When Laurel Healy returns home to Washington, D.C. to work for her brother, Senator Luke Healy, on Capitol Hill, she is caught in the midst of two huge problems: the government has stopped working due to budgetary disagreements, and mysterious bugs are eating the brains of a growing number of Congress members and Hill staffers.

BrainDead Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Insanity Principle: How Extremism in Politics is Threatening Democracy in the 21st Century
• s01e02 - Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow of the Budget Showdown - A Critique
• s01e03 - Goring Oxes: How You Can Survive the War on Government Through Five Easy Steps
• s01e04 - Wake Up Grassroots: The Nine Virtues of Participatory Democracy, and How We Can Keep America Great by Encouraging an Informed Electorate
• s01e05 - Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't)
• s01e06 - Past as Prologue: Notes Toward a Post-Reagan Theory of Party Alliance, Tribalist, and Loyalty
• s01e07 - The Power of Euphemism: How Torture Became a Matter of Debate in American Politics
• s01e08 - The Path to War Part One: The Gathering Political Storm
• s01e09 - Taking on Water: How Leaks in D.C. are Discovered and Patched
• s01e10 - The Path to War Part Two: The Impact of Propaganda on Congressional War Votes
• s01e11 - Six Points on the New Congressional Budget: The False Dichotomy of Austerity vs. Expansionary Policies
• s01e12 - Talking Points Toward a Wholistic View of Activism in Government: Can the Top Rebel?
• s01e13 - The End of All We Hold Dear: What Happens When Democracies Fail: A Brief Synopsis

BrainDead Show Summary

A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C., and discovers two things:
1. The government has stopped working; and
2. Alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.