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SESAME STREET: Episodes 2.1-2.3

“Sunny Days Ahead”

Family Content: +2 Moderately questionable elements.

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What You Need To Know:

The first three half-hour episodes of SESAME STREET’s second season for Netflix follow the Sesame Street gang on adventures with their friends. For example, they help Abby babysit three magical musical baby dragons. They also help Super Grover serve many friends who need help at the same time. In another episode, Elmo feels jealous when his friend’s bike performs tricks his new bike can’t. The three episodes also include smaller segments, such as one where Elmo asks viewers to match outfits with pictures of the four seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. 

The first three episodes of SESAME STREET:  Season 2 deliver a fun blend of education, entertainment, amazing puppetry, and unique characters. They continue the franchise’s mission to teach children basic skills like counting and object recognition and to guide children with emotional lessons, such as learning what to do when they feel overwhelmed. The first three episodes of SESAME STREET: Season 2 promote positive values such as friendship, helping others, doing the right thing, and apologizing when you’re wrong. However, one main character, Abby, a fairy, uses a magic wand.

 

Content:

(BB, O, M): 

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

  Strong moral worldview promotes positive values such as friendship, helping others, doing the right thing, and apologizing when you’re wrong, but one character is a fairy who uses a magic wand that makes things appear;

Foul Language:

  No foul language;

Violence:

  No violence;

Sex:

  No sex;

Nudity:

  No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

  No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

  No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

  A character feels jealous of a friend’s bike, but learns to appreciate what he has by the end of the episode. 

More Detail:

The first three episodes of SESAME STREET’s second season on Netflix continue the show’s mission of teaching children basic skills, like counting and object recognition, as well as helping them with emotional lessons, like eliminating feelings of being overwhelmed and learning how to ask for help. The new season has everything fans of the show have come to expect with amazing puppetry and quality entertainment that endures. Familiar faces pop up like everyone’s favorite, Elmo, as well as celebrity guest Miley Cyrus. 

 In Episode 1, Elmo and his friends participate in a “Sesame Street Swap Day.” However, Elmo grows frustrated when he swaps toys with his friends, and they use them in ways he doesn’t expect. Will Elmo take the toys back, or will he learn an important lesson about our differences? Pop star Miley Cyrus joins the episode to help Elmo and his friends. In another segment in Episode 1 that’s animated, Abby the fairy asks Elmo and his friends to babysit her magical beastie egg. However, the friends can’t agree on how to babysit the egg, and the egg rolls away. 

 Episode 2 centers on bedtime, with a central storyline that follows Abby, who must babysit three magical musical baby dragons. When she forgets their bedtime routine, the dragons make a racket, and Abby must learn to ask for help from her friends. Episode 2 includes other segments, such as a one where young viewers match pictures of outfits with pictures of the four seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. An animated segment also shows the power going out in Elmo’s place, and two friends help him find a night light that runs without electricity. 

 In Episode 3, Elmo learns an important lesson about appreciation when a friend gives him a new bike. He later meets up with Abby, who rides a bike of her own, and he feels jealous that her bike can perform tricks his bike can’t. After a conversation with a friend, Elmo discovers the value of appreciating what you have, instead of focusing on what you don’t. In an animated segment in Episode 3, many people ask Super Grover for help that Elmos and his dog, Tango, help him and form a team of helpers. 

 The first three episodes of SESAME STREET: Season 2 deliver amazing puppetry and unique characters. Each episode contains several segments that keep children engaged and entertained. They also teach young viewers important lessons about counting, colors and object recognition, as well as emotional lessons that encourage cooperation and kindness. 

 The first three episodes of SESAME STREET: Season 2 promote a strong moral worldview with values such as friendship, helping others, doing the right thing, and apologizing when you’re wrong. However, one main character, Abby, a fairy, uses a magic wand. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises light caution for the first three episodes of Season 2 of SESAME STREET on Netflix.