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The Best Episodes of Maniac

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The Best Episodes of Maniac

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....

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  1. 8.4/10(2.6k votes)

    #1 - Option C

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    S1:E10

    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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  2. 8.3/10(2.5k votes)

    #2 - Utangatta

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    S1:E9

    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.

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  3. 7.8/10(3.0k votes)

    #3 - Windmills

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    S1:E2

    When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.

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  4. 7.8/10(2.5k votes)

    #4 - Exactly Like You

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    S1:E5

    Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.

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  5. 7.7/10(2.7k votes)

    #5 - Furs by Sebastian

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    S1:E4

    After taking the B pill, Annie and Owen find themselves on 1980s Long Island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.

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  6. 7.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #6 - Having a Day

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  8. 7.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #7 - Larger Structural Issues

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    S1:E6

    Azumi tells James the whole truth about the study's snags and urges him to call his estranged mother, an esteemed therapist.

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  9. 7.5/10(2.2k votes)

    #8 - The Lake of the Clouds

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    S1:E8

    Annia and Ellia continue their quest, and Owen's mafioso father pressures him to protect the family. Greta counsels a bereaved Gertie.

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  10. 7.2/10(3.4k votes)

    #9 - The Chosen One!

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    S1:E1

    Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.

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  11. 7.1/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - Ceci N'est Pas Une Drill

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    S1:E7

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Option C" is the best rated episode of "Maniac". It scored 8.4/10 based on 2558 votes. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and written by Cary Joji Fukunaga, Patrick Somerville, it aired on 9/21/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Utangatta".