The Maxx

Original Air Date: 1995

Network: MTV

Like a little psycho-drama with your superhero escapades? Or perhaps you like a little hero-action in your poetic melodramas? Based on the comic book by Sam Kieth,The Maxx often kept the frame by frame references intact, and in most cases moved the characters very little, if even at all. There's a lot of emotional turmoil and damage caused by physical assault, and we haven't seen any show give that damage as much of a voice as The Maxx. The Maxx, in all of its glory, allowed for grief, rage, guilt and despair as we followed the supernatural after-effects of the attack and rape of Julie Winters. Julie's own personal desire to feel whole again causes her to create an inner psychological landscape called The Outback, where she rules as The Jungle Queen. The Maxx might be the hero and protector of Julie's Outback subconscious, but in the real world he's a confused, homeless drifter. Both of them live in a state of denial that might become their own undoing -- that is if they're not done in first by the sadistic Mr. "You might say that I've got a problem with women" Gone. The Maxx was part of MTV's Oddities program, back when MTV was interested more in art than commerce.