The Best Episodes of Max Headroom Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(137 votes)

   #1 - Blipverts

   S1:E13/31/1987

   In the near future, when TVs can't be shut off and ratings are all that matter, investigative reporter Edison Carter and his computer-generated alter ego Max Headroom battle to keep the "blank" generation informed. In the opener, Carter stumbles across his own network's cover-up of a sometimes deadly new form of TV advertising called "blipverts".

   Director:Farhad Mann

   Writer:Joe Gannon

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   Director:Farhad Mann

   Writer:Joe Gannon
2. 

   6.7/10(82 votes)

   #2 - Rakers

   S1:E24/7/1987

   Theora goes AWOL when she learns her estranged brother is involved in the brutal and dangerous ""sport"" of raking, which the promoters are trying to have legalized and televised.

   Director:Thomas J. Wright

   Writers:Steve Roberts, James Crocker

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   Director:Thomas J. Wright

   Writers:Steve Roberts, James Crocker
3. 

   7.4/10(85 votes)

   #3 - Body Banks

   S1:E34/14/1987

   Breughel and Mahler are stealing live bodies from the Fringes and selling them to Nightingales Body Bank. The wealthy Plantaganet wants pituitarys from the bodies for an operation which could save his aging mother. While Carter races to save a Fringer girl's life, Cheviot is more concerned that Max is offending Network 23's biggest sponsor, ZikZak, who have decided to buy him.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Steve Roberts

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Steve Roberts
4. 

   7.3/10(77 votes)

   #4 - Security Systems

   S1:E44/21/1987

   Carter is accused of credit fraud and becomes a fugitive after delving into the hostile takeover of Security Systems, the world's most powerful corporation.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Michael Cassutt

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Michael Cassutt
5. 

   7.5/10(64 votes)

   #5 - War

   S1:E54/28/1987

   In the middle of a global ratings sweep programmer packager Frank Braddock tries to sell Network 23 a package covering the activities of a terrorist group, the White Brigade. Edison and Murray become suspicious when Breakthru TV, who have bought the package, start broadcasting terrorist bombings as soon as they occur.

   Director:Thomas J. Wright

   Writers:Michael Cassutt, Steve Roberts, Martin Pasko

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   Director:Thomas J. Wright

   Writers:Michael Cassutt, Steve Roberts, Martin Pasko
6. 

   7.6/10(71 votes)

   #6 - The Blanks

   S1:E65/5/1987

   As the ""blanks"" -- undesirables with no computer records -- are rounded up and arrested, the networks face permanent cancellation by hackers who threaten to crash the city's entire computer system if their companions aren't released.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Steve Roberts

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Steve Roberts
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