TV Show

67%

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.

Jun 15, 19941 seasons13 episodesEndedEN

Start Watching

Cast spotlight

Jump into full cast pages for bio, socials, and recent work.

Whip Hubley

Acting

View profile

Jack Noseworthy

Acting

View profile

Lisa Dean Ryan

Acting

View profile

Andrea Roth

Acting

View profile

Seasons

Season 1

13 episodes

Premiered Jun 15, 1994

Episodes

1–6 of 13

No preview

Ep 1

Dead at 21

Jun 15, 1994

The victim of a government experiment to create superintelligent humans learns the cause of the strange dreams he has been havingâ€”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.

No preview

Ep 2

Brain Salad

Jun 22, 1994

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

No preview

Ep 3

Love Minus Zero

Jun 29, 1994

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

No preview

Ep 4

Shock the Monkey

Jul 6, 1994

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

No preview

Ep 5

Gone Daddy Gone

Jul 13, 1994

Maria's con-artist father tracks her down.

No preview

Ep 6

Use Your Illusion

Jul 20, 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.

Page 1 of 3