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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?

Stays Consistent Content intensity remains similar across seasons.

10 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 8 warnings
Avg severity:(2.1)
Kidnapping / abductionWar / combatBlood / medical goreDrug use (depicted)Child abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture
Season 2 11 warnings
Avg severity:(3.5)
Grief / bereavement (major focus)Genocide / ethnic cleansingKidnapping / abductionWar / combatWrongful imprisonmentBlood / medical goreNeedles / medical proceduresChild abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture
Season 3 10 warnings
Avg severity:(3.1)
Stalking / harassmentGrief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingWar / combatGore / graphic violenceGun violenceSelf-harm / suicide (depicted)Sexual assault / rapeTorture
Season 4 9 warnings
Avg severity:(3.2)
Grief / bereavement (major focus)Terminal illnessGenocide / ethnic cleansingNatural disastersWar / combatBlood / medical goreGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture
Season 5 9 warnings
Avg severity:(3.0)
Grief / bereavement (major focus)Genocide / ethnic cleansingWar / combatWrongful imprisonmentDrug use (depicted)Gore / graphic violenceGun violenceSlavery / forced laborTorture
Season 6 9 warnings
Avg severity:(3.1)
Religious persecutionGrief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingKidnapping / abductionBody horrorGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture
Season 7 10 warnings
Avg severity:(3.4)
Religious persecutionDeath of a childGrief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingWar / combatChild abuse / harm to childrenGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture

Identity & Discrimination

All seasons 1/5Referenced

LGBTQ+ characters present but a major queer character's death was controversially handled

Season 6 3/5Depicted

The Primes run a religious cult that sacrifices chosen hosts; believers are manipulated through false faith

Season 7 3/5Depicted

The Disciples operate as a fanatical cult persecuting non-believers and forcing conversion

Season 3 2/5Depicted

ALIE's network surveils and tracks everyone; characters are hunted by the chipped population

Mental Health & Emotional

Season 7 3/5Depicted

Madi is brain-dead by the finale; Clarke's loss of her adopted daughter is the emotional core of the ending

All seasons 4/5Depicted

Young characters die in combat and survival situations

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Multiple characters lose parents throughout the series

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Characters subjected to mind control and forced into the City of Light against their will

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Clarke's trauma after the Mount Weather massacre is profound; the guilt and grief are central to the season finale

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Characters grapple with guilt over past atrocities; Clarke's trauma from Mount Weather drives her actions

Season 4 3/5Depicted

Characters face the potential extinction of humanity; saying goodbye to those who won't survive

Season 5 3/5Depicted

Six years of separation and loss weigh on characters; relationships have been irreparably changed

Season 6 3/5Depicted

The group believes Clarke is dead when her body is taken over; the grief is intense before her consciousness is recovered

Season 7 4/5Depicted

The series conclusion involves characters confronting all their accumulated loss and trauma across seven seasons

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Characters express hopelessness and desire to die

Season 4 3/5Depicted

Radiation sickness is depicted as a slow, painful death; characters show progressive symptoms

Other

Season 3 4/5Depicted

The City of Light AI chip removes pain and free will; ALIE gaslights people into taking the chip by manipulating their grief and trauma

Season 6 4/5Depicted

The Primes gaslight their entire population about the nature of their immortality and the fate of the hosts

Season 7 3/5Depicted

The Disciples manipulate followers through a distorted belief system about Transcendence

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Clarke and Bellamy kill the entire Mount Weather population by irradiating the facility; men, women, and children die

Season 3 3/5Referenced

ALIE's original nuclear apocalypse that killed billions is revealed; she destroyed civilization to solve overpopulation

Season 4 3/5Depicted

Only 1,200 people can survive in the bunker; the selection process involves choosing who lives and who dies

Season 5 4/5Depicted

The habitable valley is destroyed with everyone still inside; McCreary launches missiles rather than lose

Season 6 3/5Referenced

The Primes originally destroyed the native population of Sanctum; this genocide is revealed through flashbacks

Season 7 5/5Depicted

The Transcendence test threatens the extinction of the human race if failed; entire civilizations have been wiped out by the judges

Season 1 2/5Depicted

Characters are captured and held by the Grounders

Season 2 3/5Depicted

The 100 are captured and imprisoned in Mount Weather against their will

Season 6 3/5Depicted

Clarke's body is taken over without consent; other characters are captured for use as hosts

Season 4 4/5Depicted

A second nuclear apocalypse threatens to kill all life on Earth; radiation storms and environmental destruction are shown

