The Self Injury Anthology Project: TV Series and Programs
Buffy - Episode 91: "Blood Ties"We see Dawn standing in the doorway. A large knife in one hand, blood running down her other arm from a wound across the inner forearm.
DAWN: (dazed) Is this blood?
We see Joyce and Giles across the room, turning to look.
BUFFY: Dawn!
JOYCE: Oh, baby.
Buffy and Joyce rush over to Dawn.
BUFFY: What did you do?!
DAWN: This is blood, isn't it? It can't be me. I'm not a key. (Buffy looks shocked) I'm not a thing.
JOYCE: Oh, sweetie, no. Wha-what is this all about?
DAWN: (grimly) What am I? (getting teary) Am I real? Am I anything?
She begins to cry. Joyce hugs her. Buffy watches grimly, also a little teary-eyed.
-Transcript credits: Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com)
Buffy - Episode 123: "Lessons"SPIKE: (Yelling) Don't you think I'm trying? I'm not fast. I'm not a quick study. (Suddenly crying) I droped my board in the water and the chalk all ran. Sure to be caned. (Laughs) Should've seen that coming.
He moves away from Buffy into a corner, but she follows. His unbuttoned shirt was loose, but he covered his chest with it, crossed his arms, and leaned his back against the wall. She reaches for his shirt to see what he was hiding. He looks away. There are numerous deep gashes on the upper left side of his chest, like he has been clawed.
BUFFY: What did you do?
SPIKE: I tried... I... tried to cut it out.
-Transcripts credits: CariCranberry
ER - Episode 164/227257: "If I Should Fall From Grace"Carter and Susan speak with Grace about the marks on her arm. She explains to them that she use to be a cutter, but she no longer does it. She also tells them that she also use to have an eating disorder. She says that she has received treatment for the disorders and that she is better now. Susan sees that she has new cuts and decides that she needs to be sedated.
-Transcript credits: Tony Conner
7th Heaven - Episode 47: "Cutters"Nicole goes upstairs and closes the bathroom door. A few minutes later, Mary comes upstairs and opens the door by accident. She is shocked to find Nicole in front of the bathroom mirror. She is "cutting" her arm with a razor. Nicole suddenly sees Mary.
-Transcript credits: Unknown
Hollyoaks (UK) - Several EpisodesSubplot about the self harming of Lisa Hunter.
Beverly Hills 90210 - Episode 237: "Skin Deep""Donna discovers that her assistant, who has very low self-esteem, calms herself by cutting her arms with a razor." -TVHome.com
Oz (HBO) - Episode 3: "God's Chillin'""When Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) discovers that his baby is dying he uses a scalpel to cut his face and stab himself in the hand."
Southpark - Episode 706: "Lil' Crime Stoppers"Stan: [turns to address Cartman] Right, so it's possible that the theif sat out in that tree. [the scenario begins. A view into the bedroom from the tree at night] He would have watched Sarah with the doll, possibly while cutting the palms of his hands with a large knife. [a hand appears, then the opposite hand with a knife. The knife cuts the first hand as Sarah drops her doll on the bedroom floor] The pain gave him sick pleasure.
-Transcript credits: The South Park Scriptorium
Jackass (MTV) - Various episodesA controversial inclusion, but a minority of the stunts performed by the jackass team can technically be seen as self injourious acts. Do keep in mind that the most commonly used definitions of SI only include indepently performed acts.
Strong Medicine - Episode unknownDetails unknown
Degrassi: The Next Generation - Episode 45: "Whisper to a Scream""With stress in her life, Ellie starts to cut, but finds help from an unlikely source." - TVHome.com
Law and Order - Episode 163: "Baby It's You"Cuts in the form of a pentagram are discovered, when the autopsy of a young model who died of a blood disease is being done.
The 10th Kingdom (mini series) - Episode 5A Troll cuts his forearm.
Comfortably Numb (Channel 4/UK)Drama about an addiction treatment center. A girl burns herself in one scene.
Addiction: The High Price of Fame (E!)Self injury is briefly discussed.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Episode 223: 'The Hunger Artist'The victim, Ashleigh, had "attacked" her face because she didn't think she was perfect.
Grissom comments; "I mean, Ashleigh was convinced that everything about her needed to be fixed. The real problem was inside her head. She couldn't deal with that so she tried to fix the outside. Hence, the digging and picking and purging and bleeding.
To us, it would be torture. To her ... some sort of release."
Strong Medicine, Episode 31 - Control GroupScars discovered on a young Korean woman being treated for anorexia.