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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S1 E6, “The Monster”, 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. A frantic Jonathan looks for Nancy in the darkness, but Steve's looking for her, too. Hopper and Joyce uncover the truth about the lab's experiments.
Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (10); Slut-shaming (1). 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
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Stranger Things S1 E6:
And then they'd strip her naked and put her in these isolation tanks.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Stranger Things S1 E6:
Sharks can detect blood in one part per million.
That's one drop of blood in a million,
Do you even remember what happened on the Bloodstone Pass?
until you both start punching and yelling at each other
Swearing 10 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S1 E6:
All three of you were being a bunch of little assholes!
And it all went to shit. And we were all disabled!
You know, shit you can do with your mind.
You hear me? She'll kill you, you sons of bitches!
[Carol] Damn. Sorry. -[Tommy chuckles]
Real hippie crap.
What the hell was that?
[Carol] Oh! [Tommy] Damn!
[scoffs] Go to hell, Nancy.
You mean piss your pants?
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in Stranger Things S1 E6:
You don't want to be known as the lying slut now, do you?
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