LAUREL ATTEMPTS TO PERSUADE AN INFECTED FRIEND TO UNDERGO AN MRI IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE REAL CAUSE OF THE STRANGE BEHAVIOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON "BRAINDEAD," MONDAY, JULY 11

"Wake Up Grassroots: The Nine Virtues of Participatory Democracy, and How We Can Keep America Great by Encouraging an Informed Electorate" - Laurel and Rochelle try to persuade Laurel's friend Abby (Brooke Bloom)
to get an MRI so they can uncover the real cause of the strange behavior taking over Washington, D.C. Also, Luke attempts to reopen the government through a secret deal with the Republicans, on BRAINDEAD, Monday, July 11 (9:59-11:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Laurel Healy)
Danny Pino (Luke Healy)
Aaron Tveit (Gareth Ritter)
Tony Shalhoub (Senator Red Wheatus)
Nikki M. James (Rochelle Daudier)
Johnny Ray Gill (Gustav Triplett)
Jan Maxwell (Senator Ella Pollack)
Charlie Semine (Anthony Onofrio)

RECURRING CAST:

Paige Patterson (Scarlett Pierce)
Brooke Bloom (Abby Summers)
Beth Malone (Claudia Monarch)
Megan Hilty (Misty Alise)

GUEST CAST:

Jack Dimich (Jules)
Natalie Gold (Noah Feffer)
Michael Esper (Douglas Tabak)
John Procaccino (Dr. Dexter Wu)
Marcus Ho (Senator Andre Amarant)
Wayne Duvall ("One Wayer" Tom)
Bob Stillman (Crypt Keeper Jim)
Yusef Bulos (Seargeant At Arm)
Wallace Smith (Rod Pakula)
Michael McCormick

WRITTEN BY: Peter Parnell

DIRECTED BY: Allan Arkush