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Maniac
Signed up for a pill that promised to fix everything. Found out the cure was another person. 💊🌀
Who it's for
Annie, who blames herself for her sister Ellie's death, and Owen, the outsider of a wealthy family who has long seen and heard things others don't, both sign up for a drug trial promising to fix their pain without therapy.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Created by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, Netflix's 2018 miniseries Maniac is loosely based on a 2015 Norwegian series. Strangers Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) connect during a psychologically intense pharmaceutical trial.
Where to find it
A Netflix original limited series. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicide attempt and a sibling's death.
Age: TV-MA (suggested 16+)
Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 155
