Maniac
“The mind can be solved.”
Creator
Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga
Owen (Jonah Hill) and Annie (Emma Stone) are strangers who enroll in a pharmaceutical drug trial promising to permanently erase psychological trauma, guided by scientists Dr. Mantleray (Justin Theroux) and his estranged mother Greta (Sally Field), whose sentient supercomputer starts malfunctioning as the experiment progresses. Once the drugs kick in, the miniseries detonates into a genre-hopping fantasia — noir heist, fantasy quest, alien-conspiracy pastiche — with Stone and Hill playing radically different versions of themselves inside each simulated scenario. Cary Joji Fukunaga's direction gives the retro-futurist production design a lived-in strangeness that never tips into empty style. Beneath the formal fireworks it's a sincere, melancholy study of grief, dependency and the appeal of a manufactured cure.
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Country
United States of America
Status
Ended
Cast
Emma Stone
Annie Landsberg · 10 eps
Jonah Hill
Owen Milgrim · 10 eps
Sonoya Mizuno
Dr. Azumi Fujita · 10 eps
Sally Field
Dr. Greta Mantleray · 10 eps
Justin Theroux
Dr. James K. Mantleray · 10 eps
Kathleen Choe
3 · 9 eps
Allyce Beasley
11 · 8 eps
Billy Magnussen
Jed Milgrim · 7 eps
Stephen Hill
7 · 8 eps
James Monroe Iglehart
Carl · 8 eps
Sejal Shah
First Medical Tech · 8 eps
Gabriel Byrne
Porter Milgrim · 5 eps
Julia Garner
Ellie Landsberg · 5 eps
Jemima Kirke
Adelaide · 5 eps
Alexandra Curran
Holly Milgrim · 5 eps
Geoffrey Cantor
Frank · 4 eps
Trudie Styler
Angelica Milgrim · 4 eps
Hank Azaria
Hank Landsberg (voice) · 3 eps
Rome Kanda
Dr. Muramoto · 4 eps
Grace Van Patten
Olivia Meadows · 3 eps
Josh Pais
Andy · 3 eps
Selenis Leyva
Patricia Lugo · 3 eps
Lev Gorn
Sokolov · 3 eps
Ariel Kavoussi
Female Ad Buddy / Bianca Forsythe / Dragonfly (voice) · 3 eps
Joseph Sikora
JC · 2 eps
Ramya Pratt
Vicky / Green Hoodie Woman · 3 eps
Leo Fitzpatrick
Lance · 2 eps
Lauren E. Banks
Winged Nymph · 2 eps
Eric T. Miller
Daddy's Here Operator · 2 eps
David Fierro
Ad Buddy · 2 eps
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Trailer
Official trailer
Maniac
Where to Watch
Streaming
Netflix Episode Guide
1
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.
2
Windmills
When 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
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.
4
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.
5
Exactly Like You
Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
6
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.
7
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.
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
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