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?
Best show on tv!! So much fun to watch, only show I watch with my husband. And the Cars song is stuck in my head, although thankfully, no bugs.
Please (please) renew! The show is an engaging political satire that’s also charming and funny. Its the only show on my must-see list right now, so its depressing they are ******** with the time slot. I had to use amazon prime to cover last Sunday because it started so late the DVR missed half… please CBS have faith in the show. Finally something different and original amidst the sea of generic shows and remakes.
Brain Dead is great! Renew! Renew!
BEST SHOW! LOVE IT1 KEEP IT ON!!!!
I love this show. It’s cute and sweet and light! It’s great to watch something like this which is comedic versus all of the violence laden shows. The casting is superb
Funny show keep it on
Love the show, don’t cancel it.
love the show….cleverly done….great cast !!!
Bring it back!!!!
Love it love it! Science fiction and political humor – it’s perfect! Don’t cancel!
I LOVE the show. It’s a funny satire on politics and it’s original and creative. Don’t cancel!
This show is a mess. I was stoked that CBS was going to do something sort of pulpy and sci fi, but this is neither. Please cancel.
Don’t have a clue why the bad reviews. I find the show to be one of the most entertaining new shows in years. Kind of a current invasion of the body snatchers with a little comedy thrown in. Meanwhile it truly shows how dysfunctional our govt. really is. Hope it continues on.
My wife and I love the show!!! Don’t stop it now.
I can’t believe they cancelled Angel from Hell and then slopped this **** on the public. Just another example of corporate upper management and elites in general being out of touch with all of us working debt slaves. Someone somewhere must have a compromising picture of someone on high me thinks.