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A full list of content warnings is provided here for ease of reference. Warnings for individual episodes can also be found in the show notes and in the transcripts.

Season 1[]

1 Angler Fish Abduction, unsettling strangers, uncanny valley, alcohol, smoking, minor emetophobia.
2 Do Not Open Compulsion, coffins, money, altered mental states, frequent drug mentions, drug use, undead, sleep disorders.
3 Across the Street Unreality, gaslighting, stalking, being watched, imposters, someone being replaced and only you notice, smoking, paranoia-inducing, head injury, surveillance, identity theft, body horror, death, obsessions (watching people).
4 Page Turner Money, lightning, electrocution, heights, vertigo, body horror (skin mutilation), human remains, animal bones, injury (twisted ankle, scars), book burning. Mentions of: food, a child murdering their mother.
5 Thrown Away Dolls, teeth, unsanitary, body horror, privacy invasion, mental instability, emetophobia, mild car accident, mild alcohol mention, injury (twisted ankle), police, mild stalking, implied violence/murder.
6 Squirm Unreality, muggings, attacked in the street, sexual content (non-explicit), worms, gore (people exploding), body horror, scratching, worm infestations in human bodies, things under skin, physical violence, paranoia, fire, alcohol use, emetophobia, mention of drug use.
7 The Piper War, battle, injuries, blood, gun violence, knife violence, bomb violence, psychological trauma, injury (burns), flamethrowers.
8 Burned Out Unreality, death of a father, mental illness (schizophrenia), fire, unsanitary, food, injury (burns), head trauma, immolation, gore, graphic suicide by self-harm, paranoia-inducing, spiders.
9 A Father's Love Child harm, child neglect, disappearance of parent, death of parent, religious violence, serial killer, gore, cults, being chased, darkness, heartbeat sound.
10 Vampire Killer Physical violence, child death, death of a sibling, immolation, heroin/alcohol abuse, gore, cancer, spousal abuse, child abuse, knife violence, blood, hemophobia, survivor's guilt, fire, distended stomach.
11 Dreamer Death, foreseeing death (not one's own), unreality, mental instability, sleep disorders, body horror, suicide, heart disease, strokes, death of a father.
12 First Aid Unreality, immolation, burn injuries, scopophobia, medical setting, knife violence, brain tumour, murder.
13 Alone Rejection, emotional abuse, isolation, death of a loved one, car crashes, graveyard, getting lost.
14 Piecemeal Self-harm, body horror, gore, cannibalism, derogatory language towards addicts, finger trauma, descriptive murder, knife violence, tooth loss.
15 Lost John's Cave Claustrophobia, drowning, death of a sibling, unhealthy family dynamics, caves, survivor's guilt, darkness, getting lost, unintelligible spooky voice (post statement).
16 Arachnophobia Spiders, death, suffocation, being followed, paranoia-inducing, bugs going into people's mouths.
17 The Boneturner's Tale Body horror, bone removal, harm to animals (pet rat), blood, rat mention, death.
18 The Man Upstairs Unsanitary (meat), decay, strangers, trypophobia, emetophobia.
19 Confession I Religious violence, cannibalism, possession, hallucinations, loss of faith, seizures, head trauma.
20 Desecrated Host II Religious violence, cannibalism, possession, hallucinations, emetophobia, loss of touch with reality.
21 Freefall Agoraphobia, acrophobia, falling, death of one's adult child, survivor's guilt, jumpscare [17:55 (post-statement section), 16:40 on YouTube, 17:24 on Spotify].
22 Colony Being trapped, parasites, worms, mention of spiders, trypophobia, scratching, body horror, infestation of worms in a human body.
23 Schwartzwald Claustrophobia, eye horror, graveyard, figures/shadows in a forest.
24 Strange Music Physical violence, dolls, clowns, mild gore, unhealthy romantic relationships.
25 Growing Dark Cults, helplessness, darkness, people you know acting strangely, grabbing hands, cemeteries, religion, church.
26 A Distortion Physical violence, worms, infestation in human bodies, body horror, trypophobia, uncanny valley.
27 A Sturdy Lock Death of a loved one, home intrusion, paranoia-inducing, blood (from unknown/supernatural source), police, ignorant law enforcement, threats of elder abuse.