Season 1 2/5Depicted

Conflict between the 100 and the Grounders escalates to armed confrontation

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Military operations and armed conflict between factions intensify throughout the season

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Open warfare between factions and against the chipped population

Season 4 4/5Depicted

Impending nuclear apocalypse drives desperate military actions; armed conflict over the remaining bunker

Season 5 4/5Depicted

War between Wonkru and the Eligius prisoners escalates to full armed conflict over the valley

Season 7 4/5Depicted

The final war involves cosmic-scale conflict with the threat of entire species being eliminated

All seasons 5/5Depicted

Warfare and tribal conflict are central themes with large-scale battles

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Characters are held in cages and confined in Mount Weather for blood harvesting

Season 5 2/5Depicted

The Eligius prisoners were used as forced labor in a mining operation; the injustice drives their violence

Phobias & Sensory

Season 1 2/5Depicted

Blood is visible in combat injuries and wounds throughout

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Blood harvesting is the central horror of the season; characters are shown being drained and transfused against their will

Season 4 3/5Depicted

The Conclave and radiation effects involve significant blood imagery

Season 6 4/5Depicted

Body-snatching Primes take over host bodies, killing the original consciousness; the process is shown and is deeply disturbing

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Forced blood harvesting through needles and medical procedures is central to the Mount Weather plot; extremely uncomfortable medical imagery

Sexual Content

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Sexual content and partial nudity in romantic scenes

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Power dynamics and coercive sexual situations depicted

Substance Use

Season 1 1/5Depicted

Hallucinogenic nuts cause altered states; minor substance references

Season 5 2/5Depicted

The Dark Year reveals forced drug use to enable compliance with horrific survival measures

Violence & Physical Harm

Season 1 2/5Referenced

The premise involves sending delinquent teenagers to a potentially lethal planet; the adults knowingly endanger children

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Teenagers are subjected to forced medical procedures and blood harvesting; children in Mount Weather are also killed

Season 7 3/5Depicted

Madi is targeted, captured, and subjected to mental violation by the season's antagonist

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Teens fight for survival with graphic violence; impalement, stabbings, and bloody injuries are shown

Season 2 4/5Depicted

The Mount Weather massacre is extremely graphic; Clarke irradiates the mountain killing hundreds including innocent civilians

Season 3 4/5Depicted

Graphic violence increases; characters are brutally beaten and killed while under AI control

Season 4 4/5Depicted

Radiation burns and death from nuclear fallout are shown graphically; the Conclave is a bloody gladiatorial fight

Season 5 4/5Depicted

Graphic violence in warfare; the Dark Year reveals cannibalism in the bunker under extreme survival conditions

Season 6 3/5Depicted

Violence continues with graphic scenes as the conflict with the Primes escalates

Season 7 3/5Depicted

Continued graphic violence in the final season's conflicts

Season 1 2/5Depicted

Firearms are used in confrontations between factions; shooting deaths occur

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Increased gun violence as Mount Weather soldiers and Grounders clash

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Armed conflicts and shootings occur throughout the fight against ALIE's controlled population

Season 4 3/5Depicted

Armed conflicts over survival resources and bunker access

Season 5 3/5Depicted

Heavy gunfighting between factions vying for control of the habitable valley

Season 6 2/5Depicted

Armed conflict between the group and the Primes' followers

Season 7 3/5Depicted

Armed combat between factions in the final war

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Characters under AI influence are compelled to harm themselves; Raven is driven to self-destructive acts

Season 3 2/5Referenced

The loss of bodily autonomy under the AI chip is framed in violation terms; consent is a major theme

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Sexual violence threatened and occurs in several storylines

Season 5 2/5Referenced

The Eligius Corporation used prisoners as slave labor for dangerous mining operations

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Forced labor and servitude depicted in grounder society

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Characters are tortured by Grounders; a captured Grounder is tortured by the teens for information

Season 2 5/5Depicted

Mount Weather harvests Grounder blood through forced extraction; the 100 are caged and drained; medical torture is graphic and prolonged

Season 3 4/5Depicted

Characters are tortured to force them to take the City of Light chip; physical and psychological torment

Season 4 2/5Depicted

Characters are subjected to physical violence and coercion in the fight for survival

Season 5 3/5Depicted

Characters are tortured by Eligius prisoners and within the bunker's authoritarian regime

Season 6 3/5Depicted

Characters are tortured and subjected to the mind-wiping procedure against their will

Season 7 3/5Depicted

Characters are tortured by the Disciples for information and to break their will

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