Television

Common Side Effects 2025

Created by Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely

  • Animation, Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • 23 min episodes
  • 2 seasons
  • 10 episodes
  • Returning
  • TV-MA

Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.

AnimationDramaComedySci-Fi & Fantasymushroompharmaceutical industrydark comedyconspiracyadult animationgovernment conspiracymiracle curecomedy thrilleroptimisticAdult Swim

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  • classical in formformally daring
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