The Maxx (1995)
The Maxx
1995 / TV-14Maxx is a purple-clad superhero living in a cardboard box. His only friend is Julie Winters, a freelance social worker. Maxx often finds himself shifting back and forth between the "real" world and a more primitive outback world where he rules, and protects Julie. Mr. Gone, a self-proclaimed "student of the mystic arts" seems to know more about Maxx and Julie and their strange relationship than they could ever guess, but he's not exactly telling all....not yet, anyway.
Seasons & Episode
In this series premiere episode we meet Maxx and Julie, and enter the gritty world they inhabit.
Can Maxx stop Mr. Gone and his messengers from terrorizing the city?
Mr. Gone gets the upperhand against Maxx and Julie, but for how long?
Sarah meets up with Julie and Maxx. The three of them get car-jacked by a group of Isz masquerading as punks. Maxx prevails, but when Sarah sees one of the punks die and become an Isz, it's too much. With gun in hand, she threatens suicide. Maxx and Julie talk her out of it, mostly...
Maxx falls asleep on Julie's couch and dreams that he is is an episode of his favorite cartoon, "The Crappon In a Hat." In the dream, Maxx is chased by his fears of knowing the truth of his identity. Also in this episode, Julie explores deep into her own "Outback."
Maxx is a purple-clad superhero living in a cardboard box. His only friend is Julie Winters, a freelance social worker. Maxx often finds himself shifting back and forth between the "real" world and a more primitive outback world where he rules, and protects Julie. Mr. Gone, a self-proclaimed "student of the mystic arts" seems to know more about Maxx and Julie and their strange relationship than they could ever guess, but he's not exactly telling all....not yet, anyway.