Content & Trigger Warnings for The 100 (2014)
28 content warnings identified across 7 seasons for this show.
Quick Summary
Yes, The 100 (2014) contains 28 content warnings : Homophobia / transphobia (depicted), Religious persecution, Stalking / harassment, Death of a child, Death of a parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief / bereavement (major focus), Suicide (discussed or ideation), Terminal illness, Gaslighting / emotional manipulation, Genocide / ethnic cleansing, Kidnapping / abduction, Natural disasters, War / combat, Wrongful imprisonment, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Needles / medical procedures, Explicit sexual content / nudity, Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations, Drug use (depicted), Child abuse / harm to children, Gore / graphic violence, Gun violence, Self-harm / suicide (depicted), Sexual assault / rape, Slavery / forced labor, Torture.
The most severe warnings are for Death of a child (severity 4/5), Grief / bereavement (major focus) (severity 4/5), Gaslighting / emotional manipulation (severity 4/5), Genocide / ethnic cleansing (severity 5/5), Natural disasters (severity 4/5), War / combat (severity 5/5), Blood / medical gore (severity 4/5), Body horror (severity 4/5), Needles / medical procedures (severity 4/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 4/5), Torture (severity 5/5).
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Does It Get Worse?
10 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.
| Warning | Season | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity & Discrimination | ||||
| Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) | All | 1/5 | Referenced | LGBTQ+ characters present but a major queer character's death was controversially handled |
| Religious persecution | S6 | 3/5 | Depicted | The Primes run a religious cult that sacrifices chosen hosts; believers are manipulated through false faith |
| Religious persecution | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | The Disciples operate as a fanatical cult persecuting non-believers and forcing conversion |
| Stalking / harassment | S3 | 2/5 | Depicted | ALIE's network surveils and tracks everyone; characters are hunted by the chipped population |
| Mental Health & Emotional | ||||
| Death of a child | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | Madi is brain-dead by the finale; Clarke's loss of her adopted daughter is the emotional core of the ending |
| Death of a child | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Young characters die in combat and survival situations |
| Death of a parent | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Multiple characters lose parents throughout the series |
| Forced institutionalization | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters subjected to mind control and forced into the City of Light against their will |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | Clarke's trauma after the Mount Weather massacre is profound; the guilt and grief are central to the season finale |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S3 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters grapple with guilt over past atrocities; Clarke's trauma from Mount Weather drives her actions |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S4 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters face the potential extinction of humanity; saying goodbye to those who won't survive |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S5 | 3/5 | Depicted | Six years of separation and loss weigh on characters; relationships have been irreparably changed |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S6 | 3/5 | Depicted | The group believes Clarke is dead when her body is taken over; the grief is intense before her consciousness is recovered |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S7 | 4/5 | Depicted | The series conclusion involves characters confronting all their accumulated loss and trauma across seven seasons |
| Suicide (discussed or ideation) | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters express hopelessness and desire to die |
| Terminal illness | S4 | 3/5 | Depicted | Radiation sickness is depicted as a slow, painful death; characters show progressive symptoms |
| Other | ||||
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | S3 | 4/5 | Depicted | The City of Light AI chip removes pain and free will; ALIE gaslights people into taking the chip by manipulating their grief and trauma |
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | S6 | 4/5 | Depicted | The Primes gaslight their entire population about the nature of their immortality and the fate of the hosts |
