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A single-camera half-hour comedy based on what Maria Bamford has accepted to be "her life." It's the sometimes surreal story of a woman who loses — and then finds — her s**t.


“The mind can be solved.”
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. Things do not go as planned.

Emma Stone
Annie Landsberg

Jonah Hill
Owen Milgrim

Sonoya Mizuno
Dr. Azumi Fujita

Justin Theroux
Dr. James K. Mantleray

Sally Field
Dr. Greta Mantleray
Maniac is a comedy, drama, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of schizophrenia, computer, surrealism, dark comedy, psychiatric hospital, miniseries. Created by Cary Joji Fukunaga, it stars Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno. 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. Things do not go as planned.
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