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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Gael Fashingbauer Cooper CNET A weird, sad yet ultimately uplifting miniseries. Apr 6, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Episodes

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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details

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