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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S4 E2, “Vecna's Curse”, 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. A plane brings Mike to California — and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.
Across the episode we counted 23 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (9); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 9 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Stranger Things S4 E2:
Hawkins student got murdered.
but then he's murdering women on the weekend.
Someone was murdered. -How many phones do you have?
You're a murderer is what you are.
A murderer. A murderer. A murderer. -[menacing music intensifies]
- imitates gun cocking
- imitates gun cocking, farting
Probably sacrificed her, drained her blood for the devil.
Correct! -Want me to strangle him or you want to?
Swearing 9 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S4 E2:
No, it's a shitty knockoff. Yeah.
Police have not released the name… -Holy shit.
[boy 2] Piece of shit. -There you go. See?
Bitchin', right? -Yeah, bitchin'. Do you come here a lot?
Yo, people been using this shithole for years, man.
to tell me what the hell I'm looking at,
For starters, who the hell sent this?
Drugs? No. No way. Chrissy doesn't mess with that crap.
I'm gonna get Enzo his damn money,
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Stranger Things S4 E2:
so probably some druggy OD'd on heroin or some shit.
I mean, listen, if this Reefer Rick is actually a drug dealer,
Chances our drug dealer has a family? -Not likely.
First hangover feels like you're gonna split in two,
I see a whole lot of beer around.
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