Hosts Xia Anderson, Steph Sabraw, Mina Wahab, and Yasmine Tanres discuss episodes 1, 2, and 3 of Netflix’s “Maniac.” They talk about complex themes including the perception of reality, mental health, the authenticity of relationships, the ubiquity of advertising, and the construction of social norms. Share your thoughts about this trippy show below! Two strangers in weird pharmaceutical trials for their own reasons. Let's discuss every episode of this mind-bending drug-induced crazy television series on the MANIAC AFTERBUZZ TV AFTER SHOW! Will all their problems be solved? Join us to discuss it every week! Subscribe, rate, and comment to stay 100% up to date on all things Maniac, and maybe even a few special guest interviews thrown into the prescription! Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim are two strangers who are drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial. Each has a different reason for participating in the experiment -- she is disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and sister, while he has struggled throughout his life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. The radical treatment, using pills that the inventor claims can repair anything about the mind, draws Annie, Owen and 10 other subjects into a three-day drug trial that they're told will permanently solve all of their problems, with no complications or side effects. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.