# Stranger Things — parent guide (34 episodes)

Source: https://watchwiththekids.com/stranger-things.html
Scoring: violence, sex and language each 1–5; overall = the highest of the three.
Buckets: 0 all clear (1–2), 5 gray area (3), 29 hard pass (4–5).

## S1 E1 — The Vanishing of Will Byers
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0101.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: On his way home from a friend's house, young Will sees something terrifying. Nearby, a sinister secret lurks in the depths of a government lab.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Mike] Something is coming. Something hungry for blood.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] guns cocking
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Did it have any blood on it, or-- -No, no, no, no, no...”
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “We're in deep shit. -Will, your action!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Oh, shit! -[Lucas] Where'd it go?”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Assholes. -[Mike] I think it's kinda cool.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Bitch! -[Jonathan] Mom.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “It's because she's been dating that douchebag, Steve Harrington.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Joyce] Where the hell are they?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Karen] Oh, Joyce, hi. -What the hell, Mike?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Hey, Chief. -Damn! You look like hell, Chief.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “One at a damn time. You.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “No! -You're just pissed off”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Her new boyfriend. -You are such a douchebag, Mike!”
- Homophobic jokes — 1 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “[softy] Called him a fag.”
- Slut-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You mean, you're not a slut.”

## S1 E2 — The Weirdo on Maple Street
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0102.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 2/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Lucas, Mike and Dustin try to talk to the girl they found in the woods. Hopper questions an anxious Joyce about an unsettling phone call.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Tommy and Carol have been having sex since, like, seventh grade.”
- Nudity & bodies — 3 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “She tried to get naked.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Hey, what if she slept naked?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Is that a new bra?”
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “Can't ask a corpse questions.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Are you in some kind of trouble? -Is that blood?”
- Suicide & self-harm — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “[Callahan] Missing kid, suicide...”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “The last suicide was the fall of '61.”
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “He's in deep shit right about now.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Look, all I'm saying is, maybe I'm not the asshole, all right?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Tommy laughing] -You're such an asshole, Tommy.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “It sucks. -Yeah.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Joyce faintly] Where the hell are you, Lonnie?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Callahan] Oh, hell, I could survive that.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Hits you like a ton of bricks. Break every damn bone in your body.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Damn, you've gotten stronger.”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “And he was drunk as a skunk. He did it on a $10 bet.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Make sure I don't get drunk and do anything stupid.”

## S1 E3 — Holly, Jolly
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0103.html
Scores: violence 2/5, sex 2/5, language 3/5, overall 3/5 (Preview first — about 11+)
Summary: An increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Tommy] I bet Mr. Mundy's still a virgin.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Carol] Oh, he's so a virgin!”
- Violence & injury — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Army knife... also from 'Nam.”
- Swearing — 6 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “"Marissa! Hey, it's not gonna work out. Sorry I wasted your time. I'm a dick."”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Tommy] That's why science doesn't make any damn sense to me.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “[sighs] What the hell's wrong with her?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “He was involved in some hippie crap back in the day, so what?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “No, this isn't hippie crap. This is CIA-sanctioned research.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!”

## S1 E4 — The Body
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0104.html
Scores: violence 2/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Nancy and Jonathan form an unlikely alliance.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “So? -My parents are gonna murder me!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Everything's still here, but it's all eroded. Covered in blood...”
- Swearing — 7 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You don't understand. My dad's a grade-A asshole.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Dustin] Holy shit!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Thanks for ruining the game, dick.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What you did sucks.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Are you actually believing this crap?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “It's some emergency... -What the hell are you talking about?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Jesus, the hell happened?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “don't mention the beers.”

