Dead at 21
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Dead at 21 | |
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Format | Science fiction |
Developed by | MTV |
Starring | Jack Noseworthy Lisa Dean Ryan Whip Hubley |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Roderick Taylor |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | MTV |
Original run | June 15, 1994 – September 7, 1994 |
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IMDb profile | |
TV.com summary |
Dead at 21 was 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 ("Frasier", "All-American Girl", "Bill Nye The Science Guy"), and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds ("Party of Five", "Ghost Whisperer") and Manny Coto ("Dr. Giggles", "Enterprise", "24").
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[edit] Premise
The premise of the show was that Ed Bellamy (Jack Noseworthy) discovered on his 20th birthday that he was an unknowing subject of a childhood medical experiment. Microchips had been implanted in his brain, which make him a genius but will also kill him by his 21st birthday. Ed, accompanied by Maria Cavalos (Lisa Dean Ryan), tries to find a way to prevent his death. The research center then gave the order to terminate the project and eliminate anyone involved. The center frames Ed for a murder and sends Agent Winston (Whip Hubley) to capture him.
[edit] Episodes
Episode list (original broadcast date)
- Dead at 21 (June 15, 1994)
- Brain Salad (June 22, 1994)
- Love Minus Zero (June 29, 1994)
- Shock the Monkey (July 6, 1994)
- Gone Daddy Gone (July 13, 1994)
- Use Your Illusion (July 20, 1994)
- Live for Today (July 27, 1994)
- Tie Your Mother Down (August 3, 1994)
- Cry Baby Cry (August 10, 1994)
- Life During Wartime (August 17, 1994)
- Hotel California (August 24, 1994)
- In Through the Out Door (Part 1) (August 31, 1994)
- In Through the Out Door (Part 2) (September 7, 1994)
[edit] Reception
Ken Turner of Entertainment Weekly rated the series as "B+." He described the dialog as "lame" but praised Noseworthy as "lissome hunk," adding that the subtext "plays brilliantly" to the adolescent self-absorption of the MTV audience.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Tucker, Ken. "TURN THE BEAT 'AROUND." Entertainment Weekly. June 17, 1994. Issue 227. 40. 2p, 5c.