NaN/100 votes#1 - Dead at 21
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/1994
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.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Jon Sherman
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#2 - Brain Salad
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1994
Ed checks into a hospital for brain surgery, and learns disheartening news about Victor Heisenberg.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Roderick Taylor
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#3 - Love Minus Zero
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1994
Ed and Maria meet a cyb who wants to run away with them, but is ignorant of her condition.
Director: Charles Winkler
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Shock the Monkey
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1994
Ed and Maria search for Victor Heisenberg's grave and become involved with animal-rights activists.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Roderick Taylor
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#5 - Gone Daddy Gone
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1994
Maria's con-artist father tracks her down.
Director: N/A
Writer: Manny Coto
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#6 - Use Your Illusion
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/1994
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.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Manny Coto
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#7 - Live for Today
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/27/1994
Ed and Maria's feelings for each other are tested after partying with a surfer and his friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jon Sherman
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#8 - Tie Your Mother Down
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/3/1994
Ed prepares to give himself up when Winston kidnaps his mother, but Maria suspects a trap.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jon Sherman
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#9 - Cry Baby Cry
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/10/1994
Winston trails Ed and Maria as they search for an abandoned baby's mother.
Director: Roderick Taylor, Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Manny Coto
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#10 - Life During Wartime
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/17/1994
The host of a pirate TV show offers to help Ed and Maria expose the project.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Hotel California
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/24/1994
Ed and Maria visit Cali, a 35 year-old cyb, to discover the secret of his longevity.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Roderick Taylor
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#12 - In Through the Out Door (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/31/1994
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.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Roderick Taylor
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#13 - In Through the Out Door (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/7/1994
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.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Roderick Taylor
The Best Episodes of Dead at 21 Season 1
Every episode of Dead at 21 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dead at 21 Season 1!
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...
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Network:MTV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Dead at 21" is the best rated episode of "Dead at 21" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Jon Sherman, it aired on 6/15/1994. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Brain Salad".