Content & Trigger Warnings for Dark Matter (2024)
13 content warnings identified across 1 season for this show.
Quick Summary
Yes, Dark Matter (2024) contains 13 content warnings : Stalking / harassment, Death of a child, Grief / bereavement (major focus), Gaslighting / emotional manipulation, Infidelity, Kidnapping / abduction, Body horror, Confined spaces (claustrophobia), Needles / medical procedures, Drug use (depicted), Gore / graphic violence, Gun violence, Torture.
The most severe warnings are for Grief / bereavement (major focus) (severity 4/5), Gaslighting / emotional manipulation (severity 4/5), Kidnapping / abduction (severity 4/5), Gun violence (severity 4/5).
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Does It Get Worse?
7 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.
| Warning | Season | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity & Discrimination | ||||
| Stalking / harassment | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are tracked and pursued across multiple realities by dangerous antagonists. |
| Mental Health & Emotional | ||||
| Death of a child | S1 | 3/5 | Referenced | The loss of a child in an alternate reality is a significant emotional thread. |
| Death of a child | All | 3/5 | Referenced | The loss or potential loss of a child is a significant emotional element across realities |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters confront alternate versions of their lives and mourn paths not taken. |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Characters experience profound grief over lost family members and alternate versions of loved ones |
| Other | ||||
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | S1 | 4/5 | Depicted | Identity theft and impostor scenarios where characters question their own reality and sanity. |
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | All | 4/5 | Depicted | The protagonist's reality is manipulated and he is made to question what is real throughout the series |
| Infidelity | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Alternate-reality versions of characters have different romantic relationships, creating complex fidelity questions. |
| Kidnapping / abduction | S1 | 4/5 | Depicted | The protagonist is abducted and held captive, which drives the central plot. |
| Kidnapping / abduction | All | 4/5 | Depicted | The protagonist is abducted and held against his will, which drives the central plot |
| Phobias & Sensory | ||||
| Body horror | All | 2/5 | Depicted | Some unsettling imagery related to alternate reality versions of characters and physical transformations |
| Confined spaces (claustrophobia) | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters trapped in enclosed spaces and the claustrophobic Box device used for interdimensional travel. |
| Needles / medical procedures | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Injections and medical-adjacent procedures shown as part of the interdimensional travel mechanism. |
| Substance Use | ||||
| Drug use (depicted) | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | A drug is central to the plot, used to enable travel between parallel worlds and forcibly administered. |
| Violence & Physical Harm | ||||
| Gore / graphic violence | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Violent scenes with blood and injury as characters fight for survival across worlds. |
| Gun violence | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters use firearms in tense confrontations across multiple realities. |
| Gun violence | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Shootings and gun violence are depicted across multiple episodes as characters face threats in alternate realities |
| Torture | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Characters are drugged and physically restrained during captivity sequences. |
| Torture | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are subjected to physical and psychological torture in some episodes |
Identity & Discrimination
Characters are tracked and pursued across multiple realities by dangerous antagonists.
Mental Health & Emotional
The loss of a child in an alternate reality is a significant emotional thread.
The loss or potential loss of a child is a significant emotional element across realities
Characters confront alternate versions of their lives and mourn paths not taken.
Characters experience profound grief over lost family members and alternate versions of loved ones
Other
Identity theft and impostor scenarios where characters question their own reality and sanity.
The protagonist's reality is manipulated and he is made to question what is real throughout the series
Alternate-reality versions of characters have different romantic relationships, creating complex fidelity questions.
The protagonist is abducted and held captive, which drives the central plot.
The protagonist is abducted and held against his will, which drives the central plot
Phobias & Sensory
Some unsettling imagery related to alternate reality versions of characters and physical transformations
Characters trapped in enclosed spaces and the claustrophobic Box device used for interdimensional travel.
Injections and medical-adjacent procedures shown as part of the interdimensional travel mechanism.
Substance Use
A drug is central to the plot, used to enable travel between parallel worlds and forcibly administered.
Violence & Physical Harm
Violent scenes with blood and injury as characters fight for survival across worlds.
Characters use firearms in tense confrontations across multiple realities.
Shootings and gun violence are depicted across multiple episodes as characters face threats in alternate realities
Characters are drugged and physically restrained during captivity sequences.
Characters are subjected to physical and psychological torture in some episodes
