Maniac
TV Show • 2018 • Comedy
ReportTwo 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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Does a pet die?
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A pet dog is missing throughout the series. We don’t know what happened to the dog
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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TheCassandraComplex
During a pharmaceutical study, multiple characters are gaslit when they question the safety of the study.
Owen briefly gaslights Annie about their shared dream in S1E6 but it’s short lived and she calls him out pretty quick and he admits she’s right.
Owen briefly gaslights Annie about their shared dream in S1E6 but it’s short lived and she calls him out pretty quick and he admits she’s right.
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Episode 4: A woman on the verge of death writes a letter to her estranged (now adult) daughter ranting about what a mistake it was to have her as a child. Episode 6: A character recalls when he was eight years old and his mother would talk extensively about her suicidality with him even though he was obviously unable to help her.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Annie is implied to have been taking/abusing the "A" pills for quite some time. She's psychologically addicted
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Is there addiction?
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Annie abuses an experimental drug and blackmails her way into a clinical trial just to gain access to it.
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Does a horse die?
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Anonymous
One character is reading Black Beauty and asks out loud when is this horse going to die?"
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Anonymous
Ep. 1 they discuss a gerbil dying.
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Are animals abused?
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Ep 4, lots of animals in cages to be killed for fur. You don’t see any being killed but I found it distressing
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Is an animal sad?
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In ep 4 lots of animals in cages to be killed for fur. The lemur in particular looks clearly unhappy.
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Are there bugs?
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There are grubs and a dragonfly.
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[SPOILER] Episode 10: During a scene where the Milgrams are preparing for Jed's trial, it is revealed that Jed has been accused of sexual assault. At the trial, grainy surveillance footage shows Jed groping a coworker and then forcing her to urinate on him. Also, in episode 9 a character fears an ally will stick a tool into an orifice to retrieve a chip planted in his body by enemies. The chip is actually in his knee, and that's not how the tool works anyways.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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A character discusses cutting.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Anonymous
There is a very graphic scene where a man's skull is drilled.
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Is someone burned alive?
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TheCassandraComplex
Unclear. There is reference to a character being burned in a car accident. And you do see the car with flames but from afar, not in detail.
(SPOILERS) Some characters are subjected to prolonged exposure to dangerously high temperatures via microwave radiation while unconscious. They do feel this in their dreams. But they survive.
(SPOILERS) Some characters are subjected to prolonged exposure to dangerously high temperatures via microwave radiation while unconscious. They do feel this in their dreams. But they survive.
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Is there a hanging?
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there's a scene where James talks about his father leaving and his mum staying in James' bed and tells him that she wants to hang herself.
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Is someone tortured?
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kyrac
Very very graphic scene in episode 7. I recommend you skip it entirely if this is a trigger.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Episode 2: A character dies when the car she's in is hit by a semi truck and tumbles down a cliffside. Episode 3: A character attempts suicide by jumping off a building but does not die or sustain any visible injuries. Episode 8: There's a surreal scene where the character who attempted suicide climbs out a window and is shown falling in slow motion before hitting the ground, where everything is actually a tiny replica of a city.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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A mother hangs herself offscreen
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Does someone cheat?
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A man says that he heard that his former wife ran off with another woman, but this is untrue.
A character says that his father left his mother and started a new family.
A character says that his father left his mother and started a new family.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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TheCassandraComplex
A few occurrences that are similar:
- In a dream sequence, two characters are captured, tied to chairs and threatened.
-Characters are mislead into participating in a very dangerous, unethical pharmaceutical study. They are not allowed to leave or opt out.
-An AI holds people’s consciousness hostage.
- In a dream sequence, two characters are captured, tied to chairs and threatened.
-Characters are mislead into participating in a very dangerous, unethical pharmaceutical study. They are not allowed to leave or opt out.
-An AI holds people’s consciousness hostage.
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Are there jump scares?
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Episode 5: Characters are abruptly pulled out of dreams, which isn't really a jumpscare but still potentially startling.
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Are there ghosts?
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Episode 5 takes place during a seance. There are references to spirits but nothing supernatural takes place (beyond some of the weird stuff happening because of it being a dream).
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Does someone vomit?
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In the first episode at approximately 11 mins 30 secs
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Does someone spit?
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Episode 5
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Episode 4: A character's dream involves the death of an old woman (never introduced) due to stomach cancer. Episode 6: A character in a robe and headscarf is about to be administered an IV in her home. She is never explicitly said to have cancer but the imagery suggests she might.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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akoifish
Part of the therapy does include microwave radiation in a chair
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The characters spend time in a medical facility/lab where they are experimented on.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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A character describes being strapped to a chair, presumably at a mental hospital, after suffering a psychotic episode.
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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TheCassandraComplex
Technically yes… But it’s complicated. Spoilers ahead.
One character is an Artificial Intelligence who is grieving and starts behaving irrationally and maliciously. It does hurt and kill people. It has also stolen people’s consciousnesses in the past, leaving them brain dead.
The human characters have mental illnesses and are violent in dream sequences but not because their mental illnesses are making them behave irrationally (the dream scenarios are just kinda intense). However, there are references to a psychotic break or schizophrenic episode that occurred in the past. Also, another character threatens violence several times but does not act on these threats.
One character is an Artificial Intelligence who is grieving and starts behaving irrationally and maliciously. It does hurt and kill people. It has also stolen people’s consciousnesses in the past, leaving them brain dead.
The human characters have mental illnesses and are violent in dream sequences but not because their mental illnesses are making them behave irrationally (the dream scenarios are just kinda intense). However, there are references to a psychotic break or schizophrenic episode that occurred in the past. Also, another character threatens violence several times but does not act on these threats.
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A character mentions cutting while being interviewed.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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cosmichorn
the main character is unsure what is real and subsequently we are too
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LandonL
There are multiple scenes in which a character is shown attempting suicide by jumping off of a building, but he is unsuccessful.
A character talks about how when he was a child, his mother would lie with him in his bed and tell him how she wanted to hang herself.
A character talks about how when he was a child, his mother would lie with him in his bed and tell him how she wanted to hang herself.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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TheCassandraComplex
Adjacent phrases.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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No harsh white strobe effects. Flashing colorful lights at many points starting at episode 4. In the middle of episode 9, fluorescent lights flicker but have several seconds of darkness between the short bursts. Around minute 38-39 of episode 9 and the very beginning of episode 10, there are some short but particularly rapid colorful lights flashing.
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Is there shakey cam?
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The character Owen has episodes of altered reality that is introduced with intense shaking camera.
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Pregnancy
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Surprised at the “no” answers… Owen is emotionally abused by his family because of his schizophrenia. There are many hurtful, ableist things things said about him and to him.
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Is there hate speech?
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To clarify, the title Maniac is most likely alluding to the MANIAC supercomputer (probably the inspiration for GRTA) and not being used as a pejorative term.
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A character and is mother kiss each other on the lips for a prolonged amount of time.
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Is there sexual content?
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A character is shown having sex in VR.
Two characters are shown on a naked on a bed.
Two characters are shown on a naked on a bed.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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There is a car accident in episode 2 that involves a death, but no pedestrians are involved.
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Does a car crash?
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Anonymous
In the last ten minutes of episode 2 it is revealed Annie and her sister were involved in an accident while on vacation.
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Episode 4 involves a shootout where one character gets riddled with bullets. Episodes 8 and 9 each multiple deaths due to the use of guns.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Lots of shooting. A man gets drilled through his head. A man is shot in half with a large gun.
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