Zoo episodes

Season 1 (2015)

U.S.
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Josh Appelbaum,
Brad André Nemec, Jeff
1 1 "First Blood" June 30, 2015 8.18[5]
Anderson Pinkner & Scott
Rosenberg
In Botswana, the American zoologist Jackson Oz rescues Chloe Tousignant from a lion
attack. She seems to be a tourist from Paris but is in reality working as an intelligence analyst
at the French Defense Department. Jackson's late father Robert was collecting evidence for
an upcoming rise of the animals against mankind. At the Los Angeles Zoo, a lion keeper is
attacked. Journalist Jamie Campbell is convinced this is caused by new food that was
contaminated with pesticides from Reiden Global, a biotechnology company, and starts to
investigate together with veterinary pathologist Mitch Morgan. Even ordinary pet cats
behave strangely.
"Fight or Michael Jeff Pinkner &
2 2 July 7, 2015 7.67[6]
Flight" Katleman Scott Rosenberg
Jackson's friend, safari guide Abraham Kenyatta, is attacked and then held captive by a group
of lions. He is eventually rescued by Jackson, but there are more victims. Startled by this
unusual behavior, Jackson's mother tells him to look for his father's rejected research results
in Japan. Jamie and Mitch continue their investigation of strange animal behavior around the
world and against Reiden. They also find unusual brain activity and hints of hive-like
communication in the zoo lions. A man is led into an ambush by a dog owned by a hotel.
Chloe returns to Paris and learns her ex-fiance is cheating on her with her sister. She is later
approached by Gaspard Alves.
"The Silence of Chris Denitria Harris-
3 3 July 14, 2015 6.56[7]
the Cicadas" Long Lawrence
Gaspard shows Chloe six men killed by dogs and asks her to help him investigate the strange
animal behavior. In Japan, Jackson and Abraham fly to a radioactive island outside
Fukushima, where Robert conducted his research. They are the only survivors when their
plane crashes after a bat attack. They find horses that Robert had blinded, when they had
developed defiant pupils and become violent. Jamie and Mitch travel to New Orleans to
show their evidence to Senator Vaughn, head of the Environment Committee, but he turns
them away because Reiden is too powerful. Afterwards, Gaspard recruits Mitch in a bar and
brings them to Japan, where he also rescues Jackson and Abraham from the island. Everyone
is introduced to Mr. Delavenne, who also believes the animal pandemic has started. In
Mississippi, Evan Lee Hartley, a death row inmate, escapes when wolves attack the prison.
"Pack David
4 4 Bryan Oh July 21, 2015 6.69[8]
Mentality" Grossman
On video surveillance of the prison in Mississippi, Hartley appears to be leading the wolf
pack. FBI agent Ben Shaffer also investigates. Jamie finds a photo of Hartley together with
Robert. Mitch and Abraham try to catch one of the wolves but are caught themselves, by
Hartley. They escape when hunters shoot a wolf, and they examine the body in the hotel
room for an infection. In Antarctica, a research station is attacked by bats.
"Blame It on Steven A.
5 5 Jay Faerber July 28, 2015 7.09[9]
Leo" Adelson
In Alabama, Mitch finds a chemical signature in the bacteria from the wolf, that leads to one
of Reiden's chemists, Leo Butler, a name Hartley had written all over his Bible. Jamie hacks
into Reiden's database and finds that Butler was blackmailing them to compensate for
damages caused by Reiden around the world. Together with Shaffer and Jackson, she finds
Leo, who explains Reiden's success is based on the "mother cell," their special vector
molecule, which is in all of their products, including human medication, plant herbicides and
animal food. However, it has adverse side effects. Leo takes Jamie to retrieve the mother cell,
but Shaffer tracks his cell phone GPS signal, and they are intercepted by Hartley. Chloe,
Mitch, and Abraham travel to Rio to investigate diurnal bats, which local authorities plan to
poison. The bats are attracted by electricity and create a power failure, so the group wants to
draw the bats out of the city with a strong electric signal, but are held up by Gustavo Silva
and his gang. In Boston, Mitch's daughter, Clementine, is having a seizure. Later, her dog
Henry is hit by a car and needs expensive surgery to recover.
