• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 11.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Show about nasty parasites isn't for the faint of stomach.

Why We Rated This for Ages 11–13

The good stuff

• Messages:

  While the show includes warnings about how to avoid these diseases, the series also points out regularly that parasitic disease is extremely rare, especially in the United States.
• Role models:

  Several scenes feature doctors and scientists who talk about parasites with a certain amount of passion for discovery, which might encourage kids to get interested in science.

What to watch out for

• Violence:

  Lots of talk about bloodthirsty bugs and what they do (like eating a child's brain from the inside out...), and lots of animation of parasites like worms floating and applying themselves to different body tissues. On up side, this isn't humans reacting in rage -- it's parasitic insects and microbes doing what they do.
• Sex:

  Several mentions of parasites mating, and one CGI animated sequence of two getting intimate -- but they don't look like anything remotely human.
• Language:

  This being a show about diseases, there's mention of feces, fecal matter, and, in one case, swelling scrotum and testicles. But the words are used in their proper clinical context.
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Not an issue.

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