28 Skintight Skinning, physical violence, people being uncanny, smoking, watching someone without their knowledge.
29 Cheating Death War + warlike injuries, gun violence, mention of bomb violence, gore, self-harm, existential horror, apeirophobia
30 Killing Floor Animal death (cow, sheep, pig), referenced animal abuse, self-harm, physical violence, gore, surreal, people being slaughtered like animals, slaughterhouses.
31 First Hunt Gun violence + hunting (for sport), talk of guns in an admirable light, being chased, animal harm/death, war, murder, gore, mild agoraphobia + otherwise feelings of helplessness.
32 Hive Insects (ants, hornets), infestations, worms, spiders, mild gore, body horror, unreality, trypophobia, dermatillomania, altered mental state, mental instability, fatphobia.
33 Boatswain's Call Isolation, thalassophobia, mentioned sexism, forced silence.
34 Anatomy Class Body horror, blood, gore, uncanny, teeth, mentioned suicide.
35 Old Passages Claustrophobia, animal bones, jumpscare [23:11, 22:16 on Spotify], worms (inc SFX).
36 Taken Ill Disease, physical violence, elder abuse, death + existentialism, insects (flies), dermatillomania, graphic descriptions of illness.
37 Burnt Offering Immolation, spousal death, fear that your child may die, self-harm, animal death (wild animals), suicide.
38 Lost and Found Death, spouse death, believing you are going insane, having others doubt your memory/fear of gaslighting, paranoia-inducing, loud screaming (loud shout of "RUN!" at the very end of the episode), jumpscares from 17:00 onwards.
39 Infestation Parasites, gore, physical violence, body horror, trypophobia, uncanny, jumpscares [02:07s, 02:11, 02:16, 06:40, 18:25], loud screaming (pained shouting by John at the beginning of the episode, long frightened scream by Sasha near the end), alarm sounds, high-pitched audio interference.
40 Human Remains Parasites, gore, physical violence, body horror, trypophobia, gun violence (referenced).

Season 2[]

41 Too Deep Claustrophobia, surreal, dead worms, prison.
42 Grifter's Bone Physical violence, gore, self-harm, suicide, altered mental state, injury (ear trauma), blood, scars, memory loss, murder.
43 Section 31 Immolation, (attempted) suicide, police. Mentions of: spiders. 
44 Tightrope Physical violence, body horror, ableism, unreality, discussion of heights/falling, clowns.
45 Blood Bag Unsanitary, insects (mosquitos), illnesses, hemophobia, blood, death by bugs. Mentions of: syringes.
46 Literary Heights Lightning, death, acrophobia, suicide, high-pitched audio interference. Mentions of: spiders.
47 The New Door Surreal, abduction, physical violence, unreality, mazes, loud shout [16:46 on YouTube], high-pitched audio interference.
48 Lost in the Crowd Agoraphobia, abduction, thalassophobia, isolation, people being unsettling.
49 The Butcher's Window Body horror, torture, bone removal, death and dying, frequent drug mentions, mentioned drug use from a major character, alcohol abuse.
50 Foundations Surreal, claustrophobia, live burial.
51 High Pressure Deep-sea exploration, suffocation, surreal, drowning, high-pitched audio interference, thalassophobia.
52 Exceptional Risk Prison, serial killer mention, darkness, violence, death, suicide mention, law enforcement brutality (abuse of inmates by prison guards).
53 Crusader War (bombs, gun tanks, fellow soldiers dying), body horror, corpses, eye horror.
54 Still Life Unsanitary, dead animals, taxidermy, people being uncanny, inanimate objects moving.
55 Pest Control Unsanitary, insects (ants, mention of wasps, bedbugs, and cockroaches), strangulation, self-immolation, trypophobia, fire, burning.
56 Children of the Night Death, violence, drug use, poverty, people made of spiders, body horror, injection mention, amputation of toes, cancer, jumpscare (bang) [20:18 on YouTube (post-statement section)], angry yelling.
57 Personal Space Isolation, solitary confinement, space exploration, darkness, paranoia, starvation, suicide, existential crisis.
58 Trail Rations Cannibalism, spousal death, knife violence, freezing to death, people being uncanny, undead/dead bodies coming to life.
