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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S3 E5, “The Flayed”, 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. Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 2 themes: Violence & injury (8); Swearing (12). 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 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Stranger Things S3 E5:
murdered many children. -What?
Yeah. Uh, child murderer.
Child murderer? -We should really get going.
Drop the gun.
[Hopper] Go, go, go! -[cocks assault rifle]
[Nancy] Blood.
[shotgun cocks] -[Joyce gasps]
Whose blood is that?
Swearing 12 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S3 E5:
[screaming] Shit! Shit!
Yeah, no shit, Harrington!
[Hopper] Go, go, go! -[cocks assault rifle]
[Hopper] Son of a bitch.
Son of a bitch!
[shotgun cocks] -[Joyce gasps]
I know. -I don't think you're like those assholes.
I said shut your damn
[Hopper] Damn it.
How in the hell do we do that? -I don't know.
there's just an elevator that drops you halfway to hell.
I mean, come on, if you drink this crap, it'll kill you.
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