Dead at 21

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 (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).

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.

Episodes

Episode list (original broadcast date)

1. Dead at 21 (June 15, 1994)
2. Brain Salad (June 22, 1994)
3. Love Minus Zero (June 29, 1994)
4. Shock the Monkey (July 6, 1994)
5. Gone Daddy Gone (July 13, 1994)
6. Use Your Illusion (July 20, 1994)
7. Live for Today (July 27, 1994)
8. Tie Your Mother Down (August 3, 1994)
9. Cry Baby Cry (August 10, 1994)
10. Life During Wartime (August 17, 1994)
11. Hotel California (August 24, 1994)
12. In Through the Out Door (Part 1) (August 31, 1994)
13. In Through the Out Door (Part 2) (September 7, 1994)

Reception

Ken Turner of Entertainment Weekly rated the series as "B+." He described the dialog as "lame" but praised Noseworthy as a "lissome hunk," adding that the subtext "plays brilliantly" to the adolescent self-absorption of the MTV audience.^[1]

References

External links

• Dead at 21 at the Internet Movie Database
• Dead at 21 at TV.com