Comedy
One Piece
Before you dive into one piece of One Piece, you’ll want to consider the issues that sail along with it.
Since its inception in 1969, there’s been perhaps no street more famous than Sesame Street, the place where the skies are sunny and no cookie is safe. Over the years, the kids’ series has recorded more than 4,500 episodes.
But as the saying somewhat goes, there are plenty of roads that have been made—and all of them lead to Sesame Street. The show is still broadcast on PBS and the PBS Kids app to this day. But HBO Max began airing the episodes for a time with a license for the older seasons through 2027. In addition to that, the show’s official YouTube channel likewise posts full episodes frequently.
And in 2025, part of the show switched over to Netflix—but with the digital rights still split across platforms, it’s unlikely the whole catalogue will ever appear on the streaming giant. That year, Netflix announced it would introduce the show’s 56th season (released concurrently on PBS), and it would add “90 hours of previous episodes from previous seasons.” As of posting this review (March 2026), Netflix has yet to add those 90 hours of content. So far, viewers can only watch eight episodes made for the 56th season, broken up into two volumes.
The switch to Netflix came with a refresh of the show’s style, too. Episodes following the migration premiere 11-minute central stories rather than short segments. These are followed by a new, fully animated sub-story called “Tales from 123,” something fans of the show’s live-action puppeteering will most likely be disappointed by. And other major changes include the removal of the Number and Letter of the Day segments.
Sesame Street isn’t typically a name that comes with too much controversy—the character Abby (introduced in 2006) being a magical fairy is the only consistent consideration Christian parents typically have to weigh. Still, the show garnered attention when it introduced a gay couple for a single episode back in 2021.
Other content issues, however, are far and away the exception rather than the rule on Sesame Street, appearing like a speeding car through the neighborhood whose noisy appearance vanishes as quickly as it appeared.
(Editor’s Note: Plugged In is rarely able to watch every episode of a given series for review. As such, there’s always a chance that you might see a problem that we didn’t. If you notice content that you feel should be included in our review, send us an email at letters@pluggedin.com, or contact us via Facebook or Instagram, and be sure to let us know the episode number, title and season so that we can check it out.)
It’s the Sesame Street Races, and Elmo, Abby and Zoe will race to earn gold medals. But Elmo discovers that, since he skipped a meal, he doesn’t have the energy to win.
After giving a sandwich to Elmo, Cookie Monster eats the ceramic plate. A man dances around wearing a tutu over his clothes.
On Swap Day, Sesame Street residents swap the things they don’t want for things they do want. But Elmo gets upset when he sees others playing with his old toys differently than how he played with them.
Grover crashes a boat and gets bucked off a cow.
Elmo and friends babysit Abby’s “magical beastie egg” while she visits her fairy grandmother. When she returns, she magically poofs away a pillow.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
Before you dive into one piece of One Piece, you’ll want to consider the issues that sail along with it.
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