Season 2 of THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY Presents New Challenges for Gifted Child Characters
By Movieguide® Contributor
The Disney+ series THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY has released a trailer for its upcoming second season.
The four gifted orphans recruited by Mr. Benedict will again have to team up to defeat their benefactor’s evil twin brother, Dr. L.D. Curtain.
After Mr. Benedict and his partner, Number Two, are kidnapped, the kids must solve the riddles and put together the clues to solve a scavenger hunt and save their friends.
The second season of THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY is set to drop on October 26.
The previous season contained many biblical themes.
Movieguide®’s review of the first two episodes of THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY reads:
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY is a mystery adventure streaming on Disney Plus. MOVIEGUIDE® screened the first two episodes. Nicholas Benedict, a disheveled, brilliant scientist, has uncovered a plot to spread worldwide anxiety, fear and chaos by sending subliminal messages though TV and radio. The signals are coming from a mysterious school for gifted children located on an isolated island. Using strange tests, he picks four special children to infiltrate the school, find out who’s behind the school and locate the actual source of the signals.
The first two episodes of THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY are humorous, whimsical and lots of fun. The actors are very good. So far, the program’s fairly devoid of offensive content. It also seems to have strong Christian allegorical elements. These redemptive themes include a worldwide war between good and evil, adoption into a family, having a higher purpose in life, and a “great commission” or mission to share an invisible truth to those who don’t see it. The first two episodes also promote truth, empathy, fellowship, and integrity. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY does have some light violence.
Movieguide®’s review of the third and fourth episode read:
In Episodes Three and Four of THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT, streaming on Disney Plus, the four children continue spying on The Institute for their mentor, the brilliant scientist Nicholas Benedict. They discover Benedict’s long-lost twin brother runs the school they infiltrated. This revelation leads to great distress on Benedict’s part. Meanwhile, Reynie and Sticky try to earn the right to become “messengers,” with more freedom to roam the island, while the two girls struggle in school. Also, the children learn that Benedict and his adult friends secretly watching the island are scheduled to have their memories erased.
The more time the children spend at the Institute, the closer they grow as friends and the deeper they find themselves caught up in the Institute’s mysterious circumstances. From several bizarre encounters with Benedict’s brother and people working at the Institute, it feels more and more like the school is a front for some dastardly plot. However, the children learn to understand and support one another, and they all have a sense of justice. Thus far, THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY has been a refreshing, entertaining family-friendly series.
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