## S1 E5 — The Flea and the Acrobat
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0105.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Hopper breaks into the lab while Nancy and Jonathan confront the force that took Will. The boys ask Mr. Clarke how to travel to another dimension.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 4 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[gun cocking] -Hands up. Hands up!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You ever shot a gun before?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Fresh blood. I knew it. -Lucas, come on!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Bull! That's old blood. Right, El?”
- Swearing — 7 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “I mean, I was a total dick. -Yeah, you were.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[cocks gun] -[breathing heavily]”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Like I'm out of my damn mind. -Hey.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “or whatever the hell you want to call it,”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “We get that money, anywhere he damn well pleases!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “He had every right to be pissed”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[beer can clatters] -[both chuckle]”

## S1 E6 — The Monster
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0106.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 2/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: A frantic Jonathan looks for Nancy in the darkness, but Steve's looking for her, too. Hopper and Joyce uncover the truth about the lab's experiments.
Watch for:
- Nudity & bodies — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “And then they'd strip her naked and put her in these isolation tanks.”
- Violence & injury — 4 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Sharks can detect blood in one part per million.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “That's one drop of blood in a million,”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Do you even remember what happened on the Bloodstone Pass?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “until you both start punching and yelling at each other”
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “All three of you were being a bunch of little assholes!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “And it all went to shit. And we were all disabled!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You know, shit you can do with your mind.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You hear me? She'll kill you, you sons of bitches!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Carol] Damn. Sorry. -[Tommy chuckles]”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Real hippie crap.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “What the hell was that?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “[Carol] Oh! [Tommy] Damn!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “[scoffs] Go to hell, Nancy.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “You mean piss your pants?”
- Slut-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You don't want to be known as the lying slut now, do you?”

## S1 E7 — The Bathtub
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0107.html
Scores: violence 2/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Eleven struggles to reach Will, while Lucas warns that "the bad men are coming." Nancy and Jonathan show the police what Jonathan caught on camera.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You say blood draws this thing?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “All right, move in. -[guns cocking]”
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Lucas] ...son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit! -This way, come on!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Faster, faster! -Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You're both assholes. That's my problem.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Try that side. -[grunts] Son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[sighs] God damn it, Jonathan.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “I know. -Damn it.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell is going on here? -[Powell] Chief...”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “And piss yourself.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “What the hell, Steve? -[Steve] You know,”
- Slut-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “The slut with a heart of gold.”

## S1 E8 — The Upside Down
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0108.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Dr. Brenner holds Hopper and Joyce for questioning while the boys wait with Eleven in the gym. Back at Will's, Nancy and Jonathan prepare for battle.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 6 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Is that blood?”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Okay, is this a joke? Stop. Put the gun down.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] gun clicking
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[Hopper] There's more blood.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[guns firing] -[indistinct shouting]”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[guns firing] -Come on, come on!”
- Swearing — 9 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I'm telling you, Lunch Lady Phyllis hoards that shit.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[Jonathan] Come on. Come on, you son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Go to hell, you son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “That's right! -Eat shit!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Hello? Will someone please explain to me what the hell is going”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Jesus! Jesus! What the hell was that?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Let her go! Let her go, you bastard!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Give me another one. -Kill it! Bastard!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Damn it. -[Mike] It roars in anger!”

## S2 E1 — Madmax
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0201.html
Scores: violence 2/5, sex 2/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.
Watch for:
- Porn / strippers / sex work — 1 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “I'm not prostituting my sister!”
- Violence & injury — 1 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “Oh! Damn it. My mom's gonna murder me. -So go home. I'll radio if she comes.”
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit! Shit! Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch! We got more! -[Mick] Oh, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “We got these bastards now!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell is wrong with you, Adams? The hell are you doing?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[distorted] Adams! Come on. What the hell? Why'd you stop?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “It's crap, I know.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “No, it's not crap.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I said, "Hire yourself a damn lawyer. See how far that gets you."”

