Parents' Guide to Hot Skull

Based on the 2016 novel by Afsin Kum, HOT SKULL (Sicak Kafa) is a Turkish dystopian series about a man who's immune to a bizarre virus, and a tyrannical ruling agency that is hunting him down. For eight years the world has been coping with a frightening pandemic called ARDS, often referred to as "Jabber," which is a sickness that spreads through verbal communication and causes people to begin jabbering and go mad. Now the world is ruled by the Anti-Epidemic Institute (AEI), a dictatorial agency that has seized power and continues to enforce extraordinary measures designed to keep the spread of the virus, and the public, under control. Meanwhile, former linguist Murat Siyavus (Osman Sonant) is living with his mother after the government facility where he was researching the virus burned down. Unlike everyone else, when Murat is exposed to the disease, his temperature spikes (which sometimes causes hallucinations and seizures), but he never jabbers or loses his mind. Murat keeps a low profile, but when he exposes himself to the virus while helping a young boy during an unexpected lockdown, he attracts the attention of of Anton Kadir Tarakci (Sevket Coruh), one of AEI's top investigators. As Tarakci pursues him, Murat leaves the safety zone to try to find Ozgur Caglar (Ozgur Emre Yildirim), who he believes has the ability to stop the epidemic.