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Max Headroom
Season 2
TV-PG
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In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with the help of his colleagues and a computerized version of himself.
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8 Episodes
Academy
E1
Episode 1
Academy
Network 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 2
Deities
The 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 3
Grossberg's Return
Rival 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 4
Dream Thieves
Following 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 5
Whackets
A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
Neurostim
E6
Episode 6
Neurostim
Zik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.
Lessons
E7
Episode 7
Lessons
Network 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 8
Baby Grobags
An 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 Frewer
Edison Carter / Max Headroom
Chris Young
Bryce Lynch
Jeffrey Tambor
Murray
William Morgan Sheppard
Blank Reg
Concetta Tomei
Blank Dominique
Amanda Pays
Theora Jones
George Coe
Ben Cheviot
Lee Wilkof
Edwards
Season 2 Reviews
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Robert Ham
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.
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