## S2 E2 — Trick or Treat, Freak
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0202.html
Scores: violence 2/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: After Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] toy gun firing
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “He was like, [gruffly] "Hey, assholes."”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Lucas, is it bad? Lucas? Son of a bitch, Lucas. Is it bad?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[song continues on car radio] -God, this place is such a shithole.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You smell that, Max? That's actually shit.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Cow shit. -I don't see any cows.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Then what the hell is this? -Owens said it would get worse.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “You're damn straight. -[Powell chuckles]”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Merrill didn't just hit me last night. He hit damn near everyone.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Like a giant pissed all over Jack's bean field.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “What the hell?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “No, it's fine. Wine makes me crazy.”

## S2 E3 — The Pollywog
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0203.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Dustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 4 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “♪ He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun ♪”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Reptiles, they're cold-blooded. Ectothermic, right?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “spilling some punch.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “That's what I love about you. You punch back.”
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Oh! Shit! Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Are you shitting me? -Excuse me?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Then you turned bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “...and you keep your shit out of my town.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell is...”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “All right? Not way the hell out here.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Dude, we need you, man. That douchebag's killing us. Let's go!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Where'd you go, you little bastard?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 3 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “You got mad at me because I was drunk...”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I was drunk, Steve. I don't remember any of that.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “People say stupid things when they're wasted.”

## S2 E4 — Will the Wise
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0204.html
Scores: violence 1/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: An ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.
Watch for:
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I'm like that psychotic son of a bitch?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Oh, shit. You don't know.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Plenty of bitches in the sea.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Hey! Hey, assholes!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[sniffs] Oh, shit!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Open the damn door!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Grow the hell up!”

## S2 E5 — Dig Dug
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0205.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Joyce] Knife? -It's over there.”
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Walking home. Yeah, yeah, I know. -Hey! Watch the attitude, shitbird.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Son of a bitch. You're really no help at all, you know that?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “And those assholes that killed Barb...”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “No? Well, where the hell is he?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I'm sorry? What the hell am I sorry for?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “It's a central nervous system depressant. So yes, with vodka.”

## S2 E6 — The Spy
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0206.html
Scores: violence 1/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Will's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger, but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “No, no, no, no, no. Like a... Like a sexual electricity.”
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I don't hear shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You've got chemistry, history, plus the real shit, shared trauma.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “What? No, I mean, my dad's-- -An asshole.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “All right, asshole! God! -Okay! Stupid.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “My stepbrother's always been a dick,”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Commie bastards sure know how to make a spirit. Am I right?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “I'd cut the bullshit and share the damn bed.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “The hell is that? [sniffles] -Uh, something you should see.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Who the hell were you talking to?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “It's that damn graveyard.”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Oh, no, don't-- I mean-- He's so drunk.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Wasted. [sighs] -Yeah.”

## S2 E7 — The Lost Sister
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0207.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 3/5, overall 3/5 (Preview first — about 11+)
Summary: Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Come on, Axe. Put down the knife.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You hear me, freak? -Put the gun down.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[gun cocks] -[exclaims]”
- Swearing — 7 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Give me that shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Get off! Shit! Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[gun cocks] -[exclaims]”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “If they find us, they will unleash hell.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Damn, Shirley. What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Don't walk away from me! Grow the hell up!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Damn, Shirley. -[police sirens wailing]”

## S2 E8 — The Mind Flayer
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0208.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 3/5, overall 3/5 (Preview first — about 11+)
Summary: An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You can't just shoot this with guns.”
- Swearing — 7 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Son of a bitch! You know what...”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Son of a bitch did it.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Those little shits are real trouble, you know?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Joyce] Oh, shit.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Dustin] Holy shit.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “What the hell's he doing?”
- Homophobic jokes — 1 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “like some faggot instead of watching your sister?”
- Slut-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “He's gonna call whatever whore he's seeing tonight”

## S2 E9 — The Gate
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0209.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “[Dustin] Murder the son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] rifle clicks
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “lying piece of shit! -Okay. All right! Stop it.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend, but...”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Bitchin'. -[chuckles and sniffles]”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “No buts. I promised I'd keep you shitheads safe,”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Small? Redhead? Bit of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[exclaims] Shit! Did he see us?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[Dustin] Murder the son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[Dustin] Now! Now! -[Mike] Get that shithead!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “The hell is this? Where you been? -Where have you been?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “turns out I'm actually a pretty damn good babysitter.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “It's like, it sucks everything towards it and destroys it.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “The hell is this?”

