Max Headroom (1987–1988)

1. S01E01Season's bestBlipvertsMarch 31, 1987 8.0In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter and his computer-genera
2. S01E02RakersApril 7, 1987 7.0Theora goes AWOL when she learns her estranged brother is involved in the brutal and dangerous ""sport"" of raking, which the promoters are
3. S01E03Body BanksApril 14, 1987 1.0Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pitu
4. S01E04Security SystemsApril 21, 1987 2.0Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the hostile takeover of Security Systems, the world's most power
5. S01E05WarApril 28, 1987 3.0In the middle of a global ratings sweep programmer packager Frank Braddock tries to sell Network 23 a package covering the activities of a t
6. S01E06The BlanksMay 5, 1987 3.0As the ""blanks"" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and arrested, the networks face permanent cancellation by hacke

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01AcademySeptember 18, 1987 6.5Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time T
2. S02E02DeitiesSeptember 25, 1987 6.5The 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
3. S02E03Season's bestGrossberg's ReturnOctober 2, 1987 8.5Rival Network 66 attempts to defeat Network 23 in a ratings-based election by introducing a ""watch while you sleep"" device into its progra
4. S02E04Dream ThievesOctober 9, 1987 5.5Some shady entrepreneurs are stealing people's dreams and selling them to the highest bidders. Edison goes undercover to expose their lethal
5. S02E05WhackettsOctober 16, 1987 5.5A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
6. S02E06NeurostimApril 28, 1988 4.5Zik-Zak introduces Neurostim, a device to directly stimulate the brain and bypass the need to use television for advertising.
7. S02E07LessonsMay 5, 1988 6.5Network 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 instru
8. S02E08Baby GrobagsMay 12, 1988 7.0Edison Carter is on the trail of some rather dark people who are stealing babies from the baby pods where they are grown while Bryce careful

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