Max Headroom

Season 2

TV-PG
In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with the help of his colleagues and a computerized version of himself.
8 Episodes
  • Academy
    E1
    Episode 1AcademyNetwork 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.
  • Deities
    E2
    Episode 2DeitiesThe Vu-Age Church is running a phony resurrection service, claiming to be able to store cortical scans of its members and keep them on-line for the day when cloning is perfected and their personalities can be placed in new bodies. Edison is reluctant to pursue the story because Vu- Age's leading televangelist, Vanna Smith, is an old flame.
  • Grossberg's Return
    E3
    Episode 3Grossberg's ReturnRival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" device into its programming to cause people to leave their TV sets on all night.
  • Dream Thieves
    E4
    Episode 4Dream ThievesFollowing the death of an old colleague who was found literally drained of life, Edison races to expose the deadly process of recording and broadcasting dreams. But is the audience's own demand for the innovative new program too great to conquer?
  • Whackets
    E5
    Episode 5WhacketsA video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
  • Neurostim
    E6
    Episode 6NeurostimZik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.
  • Lessons
    E7
    Episode 7LessonsNetwork 23 censors go a step too far when they try to shut down a secret school in the fringes, because it's using pirated Network 23 instructional programming.
  • Baby Grobags
    E8
    Episode 8Baby GrobagsAn old friend of Theora's goes to the lab to pick up her in vitro baby only to find out it's been kidnapped. Theora and Edison make it their personal mission to expose the truth behind the disappearances of other babies.
Cast of Season 2
  • Matt FrewerEdison Carter / Max Headroom
  • Chris YoungBryce Lynch
  • Jeffrey TamborMurray
  • William Morgan SheppardBlank Reg
  • Concetta TomeiBlank Dominique
  • Amanda PaysTheora Jones
  • George CoeBen Cheviot
  • Lee WilkofEdwards
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