A show that features "kiddy psychedelia" and, according to its host, creates "existential panic" in its viewers doesn't seem like the kind of show to debut as a cable network's highest-rated series ever. But that's the magic of National Geographic's Brain Games, which starts a new season on Sunday of illustrating what's happening in our minds.
The new episodes are twice as long as before, and were filmed in new locations: New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Colorado Springs, and the New Jersey shore, plus Jerusalem and London. With just six hour-long episodes, though, it's actually shorter than last season (which had 16 episodes), and about the same running time as some earlier seasons.