Miniseries · Netflix
Maniac
The mind can be solved.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Emma Stone
Annie Landsberg
10 eps
Jonah Hill
Owen Milgrim
10 eps
Sonoya Mizuno
Dr. Azumi Fujita
10 eps
Ramya Pratt
Vicky / Green Hoodie Woman
3 eps
Maho Honda
Intake Tech
2 eps
Justin Theroux
Dr. James K. Mantleray
10 eps
Sally Field
Dr. Greta Mantleray
10 eps
Lauren E. Banks
Winged Nymph
2 eps
Jacqueline Grabois
Annie's Roommate
3 eps
Aaralyn Anderson
Belle Milgrim
7 eps
Eric T. Miller
Douglas on the Radio
2 eps
Marlene Ginader
Beth Sanders
2 eps
Lindsey Blanchard
Little Ellie
1 eps
Marcus Toji
Calvin
1 eps
Rob Yang
Matt Ming
1 eps
Ben Sinclair
1 eps
Elaine Bromka
1 eps
Rob DeRosa
1 eps
Zach Shearon
Young Soldier
3 eps
Jennifer Ikeda
1 eps
Subhash Mandal
1 eps
Tony Manna
1 eps
Sean Meehan
General Nathan Banner
1 eps
Louis Arcella
Portuguese General
1 eps
Lukas Hassel
Danish General
1 eps
Min-wen Huang
1 eps
Olivia Whelan
1 eps
Leo Fitzpatrick
Lance
2 eps
Glenn Fleshler
1 eps
Jojo Gonzalez
Agent Lopez
2 eps
Maxine Prescott
Mrs. Finkelstein
2 eps
Joseph Sikora
JC
2 eps
David Fierro
Ad Buddy
2 eps
Hank Azaria
Hank Landsberg (voice)
3 eps
Trudie Styler
Angelica Milgrim
4 eps
Ariel Kavoussi
Female Ad Buddy / Bianca Forsythe / Dragonfly (voice)
3 eps
Jonathan Rentler
2 eps
James Monroe Iglehart
Carl
8 eps
Dai Ishiguro
Head Control Tech
8 eps
Selenis Leyva
Patricia Lugo
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Maniac actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Maniac reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E09 · Signature episode
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.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville
S01E10 · Signature episode
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.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga
S01E04 · Signature episode
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.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Nick Cuse, Patrick Somerville
S01E02 · Signature episode
Windmills
When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville
S01E08 · Signature episode
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.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Nick Cuse, Mauricio Katz
S01E05
Exactly Like You
Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Mauricio Katz, Caroline Goddard
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
The Chosen One!
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville
S01E02 · Signature episode
Windmills
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville
S01E03
Having a Day
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Patrick Somerville, Caroline Goddard
S01E04 · Signature episode
Furs by Sebastian
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Nick Cuse, Patrick Somerville
S01E05
Exactly Like You
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Mauricio Katz, Caroline Goddard
S01E06
Larger Structural Issues
- Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by Nick Cuse, Patrick Somerville
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Patrick Somerville
Showrunner
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Creator
- Photo unavailable
Espen Huseby
Executive producer
Anne Kolbjørnsen
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Pal Kristiansen
Executive producer
Emma Stone
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Doug Wald
Executive producer
Jonah Hill
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Nick Cuse
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Danielle Henderson
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Mauricio Katz
Writer
Amelia Gray
Writer
Caroline Goddard
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Patrick SomervilleExecutive Producer
- Cary Joji FukunagaExecutive Producer
- Espen HusebyExecutive Producer
- Anne KolbjørnsenExecutive Producer
- Pal KristiansenExecutive Producer
- Jessica LevinProducer
Writing
- Nick CuseWriter
- Patrick SomervilleWriter
- Cary Joji FukunagaWriter
- Danielle HendersonWriter
- Mauricio KatzWriter
- Amelia GrayWriter
Direction
- Cary Joji FukunagaDirector
Cinematography
- Darren LewDirector of Photography
Music
- Dan RomerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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