0
No
120
Yes
0
No
46
0
ellieannco
players are shown participating and tackling each other in rugby and one receives a bloody nose, but no other injuries occur.
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Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
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Yes
0
No
115
Does someone asphyxiate?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Yes
1
No
120
0
ellieannco
rugby players are shown wearing mouthguards, however nothing bad ever happens
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
37
No
12
3
Anonymous
s2 e5 charlie faints in the louvre
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
107
3
doorbell
Someone gets tackled pretty roughly and has a bloody nose after that
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Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
104
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
41 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
120
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
114
Is someone tortured?
53 supporters
Yes
2
No
119
5
sorryboutit
During episode 7 there's a scene at the cinema and someone is screaming off screen in the movie they're watching
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Does someone fall down stairs?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
Does someone fall to their death?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
105
Yes
18
No
100
12
GreenFruit
A character gets a black eye after a fight
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Is someone stabbed?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Is there excessive gore?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
88
Children
Is an infant abducted?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
38
Does a kid die?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
108
Yes
0
No
41
1
ellieannco
S2
Characters discuss sex briefly, and are shown kissing, but nothing super sexual.
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Death
0
ellieannco
one character says that others would be better off if he didn't exist/weren't their friend, and he self-isolates because of it. no permanent harm occurs to him or others because of this, though
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Does a major character die?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Yes
6
No
25
3
verosika.
A dog dies (mentioned)
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone die?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
1
csbyron1
The casting directors specifically made sure to cast disabled people in disabled roles!
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
97
Does a parent die?
6 supporters
Yes
16
No
93
2
In season 2, it's mentioned about taos dad dying in the past. It does not go into detail, just that he passed when Tao was 12.
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Yes
152
No
3
10
EMBRYY
ben cheats on charlie with a girl from higgs. charlie sees them together outside school and breaks off his relationship with him
5 comments | Add comment
Is a child's toy destroyed?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
100
Yes
19
No
14
1
verosika.
Tao's dad died when he was 12
2 comments | Add comment
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
Yes
27
No
76
5
LucysOutlet
SPOILERS


Theres a scene in the cinema and there is multiple jumpscares in the film, you dont see it but the actors do and they react to it.
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Is someone possessed?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
98
Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
94
Are there clowns?
8 supporters
Yes
5
No
95
11
Pukeaphobe2011
Only Ben and harry
3 comments | Add comment
2
Jetskee
S2
 E4
Though being under the sea is mentioned on the journey to Paris
2 comments | Add comment
Is trypophobic content shown?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
4 supporters
Yes
0
No
30
0
sheregenerated
S2
 E8
No, but in a scene near the end, a character mentions having self-harmed in the past when the bullying was worse.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
89
0
ellieannco
25:48-26:30, we see a shirtless character emerge from what is presumably a shower with wet hair & a towel, but no actual shower content
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Are there mannequins?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
27
Gross
Yes
0
No
101
1
Cecelol
No
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
Yes
129
No
98
21
mali
Whole season 1 is 100% safe, season 2&3 is coming in 2023 and in the book darcy vomits after drinking vodka, she says she feels rlly ill and they tell their teachers then she vomits (idk if it will be in the show)
- an extreme emetophobe
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Is someone eaten?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Is there on-screen pooping?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Does someone spit?
7 supporters
Yes
100
No
7
9
beeboo
in S1E3 he spits his toothpaste into the sink
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Is there audio gore?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
96
1
alexishughes221
No, but there’s a cinema scene where you can hear a woman’s screams in the movie. I don’t know if that’s worth mentioning.
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Is there farting?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
39
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
95
Is there incarceration?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
LGBTQ+
3
It is mentioned that a teacher refused to call Elle by her name and deadnamed her when she still went to Truham.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
25
3
alexishughes221
No, but there’s a trans girl called Elle who discusses the transphobia she experienced back when she was in an all boys school. She’s in an all girls school now. No on-screen transphobia in s1 but I thought it was worth mentioning.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
15
No
0
1
In mental flashbacks, we see references to a gay cis male teen outted at school
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
32
No
14
4
forufourfour
Ben is cheating on his girlfriend with Charlie - we don't know that he's definitely bisexual.
8 comments | Add comment
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
92
Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
96
10
Forest_nymph24
Not in season one, but if future seasons follow the books there will be.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
29
No
68
7
doorbell
not hospital, but a first aid room with medical equipment
3 comments | Add comment
Is there menstruation?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone have cancer?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
88
Mental Health
Yes
68
No
7
4
JaysonBb
Charlie has past trauma from ben/bullying
4 comments | Add comment
0
charlie is suspected to have ocd which leads into a eating disorder
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
51
No
74
11
Forest_nymph24
Not in season one, but if future seasons follow the books there will be.
13 comments | Add comment
Yes
10
No
19
2
sheregenerated
S2
Bradley Riches, who plays James McEwan, is autistic, although it's not confirmed if the character is autistic.
2 comments | Add comment
Is a mentally ill person violent?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
85
0
Yes, it is mentioned that Charlie was being disriminated against for being gay and he was being purposely left out by people.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
29
0
OneirosDream
S1
No, not in first season.
