Common Side Effects
A psychedelic conspiracy thriller pulsating with dry humor and boiling rage. It is a neon-tinted fungal dream where clinical corporate sterility clashes with the untamed, healing warmth of the natural world.
Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects
02 February 2025 — 30 March 2025 United States of America 2 season 10 episode Returning Series ⭐ 8.4 (212)
Cast: Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly, Joseph Lee Anderson
Drama Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comedy
Corporate Greed and Devaluation of Life Human Incompetence vs. Malice The Trap of Systemic Debt Psychedelia and Spiritual Awakening

Common Side Effects - Episode Highlights

Episode Highlights

Pilot

S1E1

Marshall reunites with Frances and demonstrates the mushroom's power by resurrecting a dead pigeon. This sets the stakes for the entire series as Big Pharma immediately begins its pursuit.

Significance:

Establishes the core dynamic between the leads and the existence of the miracle drug.

In the System

S1E6

Marshall is imprisoned and must rely on Amelia to help him escape. This episode highlights how the pharmaceutical industry uses the legal system as a cage.

Significance:

Moves the plot into a higher stakes survival thriller and introduces key subplots about government corruption.

Blowfish

S1E7

Marshall fakes his death using tetrodotoxin to escape the morgue, a classic thriller beat executed with a dark, animated twist.

Significance:

Allows Marshall to go completely off the grid and sets up the second half of the season's chase.

Raid

S1E10

The FBI and DEA raid Hildy’s mushroom farm. Jonas Backstein overdoses on the mushrooms, leading to a terrifying sequence of body-horror and ego death.

Significance:

The Season 1 finale that reunites Marshall and Frances at Joshua Tree and leaves Jonas in a psychic purgatory.

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