The best episodes of Zoo
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
The team travels to Paris to search for a group of bears that were being studied for migration habits when their trackers mysteriously went offline. While investigating the strange occurrence, Chloe must work with and ultimately confront her ex-fiancé, a civil engineer, who is helping city officials find the missing bears. Meanwhile, with Jamie accused of murder, the team makes a daring plan to hack into the Reiden-Global mainframe, and Mitch makes a shocking discovery about the next evolutionary step of the animals.
- 02
To get safe passage out of the country. Also, Chloe makes the ultimate sacrifice to avoid further bloodshed.
- 03
Jackson Oz, an American ex-pat safari guide living in Africa, discovers a link between strange animal attacks on people occurring around the world and his late father's controversial theories about an impending threat to the human race. Meanwhile, journalist Jamie Campbell and veterinary pathologist Mitch Morgan team up to investigate similar abnormal animal behavior in Los Angeles.
- 04
The team discovers a terrifying rat infestation when a cargo ship carrying the bloodthirsty rodents washes up off the coast of Massachusetts. Also, unbeknownst to the rest of the team, Mitch reconnects with his terminally ill daughter in Boston as he prepares to make a trade with Reiden-Global to save her life.
- 05
A run-in with rebels in Zambia leaves Jackson injured, but the hospital turns out to be overrun by animals.
- 06
Jamie and Mitch try to formulate a cure; a surprising turn of events puts everything in jeopardy.
- 07
When Mitch and Jamie try to steal the pure animal DNA from Davies, they meet an old friend. Meanwhile, Mitch and Robert work to create a cure... and save Jackson from the mutation.
- 08
Jackson, Abraham, Mitch, Jamie and Chloe are tasked by a top intelligence agent to find the cause of the strange animal behavior around the world. When the team travels to Mississippi to investigate the wolf attack on the prison, Mitch and Abraham break off to catch one of the wolves, and Chloe, Jackson and Jamie discover that death row inmate escapee Evan Lee Hartley might somehow be involved in the attack. Also, the team meets FBI Agent Ben Shafer, who may know more about the prison fire than he's saying.
- 09
Jamie contacts a fellow journalist in an attempt to expose the truth about Reiden's involvement in the global animal problem. After realizing Delavenne works for Reiden, Mitch escapes with both the Mother Cell and his daughter's medication. However, on their way to deliver the medication, Mitch and Abraham come face-to-face with a terrifying army of birds.
- 10
The animal attacks continue and the team discovers that the mutation has advanced further... rendering their cure ineffective. Now with the aid of an anonymous sponsor, the team head to Argentina to meet with a scientist who may have discovered the key to the mutation.
- 11
Mitch has to make the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that his friends escape Pangaea and rescue Clementine. However, it turns out that his efforts may have been in vain.
- 12
The team reunites to stop Abigail from leading the hybrids to the East Coast... and the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Jamie gets a lead on the Falcon, and Abe and Dariela disagree on how to rescue Isaac.
- 13
While Jamie begins to suspect Logan, her infected foot gets worse. Meanwhile, the team flies to Geneva to meet with Eleanor, only to discover that she's dead due to a bizarre electrical attack. As she tries to get back to her unit, Dariela sees the head of the Noah Objective, General Davies, murder a man.
- 14
Mitch deals with the news about how Clementine was raised while he was in the tank. Meanwhile, Jackson tells Tessa who he is, and Leanne negotiates with Abe and Daniela for the return of their son.
- 15
After Jackson Oz rescues his best friend, Abraham Kenyatta, from a lion attack in Botswana, Abraham's firsthand account of the attack reveals that the lions are no longer afraid of humans and might be killing for sport. Also, Jamie and Mitch run tests on a lion cub in the Los Angeles Zoo and uncover a link to a chemical made by a biotechnology company, and Chloe Tousignant returns to Paris where she must overcome her own trauma and focus on her work as a government intelligence analyst.
- 16
While searching for a solution to the bat problem in Rio de Janeiro, Mitch and Chloe are kidnapped by the local drug lord and Abraham must come to the rescue. Also, reeling from the car crash that allowed escaped death row inmate Evan Lee Hartley to steal the one piece of evidence they had against Reiden Global, the Mother Cell, Jamie, Jackson and Agent Shaffer team up to track him down and lands Jamie in trouble with the FBI.
- 17
Three months after the plane crash, Jamie is presumed dead and the chances of recovering the cure from Zambia appear hopeless. Abe joins a team of mercenaries, while Mitch takes up a stool at a local bar. However, a sudden call brings the team back together... but is it too late?
- 18
Davies advances the timetable of the Noah Objective, and the team discovers that he's working with Reiden. While they try to get a sloth that may hold the key to the mutation, Chloe and Dariela find the gas that Davies plans to use to wipe out the mutated animals. In New Brunswick, Jamie and Logan are attacked by the men who hired Logan... and want their money back.
- 19
Jamie asks Mitch to represent her as her lawyer in the murder case against her. Meanwhile, Jackson meets up with Tessa again, and Dariela finally tells Abe that she arranged for Clementine's abduction in return for their son's freedom.
- 20
Jackson and Abraham travel to Robert's isolated lab to recover his research. Meanwhile, Jamie convinces Mitch to go to New Orleans with her to approach a sympathetic senator, and Gaspald convinces Chloe to join forces with him.
- 21
Jackson, Jamie and Agent Shaffer search for a chemist in Alabama who has evidence of Reiden Global's role in the growing animal problem. Meanwhile, Chloe, Mitch and Abraham fly to Rio de Janeiro to delay the local government's plan for a massive bat extermination and come up against a ruthless drug lord.
- 22
While Jamie tries to make her way to safety, an increasingly desperate Chloe tries to find a cure to the mutation now that one of her teammates is infected.
- 23
The team's mysterious sponsor finally reveals herself and asks for their help dealing with a burgeoning food crisis. Meanwhile, Jamie and Logan reach Caraquet and find the city in flames. However, some of the townspeople have survived and offer them sanctuary... but it's not as safe as it appears.
- 24
After recovering Jamie and Logan, the team discovers that similar events happened in 1895... and a jellyfish in Lisbon may hold the key to cure. However, a traitor from within threatens to end the mission just as it's beginning.
- 25
Davies leads an attack on the plane to capture Jackson, inadvertently releasing several of the Triple-Helix animals. Meanwhile, Jackson blackmails Allison into looking for his missing mother, while Jamie discovers Logan's real intent.
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