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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S2 E3, “The Pollywog”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (4); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Stranger Things S2 E3:
♪ He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun ♪
Reptiles, they're cold-blooded. Ectothermic, right?
spilling some punch.
That's what I love about you. You punch back.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S2 E3:
Oh! Shit! Shit!
Are you shitting me? -Excuse me?
Then you turned bitch.
...and you keep your shit out of my town.
What the hell is...
All right? Not way the hell out here.
Dude, we need you, man. That douchebag's killing us. Let's go!
Where'd you go, you little bastard?
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Stranger Things S2 E3:
You got mad at me because I was drunk...
I was drunk, Steve. I don't remember any of that.
People say stupid things when they're wasted.
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