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?
This show has been at the top of my must see list every since it started. It’s the only show I can’t miss. It so clever and hilarious! It really put’s an amusing spin on the jagged little pill of today’s politics. I love It, I like it, I want some more of it!
I adore the show and twisted story lines! Fantastic cast make it more enjoyable. I hope it goes in for years!
Love the show
PLEASE bring it back! The cast is simply wonderful! The scripts – very clever. Loved how the writers used crop circles as gerrymandering (a new word for some family members)! WOW, who would have ever thought of that concept? It’s the most original, fun and thought-provoking new show most of my family and friends saw all year! Had us in stitches many times with it’s odd-ball humor mixed with alien brain-eating bugs and political in-fighting. We were jumping up and down trying to guess what would happen after a break or the following week’s episode, who was, wasn’t, or would… Read more »
love the show
LOVE THE SHOW BRING BACK PLEASE
I totally enjoy this show. My favorite of the summer. Lots of fun–enjoy the whole cast. Please do not cancel!
This show is fabulous! But it has been my experience that most new shows that I enjoy is not renewed. Come on CBS, renew this gem!
please renew > the whole family loves it .. the only one we all agree on and watch together lol
My whole family loves this show, it is edgy, quirky, and hilarious!!!! My family rarely agrees together on one thing, but this show brings us all together so don’t you dare cancel this show.
Love the show please do not cancel it
Love, love this show! Totally refreshing and funny. Please renew!
“I’m not a scientist…wait, am I?” But if I was, I’d say renew this wonderful quirky show and next year CBS, support it with an appropriate (& consistent) time slot. Best show of the summer, great cast and really great social media team who did their best to keep the show on the map when CBS failed to advertise it.
Brilliant, hilarious show. Please keep them coming.
This show is the smartest thing on TV right now! Well, it was. Now that it is over, I really hope it gets a second season. The cast was perfect, the writing was nearly flawless. It was so wonderdully satirical and realistic at the same time. All this show needed to get more people watching was more awareness. Every time I would tell someone about this show they’d say they had never heard od it but that it sounded great. Just get the word out! Follow Mr Robot’s lead and go crazy with social media and campaigns to pull people… Read more »
You must renew it …it is the best show on TV in AGES!!!!! It is politically current and very very funny!!!!