A man on death row is to be executed by injection, but something goes wrong and he is seen convulsing on the table. This scene can be frightening.
Before dying, a man screams that he is coming for a little girl he assaulted murdered and that she better run. This scene is disturbing.
Graphic murder of children shown in several episodes, very disturbing.
Some episodes do not end on a happy note and there are many occasions where the victory of the protagonists feel hollow and meaningless compared to the losses they have suffered.
Children are used by an alien as recreational drugs, a mutated child is shown to be the product of this. Incredibly disturbing, especially considering the children are conscious and sentient during this process.
A woman is forced to watch her son be graphically murdered.
Each episode is intense and emotional in it's own ways.
One episode contains cannibals and it is strongly implied they killed and ate a small village. When questioned why they did this, they answered because they wanted to. This answer horrifies a main character.
One character is immortal (although most viewers should already know) and he is shown to be killed in some mild to strong manners. In the episode "Immortal Sins" of Season 4 there is a flashback of the characters life before the series. As people realise he is immortal and they repeatedly kill him for torture and entertainment. We hear gruesome sounds but don't see much except for bloody marks on his body.
Each series has gotten more mature, Children of Earth is more intense than the first two series put together and Miracle Day is quite shocking in some parts.