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Maniac - Season 1
Owen suffers from schizophrenia, Annie is out of her pilfered stash of pills, the thing that lead them both to participate in a dangerous pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. But when something goes wrong in the experiment, they face more than expected.
October 17, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1994, New York City, New York, USA
18 October 1985, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10 August 1978, Orange, New Jersey, USA
20 April 1985
10 August 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
September 20, 2018
Maniac is just showing off from the first scenes. Like the man said, it insists upon itself. I felt just as trapped in Fukunaga's oppressively bespoke universe as Annie and Owen are in theirs, and I'm pretty sure that's not the point of the series.
September 19, 2018
Dive in, don't think, enjoy. You most likely will, by the way.
September 20, 2018
"The combination of hubris and idiocy is inconceivable," says Sally Field's character in one scene. I couldn't have described the show better myself.
September 20, 2018
Maniac represents a welcome return to form for Netflix.
September 20, 2018
Don't let the weird tag scare you off; Maniac is the boldest, most unique, flippin' strange masterpiece of 2018.
September 20, 2018
Maniac plays with genre and dramatic expectations to gain insight into the human condition in ways that other programs can't touch.
September 17, 2018
Clever and inventive.
September 20, 2018
Smart writing, great creepy sensibility, well-balanced episodes: Maniac is basically fabulous... I'm trying really hard not to utter something like "tour de force" but... um...Whoa. All the feels.
September 12, 2018
Trippy, twisty.
September 14, 2018
For those looking to study a TV show, look no further. For those looking to fall in love, well, there's no pill for that.
