Series
Dead at 21
“Don't trust anyone”
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two-part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman, and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Dead at 2115 Jun 1994The victim of a government experiment to create superintelligent humans learns the cause of the strange dreams he has been having—and that he will self-destruct by his 21st birthday unless he finds the scientist who ""created"" him by implanting a chip in his brain. He becomes a fugitive when he and Maria, a girl who crashed his 20th birthday party, are accused of killing another ""cyb"" actually shot by a government agent named Winston, bent on tracking down all the cybs and killing them. Ed's only hope for survival is a doctor who worked on the project, Victor Heisenberg.
- 2Brain Salad22 Jun 1994Ed checks into a hospital for brain surgery, and learns disheartening news about Victor Heisenberg.
- 3Love Minus Zero29 Jun 1994Ed and Maria meet a cyb who wants to run away with them, but is ignorant of her condition.
- 4Shock the Monkey6 Jul 1994Ed and Maria search for Victor Heisenberg's grave and become involved with animal-rights activists.
- 5Gone Daddy Gone13 Jul 1994Maria's con-artist father tracks her down.
- 6Use Your Illusion20 Jul 1994Ed and Maria find their exploits chronicled in a comic book created by a cyb who's plotting to kill the senator in charge of the neurocybernetics project.
- 7Live for Today27 Jul 1994Ed and Maria's feelings for each other are tested after partying with a surfer and his friends.
- 8Tie Your Mother Down3 Aug 1994Ed prepares to give himself up when Winston kidnaps his mother, but Maria suspects a trap.
- 9Cry Baby Cry10 Aug 1994Winston trails Ed and Maria as they search for an abandoned baby's mother.
- 10Life During Wartime17 Aug 1994The host of a pirate TV show offers to help Ed and Maria expose the project.
- 11Hotel California24 Aug 1994Ed and Maria visit Cali, a 35 year-old cyb, to discover the secret of his longevity.
- 12In Through the Out Door (1)31 Aug 1994Winston finally catches up with Ed and Maria, who are hiding out in Los Angeles. Once captured, Ed is taken to a facility where he meets with others like him and is told that there may be a way to counteract the rapidly deteriorating chip in his head.
- 13In Through the Out Door (2)7 Sept 1994Maria discovers that everything isn't as it seems at the retreat where Ed hooks up with others like him. As things spiral out of control, Winston may be their only hope for escape but Maria is shocked when it appears that all of the subjects, including Ed, have terminated.
Details
- Created by
- Jon Sherman
- First aired
- 15 Jun 1994
- Last aired
- 7 Sept 1994
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- MTV
- Episodes
- 13
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
Cast
Whip Hubley
Jack Noseworthy
Lisa Dean Ryan
Andrea Roth
