7.048 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestEdison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce carefully considers working for Grossberg and channel 66.
Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the station's dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident," his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host — Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?
Acting
Matt Frewer's dual performance is genuinely unhinged genius.
Production
Practical effects and video art that still slap.
Writing
Satire so sharp it accidentally predicted 2024.
Creators
Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Max Headroom signal hijacking of 1987—where someone in a Max mask interrupted Chicago broadcasts—remains unsolved and genuinely creepy.
Matt Frewer improvised most of Max's rambling monologues; the stutter wasn't scripted, just happened and they kept it. The '80s Coke commercials paid for the series.
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