Common Side Effects premieres February 2 @ 11:30PM on Adult Swim – next day on Max.
Common Side Effects was created by Joseph Bennett and Steve Hely for Adult Swim.
The series was first premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2024, but was publicly announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26, 2024.
The show follows two high school friends, Marshall and Frances, who reconnect and discover a new kind of drug that can allegedly cure all illnesses. In the process, they also uncover a conspiracy involving Reutical Pharmaceutical, Inc., one of the largest pharmaceutical companies, and the government to suppress all knowledge of said drug.
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Common Side Effects |
Network: Adult SwimGenre: AnimationSeasons: 2Episodes: 10 | |
OverviewFormer 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. |