Content & Trigger Warnings for Legacies (2018)

Young characters die in the supernatural conflicts throughout the series.

Hope's backstory centers on the deaths of both her parents; referenced frequently throughout

Continued references to Hope's orphan status; other characters face parental loss themes

Hope's parental losses continue to be referenced as core motivation for her emotional shutdown

Alaric faces mortal danger; parental loss themes come full circle in the finale

Hope struggles with profound grief after losing both parents and her uncle; central emotional arc

Characters continue processing loss; Landon's repeated deaths weigh heavily on Hope

Hope turns off her humanity to cope with Landon's apparent death; grief drives the central arc

Series finale deals heavily with loss, saying goodbye, and processing accumulated grief

Characters express hopelessness and willingness to sacrifice themselves in desperate situations

Characters consider self-sacrifice as the only solution to cosmic-level threats

Characters express hopelessness and contemplate self-sacrifice in dire supernatural situations.

Dark magic influence causes characters to manipulate and deceive those close to them

Humanity-off Hope manipulates and emotionally torments her friends to keep them away

Antagonistic gods use deception and manipulation against the main characters

Emotional manipulation occurs between characters dealing with supernatural powers and loyalties.

Romantic entanglements and betrayals occur in the teen relationship dynamics.

Students are occasionally captured or held by supernatural threats

Characters are captured and held by antagonistic forces in several episodes

Characters are trapped in Malivore and other dimensions against their will

Characters are imprisoned and held by god-like antagonists

Characters are captured or held by supernatural enemies in multiple episodes.

Blood is frequently shown in vampire-related scenes and supernatural rituals.

Various monster-of-the-week creatures feature body transformations and grotesque appearances

Dark Josie transformation features unsettling body horror elements; various monsters have grotesque forms

Monster designs continue to feature grotesque and unsettling body transformations

Gods and ancient supernatural beings feature disturbing physical transformations

Monster appearances often include sudden reveals and jump scare moments

Monster encounters and dark magic sequences include jump scare moments

Limbo and Malivore sequences feature sudden frightening reveals

Fewer jump scares as the season focuses more on emotional resolution than monster horror

Alaric struggles with alcohol as a coping mechanism for his losses

Alaric's drinking problem escalates and becomes a more prominent storyline

Alaric's alcoholism continues; Hope drinks heavily during her humanity-off phase

Alaric's relationship with alcohol remains a recurring thread

Teenage characters shown drinking at parties; some references to substance experimentation

Monsters are dispatched in gory fashion; supernatural creatures disintegrate or are dismembered

Continued monster-of-the-week violence with more graphic creature deaths

Continued supernatural violence; Hope's humanity-off arc leads to more brutal confrontations

Final season maintains supernatural violence level; vampire and monster kills shown on screen

Supernatural violence including vampire attacks and magical combat with some blood and injuries.

Occasional use of firearms in confrontations with supernatural threats and human antagonists

A character sacrifices themselves in a manner that evokes suicidal themes

Landon's repeated sacrificial deaths carry increasingly heavy self-destructive undertones

Hope's humanity-off state involves self-destructive behavior and reckless endangerment

Characters make sacrificial choices that blur the line between heroism and self-destruction

Humanity-off Hope uses painful methods against supernatural creatures and occasionally allies