Content & Trigger Warnings for DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Sara and Ava's relationship faces some resistance; John Constantine's bisexuality and queer themes are explored with some prejudice encountered

Queer relationships are normalized on the show; occasional encounters with prejudice in time-travel settings

Gwyn's storyline explores historical homophobia; his relationship with a soldier is forbidden in his WWI-era context

Gwyn's historic homophobia arc continues and resolves; the show affirms queer relationships in its conclusion

Time travel to historical eras confronts characters with period racism; Jax faces discrimination in past time periods

Time travel episodes continue to confront historical racism and its effects on team members

Several team members have deceased parents informing their backstories; parental loss motivates character decisions

Sara Lance's death and resurrection arc is central; Ray Palmer grieves his fiancee; the team is assembled from people with loss

The team processes losses from the previous season; new relationships form out of shared grief

The team faces significant character losses; Sara's leadership is tested by death and sacrifice within the group

Character losses and relationship changes create emotional moments amid the humor

Team changes and departures create emotional moments; characters process relationship endings and personal growth

Characters deal with changes in the team dynamic; departures and relationship shifts create emotional moments

The final season involves farewell themes and characters accepting endings; emotional weight of the series conclusion

Rip Hunter manipulates the team about the true nature of their mission and his personal motivations

The Legion of Doom manipulates time and reality; Rip Hunter is brainwashed and turned against the team

Time Bureau bureaucracy and Mallus's manipulation of Nora Darhk create deceptive dynamics

Neron manipulates characters through demonic bargains and deception; the demon operates through trickery

Bishop manipulates Sara and clones her without consent; identity and autonomy questions arise from the cloning

Time-travel paradoxes and villainous deceptions continue to create confusing identity situations for the team

Final antagonists use deception and time manipulation against the team; reality is questioned in the closing arc

Plots involving potential extinction-level events and historical atrocities

Characters are captured by Vandal Savage and his forces across different time periods

Team members are captured by the Legion of Doom; historical figures are kidnapped and manipulated

Characters are captured and possessed by Mallus; Nora Darhk is held under supernatural influence since childhood

Magical fugitives capture and endanger people; team members are held by supernatural forces

Sara is abducted by aliens; the team's rescue mission drives the early part of the season

Minor capture and rescue scenarios as part of standard time-travel adventure plotting

Natural and supernatural disasters depicted across various time periods

Time travel takes the team to historical wars and conflicts; combat scenarios in various time periods

Time travel to World War I, the American Revolution, and other conflicts with period combat depicted

Time-displaced historical conflicts continue; Vietnam War era and other periods feature combat

Less emphasis on historical warfare as the show focuses more on magical threats and comedy

World War I setting features prominently with period-appropriate combat and warfare

Time-travel combat continues through the final arc with various historical and futuristic settings

The team is imprisoned and must break free; confinement scenarios in the final conflict

Firestorm's nuclear transformation effects; some villain transformations and time-travel physical distortions

Mallus's demonic possession causes disturbing physical effects; anachronistic creatures appear with monstrous forms

Magical transformations and creature designs; Neron's demonic form and various magical fugitives have monstrous appearances

Alien biology and experiments on Sara; some creature designs are unsettling though played for humor

Some creature and transformation effects; Gwyn's storyline involves supernatural elements with mild body horror

Minimal body horror; some transformation effects but the show remains light through its conclusion

Some characters drink heavily as a coping mechanism

John Constantine's vices are referenced; magical potions and supernatural substances appear

Constantine's magical substance use continues as a minor character trait

Nora Darhk was groomed and manipulated by Mallus from childhood after her father's death; her lost childhood is addressed

Superhero combat violence with some blood; action sequences feature punches, explosions, and weapon impacts

Superhero combat violence remains consistent; some more intense moments with the Legion of Doom villains

Supernatural threats like Mallus create some intense action; violence remains moderate as the show gets campier

Magical creatures and supernatural threats; some blood in action scenes but the campier tone keeps it light

Alien encounters and supernatural threats create some intense action moments; generally light in tone

The show is at its most comedic and lightest; violence is mostly played for humor with minimal graphic content

Minimal graphic content as the series maintains its comedic identity through the final episodes

Superhero combat violence with some bloody and graphic moments

Firearms used in action sequences involving time-traveling threats; superhero combat includes gunplay from villains and some heroes

Continued firearms action in time-travel missions; the team faces period-appropriate weapons across eras

Action sequences continue but the show shifts toward more comedic and fantastical combat; firearms less prominent

Standard action sequences; the show continues its lighter comedic approach to superhero combat

Continued moderate action; alien threats and time-travel combat with firearms present but not emphasized

Standard superhero action sequences; firearms in various time periods and confrontations

Final season action maintains the show's lighter tone; firearms in various confrontations

Sara struggles with bloodlust from her resurrection in the Lazarus Pit; her desire to die and be at peace is referenced

Time travel to American history puts the team in contact with slavery; the horror of the institution is acknowledged

Villains use torture and coercion on captured team members; Rip's brainwashing is a form of psychological torture

Characters are captured and tortured by villains in multiple storylines