Common Side Effects: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Common Side Effects  follows former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances who 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.

Series details

• Title: Common Side Effects
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2025-02-02
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Adult Swim
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 69327
• IMDb ID: tt28093628
• TVDB ID: 436198

Cast and credited roles

• Dave King — Marshall Cuso
• Martha Kelly — Agent Harrington
• Joseph Lee Anderson — Agent Copano
• Emily Pendergast — Frances Applewhite
• Mike Judge — Rick Kruger

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-02-02; final listed air date 2025-03-30; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Common Side Effects on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.