59 Recluse Past child abuse, spiders, mind control, cannibalism, death, fire.
60 Observer Effect Paranoia, being watched, death of a sibling, alcohol mention, fear of going insane, cancer mention.
61 Hard Shoulder Altered mental states, darkness, people being uncanny, police brutality.
62 First Edition Murder, syringe violence, skinning, mind control, mention of suicide.
63 The End of the Tunnel Darkness, decapitation, paranoia-inducing, being hunted by invisible creatures, invisible danger, shadows, claustrophobia.
64 Burial Rites Body horror, undead, suicide attempt.
65 Binary Transhumanism, compulsive self-mutilation, mouth harm, body horror, eating non-food items, existential horror, cancer mention, supernatural technology.
66 Held in Customs Claustrophobia, drug mention, darkness, being trapped, splinters.
67 Burning Desire Fire, burn injury, mutilation, disfigurement. Mentions of: spiders.
68 The Tale of a Field Hospital Disease, war, open wounds, unsanitary, illness, undead, mention of insects (flies), echoing audio.
69 Thought for the Day Spiders, emetophobia, madness, unethical medical experimentation, body horror, altered mental states, suffocation, self-strangulation (compelled), ableism, physical violence, mild gore, mention of psychological break. Mentions of: racism.
70 Book of the Dead Wounds, mild gore, physical violence, body horror, murder, immolation, death, paranoia-inducing, existential, premonitions of death.
71 Underground Claustrophobia, body horror, entrapment.
72 Takeaway Cannibalism, physical violence, mutilation, restraints, serial killer, racism/anti-Chinese racism, finger trauma. Mentions of: religious violence, infanticide.
73 Police Lights Gun violence, physical violence, wounds, murder, police, darkness, cults.
74 Fatigue Surreal, teeth, slowly worsening mental state, sleep disorder, blood (nosebleed), mention of nausea.
75 A Long Way Down Acrophobia, injuries (broken arm), survivor's guilt, death of a sibling, unhealthy sibling relationships. Mentions of: drugs (cannabis).
76 The Smell of Blood Physical violence, gore, torture, imposters.
77 The Kind Mother Imposters, mimics, emotional abuse from a parent, people being replaced and only you notice, paranoia, mentioned unhealthy romantic relationships/cheating.
78 Distant Cousin Imposters, mimics, paranoia, high-pitched audio interference, the sound of an axe hitting wood.
79 Hide and Seek Imposters, mimics, being chased, loud screaming, jumpscares [03:17 on YouTube], high-pitched audio interference, distorted voices.
80 The Librarian Physical violence, murder, smoking (major character), mentions of insects (ants), mild audio gore.

Season 3[]

81 A Guest For Mr. Spider Gore, physical violence, arachnophobia, compulsion, vague descriptions of past bullying, child death.
82 The Eyewitnesses Physical violence, murder, gaslighting, blackmailing, threatened police brutality.
83 Drawing A Blank Dolls, body horror (skin), physical violence, murder. Mentions of: drugs.
84 Possessive Unsanitary (trash), rotten food, imposters, worms, hoarding. Mentions of: cancer.
85 Upon the Stair Parent death, unreality, depersonalisation.
86 Tucked In Body horror, gore, unsanitary (unknown substances), darkness (and fear thereof), paranoia-inducing.
87 The Uncanny Valley Body horror, gore, unsanitary (sewage, meat), injuries (burns), dolls (moving mannequins).
88 Dig Altered mental states, suffocation/drowning, broken fingernails.
89 Twice as Bright Immolation, injuries (burns), body horror, self-harm, loud screaming [23:50, 23:21 on YouTube], drug use (recurring character).
90 Body Builder Body horror, body dysmorphia, bad self image, eating disorder (food restriction), animal death (sheep), sexism, steroid use.
91 The Coming Storm Nausea, physical violence, choking, police brutality, lightning, electrocution, death, loud gunshot noise at 15:28 on Acast, 15:27 on Spotify], smoking (major character), dissonant sounds.
