Colman Domingo Explains How ‘The Madness’ Big Reveal Mirrors U.S. Politics & Season 2 Potential: “Is It A Conspiracy Or Is It Real?” — The Deadline Q&A

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about The Madness. As the country’s sociopolitical infighting intensifies, Colman Domingo hopes that his latest series can cut through the noise.

In watching The Madness, now streaming on Netflix, the Oscar nominee tells Deadline that he wants audiences to “look at the whole picture,” especially in the wake of the presidential election. “I think the show is asking you … don’t just take what’s given to you,” explained Domingo. “But go a little deeper to actually look who’s behind curtain number three, four, five and six, and how it benefits them, the idea that you need to continue to believe what you believe and keep yourself separate from each other.

And it keeps a chasm between us instead of you taking in all the information.” Created by Stephen Belber, The Madness follows CNN pundit Muncie Daniels on a work sabbatical in the Poconos to write the great American novel, where he finds himself the only witness to the murder of a well-known white supremacist.

Now, he’s being framed for the crime. As he’s forced to go on the run in a desperate fight to clear his name and unravel a global conspiracy, Muncie finds unlikely allies against the corrupt billionaire ultimately pulling the strings. “Isn’t that strange?” said Domingo playfully. “A billionaire who’s just about the corporations of America running things and being the puppeteer of it all.