R29 Binge Club: Maniac Recaps Episodes 1 - 4

Annie still rattled by seeing his sister’s death again, and Owen looks weirdly content. Dr. Fujita, lit cigarette in hand, asks if the team of scientists, observing this emotional reawakening, is “liking what we’re seeing on the neuromatricies.” The model of neuromatricies follows the idea that pain isn’t produced by physical injury, like torn muscle tissue or a broken bone, but instead pain is a product of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system. Those who believe in it believe, essentially, that the experience of pain is just in your head and can be controlled. This must be the theory, or one of the theories, being tested at NBP. And it doesn’t seem to have any effect on Owen. One of the other scientists question if he was even put under by the pill. They also notice that Annie already has “the grooves of the narrative,” which reveals that she has taken the drug before — a lot of times before. She has willingly re-entered a place that few people ever want to revisit. In the post-exam room, Owen says he is “speechless” over the experiment, but he sounds blank, speechless because he simply has nothing to add.

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