92 Nothing Beside Remains Manipulation, police brutality.
93 Contaminant Parasites/mould, unsanitary, spousal death, compulsive cleaning, manipulation/compulsion.
94 Dead Woman Walking Altered mental states, undead, death/existentialism.
95 Absent Without Leave Death, body horror, gun violence, physical violence, war (discussion of WW2, fascism, Nazis), mention of cannibalism, suicide, animal death (rats).
96 Return to Sender Body horror, imposters, loud gunshot noise [17:12 on YouTube, 17:39 on Spotify].
97 We All Ignore the Pit Abduction, live burial, altered mental states, violence, mannequins.
98 Lights Out Self-harm, blindness, ableism, emotional abuse from a parent, eye horror.
99 Dust to Dust Suffocation, live burial, animal death (livestock, particularly cattle).
100 I Guess You Had To Be There Spiders, mental instability, isolation, audio distortion [22:17 on YouTube], fire, people on fire, panic attack.
100.1 Deadlands Part 1 Gun violence, gambling, explosive violence.
100.2 Deadlands Part 2 Murder, gun violence, skinning, possession, gun violence, blunt object violence, body horror.
100.3 Lucid Altered reality, sleep disorders, body horror.
100.4 Paint Cursed objects, hospital suspense, guilt.
100.5 Assistants Round Table Gruesome horror prop discussion.
101 Another Twist Clowns, body horror (skinning, distortion), emotional manipulation, high-pitched interference, assisted suicide, loud scream [20:52 on iTunes and Spotify]
102 Nesting Instinct Attempted murder, depression, insects (beetles), infestation in humans, body horror, unsanitary, mind control, nail horror. Mentions of: cancer.
103 Cruelty Free Animal death (pig), animal cannibalism, language, unsanitary, mind control, autocannibalism.
104 Sneak Preview Clowns, body horror (skinning), physical violence, death of a loved one.
105 Total War Warfare, drowning, cannibalism, undead, drug use, mass suicide.
106 A Matter Of Perspective Isolation, smoking, body horror (bleeding ears), deep space, discussion of death, on-screen psychological and emotional abuse/manipulation/torture.
107 Third Degree Being followed, live burial, death, seizure disorder, burning alive, heart attack, kidnapping, gun violence [23:20], axe violence, police, traffic stop. Mentions of: cancer.
108 Monologue Masks, being followed, surreal, audio interference [16:05].
109 Nightfall Kidnapping, cancer, body horror, knife violence, strangulation, blood, sadism.
110 Creature Feature Spiders, body horror, abuse in the workplace, death. Mentions of: transphobia (no misgendering).
111 Family Business Child abuse, child neglect, cults, body horror (skinning), self-mutilation (implied), spousal abuse, undead, smoking (major character, recurring character).
112 Thrill of the Chase Knife violence, direct violence, blood, body horror, sadism, death.
113 Breathing Room Suffocation, death, discussion of death, blood, poisoning, undead, sharp object, eye injury, lobotomy, violence.
114 Cracked Foundation Spiders, mental instability, swearing, body horror.
115 Taking Stock Blood, cannibalism, self-harm, death.
116 The Show Must Go On Blood, automatons (mannequins), eye horror, knife violence, general violence, body horror, mental instability, death and dying.
117 Testament Gun violence, explosive violence, spiders, body horror, death and dying.
118 The Masquerade Fire/burning, emotional manipulation/cruelty, non-consensual mind-reading, clowns, mannequins, body horror, gunshot, jumpscare [11:18], care of a sick parent.
119 Stranger and Stranger Clowns, mannequins, emotional manipulation, audio distortion/interference, altered mental state, death, gore, injury (getting axed), smoking, explosion, changes in non-diegetic material (intro music), death (suicide, main character).
120 Eye Contact Surreal, altered mental state (coma), police brutality.

References episodes:

  • MAG 13: Alone
  • MAG 28: Skintight
  • MAG 34: Anatomy Class
  • MAG 47: The New Door
  • MAG 55: Pest Control
  • MAG 61: Hard Shoulder 
  • MAG 65: Binary
  • MAG 71: Underground
  • MAG 73: Police Lights
  • MAG 76: The Smell of Blood 
  • MAG 88: Dig
  • MAG 89: Twice as Bright
  • MAG 94: Dead Woman Walking
  • MAG 109: Nightfall
  • MAG 117: Testament

Season 4[]

121 Far Away Mortality, undead, violent death (reported), tendrils, constriction, thalassophobia.
122 Zombie Paranoia, psychological zombies, mild ableism, solipsism, mentioned animal death (pet fish), eye horror.
123 Web Development Injury (surgery scars), arachnophobia, eye horror.
124 Left Hanging Heights/falling (cable car rides), acrophobia, cancer, death, parent death.
125 Civilian Casualties Body horror, blood, being chased, death, self-harm, mutilation, police, home surgery, injections, finger trauma, non-consentual drugging, screaming/yelling [22:53].
