History Series / BrainDead2016

** Misty Alise is clearly meant to be the [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten equivalent]] of [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Megyn Kelly]].

** [[spoiler: Laurel moves out of D.C. for good, and she and Gareth [[TheyDo buy a place to live together.]]]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The [[https://taxfoundation.org/events/tax-prom-2019/ Tax Prom]] that Gareth and Laurel attend in Episode 2 is a real annual event held in Washington, DC, hosted by a right-wing policy group called the Tax Foundation.

* ShesGotLegs: Laurel. Gareth puts his hand on them once they're alone inside a planetarium.

Has absolutely '''NOTHING''' to do with the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/{{Braindead}} movie]] of [[NamesTheSame the same name.]]

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: The tone is kind of all over the place in this department. On the one hand, there's the Kings' trademark absurd humor taken UpToEleven (musical recaps, anyone?), and the satirical tone of the series means that ridiculous situations and quips come in a quick succession. On the other hand, heads explode on a regular basis without much for a GoryDiscretionShot, people's brains literally fall out their ears, and space bugs crawl around enough to make anyone paranoid.

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* InfantImmortality: {{Lampshaded}}, of the pet variety, when a cat is infected with the space bugs.

Laurel Healy (Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead) comes from a family of politicians, but she couldn't care less about politics and is more interested in her career as an aspiring documentary filmmaker. But when funding for her newest project goes south, her father offers to pony up $200,000 to her on the condition that she takes a six-month job in the office of her brother, Senator Luke Healy (Danny Pino).

* YourCheatingHeart: Luke is engaged in a long-term affair with Scarlett-while his wife is ''pregnant.'' He also cheats on her with numerous other women at the same time.