| Gaslighting / emotional manipulation | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | The Disciples manipulate followers through a distorted belief system about Transcendence |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S2 | 4/5 | Depicted | Clarke and Bellamy kill the entire Mount Weather population by irradiating the facility; men, women, and children die |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S3 | 3/5 | Referenced | ALIE's original nuclear apocalypse that killed billions is revealed; she destroyed civilization to solve overpopulation |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S4 | 3/5 | Depicted | Only 1,200 people can survive in the bunker; the selection process involves choosing who lives and who dies |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S5 | 4/5 | Depicted | The habitable valley is destroyed with everyone still inside; McCreary launches missiles rather than lose |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S6 | 3/5 | Referenced | The Primes originally destroyed the native population of Sanctum; this genocide is revealed through flashbacks |
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | S7 | 5/5 | Depicted | The Transcendence test threatens the extinction of the human race if failed; entire civilizations have been wiped out by the judges |
| Kidnapping / abduction | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Characters are captured and held by the Grounders |
| Kidnapping / abduction | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | The 100 are captured and imprisoned in Mount Weather against their will |
| Kidnapping / abduction | S6 | 3/5 | Depicted | Clarke's body is taken over without consent; other characters are captured for use as hosts |
| Natural disasters | S4 | 4/5 | Depicted | A second nuclear apocalypse threatens to kill all life on Earth; radiation storms and environmental destruction are shown |
| War / combat | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Conflict between the 100 and the Grounders escalates to armed confrontation |
| War / combat | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | Military operations and armed conflict between factions intensify throughout the season |
| War / combat | S3 | 3/5 | Depicted | Open warfare between factions and against the chipped population |
| War / combat | S4 | 4/5 | Depicted | Impending nuclear apocalypse drives desperate military actions; armed conflict over the remaining bunker |
| War / combat | S5 | 4/5 | Depicted | War between Wonkru and the Eligius prisoners escalates to full armed conflict over the valley |
| War / combat | S7 | 4/5 | Depicted | The final war involves cosmic-scale conflict with the threat of entire species being eliminated |
| War / combat | All | 5/5 | Depicted | Warfare and tribal conflict are central themes with large-scale battles |
| Wrongful imprisonment | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are held in cages and confined in Mount Weather for blood harvesting |
| Wrongful imprisonment | S5 | 2/5 | Depicted | The Eligius prisoners were used as forced labor in a mining operation; the injustice drives their violence |
| Phobias & Sensory | ||||
| Blood / medical gore | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Blood is visible in combat injuries and wounds throughout |
| Blood / medical gore | S2 | 4/5 | Depicted | Blood harvesting is the central horror of the season; characters are shown being drained and transfused against their will |
| Blood / medical gore | S4 | 3/5 | Depicted | The Conclave and radiation effects involve significant blood imagery |
| Body horror | S6 | 4/5 | Depicted | Body-snatching Primes take over host bodies, killing the original consciousness; the process is shown and is deeply disturbing |
| Needles / medical procedures | S2 | 4/5 | Depicted | Forced blood harvesting through needles and medical procedures is central to the Mount Weather plot; extremely uncomfortable medical imagery |
| Sexual Content | ||||
| Explicit sexual content / nudity | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Sexual content and partial nudity in romantic scenes |
| Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Power dynamics and coercive sexual situations depicted |
| Substance Use | ||||
| Drug use (depicted) | S1 | 1/5 | Depicted | Hallucinogenic nuts cause altered states; minor substance references |
| Drug use (depicted) | S5 | 2/5 | Depicted | The Dark Year reveals forced drug use to enable compliance with horrific survival measures |
| Violence & Physical Harm | ||||
| Child abuse / harm to children | S1 | 2/5 | Referenced | The premise involves sending delinquent teenagers to a potentially lethal planet; the adults knowingly endanger children |
| Child abuse / harm to children | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | Teenagers are subjected to forced medical procedures and blood harvesting; children in Mount Weather are also killed |
| Child abuse / harm to children | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | Madi is targeted, captured, and subjected to mental violation by the season's antagonist |
| Gore / graphic violence | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Teens fight for survival with graphic violence; impalement, stabbings, and bloody injuries are shown |
