| Adult Swim | Season Premiere Date: February 2, 2025 |
Summary:
Marshall (voiced by Dave King) and Frances (voiced by Emily Pendergast) are former high school lab partners who battle drug companies and the DEA after Marshall discovers a mushroom that can cure almost any ailment in the animated series from Joe Bennett and Steve Hely.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Animation, Suspense
Season 1 Episodes
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Jan 27, 2025
Jan 27, 2025
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Jan 31, 2025
While the story could conceivably be told with live actors in real settings, it would likely be so exaggerated, so satirical, that the human element, paradoxically, might get lost. Animation keeps it humble, believable and meaningful. This is all a function of good writing and underplayed acting; the mood is largely deadpan.
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Feb 3, 2025
Common Side Effects is definitely more thriller than comedy, but there are enough funny moments to lighten the mood as things get more complex and serious by the third and fourth episodes. Once we get to that point, though, it’s a surprisingly gripping thriller that keeps viewers engaged.
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Jan 30, 2025
Created by Steve Hely and Joseph Bennett, the animated series is a wry, stylized thriller about a murderous conspiracy against a disruptor of the status quo. Not an entirely new idea. But a cartoon take on corporate skullduggery and incompetent government investigations is fresh enough to grab you by the collar of your Hawaiian shirt—the wardrobe go-to of Marshall Cuso.
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Air Date: February 2, 2025
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