Sep 26 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/26/18BTV ReviewsManiac9/26/18In the end, the real Maniac was the mostly conventional friends we made along the wayEric Thurm91SaveLike Annie and Owen’s trip to Salt Lake City, the actual destination of Maniac feels less important than the fact…
Sep 25 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/25/18B-TV ReviewsManiac9/25/18Maniac's picture of the human mind becomes a bit too alien for comfortEric Thurm45Save“Utangatta” follows in a long TV tradition of having the climactic action of a season happen in the penultimate…
Sep 25 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/25/18A-TV ReviewsManiac9/25/18Maniac puts everything in place for its endgame in the best episode of the seasonEric Thurm9SaveIt wouldn’t surprise me if “Ceci N’est Pas Une Drill” and “The Lake Of The Clouds” really were written as a…
Sep 25 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/25/18B+TV ReviewsManiac9/25/18A taut episode of Maniac starts to turn on the literal magicEric Thurm39Save“Ceci N’est Pas Une Drill” starts to get at a topic that could be a really fascinating, compelling kernel for Maniac:…
Sep 24 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/24/18B+TV ReviewsManiac9/24/18Maniac has a Field day as Dr. Mantleray finally confronts his motherEric Thurm18SaveGoofy Maniac is back, and it’s got some momentum. “Larger Structural Issues” starts to set up the likely endgame of…
Sep 24 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/24/18BTV ReviewsManiac9/24/18Maniac heads to the 1940s for some more song and danceEric Thurm19SaveAt one point during their attempted heist, Ollie—Owen’s incarnation in the 1940s setting of “Exactly Like You”—turns…
Sep 22 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/22/18BTV ReviewsManiac9/22/18Maniac jumps to the 1980s to go on a wild lemur chaseEric Thurm39SaveI don’t know, gang.
Sep 21 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/21/18B+TV ReviewsManiac9/21/18Maniac should maybe just be about Justin Theroux jerking offEric Thurm22SaveThis is the first episode of Maniac where I really feel like I have a firm handle on the tone: This is a dark…
Sep 21 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/21/18BTV ReviewsManiac9/21/18A sisterly subplot shines on Maniac’s second episodeEric Thurm24SaveThe second episode of Maniac picks up parallel to the first, tracking the events that led Annie to the drug trial…
Sep 21 2018SaveTV ReviewsManiac9/21/18B-TV ReviewsManiac9/21/18Maniac’s first episode suffers from the Netflix conditionEric Thurm158SaveNot everything is as it seems, but some things are.