"This Is What
David
6 6 It Sounds Carla Kettner August 4, 2015 5.95[10]
Solomon
Like"
In Paris, a bear roams through an apartment. In Rio, Silva holds Chloe and Mitch captive.
The authorities are busy spreading poison against the bats (which does not work), so
Abraham needs to find his friends, using his fists. Silva wants Mitch to solve the bat problem
without using the cell phone antenna as bait, otherwise he will kill them, so Mitch builds an
ultrasound signal. In Mobile, Alabama, Jackson notices on a photo that Hartley has the same
widened pupils as the rogue animals. Hartley makes an optometrist inject a sample of the
mother cell into his eye. Jackson, Jamie and Shaffer go after him but find him dead from the
procedure. Shaffer steals the mother cell from Jamie, but Jackson catches him after
discovering Ben killed the optometrist. In pursuit, Jamie shoots him dead. With the mother
cell in possession, the full team of five reassembles at the airport.
Dean Denitria Harris-
7 7 "Sleuths" August 11, 2015 6.69[11]
White Lawrence
Jamie obtains a fake passport so she can travel after killing Ben. In Paris, the bear caught in
an apartment is just one out of a sleuth of four. Chloe's ex-fiancé Jean-Michel Lion is
working with the local officials on the case. Jamie infiltrates Reiden's Paris office to hack
into their accounting records. She wants to find out if Ben had been paid by Reiden so she
won't need to hide from police anymore. Mitch examines the captive bear, which apparently
fell into hibernation. At first, there are no signs of influence of the mother cell, but when the
bear awakens its pupils have widened, and it has developed a thicker skin to deflect needles.
Also, the DNA test shows changes with respect to an earlier record. Mitch hypothesizes that
the mother cell leads to accelerated evolution, and the mother cell might be able to cure.
Chloe, Jean-Michel, Jackson, and Abraham find the missing three bears in an old fortress,
where the animals awaken from hibernation and attack. Jean-Michel is injured, but they find
the bears' weak spot. Mitch contacts Clayton Burke from Reiden and offers him the mother
cell, in return for a cure for his daughter Clementine.
"The Cheese Eric Jay Faerber and
8 8 August 18, 2015 5.85[12]
Stands Alone" Laneuville Scott Rosenberg
A container ship runs aground along the coast of Massachusetts, near an island where
Jackson lived as a child. The crew was killed by rats that have been feeding on the cargo of
grains treated with Reiden pesticides. Thousands of bloodthirsty rats swim ashore and hide
away in an abandoned hotel. The team is sent there to capture a male and female rat to check
if the mother cell has accelerated their reproduction rate. Becky, a childhood friend of
Jackson's and now sheriff, does not want to evacuate the island, as she believes there's no rat
problem, and she does not want to spoil the tourist season. Abraham catches a male rat which
gives birth but cannot nurse its pups. Jackson believes the rats have evolved to a hive
organization, and they go after the rat queen. Mitch splits off from the group to visit his
daughter and her mother in Boston. In New York, a horse gets out of control and gallops off,
crashing the carriage in which it was pulling Brannigan, Ben's FBI boss. Ben's body is
discovered, and Brannigan starts to investigate. Mitch visits Burke to obtain the cure for his
daughter in exchange for the mother cell, and he sees Delavenne in Reiden's offices.
Michael
9 9 "Murmuration" Bryan Oh August 25, 2015 6.18[13]
Katleman
In possession of the pills for his daughter, Mitch escapes from the Reiden building without
handing over the mother cell and reunites with the group. He thinks he can use the mother
cell to develop a cure against the mutations, but they need to find an animal that mutated
without having had contact with Reiden's products. They decide Zambian leopards are their
best option. Brannigan issues an arrest warrant for Chloe and Jamie. Delavenne is Reiden's
head of global security and is ordered by Burke to retrieve the mother cell. Jackson and
Chloe visit him to suggest that Reiden admit to having caused the animal mutations, but
Delavenne refuses, an in response Jamie contacts her journalist friend Wilson Dupree. When
they meet to hand over the evidence, Brannigan tries to arrest Chloe and Jamie, and they
barely escape. Reiden threatens Wilson's newspaper with legal action, so Wilson backs out.
