But it's not crazy coming for Jared, it's something else altogether, and to reveal more would be a crime against this bewitching and utterly unique drama. "Crazy's hereditary, right?" he asks his budddy Crashpad (Nathan Alexis). But then Jared starts seeing things like strangely sentient ravens and a steely eyed man who's entirely too curious about Jared's life (and already seems to know too much). He lives in a trailer with his mom in a dead-end town, who sometimes talks to people no one else can see, and who has an ominous relationship with a scary local dealer. Jared already has a troubled life when we meet him: he's foundering at school and supporting both of his unstable parents with his fast-food wages, as well as by manufacturing and selling ecstasy to local teens. Gritty, brimming with magic, and set in a Canadian world that's as mesmerizingly cool as it is grim, this series breaks the mold for coming of age supernatural mysteries. Despite all the mature content, Jared and his friends and family are doing their best under difficult circumstances and emerge as realistic characters who are flawed but admirable anyway. Cursing includes "bitch," "hell," "damn " "s-t" is bleeped out. Characters are frequently in mortal danger, sometimes from otherworldly and mysterious forces. Violence is often supernatural and includes blood but no gore watch out for a scene in which a charging dog is hit by a truck and killed. Sexual content is also mature Jared dates a girl his age, expect romance, flirting, kissing, references to offscreen sex. It's also clear that the bonds between family members are deep and loving, even if their relationships are complicated. The consequences of addiction are not glossed over or glamorized we see the troubles Jared's family has that are connected to or caused by addiction. She also plays drinking games with teens partying in her home. Jared's mom smokes marijuana while driving and urges her son to "take a drag" to relax he does. Scenes show teens using drugs, including smoking marijuana, and drinking heavily, including a scene in which Jared lines up and drinks three shots of hard liquor. One of the ways he supports his family is by making and selling ecstasy scenes show him manufacturing the pills in a lab in a desolate shack, and then selling the pills to other teens at parties and at his after school job. Main character Jared is an Indigenous teen in an unnamed Canadian town who struggles to support his parents, both of whom have drug problems (his mom also has an undiagnosed mental illness that may be connected to the supernatural goings on in Jared's family and town). It's loaded with iffy content but also has an unusual and underrepresented setting and characters, as well as positive messages and characters that make it worth a watch. Parents need to know that Trickster is a supernatural coming-of-age drama about an Indigenous Canadian teen.
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