Set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, Maniac tells the stories of Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim, two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. Annie's disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister; Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. Neither of their lives have turned out quite right, and the promise of a new, radical kind of pharmaceutical treatment—a sequence of pills its inventor, Dr. James K. Mantleray, claims can repair anything about the mind, be it mental illness or heartbreak—draws them and ten other strangers to the facilities of Neberdine Pharmaceutical and Biotech for a three-day drug 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.
Show Info
Web channel: Netflix
(2018 -
2018)
Average Runtime: 39 minutes
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
DramaComedyScience-Fiction
Episodes ordered: 10 episodes
Created by:
Patrick Somerville
Official site: www.netflix.com
6.8 (83 votes)
Previous Episode
Option C
Episode 1x10; Sep 21, 2018
After the subjects are discharged, James and Azumi face Neberdine's CEO. Owen and Annie part ways -- until a startling headline sparks a reunion.
Previous Episodes
| Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
|---|---|---|
| 1x10: Option C | Sep 21, 2018 | |
| 1x09: Utangátta | Sep 21, 2018 | |
| 1x08: The Lake of the Clouds | Sep 21, 2018 |
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Recent discussions
Not sure if the creator/writer of this Netflix serie was on drugs when making up the stories, but it looks like he/she's been swallowing some kind of "heavy" recreational (mostly addictive) pills...lol!
Extra Details
Also known as:
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A mániákus (
Hungary)
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