## S3 E1 — Suzie, Do You Copy?
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0301.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 3/5, overall 3/5 (Preview first — about 11+)
Summary: Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “"Oh, El, I wish we could make out forever,”
- Violence & injury — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “♪ Come on with a gun ♪”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] "Hot Blooded" playing
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “♪ Hot blooded ♪”
- Swearing — 5 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “The power went out last night, remember? -Oh, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You know, it is that smug son of a bitch, Mike.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “and my douchebag dad's trying to teach me a lesson,”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “What the hell?”
- Fat-shaming — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Hey, lard-ass!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You wanna be banned for life, lard-ass?”

## S3 E2 — The Mall Rats
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0302.html
Scores: violence 1/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Nancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.
Watch for:
- Swearing — 6 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Oh, shit, shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “And then we never have to work at this shithole again.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Can you believe that shit? -Whoa. Seriously?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Hey, my board. That was important data, shitbirds.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Oh, you've gotta be shitting me.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I caught one of the little bastards.”

## S3 E3 — The Case of the Missing Lifeguard
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0303.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: With El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “something hungry for blood.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Steve] What do you think's in there? -[Dustin] Guns, bombs?”
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Holy shit, this is insane.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Max] Holy shit, I can't believe we're really doing this.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “All right? They're assholes, okay? I get it.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “I mean, why do you think I ended up back in this shithole?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “I was being a total asshole.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What the hell are you doing? -I need to borrow these.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I mean, fellas, you gotta admit, it's a hell of a headline, right?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 3 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “I told you to slow down on that wine, Janet.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Hm. It's all that wine.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “♪ Them good ol' boys Were drinking whiskey and rye ♪”

## S3 E4 — The Sauna Test
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0304.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 6 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “But it's nice to know he's not a murderer, because that would've totally sucked.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I don't know where that blood came from, but...”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “the Russian with this keycard also has a massive gun.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Did you not hear the part about the massive gun?”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “swollen eye, a lot of blood... -...things that all added up...”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “behave, and don't get beat up.”
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Why wouldn't it? Because it looks like he beat the shit out of you.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Just like Bruce and those assholes”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yeah, yeah, those assholes gave us jobs.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Shit. -[Steve] That work?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yes, those shitheads.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You little shits think this is funny?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Get the hell out of my son!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Larry grunts] Damn it!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Hopper] Let's cut the crap, Larry! -Larry!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Hell, he isn't even around.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Yeah, the real world sucks.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Just press the damn button, nerd.”

## S3 E5 — The Flayed
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0305.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 8 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “murdered many children. -What?”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “Yeah. Uh, child murderer.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “Child murderer? -We should really get going.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Drop the gun.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Hopper] Go, go, go! -[cocks assault rifle]”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[Nancy] Blood.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[shotgun cocks] -[Joyce gasps]”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Whose blood is that?”
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[screaming] Shit! Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Yeah, no shit, Harrington!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Hopper] Go, go, go! -[cocks assault rifle]”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Hopper] Son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[shotgun cocks] -[Joyce gasps]”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “I know. -I don't think you're like those assholes.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “I said shut your damn”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Hopper] Damn it.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “How in the hell do we do that? -I don't know.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “there's just an elevator that drops you halfway to hell.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I mean, come on, if you drink this crap, it'll kill you.”

