Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Wednesday S1 E1, “Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+. When a deliciously wicked prank gets Wednesday expelled, her parents ship her off to Nevermore Academy, the boarding school where they fell in love.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (7); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (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
Violence & injury 7 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Wednesday S1 E1:
- attempted murder charges.
- Chowed down on that kid she murdered.
- Look, I know these murders
- my favorite unsolved murder.
- may be a murderer,
- Winner draws first blood.
- never bring a knife to a sword fight.
Swearing 3 moments
How Swearing shows up in Wednesday S1 E1:
- Still think you're weird as shit, though.
- What the hell did you do to my room?
- of scaring the hell out of people?
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Wednesday S1 E1:
- getting stoned.
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