BrainDead

Television series

TV seriestelevision seriesQ20966089

Started: June 13, 2016
Ended: September 11, 2016
Network: CBS
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead
, Tony Shalhoub
, Aaron Tveit
, Jan Maxwell
Genre: comedy drama
, satire
, science fiction film
Country of origin: United States

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BrainDead is an American political satire science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King. The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for her brother Luke, a U.S. Senator, after the funding for her latest film falls through. Assigned as his new constituency caseworker, she discovers that Washington, D.C. has been invaded by extraterrestrial insects which are eating the brains and taking control of people, including members of Congress and their staffers. Much of the internal comedy of the series was that, in the altered reality of Washington, D.C. politics, only a few people noticed.

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Title: BrainDead
Composer: David Buckley
Language: English
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Website: cbs.com/shows/braindead language: English
Inspired by: Chelyabinsk meteorite

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