## S3 E6 — E Pluribus Unum
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0306.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Dr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] guns cocking
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “They're gonna come in here, commando-style, guns a-blazin',”
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Go, go, go, go, go! -[Dustin] Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Steve] Go! Shit! Shit, shit, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I have dealt with assholes like this”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You are going to regret that, little bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You were a real asshole, you know that?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Nancy] Damn!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “so he can stop selling us that crap.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “to get his own damn...”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Steve] What the hell?!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Bastards! Let us out! Let us out!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Cocky bastard. "But..."”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “You wanna ask him what the hell's so funny about that?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Can I help you with something? -Whiskey.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “You have whiskey? -No, but I do have vodka.”
- Slut-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “I said, get away! -You-- You whore!”

## S3 E7 — The Bite
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0307.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 2/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: With time running out -- and an assassin close behind -- Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[in Russian] I told them they should have sex.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “They have not had sex?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “and get to the part where you admit your sexual feelings for one another?”
- Violence & injury — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] pumps shotgun
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] Nancy pumps shotgun
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yeah, well, I already got a bunch of blood and puke on my shirt, so...”
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Erica] Dustin, watch out! -[Dustin] Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Stop! -Shit! Come on! Come on!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yeah, bitchin'.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Watch it! -[man 2] Happy Fourth, dick.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “I have a feeling that really pissed him off.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Steve] This sucks. -[beeping]”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Doc] The appropriate question is "When the hell are they?"”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “and then you hung up on them, so we don't know what the hell's going on,”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Pick up, pick up, pick up, you commie bastards!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “And you were a douchebag.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “[Steve] It was pretty damn close. -[Lucas] Okay, Russians?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I don't do drugs. It's only marijuana.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “They seem drunk. -Why would they be drunk?”
- Fat-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Fatty foods, ugly decadence,”

## S3 E8 — The Battle of Starcourt
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0308.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Terror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] cocks assault rifle
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “♪ And the guns ♪”
- Swearing — 10 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Dustin] Holy shit. Holy shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Dustin] Oh, shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “but I've been down in that shithole for 24 hours.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] cocks assault rifle
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] Steve] Hey, asshole! Over here! [grunts
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “He was a bit of a prick to us in high school, I'll grant you that,”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “This is gonna hurt like hell, okay?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Um, I'm ten, you bald bastard!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Jonathan] What the hell? -What?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “He's a douchebag of the highest order, Robin.”

## S4 E1 — The Hellfire Club
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0401.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 3/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: El is bullied at school. Joyce opens a mysterious package. A scrappy player shakes up D&D night.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Do I wanna start another relationship that has no point other than sex?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What did I just say? -Something about sex with Linda.”
- Nudity & bodies — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “She has nipples.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Don't come in! I'm naked!”
- Violence & injury — 2 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “and I woke up looking like a corpse.”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “and stab them in the back with my poison-soaked kukri.”
- Swearing — 9 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “The hell are you doing? It's ten after. -Oh, shit. Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “He was an asshole.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Shit, he seems really revved up today.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Really? -Mopey Dick.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Let's kill the son of a bitch.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “"For us to lose to some… some crap school?"”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I'm gonna run like hell outta here. -[Dustin laughs]”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “of about five drunks.”
- Fat-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[voice distorting] …or I'm gonna gut you like the fat pig that you are.”

## S4 E2 — Vecna's Curse
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0402.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: 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.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 9 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “Hawkins student got murdered.”
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “but then he's murdering women on the weekend.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “Someone was murdered. -How many phones do you have?”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “You're a murderer is what you are.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “A murderer. A murderer. A murderer. -[menacing music intensifies]”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] imitates gun cocking
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] imitates gun cocking, farting
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Probably sacrificed her, drained her blood for the devil.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Correct! -Want me to strangle him or you want to?”
- Swearing — 9 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “No, it's a shitty knockoff. Yeah.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Police have not released the name… -Holy shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[boy 2] Piece of shit. -There you go. See?”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Bitchin', right? -Yeah, bitchin'. Do you come here a lot?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yo, people been using this shithole for years, man.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “to tell me what the hell I'm looking at,”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “For starters, who the hell sent this?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Drugs? No. No way. Chrissy doesn't mess with that crap.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “I'm gonna get Enzo his damn money,”
- Alcohol & drugs — 5 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “so probably some druggy OD'd on heroin or some shit.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “I mean, listen, if this Reefer Rick is actually a drug dealer,”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Chances our drug dealer has a family? -Not likely.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “First hangover feels like you're gonna split in two,”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “I see a whole lot of beer around.”