126 Sculptor's Tool Uncanny, body horror, unreality, people you know being replaced.
127 Remains to be Seen Death, alcohol use, food mention, corpses, autopsy, body horror + scopophobia.
128 Heavy Goods Body horror, dismemberment, cannibalism, impaling, death of a loved one, human remains, alcoholism, spiders, attempted suicide, building fire, audio interference.
129 Submerged Drowning, natural disaster (flood), isolation, grief, emotional trauma, human remains, thalassophobia, poverty.
130 Meat Body horror, dismembered human remains, dismembered animal remains, emotional trauma, death and dying, sleep disorders, anti-Asian racism.
131 Flesh Self-harm, body horror, dismemberment, emotional trauma, knife violence, removal of bones, sounds of pain, on-screen finger trauma (inc SFX).
132 Entombed Claustrophobia, emotional trauma, suffocation, crushing, dissociation, self-endangering behaviour, self-hatred.
133 Dead Horse Body horror, gun violence, time distortion, spatial disorientation, emotional trauma, death and dying, racism.
134 Time of Revelation Human extinction, death and corpses, environmental disaster, existentialism, emotional manipulation.
135 Dark Matter Darkness, kidnapping and imprisonment, cults, manipulation, claustrophobia.
136 The Puppeteer Degenerative illness, puppets, manipulation, mental illness, body horror, smoking, suicidal ideation.
137 Nemesis War, torture experiences, extreme violence, POW (prisoner of war) experiences.
138 Architecture of Fear Paranoia, being watched, body horror, eye horror, death.
139 Chosen Extreme violence, body horror, ritual acts and trauma, childbirth, burning alive, assisted suicide.
140 The Movement of the Heavens Murder, darkness, ritual acts. Mentions of: drugs, cancer.
141 Doomed Voyage Coercion, explosions, lightning.
142 Scrutiny Claustrophobia, coercion, stalking.
143 Heart of Darkness Gunshots, human sacrifice, coercion, cults.
144 Decrypted Conspiracy theories, unhealthy relationship between parent and child, poverty, environmental disaster.
145 Infectious Doubts Elder abuse, supernatural torture, cults.
146 Threshold Adverse mental health discussion, hallucinations, underage drinking. Mentions of: drugs.
147 Weaver Arachnophobia, trypophobia, discussion of the existence of free will, deliberately confusing statement, drug use, syringe mention, self-harm.
148 Extended Surveillance Eye trauma, physical violence, scopophobia.
149 Concrete Jungle Environmental disaster, minor body horror, getting lost.
150 Cul-De-Sac Death, blood, isolation, surreal, human remains, self-harm.
151 Big Picture Threats of violence, falling, mention of mass drowning.
152 A Gravedigger's Envy Unreliable narrator, live burial, death/suicide contemplation, injury, graveyard, romanticisation of death.
153 Love Bombing Cults, emotional manipulation, body horror, unsanitary.
154 Bloody Mary Death (stabbing), domestic/spousal abuse, injury, self-mutilation, ableism (blindness).
155 Cost of Living Self-harm, infanticide, murder, near-death experience, eye gouging, seizure disorder, eugenicist rhetoric, ableism, blindness.
156 Reflection Cannibalism, fairground accidents, starvation, warped body image, eating disorder-like thought pattern.
157 Rotten Core Epidemic/mass infection, extreme body horror, emotional trauma, physical threats, isolation, syringe violence.
158 Panopticon Loud noises (including rock grinding)/static, violence (gun/monstrous), eye horror, extended gunfire, isolation, murder/death/loss.
