Justin Theroux said his “Maniac” alter ego, Dr. James K. Mantleray, owes everything to his wig. “I was like, ‘This wig is terrible,'” he said, recalling its tar-colored tufts.

But lest you think Maniac is endorsing talk therapy, it offers up one of its most odious characters in the form of abusive celebrity therapist Dr. Greta Mantleray (Sally Field). What’s more ...

The issue for Maniac is whether all of the high gloss and ... The mind-altering pharmacological/computer plan was conceived by Dr. James Mantleray (Justin Theroux in a thrill ride of a performance ...

Maniac' showrunner Patrick Somerville talks with ... Three of the main characters — Owen, Annie and Dr. Mantleray (Justin Theroux) — are struggling with relationships to their parents.

“The ‘A’ experience on its own can be a seductive demon,” says Dr. Robert Muramoto in Maniac Episode 3. “Most people wouldn’t understand why someone wants to revisit a trauma again and ...

Through its first five episodes, Maniac was missing precisely this very moment in which Dr. Greta so succinctly sums up the motivation of the main players of the series. It didn’t need to be ...

This gets us back to the actual point of Maniac. Dr Myles says he finds the psychoanalytical perspective of the show actually quite useful — the idea that what happens at some crucial point in ...

Ariel Kavoussi, whose acting credits include Netflix’s “Maniac,” Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and film “Catfight,” has wrapped her feature directorial debut “The ...