## S4 E3 — The Monster and the Superhero
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0403.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 3/5, overall 3/5 (Preview first — about 11+)
Summary: Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “experiment sexually.”
- Violence & injury — 10 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “I don't wanna waste your time. It's a real shot in the dark.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “and that he's the one running around committing these murders?”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “But Victor committed the eyeball murders, like, way back in the '50s.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “So, he's a grandpa murderer”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “That's why I said it was a shot in the dark.”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “To where Chrissy was murdered.”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “"The murder that shocked a small community."”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “which then murdered his family, removing their eyes.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I know it's a lot of blood, but you're going to be okay.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “I'll punch you so hard your teeth will fall back out.”
- Swearing — 6 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Argyle] I know this may be, like, upsetting and shit,”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “He'll shit his pants and cry for Mommy. This guy's no fighter.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “If I wanted to chat, Doctor, I would've picked up the damn phone.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[boy 3] Hell, yeah.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Nosy bastard.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Lucas, what the hell?”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “That's wine.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “pound some beers,”

## S4 E4 — Dear Billy
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0404.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Max is in grave danger... and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “eating Enzo's with your sexy woman.”
- Nudity & bodies — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Also, this bra that you gave me is really pinching my boobs.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “My boobs hurt. And I'll tell you the truth, Anthony.”
- Violence & injury — 5 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “With all the murders and everything, I…”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Go, go, go! -Whoa, is that real blood, man?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “But… Oh my God. Why is that guy holding a gun?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “But I still highly recommend slapping some juicy pineapple on your pie.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “I think we can beat him. -What?”
- Swearing — 9 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[panting] Give me a second. Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[whispers] Holy shit. There's a little ballerina in here.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “I mean, of course this asshole curses me.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “"Love, your shitty little sister,”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “All right. Yeah, that definitely sucks,”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Where the hell's Sinclair?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Move, bastard!”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “[Mike] What the hell is going on?!”

## S4 E5 — The Nina Project
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0405.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 3 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Just get his gun and make him turn us around.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Get his gun. Just like that, huh?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “And I beat him.”
- Swearing — 7 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Argyle] Shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Will] More napkins. -[Mike] Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “What exactly are we supposed to be looking for in this shithole?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[gun cocks] -[both grunting]”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Charlie's moving south like a plague 'cause of commie bastards like you, and…”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Look, I don't believe in that supernatural crap, all right?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Yuri, I need to take a piss here.”
- Alcohol & drugs — 4 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “More weed? Is that really a good idea now?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “He's stoned out of his mind. Doesn't know what he's talking about.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “The cops who think Chrissy's a drug dealer?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “but a cold beer would really calm my jangled nerves.”

## S4 E6 — The Dive
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0406.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 6 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “These murders are ritualistic sacrifices. -[crowd gasping]”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “Our children are not murderers, Ted. -Don't put words in my mouth.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “The blood supply to the brain is cut off.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “There was blood.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “My warehouse is there. Supplies, guns, truck.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[gun cocks] -Let's go! Move it!”
- Suicide & self-harm — 1 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “[chuckles] It is suicide.”
- Swearing — 11 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Eddie. Holy shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You make sure to give that selfish four-eyed shit a nice little shove for me.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[gun cocks] -Let's go! Move it!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[chuckles] You son of a bitch. -[Hopper laughs]”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “You gotta be shitting me. -Yeah.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Who the hell are you?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “We are truly in hell if hell froze over.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “What? -You heard me, you stubborn bastard.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Pull your damn weight. -Language!”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “but still, it's pretty damn big.”
- Alcohol & drugs — 1 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “[in English] You are drunk, American.”