159 The Last Emotional manipulation, sensory abuse (static), isolation, depression, mention of starvation, unhealthy family dynamic, abusive parents, parental neglect, disappearance, jumpscare [23:05], loud screaming, violent on-screen death.
160 The Eye Opens Apocalypses, eye horror, unreality, compulsion, mentioned animal death, shouting, jumpscare [25:55].

Season 5  []

Trailer Unreality, major character with depression/deteriorated mental state, insects (snake sound effects, unknown species). Mentions of: food.
161 Dwelling Isolation, apocalypses, unreality, emotional self-destruction (main character). Mentions of: food, not needing to eat to survive.
162 A Cosy Cabin Isolation, quarantine, post-apocalypse, unreality, emotional self-destruction (main character), body horror, suffocation. Mentions of: not needing to eat to survive, food.
163 In The Trenches Warfare, gunfire, explosions, loud noises, xenophobia (including antisemitic caricatures), medical trauma, graphic body horror (including trauma to eyes, tooth trauma), chemical warfare, medical malpractice, unreality, claustrophobia in a crowd, mention of needles, death by moving vehicle, being trapped, unsanitary, hunger/starvation, minor emetophobia, burning, cannibalism, jumpscare [04:07 on Spotify].
164 The Sick Village Plague, graphic descriptions of rot/putrefaction, pandemic, quarantine, fungus and spores, xenophobia/racism, bigotry/mob justice, maggots and flying insects (inc SFX), dogs (inc SFX), self-harm, self-mutilation, human sacrifice, immolation and smoke, skin mutilation, body horror, imprisonment/restraint, nationalism, unsanitary.
165 Revolutions Loud/discordant SFX (circus music, quiet screams throughout, growling, audio distortion, glitching sounds, loud static squealing towards the end), mass pain, character death, major body horror, impostors, dissociation, skinning, hunting/being hunted, unreality, spatial distortion, use of the second person voice, emetophobia (minor), entrapment, minor animal harm, comparison of a person to food.
166 The Worms Survivor's guilt, body horror, screams, claustrophobia, reported violence, dehumanisation, anxiety, suffocation, worms (inc SFX), explicit language, burial, entrapment, depression, self-blame, murder, death, scopophobia (discussed), revenge, determinism, insomnia, hunger, time distortion, themes of oppression, distorted audio, self-doubt, cannibalism.
167 Curiosity Manipulation, reported violence, immolation/death by fire, invasion of privacy, telepathy, fainting, mention of war-related trauma. Mentions of: unreality, revenge.
168 Roots Death, hypochondria/mysophobia, heart attack, mortality, cancer, convulsions, stabbing, falling, perceived medical neglect, smoking.
169 Fire Escape Landlord neglect and tenant abuse, on-screen death of a parent, health and safety violations, bedbugs/infestation, domestic toxicity (mentions), coughing/smoke inhalation (inc SFX), character death, burning, house fire, emotional distress, loud/sudden noises, death.
170 Recollection Isolation, depression, anxiety, depersonalisation and self-disorder, self-hatred, financial distress, elderly neglect, emotional/caregiver abuse (mentioned), neurological impairment/mental deterioration, instances of memory loss, funerals (mentioned), perceived abandonment, persistent droning (SFX), unreality.
171 The Gardener Major/graphic body horror, Character death, vocalised suffering and screams/pain (SFX), dysmorphia, anorexia, toxic beauty standards, unhealthy bodybuilding, plastic surgery addiction, body modification, mortality/existential dread, physical disorders/chronic illness, paralysis, self-harm/suicidal ideation, loud noises, noises descriptive of bodily harm.
172 Strung Out Emotional manipulation and abuse (including familial), body horror and wounding, supernatural manipulation, explicit language, addiction (including smoking and drinking), substance abuse (including implied opiate abuse), spiders (inc SFX), implied transphobia, humiliation, schadenfreude and forced laughter, maladaptive coping mechanisms and relapse, abuse of non-binary person, inability to speak, victim blaming, regret, loss of control of one's body, mass suffering, doubt of one's autonomy, paranoia.
173 Night Night Child harm, children in peril, screams (inc SFX), bullying, emotional abuse/neglect, darkness, isolation/helplessness, fear of graphic bodily harm (including cannibalism), perceived parental negligence, police mention, paranoia.
