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How Can I Help You So You're Not Afraid of Thunder and Lightning?

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Jessy & Nessy: How Can I Help You So You're Not Afraid of Thunder and Lightning? | Good, co-watching from age 2

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This program is well-balanced. It remains mostly easy to follow and process. It is a good fit for the recommended age. The pacing is fast. Images follow each other quickly, leaving little time to pause and take in what is happening. The sound is clearly present and regularly draws attention. The visuals are calm and well-organized.
One clear thread carries the whole episode: Jessy helps Nessie stop being afraid of thunder and lightning so he can run in the race. Events unfold in a tidy order, with each new coping idea tried, tested and talked through before the next one, and a satisfying reveal that the thunder is really the cloud horses racing. New information arrives gently, one idea at a time, so a three-year-old can hold onto the story. Cause and effect is easy to follow, since every attempt leads to a plainly shown result.
Jessy is patient and warm throughout, cheering Nessie on with lines like 'You'll do great, Nessie!' and never once teasing him for being scared. Nessie's fear flares up again and again as he bolts and hides, and while each fright is mild and quickly soothed by Jessy finding and reassuring him, the worry does keep resurfacing before it finally settles. The repeated jumps from calm to fright and back are the small caveat here, though every scare lands softly and ends in comfort. By the close, Nessie names his own feelings and joins the race, a reassuring resolution.
This episode shows real thinking out loud: Jessy and Nessie test one idea after another, ducking his head so he can't see the flash, covering his ears against the rumble, then facing the noise head on, and checking each time whether it helped. When a strategy fails, they name why and adjust, which models trial and error clearly for a young child. The pair drive the search themselves through curiosity, and the final insight, understanding what actually causes the thunder, resolves the problem in a meaningful way. It is a strong, visible problem-solving arc.
The dialogue is clear and mostly built from short, complete sentences a three-year-old can follow, with concrete words like thunder, lightning, hide and race. Jessy asks real questions and gives simple explanations, so most of the talk carries information rather than empty noise. A few playful inventions like 'rumbly-pumbly' and 'pickles and peas' add colour without confusing the meaning. New words such as 'curiosity' and 'vibrations' are introduced in a way the pictures help explain.
The real-world value is limited here, because the world is largely make-believe: a talking sea monster, cloud horses and townsfolk made of blocks, with the thunder finally explained as clouds having a race rather than anything from real weather. The emotional lesson, using curiosity and questions to face a fear, does carry over to a child's own life, and the friendship and encouragement on show reflect recognisable everyday relationships. The coping steps Nessie tries have some transferable value, but the fantasy setting and invented explanation keep the direct link to daily life loose. For this age the imaginative frame is playful, though it offers little that maps onto the real world.

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This score shows how inclusively the series portrays diverse people, families and cultures. Scale: Limited → Varied → Rich → Inclusive.
The world of Jessy and Nessy is filled with invented creatures, a purple sea monster, cloud horses, narwhals, and blocky characters of many colors and shapes, alongside one human girl, Jessy. Human variety is thin: Jessy is the only recurring person, and no families, adults, or a range of ages and bodies appear. Where the picture is stronger is in how the two leads relate. Jessy and Nessy share the story as equal best friends, both take part in solving the problem, and both express their feelings openly, so the episode avoids fixed or stereotyped roles even if the human cast stays narrow.
This score shows whether the series stays close to everyday reality or leans into fantasy. Scale: Fantasy → Mixed reality → Realistic.
This episode wraps a very real childhood worry, being scared of thunder and lightning, inside a whimsical world. Jessy is a real girl, but her best friend Nessie is a purple sea monster, and the story explains storms as cloud horses racing across the sky. There is no villain anywhere; the only challenge is Nessie's fear, which the friends work through together with calm, practical ideas. The fantasy stays gentle and consistent, and the emotional heart of the story is easy for a young child to recognize.
This score shows how enjoyable the series is for parents watching along. Scale: Tedious → Tolerable → Pleasant → Enjoyable.
This holds up better than most for the grown-up in the room. The craft is the standout: a tactile felt-and-wool look on the animated characters, blended with a live girl in a colourful town, all put together with care. The story about calming a fear of thunder actually goes somewhere, and the gentle voices and near-total absence of jingles keep it easy on the ears. It stays firmly pitched at small children, so you are watching craft and a sweet arc rather than laughing along, but you will not be counting the minutes.

Behaviour

Light flashes

Contains rapid flashing that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Flashing lights

Repeated lightning flashes appear, including one stronger flash during the storm sequence.

Loud sounds

Claps of thunder accompany the lightning and startle Nessie each time.

Scary scenes

Nessie is repeatedly frightened and bolts to hide when thunder strikes.

A girl named Jessy and her best friend Nessie, a purple sea monster, are getting ready for a town race when Nessie becomes frightened by thunder and lightning and keeps running off to hide. Jessy uses her curiosity to try one idea after another, ducking his head, covering his ears, then facing the noise, until they discover the thunder and lightning is really cloud horses racing in the sky. Once Nessie understands what is happening, his fear fades. He joins the race and crosses the finish line first.

