Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
This tv show contains 53 potentially triggering events.
Towards the beginning of episode 1, a dragon is briefly shown grabbing a large bird by the neck, setting it on fire and hurling it to the ground. The bird dies.
Episode 3 there are people show reaching out of cages and more that are being kept as slaves.
Episode 3 around the 33:00 mark a man tries to escape a beating and is held back.
Around the 1:00:00 mark it becomes obvious that those held by the orcs are chained by their feet.
In episode 2 a rope frays and snaps while a wooden pole is being pulled into an upright position. After the rope snaps the character holding the pole’s ankle breaks. We later see it heavily bruised.
Episode 6 around 25 minutes there is a fight scene between Arondir and an orc in which there is a lot of gore when Arondir stabs an object in the orcs eye and keeps twisting it around for about 2 minutes
S1e6 a character is pierced completely through by an arrow but survives. While being treated there are several closeups of the wound with blood gushing.
Sort of? In Ep 4, a room full of women holding babies is swallowed into the ocean. It's a vision of the future, so it hasn't happened yet, but the imagery and sound were still hard to get through.
Someone is sort of temporarily eaten by a tree, but they're fine. At one point, in a foggy cemetery, someone is pulled into a hole in the ground and maybe sort of kind of eaten. Later 2 people are pulled down into the mud by a monster and I think maybe they're temporarily eaten by it, but they're ok, too.
There is a scene in episode 6 where a tavern is used as a makeshift medical area during a battle, people look on while a serious wound is attended to (SPOILER: patient's child has to assist with the care of the wound)
When Sauron is standing outside with his horse lightning flashes multiple times. Once he's inside speaking to the elf who makes the rings there are more flashes of lightning and then there's some bright fire.
In 1x05, Durin tells Elrond to “fetch his feathery shirts” when he agrees to help him, taking a jab at his Elvish attire which is far less stereotypically ‘manly’ than what dwarves tend to wear. It is more meant as a friendly jab though, given that Durin and Elrond are close friends, and Elrond takes no offense
"Harfoots" are presented as always dirty migrant people, with fake, exaggerated Irish accents. So... There's that... If you wanna look at it in a meta way: the ancestors of the hobbits, that are supposedly depicted here, were not like this either. At all.
It's surprisingly gory at some points, in a way, that does not otherwise fit the general tone. It feels like they wanted to be shocking/edgy, like the sudden horse beheading at the beginning of game of thrones (with the body horror cow and the unnecessarily graphic arm bone breaking and medical procedure).