The Blacklist 
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Updated: 29 March 2026
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sex abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape off-screen or strongly implied
Rape on-screen

Description

Season 1: a woman finds out she has been married to a spy for her whole marriage. S1E2: there is talk about a character that helps fight against human and sex trafficking (19:00-19:40). It is also mentioned that a specific cartel known as the Eberhardt Cartel specializes in human trafficking. There are many pictures shown of the victims, each with bruises all over. It is mentioned that the survivors tell stories of torture and forced addiction. During a fundraiser, we see pictures of women that has the word “rescued” on them (23:30). Later, it is mentioned that a shipment that was being tracked went missing and that it contained 60 girls (24:30-24:45). A woman who was a victim of sex trafficking, tells her story (24:45-24:40). She mentions that she was kept in a 9-9 room and that she they forced addiction upon her. She also mentions that each victim is branded with a symbol that’s carved into them. It is later found out that the woman raising the fundraiser against human and sex trafficking is actually the largest distributor of enslave children (31:00-34:15). The fundraiser is a front for the Eberhardt Cartel, which she runs. Fortunately, the latest shipment of girls were rescued. S1E12: a man and a woman are kissing each other in a room, but the woman is drugged with something that puts her unconscious. (00:35-01-20) While no sexual assault happened, it could be triggering due to the resemblance. At 12:28-12:35, it is mentioned that a priest had molested 24 teenage boys. S1E13: it is mentioned that five different women were abducted and were impregnated some time during the abduction (14:55-15:18). The agency that is abducting the women and impregnating them are putting their babies up for adoption once they are born. At 22:30-23:10, it is found out that the women are kept in a coma for years, while giving birth multiple times. At 31:10-33:10, there are 22 different women, all in a coma, and most of them with large pregnant bellies. It is said that each victim’s eggs were taken, fertilized, then put back inside them. There does not seem to be any reference to rape or anything, but people might still find this triggering. S2E1: the past child sex abuse of a character is discused throughout the episode. Viewers are made to believe another character is going to be raped when she is forced onto a bed, but instead a photo of her face is taken (34:50-35:50). S2E12: a man reads from the Bible that a father should have intercourse with his daughters (02:08). Afterwards, he is seen to be getting married to a child in a wedding gown. At 4:35 to 4:45 it is mentioned that that church is part of a cult that is a cesspool of polygamy, doomsday paranoia, and ritualized elder and child abuse, although the abuse does not seem to be sexual in nature. At 33:10-33:20, a group of men/boys kidnap all the kids from the church with the intention of marrying them as it was prescribed in their law. S3E4: a character is stated to be responsible for aiding and facilitating the kidnap and rape of another character. S3E5: a character is dragged and pinned to a table by a group of men; it is implied that their intention is rape. S3E8: a male character is captured and a female character grabs something around his groin area which is a bag but in the moment could be seen as her grabbing his groin. S3E12: the plot of the story is about a group of religious people who were initially pedophiles, and who are trying to redeem themselves by going after and killing other pedophiles. Pedophilia and the victims of pedophilia are talked about throughout the episode. It is later found out that this group was being tricked by their leader to go after people who weren’t pedophiles, making fake pedophilic cases against them for his own agenda. S3E15: a programe that hacks into any webcam is leaked. It is mentioned that it can be used to watch people change, etc. A main character breaks into a woman's home without her knowing and she comes downstairs partially dressed. S3E21: an operative pretends to be into someone to gain intel and makes out with her while hacking her computer. S4E3: the main character discusses her husband initially tricking her into loving him and having sex, and how her mom also did that to someone. S4E6: a main character's girlfriend is revealed to be a spy. She was having sex with him, just to gain access to the FBI. S4E7: it is mentioned multiple times that a father married off her 14 year old daughter to a man 40 years older than her. A spy has to kiss and then fight off sex with a woman who is dating him. S4E10: a character discusses being found guilty of rape while he was at university (29:50). Another character discusses the use of child brides and mass rape as a means of control (11:00 and 28:30). S4E11: the boss of a character forcibly attempts to kiss another character. When she declines, she states that she must do as she says to keep her job. The victim complies but is saved by another character who leaves with the boss (26:50-27:50). Past assault is also implied. S4E14: it is briefly mentioned that a group of hackers compets for a job that leaves victims without a soul (04:27-04:32). One of those jobs that was used as an example involved child pornography. S4E15: a man keeps a woman hostage. She is sedated but he shows her a pregnancy test that is positive implying rape off screen. S5E10: a judge talks about how her 17 year old son assaulted a young woman and how she was complicit with the fact that the evidence of the rape kit went missing (30:40-30:56). S5E12: a priest is tempted by the lust so he kills the people who he thinks tempt him. Towards the end (33:10- 33:43), he goes into a woman’s home and grabs her while she is only in underwear. Hhe has urges towards her and is all around creepy. The scene could be considered sexual and trigger trauma in others. In the next scene, he has her wrapped up in plastic and is intending on killing her. He then takes off the plastic wrap that is covering her mouth and kisses her before pulling away with restraint and immediately slapping her across the face. She is visibly distressed throughout the encounter. S5E17: child brides and rape are discussed throughout the episode. A man is shown getting into bed with a teenage wife (14:00). Another former child bride talks abour her experiences (31:30). S6E18: there is a a couple mentions of a sexual harassment complaint between a professor and a university student. There were also rumors that he was sleeping with some of his students as well. It is said that the sexual harassment complaint was fake and that the rumors the professor was sleeping with multiple students were false. The professor did admit to sleeping with one of his students though. There is also a mention about a female that was a victim of a serial killer. It was said that the victim had semen inside her body from a man, who at the time was thought to be the serial killer. It’s later found out that the man who was suspected of being the serial killer was innocent and that what happened between them was consensual. S7E7: the main plot of revolves around men being forcibly impregnated. The criminal who’s doing it is a woman who was a victim of rape. She tried to abort her baby, but the law did not allow it, resulting in her giving birth to her child in prison. After she found out her rapist was released from prison, she kidnapped him and held him prisoner. As revenge, the woman used her rapist’s semen to forcibly impregnate powerful and political men who were against abortion, keeping them hostage until a baby’s heartbeat was detected and the abortion laws would not allow them to abort the baby. Towards the end of the episode, a man who was a victim of rape and being forcibly impregnated goes to a state where he can abort the baby. His last words for aborting the baby was that he was raped. S8E1: there is a brief mention of a 15 year old girl being ordered by her father to sleep with an adult..

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