STRANGER THINGS: Season 3: Chapter 2: The Mall Rats

(B, Cap, Ho, LL, VV, S, N, AA, D, M):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

  Light moral, capitalist worldview when characters go shopping in a town’s new shopping mall, some character protest that the mall has hurt small businesses, possible homosexual depiction as a photographer exemplifies many stereotypical gay mannerisms, but this isn’t confirmed;

Foul Language:

  21 obscenities, one light profanity, and one character gets cut off as he’s about to tell someone to “shove it up” blank;

Violence:

  Strong violence includes character has a vision to hurt a woman, infected rat explodes spilling its guts, character depicted with some lacerations on his forehead and elbow that show a little bit of blood;

Sex:

  Couple at the mall kisses, teenage boys stumble upon a lingerie store but decide not to go in;

Nudity:

  Characters in swimsuits (including some bikinis) during pool scenes;

Alcohol Use:

  Character orders scotch and wine for dinner and gets drunk;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

  Characters smoke a cigarette and a cigar; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

  Teenager yells at his mother, lying, sarcasm, one character says, “we ask for forgiveness not permission,” character uses her special mind abilities to explode someone’s drink without them knowing.