Echo
NZ release: 10 January 2024
Violence Rated on: 10 January 2024
Season 1: Episodes 1-5
What’s it about?
Maya returns to her hometown where she reconnects with her past and embraces her family’s secret legacy.
The facts
- Created by Marion Dayre (Better Call Saul, The Act)
- American Sign language, English language, and Choctaw
- Runtime: 5 episodes, about 45 minutes each
- Starring Alaqua Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio
- A Marvel Spotlight series by Marvel Studios (The Avengers Endgame, Black Panther 2)
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Disney+. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Violence
This show contains violence. People are stabbed, shot, punched, and kicked. We sometimes see bruises. These scenes often include dead bodies and frequent blood, but no gorey details.
Some of the stronger moments of violence include:
- A shard of glass going through a child's leg, with lots of blood shown.
- A character's face is shown torn open, covered with glass and blood.
- A character is shot under the chin using a gun. You see blood spray from the top of his head as he falls to the ground.
- A character is shot in the eye socket.
Frightening scenes
Frightening scenes include brief close-up shots of bloody and serious injuries. Although brief and few, these scenes may shock some viewers.
Content that may disturb
Domestic violence is discussed and implied – not shown. Although brief and not shown, this may upset some viewers have been impacted by domestic violence.
Further information
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Horror and bloody violence
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Content that may disturb
A maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children operated between 1925 and 1961 in Tuam, County Galway. In the 21st century, the home became the focus of a national scandal after a forensic excavation uncovered the remains of hundreds of babies and young children, along with illegal adoptions, mistreatment, and systemic neglect. In this film based on based on true events, an amateur historian investigates the horrors that took place there.