88MovieNerd Score
RateCary Joji Fukunaga
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Maniac
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MovieNerd ScoreTwo strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
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Episodes
Season 1
10 episodes
S1 E1 · 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.
S1 E2 · Windmills
When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
S1 E3 · 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.
S1 E4 · 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.
S1 E5 · Exactly Like You
Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
S1 E6 · 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.
S1 E7 · 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.
S1 E8 · 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.
S1 E9 · 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.
S1 E10 · 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.