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Skip for under 13
Stranger Things S4 E7, “The Massacre at Hawkins Lab”, 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. As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives — and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.
Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 2 themes: Violence & injury (9); Swearing (8). 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 E7:
Someone was just murdered there.
That there's a gate at every murder site.
[Dustin] …murder site.
No, no, no. You're not. You're losing blood.
and steal guns and grenades and whatever we need
But guns, yeah, sure.
TOSS YOUR GUN! OVER TO ME!
or you start feeling aggressive, like you wanna punch me, let me know.
I kinda wanna punch you.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Stranger Things S4 E7:
[Eddie] Shit!
God damn it! Shit!
[Eddie] Come on, come on, come on, you son of a bitch!
[Robin] Nancy! -[Nancy] Go to hell!
Still super jealous as hell, by the way.
All right, either this kid can't hear us or he's being a total douchebag.
Tricky bastard.
Just inhaled a bunch of that crap. [coughs] It's stuck in my throat.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.