Dead at 21

Dead at 21 is the best television show ever, it had me hooked from the premere to the finale, great acting, writing, and the most interesting and twisted plot I have ever seen. The finale left me wanting more. Comon MTV show this series along with austin stories again!

I remember this being on around the same time as My So Called Life back in 1994. I remember the first episode being amazing, setting the plot for the short lived series. Pretty solid acting cast, didn't really notice anyone but I was young about 10 years old when it aired. Just a very well produced and probably very missed out by many pleasures that graced MTV when MTV actually had programs that were not "Reality-Based". This show could have been on any network, it was meant to be for the teenage audience and aired around 10-11PM each night. If you got to watch this series while it was on you are very fortunate because it was interesting until the final episode that was very thrilling and well worth watching. This was supposed to be MTV's aim at non-music based programming, they did a great job in my opinion... why did they give up after that if they had such skill behind the cameras and on those sets? I do not remember anyone from the series. MTV had the right idea with this program, too bad they didn't invest more and go with it, instead they went reality way knowing way before all the other networks that it sold, sold more than music which would kill the network's interest in my mindset.

The premise of the show was that Ed Bellamy, a long-haired college genius, discovered on his 20th birthday that he was the 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. The show follows Ed during his quest to prevent his death. During that time, the element of age and distrust towards those older than 21 is reiterated in plot line-after-plot line, leading to common theme often uttered out loud in despair by Ed Bellamy or one of his sidekicks: "Never trust anyone over 21"

Set in the grunge-years of the early 90s, when long-haired men were in style, this show both nurtured and benefited from the rebellious, youthful nature of the grunge movement. It inspired a small cult-following when it was aired, but failed to retain a longer-term fan-base. It was only aired for a single season. It is a great show with a unique plot line... two thumbs up.

I loved watching this series. It made me think and almost wish this could happen to me. This, IMO, is a major precurser to the series Dark Angel in thought context, and makes me appreciate both more. I only wish I could watch it over again, just to refresh my memory.

Although I thought this show was in fact quite good, there was a huge lie behind it that was never addressed.

MTV held a contest where the winner would ge their own show, Dead AT 21.

Jack Noseworthy who played the lead was already a working actor. This did in fact fool some ppl for a very short amount of time until they remembered him or heard by word of mouth, this guy was already an actor.

The contest wasn't even fixed, it was a complete lie! Now I think they may have given the winner a 5 minute part in the first episode or a later episode, but this was not in fact the prize promised.

Why MTV turned into such a sleaze ball network I'll never understand other than the ppl who owned it are greedy just like the owners of every other corporation.