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The Legend of Vox Machina
When it comes to being suitable for families, Amazon Prime’s The Legend of Vox Machina failed its saving throw.
“Six months to get pregnant?” asks Nana. “I never imagined I’d have such little time.”
As a fertility doctor, Nana’s job is to help other people have babies. And she uses any means necessary—including telling white lies—to put her patients at ease during the process.
“If it reassures them to hear that I have kids, then I have kids,” Nana explains.
Nana didn’t give much thought to actually having kids until she learns that her time to conceive is coming to an end. Simone—Nana’s best friend and coworker—performs a medical scan, and Nana learns that she has only six cycles before her chances of getting pregnant disappear.
In response, Nana reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Mathias—who recently donated sperm to her fertility clinic. But when she brings up the idea of having kids together, Mathias says no.
Embarrassed, Nana heads to the clinic where Simone is doing night duty. They get drunk, and Simone falls asleep. When Nana goes down to the clinic’s sperm bank to perform Simone’s closing duties, she impulsively inseminates herself with Mathias’ sperm donation. And it works. She’s pregnant.
Nana tries to keep the manner in which she conceived quiet, for obvious reasons: Stealing sperm is frowned upon. But by Season Two, everyone knows just how her baby was conceived.
Everyone, that is, except Mathias.
Nana’s baby is finally born at the beginning of Season Two. And as the second season begins, she’s adjusting to her life as a single mother. Nana juggles her parenting responsibilities and her evolving job at the fertility clinic. Nana might be able to manage these responsibilities on her own, but the prospect of telling Mathias about the baby looms over her. And she discovers that parenting is not a one-person job.
As you might expect, Baby Fever contains conversations about pregnancy and depicts the process of artificial insemination. And in the first season, Nana is romantically involved with two men at the same time. Some scenes feature kissing and imply sexual intimacy. While nothing critical is seen, unmarried couples are shown in their underwear. Additionally, the English subtitles of this Danish show contain profanity including the f-word, the s-word and misuses of God’s name.
While Baby Fever contains some sweet commentary about pregnancy and parenting—and features Nana’s adorable new baby—Nana’s consistent deception and the show’s profanity might have viewers looking elsewhere to satisfy their own baby fevers.
(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 [email protected], 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.)
After three months of stay-at-home motherhood, Nana feels like she’s overdue to go back to work. But when she starts her first day, Nana realizes she’ll need to adjust to new coworkers and changes at the clinic.
Characters use profanity, including seven uses of the f-word, one use of the s-word, one use of “d–n,” four uses of “h—” and several misuses of God’s name.
In a flashback when Nana artificially inseminates herself, her hands are near critical areas—though nothing critical is seen. A woman strips down to her bra and underwear as she changes into a work uniform.
Nana lies to a patient and tells her that she has a wife. Nana jokingly asks her female friend why they are not a couple.
At a mom’s group at a church, Nana tells the other mothers that their babies’ names are dumb. As she storms out of the mom’s group, Nana breaks the head off a church statue. Some characters judge Nana for going back to work so soon after giving birth.
Despite the urgings of her friend, Nana has not told her baby’s father about the child. (Nana claims that the father does not need to know because her own father ignored her as a child.)
During a meeting, Nana’s boss chokes on food and briefly loses her ability to breathe. A character mentions vodka.
When it comes to being suitable for families, Amazon Prime’s The Legend of Vox Machina failed its saving throw.
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