174 The Great Beast Insignificance/diminution, arguments, body horror, falling, dissociative amnesia, SFX of deep impacts/destruction/“pressure wave” distortion.
175 Epoch Body horror (inc animals), description of human remains, self-mutilation, futility/inconsequence, environmental disaster/eco-horror, pollution, water insecurity, existential and theological dread, unpleasant SFX (insects, squelching, sirens).
176 Blood Ties Explicit language, misogynistic language, hostage situation, victimisation/scapegoating, evisceration, blades, character death, SFX for gunshot, evisceration, panicked breathing.
177 Wonderland Arguments, relationship conflict, second-person point-of-view statement, hospitals/mental institutions, mental illness, gaslighting, mental health abuse, medical/therapeutic malpractice, victim blaming, diminution/belittling language, name invalidation, involuntary commitment, medication (including involuntary medication), suicidal ideation (implied), psychosis/unreality, paranoia, explicit language, threats, body horror, avoidance of facts, (SFX: screaming, high pitched tones, discordant music, medication (sounds of taking pills), violence), face mutilation, peeling of skin. Mentions of: death, police brutality, gore.
178 The Processing Line Dehumanisation, helplessness/existential dread, devaluation of human life, reduction of people based on 'usefulness', futility/inconsequence, body horror and torture, body image issues, medical horror, paralysis, arguments, police brutality (discussion of), claustrophobia, explicit language. Mentions of: enclosed spaces, needles/sharp objects, substance abuse, head trauma. SFX: persistent droning, high pitched tones, repetitive mechanical noises, sudden cracking sound, meat processing, insects.
179 Accomplice Prison and police brutality, fire and burning (inc SFX), trauma, human remains (inc blood), body horror, graphic animal attack (inc SFX), direct/gun violence (inc SFX), arguments, character death, grief, explicit language. Mentions of: child abuse, substance abuse, murder, kidnapping.
180 Moving On Second-person perspective, death and mortality, violence (inc SFX), undead (zombies), religious abuse, child abuse (descriptions of). Mentions of: knives, gaslighting. SFX: persistent droning.
181 Ignorance Dissociation, memory loss/mental deterioration, schadenfreude/vicarious embarrassment, suicide, alcohol, excessive drinking.
182 Wellbeing Hospitals, surgery (inc SFX), extreme medical malpractice, involuntary commitment and treatment, body horror, torture, character death, suicide (inc assisted)/suicidal ideation. Mentions of: mental deterioration, chronic pain, needles, stillbirth imagery, strokes, rot. SFX: screaming, high-pitched sounds, blades, drilling.
183 Monument Altered reality/spatial disorientation, futility/inconsequence, self-injury, body horror and wounding, physical violence/graphic injury (inc SFX). Mentions of: blood, murder, falling, isolation.
184 Like Ants Insects and infestation (inc SFX), claustrophobia, anxiety/panic/pleading, pain (inc SFX), trypophobia, non-consensual supernatural actions. Mentions: blood, body horror, crushing, loss, futility/inconsequence.
185 Locked In Prison (inc SFX), dehumanisation, wrongful imprisonment and victimisation, police brutality, uncertain memory and distorted time, abuse of power, physical violence, bullying, isolation, pleading, explicit language.
186 Quiet Depression and sadness, isolation, emotional manipulation, guilt and self-blame. Mentions of: mild body horror, emotional abuse, parental death, dysfunctional/toxic relationships (inc family), grief, ableism, discussion of suffering, death, murder and potential suicide.
187 Checking Out Sudden, loud SFX, emotional manipulation, bullying/taunting, gaslighting, disorientation (spatial and temporal), pleading, arguing, second-person POV, perceived child neglect (inc SFX), character death.
188 Centre of Attention Scopophobia, loss of privacy, judgement and shaming, schadenfreude, bystander apathy, therapeutic malpractice, body horror (inc SFX), eye trauma. Mentions of: grief/loss (discussion), gaslighting, loss of identity, insomnia, asthma attacks.
189 Peers Arguments, scopophobia, mass suffering, poverty and food insufficiency, guilt, political expediency. Mentions of: blood, self-inflicted wounds, physical violence, cults. coughing, yelling.
Act III Trailer Cults. Mentions of: apocalypse, scopophobia.
