About this season
Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.
Episodes (8)
1. Male Brain vs. Female Brain
Aired 20 January 2020 • 60 min
Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard face off in a series of Battle of the Sexes games designed to illustrate the differences between female and male brains.
2. Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?
Aired 20 January 2020 • 60 min
Actor Ted Danson learns how human brains distinguish fact from fiction in a series of games.
3. Drew Brees: Performance
Aired 27 January 2020 • 60 min
NFL football player Drew Brees puts his brain to the test with a series of mental challenges exploring how humans have hacked their brains; Keegan and Drew play a game called Draft Day, which shows how the brain must react quickly and be flexible.
4. Kids vs. Adults
Aired 27 January 2020 • 60 min
Actors Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin ("Black-ish) face off in a series of games with host Keegan-Michael Key.
5. Jack Black: Music
Aired 10 February 2020 • 60 min
Actor-musician Jack Black and his Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass learn how music affects the brain.
6. Mark Cuban: Power and Money
Aired 17 February 2020 • 60 min
Keegan-Michael Key welcomes billionaire CEO and reality star Mark Cuban ("Shark Tank") to the show.
7. Rebel Wilson: Love and Attraction
Aired 24 February 2020 • 60 min
Actress Rebel Wilson joins Keegan-Michael Key to explore the power of the subconscious when it comes to falling in love.
8. Tiffany Haddish: Movie Magic
Aired 2 March 2020 • 60 min