Network: CBS
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: June 13, 2016 — September 11, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James, Johnny Ray Gill, Charlie Semine, and Jan Maxwell.
TV show description:
Created by Robert and Michelle King, this comic-thriller TV series is set in the world of Washington, DC politics.
Fresh-faced, Laurel Healy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has returned home to Washington, DC to work for her brother, Senator Luke Healy (Danny Pino) on Capitol Hill.
The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left the area to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into the family business when her brother, the Democratic whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his Senate office.
She is caught in the midst of two huge problems: the government has stopped working due to budgetary disagreements, and mysterious bugs are eating the brains of a growing number of members of Congress and Hill staffers
On the Hill, Laurel becomes unlikely friends with Gareth (Aaron Tveit), the smart, hardworking Legislative Director to a top Republican, Senator Red Wheatus (Tony Shalhoub).
One of Laurel’s allies, Gustav Triplett (Johnny Ray Gill) is an eccentric genius who is the first in DC to recognize that something sinister is attacking the Capitol.
There’s also Rochelle (Nikki M. James), a medical student who teams up with Laurel and Gustav to protect and defend the citizens of DC from an untimely fate.
Other characters include Anthony Onofrio (Charlie Semine), and Senator Ella Pollack (Jan Maxwell).
As the tiny bugs continue to multiply, Laurel and her allies must work quickly to identify the creatures, stop their infiltration and ultimately save the world.
Episode #13 — The End of All We Hold Dear: What Happens when Democracies Fail: A Brief Synopsis
Laurel discovers the secret to driving the bugs out of a person’s brain and tests the tactic on her father. Armed with new knowledge, Laurel and Gareth attempt to expel the Queen bug out of Red’s head once and for all.
First aired: September 11, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like the BrainDead TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Please bring Braindead back. This is one of the best series that did not get nearly enough attention. Make another season
Braindead is a brilliant, brilliant show. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BRING IT BACK EVEN ON CABLE IF NECESSARY BUT BRINGITBACK!!!! THIS COUNTRY NEEDS THAT SHOW, ESPECIALLY NOW!!!!
It should be picked up again and it can resumed from exactly where it left off, just before the ‘16 elections. Can you imagine how material the writers would now have??
And you can keep it on Paramount +
CBS cancels BrainDead after one season.
I absolutely LOVE the show!!! The only reason to cancel is due to it’s level of truth. I can’t tolerate much Tele and it was a whim that this one gabbed me from E.1. And then it began. LOVE IT, NEED MORE!! KING, KING, SCOTT, RUCKER! <3
The show should be renewed
I loved the show smart funny & informative
Great Show that shows why and how politicians change their minds with ease? Continue the show!!!!
It’s always the shows I enjoy. Making fun of the government. C’mon and the lead actress. Excellent job. Sorry to see you all go.
Yes yes my plan is working out just fine thank you HUMANS
Maybe it was canceled because it was too close to the truth. It would explain a lot about our current political climate