| Gore / graphic violence | S2 | 4/5 | Depicted | The Mount Weather massacre is extremely graphic; Clarke irradiates the mountain killing hundreds including innocent civilians |
| Gore / graphic violence | S3 | 4/5 | Depicted | Graphic violence increases; characters are brutally beaten and killed while under AI control |
| Gore / graphic violence | S4 | 4/5 | Depicted | Radiation burns and death from nuclear fallout are shown graphically; the Conclave is a bloody gladiatorial fight |
| Gore / graphic violence | S5 | 4/5 | Depicted | Graphic violence in warfare; the Dark Year reveals cannibalism in the bunker under extreme survival conditions |
| Gore / graphic violence | S6 | 3/5 | Depicted | Violence continues with graphic scenes as the conflict with the Primes escalates |
| Gore / graphic violence | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | Continued graphic violence in the final season's conflicts |
| Gun violence | S1 | 2/5 | Depicted | Firearms are used in confrontations between factions; shooting deaths occur |
| Gun violence | S2 | 3/5 | Depicted | Increased gun violence as Mount Weather soldiers and Grounders clash |
| Gun violence | S3 | 3/5 | Depicted | Armed conflicts and shootings occur throughout the fight against ALIE's controlled population |
| Gun violence | S4 | 3/5 | Depicted | Armed conflicts over survival resources and bunker access |
| Gun violence | S5 | 3/5 | Depicted | Heavy gunfighting between factions vying for control of the habitable valley |
| Gun violence | S6 | 2/5 | Depicted | Armed conflict between the group and the Primes' followers |
| Gun violence | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | Armed combat between factions in the final war |
| Self-harm / suicide (depicted) | S3 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters under AI influence are compelled to harm themselves; Raven is driven to self-destructive acts |
| Sexual assault / rape | S3 | 2/5 | Referenced | The loss of bodily autonomy under the AI chip is framed in violation terms; consent is a major theme |
| Sexual assault / rape | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Sexual violence threatened and occurs in several storylines |
| Slavery / forced labor | S5 | 2/5 | Referenced | The Eligius Corporation used prisoners as slave labor for dangerous mining operations |
| Slavery / forced labor | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Forced labor and servitude depicted in grounder society |
| Torture | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are tortured by Grounders; a captured Grounder is tortured by the teens for information |
| Torture | S2 | 5/5 | Depicted | Mount Weather harvests Grounder blood through forced extraction; the 100 are caged and drained; medical torture is graphic and prolonged |
| Torture | S3 | 4/5 | Depicted | Characters are tortured to force them to take the City of Light chip; physical and psychological torment |
| Torture | S4 | 2/5 | Depicted | Characters are subjected to physical violence and coercion in the fight for survival |
| Torture | S5 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are tortured by Eligius prisoners and within the bunker's authoritarian regime |
| Torture | S6 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are tortured and subjected to the mind-wiping procedure against their will |
| Torture | S7 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are tortured by the Disciples for information and to break their will |
Identity & Discrimination
LGBTQ+ characters present but a major queer character's death was controversially handled
The Primes run a religious cult that sacrifices chosen hosts; believers are manipulated through false faith
The Disciples operate as a fanatical cult persecuting non-believers and forcing conversion
ALIE's network surveils and tracks everyone; characters are hunted by the chipped population
Mental Health & Emotional
Madi is brain-dead by the finale; Clarke's loss of her adopted daughter is the emotional core of the ending
Characters subjected to mind control and forced into the City of Light against their will
Clarke's trauma after the Mount Weather massacre is profound; the guilt and grief are central to the season finale
Characters grapple with guilt over past atrocities; Clarke's trauma from Mount Weather drives her actions
Characters face the potential extinction of humanity; saying goodbye to those who won't survive
Six years of separation and loss weigh on characters; relationships have been irreparably changed
The group believes Clarke is dead when her body is taken over; the grief is intense before her consciousness is recovered
The series conclusion involves characters confronting all their accumulated loss and trauma across seven seasons
Characters express hopelessness and desire to die
Radiation sickness is depicted as a slow, painful death; characters show progressive symptoms
Other
The City of Light AI chip removes pain and free will; ALIE gaslights people into taking the chip by manipulating their grief and trauma
