Miniseries · Netflix
The Madness
You can't escape.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Colman Domingo
Muncie Daniels
8 eps
Marsha Stephanie Blake
Elena Daniels
8 eps
Deon Cole
Kwesi Dupree
8 eps
Thaddeus J. Mixson
Demetrius
8 eps
John Ortiz
Franco Quinones
8 eps
Tamsin Topolski
Lucie Snipes
8 eps
Gabrielle Graham
Kallie
8 eps
Ennis Esmer
Agent Khalil
8 eps
Hudson Robert Wurster
Tanner Simon
8 eps
Lochlan Ray Miller
Blake Simon
8 eps
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Isiah
8 eps
Alison Wright
Julia Jayne
8 eps
Eugene Clark
Clarence
8 eps
Rothaford Gray
Burt
8 eps
Neal Huff
8 eps
Chris Henry Coffey
Detective Delbert Johnson
8 eps
Lanette Ware
Nadia
8 eps
Kimberly-Sue Murray
Cindy
8 eps
Stephen McHattie
Emmett
8 eps
Dru Viergever
Don Sloss Jr.
8 eps
Bradley Whitford
Stu Magnusson
8 eps
Tahmoh Penikett
Mark Simon
8 eps
Ronnie Rowe
Chuck
8 eps
Vinessa Antoine
Phaedra
8 eps
Jayden Kirton
Yuppie Son (uncredited)
1 eps
Victoria Mack
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Madness actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Madness reads strongest on Serialized, Bingeability and Character Depth.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Loco
Quiñones and Khalil arrive at Magnusson's, only to find Muncie gone. They eventually track him to a nearby hospital... but someone else got there first.
S01E07
DNA
Muncie mourns the loss of a friend — and learns to accept help from the people he loves. All the while, a stealthy assassin is hunting him down.
- Directed by Clement Virgo
S01E05
Icarus
Lucie revisits her past and reconnects with old friends. Muncie and Quiñones hatch a plan to expose Magnusson and bring him down.
S01E01
Pilot
On a solo trip to the Poconos, writer and pundit Muncie Daniels meets a mysterious new neighbor — then finds him dead under shocking circumstances.
- Directed by Clement Virgo
S01E04
Radioactive
With his face all over the headlines, Muncie is forced into hiding. But he's running out of options to clear his name and keep his loved ones safe.
S01E02
Djibouti
As the net tightens around him, Muncie moves to protect his family and offload incriminating evidence. An FBI photograph contains an important clue.
- Directed by Clement Virgo
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Clement VirgoExecutive Producer
- Kaitlin DahillExecutive Producer
- Stephen BelberExecutive Producer
- Peter CherninExecutive Producer
- VJ BoydExecutive Producer
- Jenno ToppingExecutive Producer
Direction
- Clement VirgoDirector
Music
- Philip KleinOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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