Series · Netflix · 2019
Pass it on
The Inbestigators
63Watch it awake.
One of the few children's shows here that likes the truth more than the joke. Put this on.
The review
Ezra, Maudie, Ava, and Kyle take small cases: a missing hat, a broken project, a lie about a party. The show's unusual virtue is that it cares who did it and what they owe. Children are funny without being the product, and a wrong accusation has a cost. This is the one on the children's row to choose on purpose.
Watch it with them once, then let them watch the next one. Ask who had to give the thing back. If they can answer, the show has done its job.
Journal
Keep The Inbestigators in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 63. Yours can differ.
The glance
Piety is the thin one.
Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
73 instead of 63
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is still a kids show, and it scores 73 instead of 63. What you gain is household: The family is intact, affectionate, and in charge.
The eight
- 7Industry
They take notes, they ask, they are sometimes wrong. The work of finding out is the show.
- 5Household
Parents and a school exist. The children are not raising themselves.
- 4Piety
Fairness is as close as it comes to reverence, and it comes close.
- 6Courage
They accuse carefully, and they apologize when they are wrong.
- 7Republic
A school is a small republic: rules, property, and the kid who was left out.
- 7Temperance
Greed and lying are the crimes, and they are not admired.
- 8Truth
The answer matters more than being clever. Someone has to make it right.
- 6Stewardship
A standard is being practiced, not just announced.
Where to watch
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Live Historic · The Inbestigators · 63IMDb
