Some of these characters need higher standards for who they are dating.
In terms of overall harmlessness, TV is, for the most part, getting better.
It’s still not perfect, though – there are plenty of moments, even in relatively recent years, that probably never should have happened in the first place.
Here are 16 problematic moments from the last 15 years of television:
1.
This Gossip Girl relationship from 2007
2.
This “gentle” gesture in Office from 2008
3.
This Pretty little Liars relationship from 2010
4.
And this one from 2011
5.
The very many cases of sexual assault in game of thrones from 2011
6.
This response to Ryder’s confession in Joy from 2013
seven.
This Hannibal death since 2014
8.
This “unplanned” pregnancy in Shameless from 2015
9.
This Foreign flying from 2015
ten.
This useless death in The 100 from 2016
11.
This stranger things relationship from 2016
12.
This Riverdale 2017 dance sequence
13.
This on-screen suicide in 13 reasons why from 2017
14.
This Legacy eating disorder “joke” of 2018
15.
Basically all of Insatiable from 2018
16.
This controversy Bridgerton sex scene from 2020
What recent TV moments have you found surprisingly problematic? Sound off in the comments.
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