Dead at 21

25min

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.

Episodes

Cast

Dead at 21

1. Dead at 21

15th Jun 1994

The 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.

Brain Salad

2. Brain Salad

22nd Jun 1994

Ed checks into a hospital for brain surgery, and learns disheartening news about Victor Heisenberg.

Love Minus Zero

3. Love Minus Zero

29th Jun 1994

Ed and Maria meet a cyb who wants to run away with them, but is ignorant of her condition.

Shock the Monkey

4. Shock the Monkey

6th Jul 1994

Ed and Maria search for Victor Heisenberg's grave and become involved with animal-rights activists.

Gone Daddy Gone

5. Gone Daddy Gone

13th Jul 1994

Maria's con-artist father tracks her down.

Use Your Illusion

6. Use Your Illusion

20th Jul 1994

Ed 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.

Live for Today

7. Live for Today

27th Jul 1994

Ed and Maria's feelings for each other are tested after partying with a surfer and his friends.

Tie Your Mother Down

8. Tie Your Mother Down

3rd Aug 1994

Ed prepares to give himself up when Winston kidnaps his mother, but Maria suspects a trap.

Cry Baby Cry

9. Cry Baby Cry

10th Aug 1994

Winston trails Ed and Maria as they search for an abandoned baby's mother.

Life During Wartime

10. Life During Wartime

17th Aug 1994

The host of a pirate TV show offers to help Ed and Maria expose the project.

Hotel California

11. Hotel California

24th Aug 1994

Ed and Maria visit Cali, a 35 year-old cyb, to discover the secret of his longevity.

In Through the Out Door (1)

12. In Through the Out Door (1)

31st Aug 1994

Winston 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.

In Through the Out Door (2)

13. In Through the Out Door (2)

7th Sep 1994

Maria 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.

First air date

15th Jun 1994

Last air date

7th Sep 1994

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks