"The OA" Homecoming (TV Episode 2016) Poster

(TV Series)

(2016)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A few minutes of life in a brothel. Some drug use, a quick glimpse of a dildo, and moaning/headboard sounds that a child overhears.
  • The sex scene described above occurs without warning to the viewers. The minute is 15:00 and lasts about a minute nudity.
  • There is some discussion of different types of sexual acts throughout the episode. In one scene a teenage girl tells a boy she bit her tongue while giving him oral sex and he asks her if she got any blood on his genitals.

Violence & Gore

  • A character is questioned about their large and suspicious scars. For some, the intense scarring, the events leading up to them, and the nurse's implication that they might have been the result of abuse or torture, might be triggering.
  • A character inadvertently interrupts a drug deal. The dealer snatches her phone away as "tax" for the intrusion. They grapple over the phone as onlookers watch nervously. The dealer orders a large Rottweiler to attack the woman. She falls to the floor and is bitten badly. When onlookers try to intervene, the dealer shoves them.
  • A woman is badly bitten by a large dog. Her clothes are torn and there is a lot of blood visible dripping down her arms. The dog licks her bloody hand.
  • Brief mention of a character bullying classmates for being gay.
  • A character's disturbing premonitions are accompanied by nosebleeds.
  • A woman is seen jumping off a bridge, attempting to commit suicide.
  • A boy is seen punching another boy in the throat.

Profanity

  • In addition to profanity already mentioned in this section, there is usage of d**k (sexual context), f**k/f***ing (in both sexual and non sexual contexts) a**hole (nonsexual context) and more.
  • There is frequent cursing throughout the episode. Multiple uses of damn, sh*t, fu*k and b*tch.
  • There is also several discussions about various sexual acts.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • What some might consider over medication, or improper use of medication to 'cure' supernatural elements in a character.
  • A character who has enormous amounts of responsibility snorts cocaine.
  • Teenagers are seen selling and buying drugs.
  • A teenage boy is seen drinking beer and smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character appears to be mentally incapacitated, and is questioned unsympathetically by police. The character becomes distressed as they are questioned about their trauma.
  • A character discusses past trauma that has a supernatural element, and is met with disbelief by people who believe the character is only saying those things because of mental health issues.
  • A character opens a box which is filled with knives and other sharp instruments. They select an exacto knife/box cutter and release the blade, briefly touching the razor sharp point with their fingertips before another character enters the room and interrupts. Potential knife/self harm triggers.
  • A teenage boy does handstands and backflips on the peak of a roof while someone records. He isn't injured, and it is shown as teenagers being stupid, but it is worrisome.
  • A character punches a wall out of frustration. It occurs immediately after an instance of romantic/sexual rejection and ensuing jealousy.
  • A trans character is repeatedly misgendered/deadnamed by family members, and resorts to buying hormone therapy from a drug dealer because of unsupportive family. A scene briefly shows the character stressed out because their hormone therapy schedule is jeopardized. The transphobia and obstacles this character deals with is hard to watch.
  • Over the course of the episode, there is some brief discussion of disturbing events that happened in the past, including injury due to adjustment to disability, diagnosed psychosis, overmedication against a character's will, bad nightmares, hearing voices.
  • A child is orphaned.

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character is badly injured from a suicide attempt. When the character wakes up in the hospital, they are very disoriented and distressed.
  • A woman's parents watch footage of her suicide attempt, which has gone viral on the internet. Although the woman survives, her parents are distraught at the image.
  • A bus of schoolchildren is intentionally smashed off a bridge by enemies of the childrens' parents. Every young child in the bus drowns to death. The scene is long and intense - there is screaming, shots of a dead body, images of drowning.
  • A character is blinded in an accident.
  • A woman is made infertile due to cancer. She resorts to shady, illegal adoption from a brothel full of child abuse/neglect.
  • A child has intense dreams following trauma. The child also talks in a foreign language while asleep, and in one scene lifts a knife while sleeping until someone intervenes. The child is diagnosed with psychosis.

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