# Common Side Effects

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Common Side Effects and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a brilliant, highly watchable series mixing crime, magic mushrooms and corporate intrigue, though one viewer found it hard to get into.

## Why people recommend it

- Crime, magic mushrooms, corporate intrigue plot (2 comments): "cops, robbers, magic mushrooms, corporate bad guys and the cure for everything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057237)) "cops, robbers, magic mushrooms, corporate bad guys and the cure for everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47058196))
- Praised as brilliant and great (2 comments): "Absolutely brilliant show. Highly recommend it to anyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282968)) "I thought Common Side Effects was great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284704))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Common Side Effects", https://hackerapproved.com/p/common-side-effects/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).