Benedict is trying to find the cause of The Emergency: a global mental health crisis in which everyone has crippling anxiety that comes from what they see on the news. They've been brought together by brilliant Mr. His companions are plucky and resourceful circus performer Kate Wetherall (Emmy DeOliveira), nerdy quiz show champion Sticky Washington (Seth Carr), and the overly grumpy and direct Constance Contraire (Marta Kessler). They're led by Reynie Muldoon (Mystic Inscho), who's brilliant and kind and a quiet leader. The society is made up of four foundlings who enter a school scholarship competition but end up getting recruited for a top-secret world-saving mission instead. The Mysterious Benedict Society is an adaptation of the book series by Trenton Lee Stewart. The series is excellent family viewing for kids who are able to handle the edgier bits, and it has clear themes of courage, curiosity, teamwork, and friendship. Some viewers may be sensitive to the fact that the kids are all orphans, which the plot touches on explicitly. One of the children, Constance Contraire (Marta Kessler), is often rude and mean, but she's always called out on her behavior. Kids get in arguments, and there's some pushing and shoving as well as verbal hostility. Scenes of fantasy violence use clever editing to hide most of the actual violence (and there aren't any guns or knives).

The plot has a dark overtone, and though it doesn't seem like the kids are about to meet their demise in any given moment, the threat is always there.

It has enough suspense, scariness, and violence to make it more appropriate for tweens than for younger and more sensitive kids. Parents need to know that The Mysterious Benedict Society is a smart, funny TV adaptation of the same-named book series about four extraordinary children recruited to help a brilliant recluse. Some cursing-adjacent words like 'heck.'ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide.

No cursing but a fair amount of arguing and put-downs (mostly by the mean character, Constance).

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