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The Best Episodes of Z Nation Season 5

Every episode of Z Nation Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z Nation Season 5!

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from...
Genres:MysteryAction & AdventureDrama
Network:Syfy

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Welcome to the Newpocalypse" is the best rated episode of "Z Nation" season 5. It scored 7.2/10 based on 506 votes. Directed by Abram Cox and written by Karl Schaefer, it aired on 10/5/2018. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A New Life".

  • Welcome to the Newpocalypse
    7.2/10506 votes

    #1 - Welcome to the Newpocalypse

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2018

    Warren recovers from the drone crash with handsome, mysterious Cooper; Doc and the others finally arrive in Newmerica, where they meet George, who is helping form the new country.

    Director: Abram Cox

    Writer: Karl Schaefer

  • A New Life
    7.5/10432 votes

    #2 - A New Life

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2018

    Warren must leave her new life behind and find her way to Newmerica, reuniting with Murphy and the other heroes, while discovering George is an old friend.

    Director: Alexander Yellen

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • Escape from Altura
    7.7/10431 votes

    #3 - Escape from Altura

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2018

    10K nearly loses everything as panic and anti-Talker sentiments flare after an explosion derails the vote.

    Director: Alexander Yellen

    Writer: Dan Merchant

  • Pacifica
    7.1/10416 votes

    #4 - Pacifica

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2018

    Warren and George search for Lt. Dante, who may be part of an underground network helping Talkers flee human vigilantes.

    Director: Jodi Binstock

    Writer: Jodi Binstock

  • Killing All The Books
    7.1/10397 votes

    #5 - Killing All The Books

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2018

    Pacifica is bombed and the heroes decide to follow the Talker Underground to stop whoever is behind the attacks.

    Director: Juan Mas

    Writer: Jennifer Derwingson

  • Limbo
    7.1/10400 votes

    #6 - Limbo

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2018

    Warren and the others are reunited with Addy in Limbo, an underground casino run by Murphy and his Blends, that shelters Talkers on the run from Altura Militia.

    Director: Dan Merchant

    Writer: Delondra Williams

  • Doc's Stoned History
    6.7/10421 votes

    #7 - Doc's Stoned History

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2018

    As Doc explains his version of American history to George, Sketchy and Skeezy reenact Doc's stories about the Founding Fathers; Warren and the others go to the bakery that invented bizkits in search of the secret ingredient.

    Director: Jared Briley

    Writer: Collin Redmond

  • Heartland
    6.8/10382 votes

    #8 - Heartland

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2018

    Our heroes arrive in the farming outpost that produces flour for bizkits and find it overrun by zombies.

    Director: Steve Graham

    Writer: Steve Graham

  • Water Keepers
    6.7/10387 votes

    #9 - Water Keepers

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2018

    Doc must spirit walk again to help save the Chief of the Water Keepers and get the water flowing to Newmerica.

    Director: Jennifer Derwingson

    Writer: Jennifer Derwingson

  • State of Mine
    7.0/10343 votes

    #10 - State of Mine

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2018

    Altura militiamen force Talkers to mine a hazardous waste landfill for the secret ingredient to bizkits.

    Director: Stuart Acher

    Writer: Dan Merchant

  • Hackerville
    7.1/10347 votes

    #11 - Hackerville

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2018

    With some help from an outpost of renegade hackers, Warren and George hack Altura's defenses and discover Estes' secret plan.

    Director: J.D. McKee

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • At All Cost
    7.4/10341 votes

    #12 - At All Cost

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2018

    Warren and the others must free the Talkers being held in Quarantine and prepare to attack Altura.

    Director: Dan Merchant

    Writer: Dan Merchant

  • The End of Everything
    7.4/10395 votes

    #13 - The End of Everything

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2018

    Our heroes break into Altura in an attempt to bring Pandora and Estes to justice, when Cooper reappears, shocking Warren; there’s something he has to tell her.

    Director: Alexander Yellen

    Writer: Karl Schaefer