190 Scavengers Cults, self-recrimination, emotional manipulation. Mentions of: therapy, innuendo, paranoia and anxiety, instances of memory loss, mild vicarious embarrassment, mild language, ableism, death, mass suffering, physical violence, murder, apocalypse.
191 What We Lose Cults, arguments, paranoia and anxiety. Discussions of: death and sacrifice. Mentions of: instances of memory loss/mental deterioration, scopophobia, self-hatred, mild language, murder, food.
192 An Appointment Compulsions (supernatural), emotional manipulation and gaslighting, mental disorientation, paranoia and self-doubt. Mentions of: scopophobia, worms (inc SFX), blackmail, gun violence, isolation, mild language, mass suffering, self-recrimination. SFX: screams, discordant static.
193 A Stern Look Paranoia and anxiety, emotional manipulation and gaslighting, compulsions (supernatural), spiders and arachnophobia, body horror and eye trauma, drug use (marijuana). Mentions of: death, apocalypse and mass suffering, instances of memory loss and identity crisis, blood, physical violence, human remains, classism, deceased parent, scopophobia, parental disapproval. SFX: discordant static and chanting, flies, retching.
194 Parting Arguments, body horror (inc flesh and gore SFX), self-inflicted wounds and body modification (inc SFX), explicit language, panic and emotional distress. Mentions of: alcohol, knives, death, funerals, mass suffering, suicidal ideation, emotional abuse, second-person POV, scopophobia, breathing difficulties SFX, physical violence, gaslighting, tumours/cancer.
195 Adrift Second-person POV, thalassophobia and drowning, suicidal ideation, mental disorientation (inc vertigo), futility/inconsequence. Mentions of: loss of time, scopophobia, cults, death, isolation, police, spiders, injury, nausea, mass suffering. SFX: extensive water sounds, coughing, crying.
196 This Old House Manipulation, altered reality, spiders, heights/vertigo (inc SFX). Mentions of: death, blackmail, war, knives, human remains, paranoia, body horror, live burial, children in peril, arson. SFX: harsh static, insects.
197 Connected Heights and vertigo (inc SFX), spiders (inc SFX), manipulation, body horror (inc SFX), threats, explicit language. Discussions of: altered reality, mass suffering, arson. Mentions: mental disorientation, kidnapping, death and murder, apocalypse, paranoia. SFX: Insects, high-pitched sounds, overlapping voices.
198 Precipice Heights/vertigo (inc SFX), falling, panic (inc breathing SFX), injury/pain (inc SFX), explicit language. Discussions of: emotional manipulation. Mentions of: arguments, death, self-hatred, lack of self-preservation, paranoia, pleading, kidnapping, alcohol. SFX: wind, creaking metal, screaming and suffering.
199 Seeing it Through Arguments, guilt and self-recrimination, smoking, strong language. Discussions of: altered reality, death and self-sacrifice, mass suffering and mass death. Mentions of: violence and murder, mental deterioration, manipulation, trauma, explosions. SFX: crying.
200 Last Words Character death, fire and explosions (inc SFX), vocalised suffering, building collapse, physical violence (inc SFX), pleading, arguments and crying, explicit language. Discussions of: death (inc mass death), mass suffering, existential dread. Mentions of: war, suicide, blood, alternative realities, blades. SFX: distorted static and voices, high frequencies, rumbling, continued clicking and thudding.
MAG Roundtable - Making of Season 5 Spoilers up to and including Episode 200. Explicit language. Discussion of: apocalypse and hellscapes, COVID-19 pandemic. Mentions of: anxiety and stress, hospitals, falling, fictional death, prisons.
MAG Retrospective - Crew Q&A Spoilers up to and including Episode 200. Memory loss and loss of identity, drowning, unreality. Discussion of: supernatural experiences (inc mannequins), claustrophobia. Mentions of: nightmares, anxiety, spiders, burning, falling, COVID-19 pandemic. SFX: water sounds, grinding, high pitched sounds, wind.
MAG Retrospective - Crew's Qs with Jonny & Alex Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives. Discussion of: smoking, physical violence, nuclear accidents, death, vertigo. Mentions of: unreality, panic, war, mould and rot, COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol.
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