The Primes gaslight their entire population about the nature of their immortality and the fate of the hosts
The Disciples manipulate followers through a distorted belief system about Transcendence
Clarke and Bellamy kill the entire Mount Weather population by irradiating the facility; men, women, and children die
ALIE's original nuclear apocalypse that killed billions is revealed; she destroyed civilization to solve overpopulation
Only 1,200 people can survive in the bunker; the selection process involves choosing who lives and who dies
The habitable valley is destroyed with everyone still inside; McCreary launches missiles rather than lose
The Primes originally destroyed the native population of Sanctum; this genocide is revealed through flashbacks
The Transcendence test threatens the extinction of the human race if failed; entire civilizations have been wiped out by the judges
The 100 are captured and imprisoned in Mount Weather against their will
Clarke's body is taken over without consent; other characters are captured for use as hosts
A second nuclear apocalypse threatens to kill all life on Earth; radiation storms and environmental destruction are shown
Conflict between the 100 and the Grounders escalates to armed confrontation
Military operations and armed conflict between factions intensify throughout the season
Impending nuclear apocalypse drives desperate military actions; armed conflict over the remaining bunker
War between Wonkru and the Eligius prisoners escalates to full armed conflict over the valley
The final war involves cosmic-scale conflict with the threat of entire species being eliminated
Warfare and tribal conflict are central themes with large-scale battles
Characters are held in cages and confined in Mount Weather for blood harvesting
The Eligius prisoners were used as forced labor in a mining operation; the injustice drives their violence
Phobias & Sensory
Blood harvesting is the central horror of the season; characters are shown being drained and transfused against their will
The Conclave and radiation effects involve significant blood imagery
Body-snatching Primes take over host bodies, killing the original consciousness; the process is shown and is deeply disturbing
Forced blood harvesting through needles and medical procedures is central to the Mount Weather plot; extremely uncomfortable medical imagery
Sexual Content
Sexual content and partial nudity in romantic scenes
Power dynamics and coercive sexual situations depicted
Substance Use
Hallucinogenic nuts cause altered states; minor substance references
The Dark Year reveals forced drug use to enable compliance with horrific survival measures
Violence & Physical Harm
The premise involves sending delinquent teenagers to a potentially lethal planet; the adults knowingly endanger children
Teenagers are subjected to forced medical procedures and blood harvesting; children in Mount Weather are also killed
Madi is targeted, captured, and subjected to mental violation by the season's antagonist
Teens fight for survival with graphic violence; impalement, stabbings, and bloody injuries are shown
The Mount Weather massacre is extremely graphic; Clarke irradiates the mountain killing hundreds including innocent civilians
Graphic violence increases; characters are brutally beaten and killed while under AI control
Radiation burns and death from nuclear fallout are shown graphically; the Conclave is a bloody gladiatorial fight
Graphic violence in warfare; the Dark Year reveals cannibalism in the bunker under extreme survival conditions
Violence continues with graphic scenes as the conflict with the Primes escalates
Continued graphic violence in the final season's conflicts
Firearms are used in confrontations between factions; shooting deaths occur
Increased gun violence as Mount Weather soldiers and Grounders clash
Armed conflicts and shootings occur throughout the fight against ALIE's controlled population
Heavy gunfighting between factions vying for control of the habitable valley
Characters under AI influence are compelled to harm themselves; Raven is driven to self-destructive acts
The loss of bodily autonomy under the AI chip is framed in violation terms; consent is a major theme
Sexual violence threatened and occurs in several storylines
The Eligius Corporation used prisoners as slave labor for dangerous mining operations
Forced labor and servitude depicted in grounder society
Characters are tortured by Grounders; a captured Grounder is tortured by the teens for information
Mount Weather harvests Grounder blood through forced extraction; the 100 are caged and drained; medical torture is graphic and prolonged
Characters are tortured to force them to take the City of Light chip; physical and psychological torment
Characters are subjected to physical violence and coercion in the fight for survival
Characters are tortured by Eligius prisoners and within the bunker's authoritarian regime
Characters are tortured and subjected to the mind-wiping procedure against their will
Characters are tortured by the Disciples for information and to break their will