Various bird species have learned to communicate with each other and start attacking. Mitch
rescues his daughter and her mother from a bird attack, and gives them the medication. Burke
orders Delavenne to have the group assassinated.
"Emotional Christine
10 10 Jay Faerber September 1, 2015 6.02[14]
Contagion" Moore
The FBI has issued a public search for the members of the group. Before going to Zambia,
Mitch needs an electroporator to examine the African animals for the mutation. Jackson
suggests seeking help from Ray Endicott, an animal rights activist who has a troubled past,
and from Abraham in Africa. In Clearwater, Florida, they all break into the zoo, where Mitch
steals the device. Ray abducts some of the animals, planning to set them free, but is shot by
zoo security, so Mitch has to operate on him. The behavioral change from the mother cell
appears to have spread between the different animals while herded together in Ray's truck,
making even the predatory animals friendly towards each other but hostile against humans.
Ray forces the others to take the animals with them, but they escape on the way to the
airport. Chased by police, the group barely makes it to their plane bound for Africa. Chloe is
left behind and arrested by Brannigan.
"Eats, Shoots Zetna
11 11 Rebekah F. Smith September 8, 2015 5.73[15]
and Leaves" Fuentes
The team arrives in Zambia and finds Ray's contacts killed by roaming leopards. At night, the
leopards attack their camp and kill Ray. Jackson and Abraham find a den and take a cub, in
order to examine its mutation and find a cure for the mother cell. When they are held up by
rebels, Jackson is shot during the escape. In Virginia, Brannigan is driving with Chloe when
his car is attacked, and he is shot. Chloe is abducted by Gaspard, who insists she reveal
where the others are. When she refuses to tell him, he has her sister tortured, so Chloe lies,
saying they are in India. Eventually, Delavenne frees Chloe and shoots Gaspard.
 John
12 12 "Wild Things" Carla Kettner September 8, 2015 5.73[15]
Polson
In Washington, Delavenne lets Chloe present her findings at a conference on the altered
animal behavior, but the scientists believe the cause is a virus. Later they are approached by
Amelia Sage, whose team is also investigating the mutations. Abraham, Mitch, and Jamie
drive Jackson to the hospital in Harare, which is being evacuated because animals are
attacking. A remaining doctor helps Jackson, and in the meantime they use the hospital's lab
to produce the cure with stem cells from the Zambian leopard cub. When attacked, they lose
the mother cell. The cure is tested on a dog that Abraham caught, and eventually it works.
Soldiers sent by Chloe come to the rescue, but on the flight back, the plane is attacked by
birds.
"That Great
Michael Jeff Pinkner &
13 13 Big Hill of September 15, 2015 4.81[16]
Katleman Scott Rosenberg
Hope"
Several months have passed since the plane crash: The mutated animals have taken over the
streets. While the others believe she is dead, Jamie was rescued by a fisherman who does not
speak English, and she is trapped at his house. The others have signed non-disclosure
agreements in exchange for immunity for their previous actions, and the government has
indemnified Reiden in return for their cooperation to fight the mutation and the animals.
Abraham is working as a bodyguard against the animals. Jackson and Chloe are working
with Amelia Sage. On his way through town, Jackson is attacked and bitten by a dog. He
plans to use mosquitoes to deliver the cure once they have it, but the remaining Zambian
leopards were contaminated with Reiden's mutation. Jamie calls Mitch on a satellite phone
after she discovers that the fisherman had also rescued the leopard cub from the plane crash
and it is alive and healthy. The other four reunite and on their way take a boat trip to Jamie,
when they encounter a large group of animals.