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Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim are two strangers who are drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial. Each has a different reason for participating in the experiment -- she is disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and sister, while he has struggled throughout his life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. The radical treatment, using pills that the inventor claims can repair anything about the mind, draws Annie, Owen and 10 other subjects into a three-day drug trial that they're told will permanently solve all of their problems, with no complications or side effects. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
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Maniac enthralls with its dazzling visuals, adventurous narrative, and striking performances from both Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.
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Andy F
Absolutely brilliant. If you don't like anything that's bizarre, don't watch it. Everyone else should watch it. The writing is incredible. There are a lot of things you won't notice the first time you watch it, so watch it at least two times, if not three. Jonah Hill and Emma Stone are amazing. The plot is weird. The execution is perfect. It's a perfect series. There's absolutely nothing I can criticize about it. I have two favorite shows and this is one of them. (The other is Columbo.)
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02/14/24
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Luis G
Brillante serie que te lleva a varias películas futuristas. Un elenco de primera.
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02/06/24
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Chris G
unique and wonderful
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01/07/24
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John H
This was a different series, which kept me watching it even though it was just decent. I wanted to know how it would end. There was humor, sadness, and weirdness throughout the mini-series, and you never knew what was coming next. I like movies/television that do something different, but this could have been better.
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10/02/23
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StephenPaul C
LOL, the funniest 10 TV mini-series episodes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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08/29/23
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Paulo d
Absolutely genius, down to the last detail.
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08/12/23
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Episode 1
Aired Sep 21, 2018
The Chosen One!
Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan; after losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Windmills
When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Having a Day
Muramoto notices irregularities in Annie and Owen's data; he questions Owen, who recalls the worst night of his life -- his brother's engagement party.
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Episode 4
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Furs by Sebastian
After taking the B pill, Annie and Owen find themselves on 1980s Long Island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.
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Episode 5
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Exactly Like You
Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
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Episode 6
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Larger Structural Issues
Azumi tells James the whole truth about the study's snags and urges him to call his estranged mother, an esteemed therapist.
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Episode 7
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Ceci N'est Pas Une Drill
Owen and Annie take the C pill; no longer connected, he belongs to a Mafia family and she's a medieval guide hired by an ailing elf princess.
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Episode 8
Aired Sep 21, 2018
The Lake of the Clouds
Annia and Ellia continue their quest, and Owen's Mafioso father pressures him to protect the family; Greta counsels a bereaved Gertie.
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Episode 9
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Utangatta
Owen and Annie meet again as a disgraced Icelandic spy and a CIA operative who helps him; Greta implores James to shut down the trial.
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Episode 10
Aired Sep 21, 2018
Option C
After the subjects are discharged, James and Azumi face Neberdine's CEO; Owen and Annie part ways -- until a startling headline sparks a reunion.
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Lauren Carroll Harris
Guardian
With grimy futuristic production design a la Blade Runner and Alien, Maniac actually has something profound to say about the alienation of people today.
Jul 24, 2019
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Jen Chaney
New York Magazine/Vulture
[Maniac] is wild, audacious, addictive, and teeters so precariously between reality and fantasy that the audience will immediately question what's real and what isn't.
May 15, 2019
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Allison Keene
Collider
When Maniac is good, it's funny, affecting, and fascinating; when it's not good, it's like having a conversation with a student in a Psych 101 class who wants to tell you about a dream they had last night and what it might mean.
Rated: 3/5
May 15, 2019
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Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
CNET
A weird, sad yet ultimately uplifting miniseries.
Apr 6, 2023
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Therese Lacson
Nerdophiles
There are holes in the plot, questions left unanswered, and a simple desire to just learn more. But, the ending leaves us satisfied.
Mar 3, 2021
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Victor Pineyro
Seventh Art Studio
It encompasses so much it's confusing. Extremely well acted and visually stunning, feels like a not so well executed Black Mirror episode. [Full review in Spanish]
Rated: 6/10
Aug 30, 2020
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