6.8/1056 votes#1 - Academy
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1987
Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
7.2/1058 votes#2 - Deities
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1987
The Vu-Age Church is running a phony resurrection service, claiming to be able to store cortical scans of its members and keep them on-line for the day when cloning is perfected and their personalities can be placed in new bodies. Edison is reluctant to pursue the story because Vu- Age's leading televangelist, Vanna Smith, is an old flame.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Michael Cassutt
7.9/1053 votes#3 - Grossberg's Return
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1987
Rival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" device into its programming to cause people to leave their TV sets on all night.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: Steve Roberts
7.6/1047 votes#4 - Dream Thieves
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1987
Some shady entrepreneurs are stealing people's dreams and selling them to the highest bidders. Edison goes undercover to expose their lethal business.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Steve Roberts
8.1/1055 votes#5 - Whackets
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1987
A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
7.4/1052 votes#6 - Neurostim
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/1988
Zik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.
Director: Maurice Phillips
Writer: Michael Cassutt
7.8/1045 votes#7 - Lessons
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/1988
Network 23 censors go a step too far when they try to shut down a secret school in the fringes, because it's using pirated Network 23 instructional programming.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Steve Roberts
7.4/1047 votes#8 - Baby Grobags
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/1998
Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce carefully considers working for Grossberg and channel 66.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: Chris Ruppenthal
The Best Episodes of Max Headroom Season 2
Every episode of Max Headroom Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Max Headroom Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Academy" is the best rated episode of "Max Headroom" season 2. It scored 6.8/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1987. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Deities".