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The Burning Zone is a television drama broadcast on the UPN network as part of its 1996–97 lineup. It ran for 19 episodes. The series was rerun on SciFi Channel in the mid-to-late 1990s. The Burning

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 15 - The Last Five Pounds are the Hardest
    6.2/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Last Five Pounds are the Hardest

    S1:E15

    Several people across the US are found dead or in a coma. The only connection is Metabathin, a diet pill. While Taft's investigation can find nothing wrong with Metabathin, Cassian's team uncovers a stock manipulation scheme when someone from the company leaks information that causes the public to panic.

    Director:Michael Miller
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  2. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 16 - Elegy For a Dream
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Elegy For a Dream

    S1:E16

    Taft's football-playing nephew falls victim to a flesh-eating bacterium that may cause him to lose his arm. Contaminated tattoo ink is spreading the bacterium around Chicago.

    Director:Nancy Malone
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  3. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 17 - A Secret in the Neighborhood
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #3 - A Secret in the Neighborhood

    S1:E17

    When a boy collapses at an amusement park with burns in his mouth and throat, chemical weapons are suspected. The team suspects a government installation has a hazardous chemical leak.

    Director:Michael Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 13 - Death Song
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Death Song

    S1:E13

    Several recovering Hodgkin's patient's bones are suddenly breaking into multiples fractures. Cassian and Taft investigate the gruesome deaths. Hailey becomes involed with a famous singer who faces the same fate.

    Director:Michael Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 18 - Wild Fire
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Wild Fire

    S1:E18

    A drug-resistant Cholera breaks out in Detroit. Tainted pearls smuggled from the South Pacific are the source of contamination. Cassian's team rushes to develop a cure before it spreads to other cities. Hailey finds painful memories when he returns to his home town.

    Director:Stephen L. Posey
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 14 - The Last Endless Summer
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #6 - The Last Endless Summer

    S1:E14

    When several surfers come down with a fatal but undetectable disease that causes organ failure overnight, Cassian's team is called in to assist. A medical student, with a promising future, is also aflicted.

    Director:Stephen L. Posey
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 19 - On Wings of Angels
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #7 - On Wings of Angels

    S1:E19

    A secret project goes wrong when a prison escapee, who was exposed to a deadly experimental drug, kidnaps Taft and orders him to save his life or die.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 12 - Critical Mass
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Critical Mass

    S1:E12

    Dr. Brian Taft, a neuropathologist, is enlisted by Cassian to help investigate the death of a LA fireman. After being exposed to a meteorite, the fireman grew fatal brain tumors and developed homicidal madness. Cassian fears the same may be happening to anyone exposed to this meteorite, including the scientists examining it.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  9. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 6 - Lethal Injection
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Lethal Injection

    S1:E6

    A sinister government black-project uses death row inmates as guinea pigs to make contact with the afterlife. It nearly costs Marcase his life, and Cassian must find a way to shut it down.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 7 - Touch of the Dead
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Touch of the Dead

    S1:E7

    Cassian is infected with a bacteria that will kill him in 48 hours. While searching for an antidote, the team uncovers a government conspiracy.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 3 - St. Michael's Nightmare
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #11 - St. Michael's Nightmare

    S1:E3

    The team travels to Philadelphia to search for the cause of violence and death that have occurred the last two years during the Festival of St. Michael, a celebration of good's victory over evil.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 4 - Arms of Fire
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Arms of Fire

    S1:E4

    Cassian's biocrisis team investigates two cases of spontaneous human combustion at a poor urban high school. The team traces the cause to an unscrupulous pharmaceutical company.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 5 - Night Flight
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Night Flight

    S1:E5

    During the flight back from a small island country, Marcase, Shiroma and Hailey must fight an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever. Faced with a 5-hour flight, they must find a cure in time to land.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  14. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 8 - Hall of the Serpent
    8.5/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Hall of the Serpent

    S1:E8

    Cassian's niece falls under the spell of a self-proclaimed healer who claims to be able to cure deadly diseases. He appears to heal people-until they defy him. The team infiltrates his compound in Mexico to rescue Cassian's niece, who has been diagnosed with leukemia.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 10 - Faces in the Night
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Faces in the Night

    S1:E10

    When Dr. Shiroma is abducted by a serial killer who only kills his victims during the full moon, the team races to discover the killer's identity before she becomes his next victim.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  16. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    After hibernating for 15,000 years, a malevolent virus is released from an ancient tomb in Costa Rica. A top team of specialists is assembled to research it. Infection causes blood-red eyes, a high fever and superhuman strength, and an exceptional interest in deadly diseases.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 11 - Midnight of the Carrier
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Midnight of the Carrier

    S1:E11

    The team removes a capsule from the head of an old man. This leads to the shocking discovery of white supremacists in the CIA and occultism in the Third Reich. During the operation, security is compromised, and the team fights to save the old man's life and to protect the contents of the capsule from someone who wants it at any cost.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  18. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 2 - The Silent Tower
    8.8/10(25 votes)

    #18 - The Silent Tower

    S1:E2

    Dr. Cassian, the new team leader, sends the biocrisis team to investigate a Chicago high-rise. A mysterious rash of suicides caused by hallucinations has led to 79 deaths in the two years since its opening.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Burning Zone Season 1 Episode 9 - Blood Covenant
    9.1/10(45 votes)

    #19 - Blood Covenant

    S1:E9

    A doctor, angry with the US government for the death of his wife and for abandoning him in Zaire threatens to infect Orlando's main blood supply with malaria unless a billion dollars is deposited to a Swiss bank account.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Last Five Pounds are the Hardest" is the worst rated episode of "The Burning Zone". It scored 6.2/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Michael Miller and written by Carleton Eastlake, it aired on 2/18/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Elegy For a Dream".