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      Season 1 – Zoo

      2015 Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      48% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In this thriller based on James Patterson's best-selling novel of the same name, actor James Wolk portrays Jackson Oz, a renegade American zoologist overseeing safaris in Africa. As he begins to notice animals exhibiting strange behavior, attacks against humans start occurring all over the world. The ferocious assaults accelerate and appear to be cunning -- and coordinated. Jackson races to solve the mystery behind the pandemic and stop it before no place is left for humans to hide. A team of executive producers includes James Patterson. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 16 Buy Now

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      Taking itself too seriously, Zoo fails to deliver suspense or scares, despite James Wolk's game performance.

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      Audience Member Truly dreadful. One dimensional characters, a plot by a cretinous imbecile, acting out of a puppet show (the sort that would even make Stephen Segal cringe) and dialogue out of a Peter and Jane book. It relys on moronic clichés throughout. A series for teenage idiots created by pretentious half-wits. Don't waste your time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Best show out thier! Love it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member So many mistakes for a series called Zoo. 1. In first episode, they show he Okavango Delta… and the Kilimanjaro in the background. 2. When they showed a Sumatran rhino, the footage is one of a White Rhino. It seems that they have either no interest or no knowledge at all. This is almost ridiculous. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review david w It's so bad it's actually gripping. The script, acting and every borrowed animal horror trope is beyond laughable. But you know you're having fun when you're cheering for the annoying ex-wife of the lead scientist guy and their equally annoying kid to get pecked to death by the crazy crows. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Matthias F This show introduced an interesting concept in an alternate reality where animals rise up against humans. The assumption is made that this is possible and it's not necessary to bother about the scientific details. I liked the genre, the setup, the overall story arc, I even liked the characters. The writers included sexist and racist references occasionally, but this was the only flaw I could notice during the first half of the season. Unfortunately, storytelling methods are sub-par. Foreshadowing isn't utilized to integrate subverted plot twists into the main story. This lets them appear manufactured. Overall, it wasn't too bad until episode 13, though. Character and story arcs were built up towards something interesting, towards something I craved to see more. I began to feel attached to the protagonists as we've been shown more and more of their identities. Until episode 13 where they cut off everything without completing it. The last episode completely ruins the whole season, which is full of plot armor, which sacrifices everything I saw in what they've built up. Lost potential for nothing. In the end, it's no alternative reality anymore. It's Jurassic Park fantasy. You can shift genres in a TV show. Westworld does this in a convincing way. This one rushes through it in a single episode. We never get to see who the characters really are and what defines their relationships. We don't get to see what defines this completely new reality that they draw almost in an anarchical way. Why should we feel with any of the protagonists now? Why would we continue to watch? If we want to see huge hordes of exotic animals in a town, we can watch Jurassic Park. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/21 Full Review Audience Member It is so entertaining keeps you wanting to know more and more! I was hoping for a season 4 but just found out it has been canceled in 2017 now I won't know what happen... it's just going to stay a mystery!! I wish they could just finish!! I wanna see what happens!! Who do I ask!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Jun 30, 2015 First Blood While living in Africa, Jackson Oz finds a link between his late father's theories about a threat to the human race and mysterious animal attacks; similar unusual animal behavior starts taking place in Los Angeles. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 7, 2015 Fight or Flight When Jackson's best friend, Abraham, has a dangerous encounter with a lion, Abraham thinks lions might be killing humans for sport; Chloe tries to overcome her trauma and resume working as a government intelligence analyst in Paris. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 14, 2015 The Silence of the Cicadas Jackson wants go to Japan to recover the rest of his father's research on animals; Jamie invites Mitch on a trip to her hometown to present their findings on the zoo lions' abnormal behavior; Chloe is recruited by an intelligence agent. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 21, 2015 Pack Mentality The team travels to Mississippi to investigate the wolf attack on the prison; the team meets an agent who may have knowledge about the prison fire. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 28, 2015 Blame It on Leo Agent Shaffer, Jamie and Jackson look for a chemist in Alabama who has evidence of Reiden Global's role in the animal problem; Chloe, Mitch and Abraham are faced with a ruthless drug lord in Rio de Janeiro. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 4, 2015 This Is What It Sounds Like Abraham must save Mitch and Chloe when they are abducted by a drug lord; the search for Evan Lee Hartley and the stolen evidence puts Jamie in trouble with the FBI. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 11, 2015 Sleuths The team heads to Paris to look for a group of bears whose trackers mysteriously went offline; Chloe is forced to confront her former fiance; Mitch makes a startling discovery. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 18, 2015 The Cheese Stands Alone When a cargo ship washes ashore in Massachusetts, a terrifying rat infestation is revealed; Mitch gets ready to make a trade in order to save his terminally ill daughter. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 25, 2015 Murmuration Jamie tries to expose Reiden's involvement in the global animal problem; Mitch escapes; Mitch and Abraham run into an army of birds. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 1, 2015 Emotional Contagion Now fugitives, the members of the team head to Zambia with the ultimate goal of manufacturing a cure for abnormal animal behavior; Chloe makes a sacrifice. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 8, 2015 Eats, Shoots and Leaves A run-in with rebels in Zambia leaves Jackson injured, but the hospital turns out to be overrun by animals; Jamie and Mitch try to formulate a cure; a surprising turn of events puts everything in jeopardy. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 8, 2015 Wild Things A run-in with rebels in Zambia leaves Jackson injured, but the hospital turns out to be overrun by animals; Jamie and Mitch try to formulate a cure; a surprising turn of events puts everything in jeopardy. Details Episode 13 Aired Sep 15, 2015 That Great Big Hill of Hope Jackson and the team encounter a major obstacle as they make a final attempt at finding a cure for the international animal problem. Details

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      Daniel Holloway TheWrap Wolk plays Jackson with such an easy air that the audience roots for him despite the thin characterization. Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Liz Shannon Miller indieWire It's neat that CBS is supporting shows like these; at least, during the summer. Rated: B- Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times It's all great fun, especially for those of us who have not read the book and so do not know if there is a clever cause or a nifty solution. Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant There is nothing inherently funny about an animal attack. And yet, Zoo lends itself so easily to the growing tradition of unintentionally hilarious summer television on CBS. Jul 8, 2015 Full Review Max Nicholson IGN Movies Despite the promise of thrilling animal action, CBS's Zoo feels more like a roadside tourist trap than a full-fledged wildlife attraction. Rated: 5/10 Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV Zoo is an entertaining wild-animals-scare-the-dung-out-of-humans adventure series that's made for pure summer escapism. Jun 30, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Director
      Dean White, Zetna Fuentes, Chris Long, Michael Katleman
      Executive Producer
      Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout, Steve Bowen
      Screenwriter
      Jay Faerber, Denitria Harris-Lawrence, Carla Kettner, Bryan Oh, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg
      Network
      CBS
      Rating
      TV-14 (L|V)
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Jun 30, 2015