The Hot Zone (2019–2021)
Plot
Based on the eponymous international bestseller by Richard Preston, The Hot Zone recounts the terrifying true story of the origins of the Ebola virus, a highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest and its first arrival on U.S. soil. In 1989, when this killer suddenly appears in chimpanzees in a scientific lab in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. — a stone's throw away from the White House — there is no known cure. A heroic U.S. Army veterinarian, working with a secret military SWAT team, puts herself in mortal peril when she tries to head off the outbreak before it spreads to the human population. The Hot Zone is a dramatic, hair-raising account of a rare and lethal virus and its impact on the human race.
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
ArrivalDr. Nancy Jaax has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world handling deadly viruses; after a lab accident, she is faced with a possible Ebola outbreak on U.S. soil. - 02
Cell HDr. Nancy Jaax and her lab partner, Dr. Peter Jahrling, must take matters into their own hands to determine the source of the virus before it spreads; Dr. Jaax convinces an employee to hand over samples from infected monkeys. - 03
HiddenA volatile situation inside the research facility comes to a head; Dr. Jaax steps up, but exhaustion threatens the precision needed to sterilize the threat; the press arrives, and neighbors become aware of the danger next door.
Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01Season's bestArrivalMay 27, 2019Dr. Nancy Jaax has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world handling deadly viruses; after a lab accident, she is faced with a possible E
- S01E02Cell HMay 27, 2019Dr. Nancy Jaax and her lab partner, Dr. Peter Jahrling, must take matters into their own hands to determine the source of the virus before i
- S01E03
Charlie FoxtrotMay 28, 2019When representatives from varying agencies disagree on how to handle Dr. Nancy Jaax's discovery, she realizes there are few protocols in pla - S01E04
ExpendableMay 28, 2019An employee at the monkey research facility falls ill, causing Dr. Nancy Jaax to fear the virus has spread to the human population; Jerry Ja - S01E05
QuarantineMay 29, 2019Dr. Nancy Jaax works tirelessly to find out why the virus is behaving differently than expected in human victims; unforeseen dangers arise a - S01E06HiddenMay 29, 2019A volatile situation inside the research facility comes to a head; Dr. Jaax steps up, but exhaustion threatens the precision needed to steri
Season02
- S02E01
Noble EagleNovember 28, 2021In Florida, a man mysteriously falls ill and dies. Special Agent Matthew Ryker suspects an anthrax attack - how many others have been infect - S02E02
Hell's ChimneyNovember 28, 2021Ryker’s investigation moves to New York as another case of anthrax occurs. Bruce Ivins begins having suspicions of his coworkers. - S02E03
Season's bestNeither Rain Nor Sleet...November 29, 2021An attack on Capitol Hill sends Ryker and his team to a mail facility that’s become a hot spot for anthrax infections. - S02E04
Dream Boldly, Live FullyNovember 29, 2021The FBI learns more about Bruce Ivins’ peculiar past behaviors after an old colleague raises red flags. Ryker and Dani trace the origin of t - S02E05
Stentor RoeseliiNovember 30, 2021All eyes shift to “Mr. Z.” As they start to zero in on a suspect, Ryker and Dani get new assignments - but that won’t stop them from chasing - S02E06
RMR-1029November 30, 2021With two suspects in question, Ryker’s own beliefs about the case are tested.
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