## S4 E7 — The Massacre at Hawkins Lab
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0407.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: 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.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 9 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “Someone was just murdered there.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “That there's a gate at every murder site.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “[Dustin] …murder site.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “No, no, no. You're not. You're losing blood.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “and steal guns and grenades and whatever we need”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “But guns, yeah, sure.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “TOSS YOUR GUN! OVER TO ME!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “or you start feeling aggressive, like you wanna punch me, let me know.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “I kinda wanna punch you.”
- Swearing — 8 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Eddie] Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “God damn it! Shit!”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Eddie] Come on, come on, come on, you son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Robin] Nancy! -[Nancy] Go to hell!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Still super jealous as hell, by the way.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “All right, either this kid can't hear us or he's being a total douchebag.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Tricky bastard.”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Just inhaled a bunch of that crap. [coughs] It's stuck in my throat.”

## S4 E8 — Papa
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0408.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.
Watch for:
- Sex & hookups — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “For me, she is still a virgin. [chuckles]”
- Violence & injury — 12 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “only a sick, evil, male, child-murdering version of her with really bad skin.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “Stab him in the heart. Blow him up with some explosive Dustin cooks up.”
  - [Explicit · Mid episode] “but now I'm wanted for murder,”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “And we'll see if… if these murders keep happening.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[guns click] -[shrieks]”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] empty gun chamber clicking
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Yuri will fly you to moon. -[gun clicks]”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “You think fake Rambo has enough guns there?”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Is that blood, man? -Shit.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Steve] Maybe you punched it wrong. Try again.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Max] I didn't punch it in wrong. -[Steve] Well, I don't know.”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “before we've had a chance to throw a punch?”
- Swearing — 9 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Yeah? No shit! -We're trying. We can't find anything.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “What is all this shit? -What are you even looking for?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “I honestly don't care how you put this asshole in his grave.”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “[in Russian] Son of a bitch!”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] gun cocks loudly
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[Eddie grunts] -You son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “[Antonov] The hell is that?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “The hell are they doing?”
  - [Mild · Late in episode] “Flip that damn thumb around.”

## S4 E9 — The Piggyback
URL: https://watchwiththekids.com/ep/stranger-things/0409.html
Scores: violence 3/5, sex 1/5, language 4/5, overall 4/5 (Skip for under 13)
Summary: With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins — and the world itself.
Watch for:
- Violence & injury — 6 moment(s)
  - [Explicit · Early in episode] “You know the murder house on Morehead?”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “in a series of ritualistic murders,”
  - [Explicit · Late in episode] “Eddie Munson, the leader of this cult and prime suspect in the murders,”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “So put a goddamn gun to his head.”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] blood splattering
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] knife clatters
- Swearing — 12 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “No. That's way too late. -Shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “Jesus Christ. -Holy shit.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You gotta be shitting me.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “[Nancy] Take the bait, you son of a bitch.”
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “What are you waiting for, asshole?”
  - [Moderate · Mid episode] “Come get me, you sons of bitches!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “[growls] -Hey, assholes!”
  - [Moderate · Late in episode] “Son of a bitch!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “The hell you think you're doing?”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Damn it! [sucks teeth] -Remember, they're listening!”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Damn it. -[Will] What'd they say?”
  - [Mild · Mid episode] “Billy, he made my life living hell.”
- Alcohol & drugs — 2 moment(s)
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “there's wine.”
  - [Mild · Early in episode] “Oh, well, wine's good.”
- Fat-shaming — 1 moment(s)
  - [Moderate · Early in episode] “You know, I needed to lose weight anyway.”