7.3/103,416 votes#1 - The Chosen One!
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2018
Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville
7.8/102,970 votes#2 - Windmills
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2018
When her pilfered stash of pills runs out, troubled Annie tries to quit -- but ends up blackmailing her way into the Neberdine study.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville
7.6/102,662 votes#3 - Having a Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2018
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.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville, Caroline Goddard
7.7/102,671 votes#4 - Furs by Sebastian
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2018
After taking the B pill, Annie and Owen find themselves on 1980s Long Island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville, Nick Cuse
7.8/102,510 votes#5 - Exactly Like You
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2018
Annie and Owen are Arlie and Ollie, grifters attending a séance at the mysterious Neberdine mansion in the 1940s.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Mauricio Katz, Caroline Goddard
7.5/102,311 votes#6 - Larger Structural Issues
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/2018
Azumi tells James the whole truth about the study's snags and urges him to call his estranged mother, an esteemed therapist.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville, Nick Cuse
7.1/102,289 votes#7 - Ceci N'est Pas Une Drill
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/2018
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.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Amelia Gray, Danielle Henderson
7.5/102,232 votes#8 - The Lake of the Clouds
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/2018
Annia and Ellia continue their quest, and Owen's mafioso father pressures him to protect the family. Greta counsels a bereaved Gertie.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Mauricio Katz, Nick Cuse
8.3/102,484 votes#9 - Utangatta
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/21/2018
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.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville
8.4/102,539 votes#10 - Option C
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2018
After the subjects are discharged, James and Azumi face Neberdine's CEO. Owen and Annie part ways -- until a startling headline sparks a reunion.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer: Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga
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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....
Genres:ComedyDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Netflix
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Chosen One!" is the best rated episode of "Maniac" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 3416 votes. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and written by Patrick Somerville, it aired on 9/21/2018. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Windmills".