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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S1 E2, “The Weirdo on Maple Street”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods. Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.
Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (2); Suicide & self-harm (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
Tommy and Carol have been having sex since, like, seventh grade.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
She tried to get naked.
Hey, what if she slept naked?
Is that a new bra?
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
Can't ask a corpse questions.
Are you in some kind of trouble? -Is that blood?
Suicide & self-harm 2 moments
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
[Callahan] Missing kid, suicide...
The last suicide was the fall of '61.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
He's in deep shit right about now.
Look, all I'm saying is, maybe I'm not the asshole, all right?
[Tommy laughing] -You're such an asshole, Tommy.
It sucks. -Yeah.
[Joyce faintly] Where the hell are you, Lonnie?
[Callahan] Oh, hell, I could survive that.
Hits you like a ton of bricks. Break every damn bone in your body.
Damn, you've gotten stronger.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Stranger Things S1 E2:
And he was drunk as a skunk. He did it on a $10 bet.
Make sure I don't get drunk and do anything stupid.
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