The best episodes of Day Zero
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Blake Edwards' hand is forced when the other survivors stop tolerating his drug habit. Frustrated by the inability to comprehend the situation, Blake engages in taking on the radiation-infected hybrids alone.
- 02
Blake's newfound path from destruction becomes a tedious work in progress. Meanwhile, Rachael and Cameron commit a mistake that needlessly places all of the survivors' lives in jeopardy.
- 03
Landon Parker must learn to deal with the others' patronizing ways surrounding his deafness. And the survivors soon discover they aren't exactly alone.
- 04
The survivors face a loyalty issue with the new visitors. Later, Russell Braddock's heroic plans backfire.
- 05
Russell reflects on how he met Kat Finch sometime after Day Zero.
- 06
Jim Lecter's delusions take him to places he'd rather soon forget.
- 07
An embarrassing moment arises as Russell's thoughts are misinterpreted, leading to rumors.
- 08
A plan to leave the camp after a hybrid incident, is met with mixed emotions. Soon, a revelation is brought to light regarding the hybrids as Rachael becomes a liability.
- 09
Cameron's altered behavior creates fear among the group. Elsewhere, Blake and Rachael have an intimate discussion.
- 10
The season ends with an increased hybrid presence, threatening the survivors' hopes of keeping their home base. And efforts to find a cure to save one of their own, forces them to contemplate mercy killing.
- 11
The survivors attempt to make their new home hospitable, while another group is on the hunt for Jim Lecter.
- 12
Jim's past has caught up with him when Ben's hold on the other survivors reaches its breaking point. Meanwhile, a startling experiment leads to even more mystery surrounding the Hybrids.
- 13
As the Hybrid experiment continues, a profound revelation about Ben's group creates an opportunity for the original survivors, while Diana and Namaah's attempt to unlock the mystery surrounding a newly discovered survivor pits them against unforeseen dangers.
- 14
Tiras's past comes back to haunt him, placing the survivors in danger as one of them offers up the ultimate sacrifice.
- 15
A lone survivor shares a secret mystery revealed about the Hybrids, as Tiras is grilled for a major mistake that could cost the survivors their lives.
- 16
A new alliance forms between an emboldened South and other Utahns empathetic to the Pioneer cause, that could have implications for Ben's team.
- 17
As the Confederates assist the Deseret Pioneers in taking Utah back from the federal government, a clash of egos surfaces at the camp. Meanwhile, Rachael triggers an investigation into a mystery involving someone among their ranks.
- 18
The survivors are visited by a team of militia seeking unification, only to find themselves splintered on opposite sides of a great divide.
- 19
As backup arrives to support General Cain's men, a returning survivor tries to seek refuge. Elsewhere, Ben's team is met with even more opposition.
- 20
The new CSA is confronted by something more sinister surrounding the survivors' base, while a pivotal discovery regarding Jim threatens to set the world back into the brink of oblivion.
- 21
The Hybrids have been eradicated. The new CSA has retaken all of its colonies. Their final mission: retake U.N-controlled California.
- 22
John's identity is revealed as loyalties are tested when Ben carries out his personal agenda.
- 23
Father John wrestles with helping Leo's troubled family against the United Nations' peacekeepers, while a CSA reunion is cut short due to competing factions.
- 24
Fr. John is visited by an old friend. Elsewhere, the CSA plots its next move under LtCol Thetis's leadership as SGT "Wilkie" is suspected of losing Major Courtney to the enemy.
- 25
Fr. Formosus is short-handed in his ministry as a worsening U.N. crisis among them threatens Thetis's newfound camp. And a new recruit (Derek Boone, "The Hollow Point", "Dead Trigger") finds a home with the 42nd Platoon.