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Cast
Emma Stone (Annie Landsberg)Jonah Hill (Owen Milgrim)Sonoya Mizuno (Dr. Azumi Fujita)Justin Theroux (Dr. James K. Mantleray)Sally Field (Dr. Greta Mantleray)Kathleen Choe (3)Danny Hoch (5)Allyce Beasley (11)Stephen Hill (7)James Monroe Iglehart (Carl)Dai Ishiguro (Head Control Tech)Sejal Shah (First Medical Tech)Billy Magnussen (Jed Milgrim)Aaralyn Anderson (Belle Milgrim)Gabriel Byrne (Porter Milgrim)Julia Garner (Ellie Landsberg)Jemima Kirke (Adelaide)Nate Craig (Phil)
Creators
Kjetil Indregard, Caroline Williams, Mauricio Katz, Ole Marius Araldsen, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Danielle Henderson, Håkon Bast Mossige, Patrick Somerville, Espen Petrus Andersen Lervaag, Nick Cuse, Amelia Gray
Synopsis
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial for a drug that they're assured will, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, permanently solve all of their problems. Things do not go as planned.
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