Maniac
“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.
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Seasons
1.The Chosen One!
6.921-09-201841 minDiagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.
2.Windmills
7.521-09-201847 minWhen her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
3.Having a Day
7.321-09-201842 minMuramoto notices irregularities in Annie and Owen's data. He questions Owen, who recalls the worst night of his life: his brother's engagement party.
4.Furs by Sebastian
7.721-09-201838 minAfter taking the B pill, Annie and Owen find themselves on 1980s Long Island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.
5.Exactly Like You
7.421-09-201840 minAnnie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
6.Larger Structural Issues
7.321-09-201840 minAzumi tells James the whole truth about the study's snags and urges him to call his estranged mother, an esteemed therapist.
7.Ceci N'est Pas Une Drill
7.021-09-201827 minOwen 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.
8.The Lake of the Clouds
7.521-09-201829 minAnnia and Ellia continue their quest, and Owen's mafioso father pressures him to protect the family. Greta counsels a bereaved Gertie.
9.Utangatta
7.821-09-201845 minOwen and Annie meet again as a disgraced Icelandic spy and a CIA operative who helps him. Greta implores James to shut down the trial.
10.Option C
7.721-09-201838 minAfter 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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