The Freak (Mini-Series)

The Freak is an American drama- thriller web television miniseries created, directed and written by Jeremy Saulnier for Netflix, and it stars Michael Cera, Saoirse Ronan, Collin Farrell, Hugh Dancy and Emilie Hirsch The Series focuses on two young detectives who suffer the same symptoms of trauma, pursing a killer responsible for the bizarre deaths of three women and two teens.

The series was released on May 5, 2017. It received critical acclaim for its performances ,writing, directing, atmosphere, tone and pacing.

Plot
A mentally disturbed young man in his late 20's is hired by a captain in the police squadron to pursue a killer responsible for the bizarre deaths of three women and two teens. He is paired up with a female police officer in her early 20's who is mentally normal unlike the young man, who suffers the symptoms of his trauma until he realizes he can use it to his advantage to track down the killer responsible, but each clue that the two finds leads to shocking and twisted truths that will test their limits on pursing the suspect.

Cast
Michael Cera as Ryan Shaw: A Mentally disturbed young man who is hired by Captain Roberts to help corporal Maxwell search for the fugitive Ellison Hutch Sanderson. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he has seen the horrors of war while on his second military tour in Iraq and suffers from trauma after being kidnapped by a group of terrorists and witnessing one of his comrades be killed. At first he, relents on helping

Saoirse Ronan as Detective Skylar Maxwell

Collin Farrell as Ellison Hutch Sanderson

Hugh Dancy as Captain Roberts

Emilie Hirsch