In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with help from his colleagues--and a computerized version of himself.
Episode List
S1 • E1
Blipverts
Top TV reporter Max Edison discovers Network 23 is experimenting with advertising that is lethal to some viewers. His boss tries to kill him and copy his mind to a controllable simulation. Instead Edison survives - and Max Headroom is born.
S1 • E2
Rakers
Theora's brother gets involved in "raking" - a violent underground sport that is a cross between skateboarding and roller-derby.
S1 • E3
Body Banks
While Max attempts to fill the many gaps in his and Edison's memory, a young woman goes missing, revealing the shadowy world of involuntary organ donation.
S1 • E4
Security Systems
The CEO of Security Systems, the world's largest security center, fears there may be danger behind the possible purchase of her company by an unknown buyer.
S1 • E5
War
Edison and the Network 23 team are dumbfounded when a lesser rival network appears to be always at the scenes of recent terrorist attacks for the big ratings-drawing exclusives.
S1 • E6
The Blanks
A group of unidentified anarchists who are known only as Blanks terrorize the city's central computer systems.
