Brain
Dead Episode One 9/10
I knew
nothing about this CBS series Brain Dead other than it had a very
vague looking poster. I had no desire to check it out and I have to
admit that some of it is because its on network television. And the
fact that I assumed it was a political show and I hate hearing the
word let alone spending my free time watching anything about it. But
the other day while ironing I needed something to watch so while
browsing Amazon I saw this pop up and decided to watch and I'm glad
that I did. I have watched two of the three episodes and if they keep
this story up as well as the acting I'll be sticking around.
Mary
Elizabeth Winstead is Laurel Healy. She needs funding for her
documentary and agrees to work for her brother Senator Luke Healy
played by Danny Pino for six months after her father agrees to pay
off her college shit. Meanwhile in Russia a meteor fell into the
water and when they dive for it a bunch of fish are just still around
it. They yank it out the water and it is all downhill for humans
afterward. The meteor cracks open and these creatures that look like
ants swarm out of it. This engineers wife comes to talk to Laurel
saying her husband has been acting weird lately and shows her a
video. Later that night her husband covers her mouth in bed and lets
these ants march into her ear. Next day she comes back to talk to
Laurel and says that everything is perfect now.
There
ends up being a government shut down and the Democrats are blamed for
it with a lot of laid off staffers giving Laurel the stink eye
because she gets to stay. Tony Shalhoub is the Republican Senator
named Raymond “Red” Wheatus. He has been infected by these ants
and there is a gross ass scene where his head shits his brain out.
Aaron Tveit is Gareth Ritter and works for Wheatus and has started to
notice his weird behavior but not enough to begin stopping him. Oh,
and a guys head explodes. Its pretty horrible. This series premiere
was very good at letting me know what everyone was like personality
wise and motivation wise pretty damned fast considering it had only
forty something minutes to do so. I really like that everyone's reactions so far seem realistic. Check this out if you get the
chance.
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