Best Sci-Fi Series On Netflix With Female Leads

Emma Stone stars in Netflix sci-fi psychological comedy-drama miniseries Maniac as Annie Landsberg, whose borderline personality disorder causes her to have unhealthy thoughts and feelings about her relationships.

She becomes part of a high-risk pharmaceutical trial with twelve other people. The psychologically intensive trial, conducted by Neberdine Pharmaceutical Biotech (NPB), causes hallucinatory fantasies. 

In these fantasies, Landsberg develops an array of other personas, including Linda Marino, Arlie Kane, Annia, and Ruth, all portrayed by Stone.

The story centers on Landsberg’s connection with Owen Milgrem (Jonah Hill), a person from a wealthy family who might have schizophrenia and has joined the trial in an effort to make it on his own, without help from his family. He also develops alternate forms, Bruce Marino, Oliver “Ollie” Hightower, and Snorri.

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Created by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the story is very loosely based on a 2015 Norwegian television series, also called Maniac. The 10 episodes are set in a retro-future New York City where the trial takes place. Critical response was positive and the series garnered multiple nominations and awards.

Stone was nominated for her performance by both the Satellite Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, The Netflix sci-fi series was also nominated for WGA Awards for its writing.

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