Common Side Effects is an Adult Swim and Max series. Renewed for Season 2. The show follows former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances, who start 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. Created by Joe Bennett & Steve Hely Produced by Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, Bandera Entertainment, and Green Street Pictures.