2 comments | Add comment
2
ellieannco
S2
No, but when characters get really upset or really happy, we see cartoon effects on the screen that are separate from the actual reality of the characters
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
11
No
13
Is there misophonia?
21 supporters
Yes
27
No
51
7
anikandem
Most people have said no to this question, but as someone who actually has misophonia, there were some sounds in this show that could potentially bother people who have it. Charlie brushing his teeth and spitting out his toothpaste was a trigger for me, as well as typing sounds and loud cheering sounds at the sports event in the last episode. It all depends on the person!
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Is there ABA therapy?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Is there body dysphoria?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
7
No
23
Yes
28
No
69
8
not in the first season but if the show continues with more seasons there probably will be
2 comments | Add comment
15
GreenFruit
No, but someone does say maybe it would be better if they didn’t exist.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
97
No
23
6
LucysOutlet
there isnt any but there is some intense scenes where charlie is breathing heavily
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
15
No
67
3
beeistyping
a character is forced up against a wall and cannot escape the other character's touch without another character coming in to pull the offender away.
1 comment | Add comment
10
EMBRYY
there's nothing shown or brought up in the show, but a little after the events of the show in the book, charlie is revealed to have anorexia. there's a whole plot about him getting treatment and recovering from the disorder, so if theres ever anymore seasons made this topic will definitely be explored. though nothing is mentioned or shown in the show this far, there are a few moments where charlie is offered food and turns it down, usually by saying he isn't hungry
22 comments | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
91
Yes
0
No
97
Noxious
Yes
4
No
15
1
verosika.
There's a jumpscare in a movie scene in season 1, it's not major but it makes the characters jump
2 comments | Add comment
Are there underwater scenes?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
Yes
2
No
80
0
unknownsys
S2
 E8
Sort of. A toddler cries for a few seconds in a park while being held by their parent
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
Yes
87
No
5
6
raps
The show is filmed via a handheld camera, so most shots are shaky, and can probably be a bit disorienting if you're sensitive to shaky cams.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there screaming?
6 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
0
csbyron1
Cheering at sporting events mostly. There is also a scene in s2e7 where Darcy's mom is screaming at her, but it is muffled by music and we don't hear any actual yelling.
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3
rainbear
There is profanity. It's usually very mild, except for homophobic slurs.
2 comments | Add comment
4
sorryboutit
It's flashy during Harry's party especially when the two girls are dancing together in episode 3. There's also flashing lights in the arcade in episode 5
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Paranoia
1
bonsai
There are a few minor instances of characters being watched without knowing, such as in episode 4, where Tao and Elle watch Nick get asked out by Imogen and tell Charlie about it, and in episode 7, where Ben sees Nick and Charlie holding hands and confronts Charlie about it later.
1 comment | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
53
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
11 supporters
Yes
1
No
60
5
Whoever answered yes is incorrect, you're safe loves
2 comments | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
88
Are there abortions?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
84
Are there babies or unborn children?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
55
Does someone miscarry?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
83
Does a pregnant person die?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
86
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
82
11
Anonymous
There is a trans character, and while she is never misgendered or deadnamed on screen, she and other characters mention past deadnaming and bullying at her old school.
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Does the black guy die first?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
91
Yes
144
No
3
4
rawrxd
episode 7 at the cinema harry calls charlie the f slur
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
84
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
85
Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
Yes
124
No
1
7
GreenFruit
homophobic comments made throughout the show, specifically lesbophobic comments in episode 6
6 comments | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
27
Does an LGBT person die?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
96
1
Use of words like “lame” and “moronic”
2 comments | Add comment
Are there n-words?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
89
Is there aphobia?
10 supporters
Yes
8
No
20
2
Jetskee
S2
However a character does feel isolated as they feel their friends only place importance in relationships
3 comments | Add comment
Race
Is there blackface?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
39
Religious
Is religion discussed?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Are there demons or Hell?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Sex
Yes
9
No
92
3
kimhwamin
nick and charlie do kiss/make out a lot but there's nothing smegsual
12 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
26
1
Mel15
S1
 E1
One boy is seen by another as a person to just text whenever he feels like kissing a boy
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
32
1
verosika.
Characters are shirtless a few times but nothing more
1 comment | Add comment
Is there bestiality?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
26
Is there BDSM?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
0
Anonymous
mr farouk i believe
1 comment | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
84
Sexism
0
rainbear
No but a bully mocks a gay boy for hiding behind his boyfriend "like a girl."
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
0
One character in the art school scene uses a wheelchair/feeding tube, but is not seen in any distress
1 comment | Add comment
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Is someone terminally ill?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Social
Yes
11
No
30
3
verosika.
Darcy sleeps in the park for a night after getting kicked out but nothing more
3 comments | Add comment
Are there anti-abortion themes?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Are there fat suits?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Is existentialism debated?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
73
Are there end credit scenes?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
13
Yes
3
No
83
4
kinda_fruity_ngl
look up the word 'happy' on google, and you'll find this show. The last episode is so happy
5 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
79
Does a car honk or tires screech?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
26
No
11
Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
76
Is someone hit by a car?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
74
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
78
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
Yes
95
No
5
4
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Charlie’s nose bleeds after he tries to tackle someone during the first (?) rugby match.

(Later episode) In the scene after Nick’s altercation at the cinema, he has a bit of blood on his tissue.
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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