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Season 2 – Max Headroom

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After he is seriously injured by his corrupt employers, crusading reporter Edison Carter undergoes a procedure to digitize his mind into a computer program personified by eccentric character Max Headroom. Max's ability to move through computer and television networks freely is a huge help to Edison, who is determined to stamp out the corruption in his futuristic society.
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Max Headroom — Season 2

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MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 06/10/2021
[E]ven more mindblowing today, for its unwitting prescience, for its daring satire (I can't believe they got away with some of what they got away with on network television), and for its frenetic, and pointedly so, style. Go to Full Review Robert Ham Paste Magazine 07/18/2018
It's a preposterous premise but the show has proven to be strangely prescient some 30 years after its premiere, and its dark undercurrent paved the way for other series like Twin Peaks and Dark Angel. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Georgan G @RT98616417 01/12/2025 Still amazing after all these years. Loved seeing it again. See more David W @Sternhammer 02/04/2023 Caustic, prescient, great environmental designs, superbly written, futuristic yet familiar and with a lead actor in Matt Frewer who inhabited his role wonderfully. An absolutely classic near future sci-fi series which I adored then and still love today. It was a crying shame that it didn't get a longer run when so many far inferior series were given room to breathe. Still, it's two series left an indelible mark on the genre for those who were lucky enough to 'get it'. The very definition of a cult series. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Matt Frewer

Edison Carter

Jeffrey Tambor

Murray

Amanda Pays

Theora Jones

Chris Young

Bryce Lynch

Lee Wilkof

Edwards

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 1987 Academy Edison and Max force computer whiz Bryce Lynch into a crisis of loyalty when hackers at his alma mater take Network 23 off the air. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 25, 1987 Deities Edison discovers that the high priestess of a bizarre TV religious cult is one of his former college heartthrobs. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 2, 1987 Grossberg's Return A former Network 23 executive becomes a power broker at a rival network and hatches a scheme to destroy Edison and Max. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 9, 1987 Dream Thieves Dream thieves steal the innermost workings of the human mind, record them, and exploit them on television. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 16, 1987 Whackets An electronically addictive game show becomes a lethal weapon in the ratings. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 28, 1988 Neurostim A large advertiser cooks up a scheme to prevent Edison Carter from revealing its plans to undermine the Network. Details Episode 7 Aired May 5, 1988 Lessons A mother-and-child reunion is prevented when the woman, who is wanted by the Metrocops, goes into hiding with the Fringers. Details Episode 8 Aired May 12, 1988 Baby Grobags Edison's investigation into a bizarre baby-stealing incident leads him to a rival network and its chairman, Ned Grossberg. Details

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Season Info

Network
ABC
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 1987