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 renew, this is my husband’s and my favorite show of the summer.
PLEASE RENEW BRAINDEAD!! The is a extremely funny show.
Please renew!!!
Love it . Please don’t cancel it.
Oh, PLEASE RENEW! Hilariously funny but so up-to-date on politics in this country right now! They can take this show to any number of places, aside from Congress, e.g. Wall Street, the Flint water crisis, etc. You could write episodes for decades! LOVE this show and wouldn’t miss an episode!
Love this show! Great writing and actors are great in their roles. Please keep these timelessness coming. It’s so relevant and will continue to be so, I’m sure!
I adore this show! PLEASE renew it…I can’t wait to find out what happens next. Superb acting and chemistry between all actors (love Gareth and Laurel together!) and the storyline is the best writing in years.
I found this show about 3 episodes in and think it’s one of the most refreshing funny series I’ve seen in years! Love the plot line and how it incorporates what our government would or could do-if this or ANY real potentially dangerous threat to the public and how well they could hide from us! The fact you used bugs as the premise is hysterical. But it does make you really think….what about the real dangers that are out there and just how easy they can manipulate the public to believing there are none and if there are (lol) they’ve… Read more »
Renew this show funniest I’ve seen in years.
Funniest show I’ve seen in years I hope it will be renewed for many more seasons it is the one show I hear people talking about all the time.
I believe that brain-dead should be renewed. It is a great satire on politics/Washington DC and is extremely entertaining. It is refreshing, the cast is the delightful, and makes you laugh.
Please renew it and don’t discard.
A great show that covers a lot of genres.
Just try to keep the variety in balance. Saying this because for couple of episodes before last 3 episodes, Gustav was missing from the scene.
Gustav’s character has lesser screen presence than others (so far) but, is more impactful than most. Making him an essential to keep hopes of the viewers alive and keeps the show spicier and ticklish for imaginations.
I would have not requested a renewal, if Gustav had not return in 11th episode.
Please RENEW Brain Dead!! It is well written, acted & spot on to our political nonsense..also enjpy the guitar recaps. The whole thing is brilliant
I think this a well-written, clever show. The backdrop of Washington DC, and the “look behind the scenes” are hilarious. In today’s political climate, the idea of bugs in politicians ears, actually makes sense! They should definitely renew this show!
RENEW BRAIN DEAD…it I’d well written, creative & hilarious!!!
Its amazing in the irony of how close to reality (governement not working) it is. The bugs add a likeable body snatchers element. The clever and taught writing for Nikki James and Johnny Gill make them my favorite. Aaron Tveit is exceptional , whitty and sexy. Mary Winstead is a dream casting for the role of Laurel (she’s sharp and amazing in The Hollar’s in theatres now)