Should you watch Maniac?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Maniac
Series · 2018
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.
The sides of Maniac
- A drug trial that promises to fix everything
- Two strangers sharing the same dreams
- A computer with feelings running the experiment
Maniac is good for you if…
- you like each episode jumping into a new dream world.
- you like a retro future with every set carefully designed.
- you like piecing together what is real across the trial.
Maniac is bad for you if…
- you can't take grief and mental illness at the heart of a story.
- you need the science to make sense.
About: mental illness · grief · connection
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