Season 1

12 episodes

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E01 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

Why Is It So Windy Today?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

A curious girl named Jessy and her purple sea monster friend Nessie set out to discover why it is so windy today after Nessie's red ribbon blows away. They ask talking trees, racing leaves and a cloud family, then reason that walking into the wind will lead them to its source. They find a giant pink balloon whose sneezing is causing all the wind, and they tie off his loose end with the ribbon to stop it. The wind calms, the balloon feels better, and Nessie ends up with an even nicer purple ribbon.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E01 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

Where Can We Find Quiet?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessy, a girl who plays ukulele, wants to write a new song for her concert but cannot find anywhere quiet enough to think. With her friend Nessie she searches the town, trying a library, a hilltop, a secret spot and finally a room full of bottled sounds. Along the way they learn that to hear quiet you have to be quiet yourself. Jessy finishes her song and performs it at the concert while her friends cheer.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E02 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

How Can I Help You So You're Not Afraid of Thunder and Lightning?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

A girl named Jessy and her best friend Nessie, a purple sea monster, are getting ready for a town race when Nessie becomes frightened by thunder and lightning and keeps running off to hide. Jessy uses her curiosity to try one idea after another, ducking his head, covering his ears, then facing the noise, until they discover the thunder and lightning is really cloud horses racing in the sky. Once Nessie understands what is happening, his fear fades. He joins the race and crosses the finish line first.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E02 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

Why Is the Moon Out During the Day?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessy, a girl with glasses, and Nessie, a purple monster in pyjamas, disagree about whether it is day or night when Nessie spots the moon in a daytime sky and wants her bedtime story. Curious about why the moon and sun are out together, they call up to the moon, try an observatory telescope, and are lifted into the sky by their friend Hugh G. They discover the moon and sun are best friends playing hide-and-seek, which is why both can appear at once. As the sky finally darkens, Jessy begins Nessie's bedtime story about the moon.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E03 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

How Did My Hair Get Like This?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

On park picnic day, Jessy wakes to find her curly hair gone straight and no longer looking like herself. With her best friend Nessy, a purple sea creature, she investigates ways to change it back, trying the playground swings and rolling down a grassy hill. They work out that the tiny Dottie creatures altered her hair while she slept, so Jessy asks them to change it back for the group photo. The episode ends with the friends posing for the park picnic picture and a quiet bedtime.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E03 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

How Can We Make Fog Go Away?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessy, a girl in an orange jacket, and Nessy, a purple sea monster, lose their ball in thick fog during a park football game. Curious about where the fog comes from, they try blowing it away and asking friends for help before following a smell high into the clouds. There they find a giant named Eugene cooling a pot of soup, whose steam is making the fog. After everyone helps cool the soup, the fog lifts, the ball turns up over the goal line, and Nessy learns he scored.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E04 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

How Do We Cheer Our Friends Up?

Stimulating
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

A live-action girl, Jessy, and her sea monster friend, Nessie, discover that the Dotlets have lost their colours because they feel sad. Across a playground and a beach, the pair try silly faces, playing, hula hooping, reading, and building sandcastles to cheer each friend up, asking others like Mike, Hazel, and Muriel for ideas along the way. One by one the Dotlets regain their colour, and the last is helped by a 'happy mist' and a big hug. The episode ends with a song and a question to the viewer about what they are curious about.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E04 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

How Do Airplanes Stay Up in the Sky?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessy, a girl in an orange jacket, and Nessy, a purple creature, pack for a trip to granny's house and set out to answer how aeroplanes stay up in the sky. They fly kites with friends, ride a Ferris wheel to look for planes and meet Squiggles, who folds paper aeroplanes. Along the way Jessy gives away her extra things so her suitcase will close. The episode ends with a playful answer that planes 'have legs' and the two boarding a plane to granny's.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E05 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

Where Could Squiggles' Blankie Have Gone?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessie, a girl with glasses, and her best friend Nessie, a purple sea monster, discover that their friend Squiggles has lost her beloved cuddly blankie. They comfort her and set out to help, making a missing poster and testing replacements that are warm, soft and smell of cinnamon before ruling each one out. Their search leads through the town and up to a fluffy farm in the clouds where cuddly toys go to rest. There they find Blanky playing with the other blankets, and Squiggles is reunited with it.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E05 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

Where Else Can We Find Echoes?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Nessy, a purple monster, and his friend Jessy spend the morning waiting for Great Granny Grandmonster to arrive by train for Great Grandmonster's Day. To pass the time, Nessy becomes curious about echoes and the two search a train station, a park and a hilltop before following the sound to a hidden valley full of echoes. Along the way they buy presents, gather flowers and help each other with a heavy wagon. The episode ends with the relative arriving to enjoy the valley and the pile of gifts.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E06 Story A

Jessy & Nessy

How Do You Get the Hiccups?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

In this episode, Nessie the monster magician keeps getting the hiccups whenever he tries a magic trick, so he and his best friend Jessy set out to learn how you get hiccups and how you get rid of them. They ask friends around their colourful town, including Knock, Muriel the narwhal and the trees Birch and Hazel, and test cures like rolling around, holding your breath and a friendly scare. In the end a shared giggle fest turns out to both cause and cure the hiccups. Nessie finishes his big magic show and everyone celebrates with a hiccup party.

Jessy & Nessy
S01 E06 Story B

Jessy & Nessy

How Do You Stop an Itch?

Balanced
recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

At a seaside 'Tea by the Sea' party, Hula Mike gets an itch he cannot stop, and friends Jessy and Nessy treat it as a curiosity to solve. They try scratching, ignoring and distracting him with drums, bagpipes and magic, then climb up Huge Ian to find the itch itself. The itch turns out to be a character named Lionel who travels the world teaching everyone to dance. The story ends with the friends dancing together and coaxing Huge Ian to join in.

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