The mind can be solved.
Two 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.
Maniac (Season 1)
The Chosen One! (Episode 1) 6.9
Writer: Patrick Somerville
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.
Windmills (Episode 2) 7.6
Writer: Patrick Somerville
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
Having a Day (Episode 3) 7.3
Writer: Patrick Somerville
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
Furs by Sebastian (Episode 4) 7.7
Writer: Nick Cuse
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: After taking the B pill, Annie and Owen find themselves on 1980s Long Island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.
Exactly Like You (Episode 5) 7.3
Writer: Mauricio Katz
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
Larger Structural Issues (Episode 6) 7.3
Writer: Nick Cuse
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Azumi tells James the whole truth about the study's snags and urges him to call his estranged mother, an esteemed therapist.
Ceci N'est Pas Une Drill (Episode 7) 7.0
Writer: Amelia Gray
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: 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.
The Lake of the Clouds (Episode 8) 7.5
Writer: Nick Cuse
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Annia and Ellia continue their quest, and Owen's mafioso father pressures him to protect the family. Greta counsels a bereaved Gertie.
Utangatta (Episode 9) 7.8
Writer: Patrick Somerville
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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.
Option C (Episode 10) 7.7
Writer: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Air date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: 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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