Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

Name: Star Trek: Discovery
Released: 2017
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz

TV-14 6.9/10 IMDb

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Creator: Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Racial slurs / racism (depicted) Religious persecution

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child (referenced)Death of a parent Grief / bereavement (major focus) Terminal illness

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation Genocide / ethnic cleansing (referenced)Kidnapping / abduction Natural disasters War / combat Wrongful imprisonment

Phobias & Sensory

Blood / medical gore Body horror Confined spaces (claustrophobia)

Substance Use

Drug use (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children (referenced)Gore / graphic violence Gun violence Self-harm / suicide (depicted) Sexual assault / rape (referenced)Torture

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Better Content intensity decreases in later seasons.

4 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 12 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingWar / combatWrongful imprisonmentBlood / medical goreBody horrorGore / graphic violenceGun violenceSexual assault / rapeTorture

Season 2 10 warnings

Avg severity:(2.4)

Religious persecutionDeath of a parentGrief / bereavement (major focus)Terminal illnessGaslighting / emotional manipulationWar / combatBlood / medical goreBody horrorGore / graphic violenceGun violence

Season 3 9 warnings

Avg severity:(2.4)

Death of a childGrief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationWar / combatConfined spaces (claustrophobia)Drug use (depicted)Gore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture

Season 4 8 warnings

Avg severity:(2.4)

Grief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingNatural disastersWar / combatConfined spaces (claustrophobia)Gore / graphic violenceGun violence

Season 5 6 warnings

Avg severity:(2.0)