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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Zoo Season 3 Episode 13 - The Barrier
    5.9/10(410 votes)

    #1 - The Barrier

    S3:E13

    The team races to stop the hybrids from breaching the barrier wall by shutting down the last beacon that draws them in.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writers:Bryan Oh, Nick Parker

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  2. Zoo Season 3 Episode 12 - West Side Story
    6.7/10(324 votes)

    #2 - West Side Story

    S3:E12

    After the team’s plane suffers a catastrophic accident in the hybrid zone, Dariela and Tessa set out on a rescue mission to save them.

    Director:Gary Fleder
    Writers:Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock

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  3. Zoo Season 3 Episode 6 - Oz Is Oz
    6.9/10(321 votes)

    #3 - Oz Is Oz

    S3:E6

    Mitch seeks to rescue Clementine from her captors, and a glimpse into Jackson’s sister Abigail’s past reveals the origins of the hybrids.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writer:Matt Pitts

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  4. Zoo Season 3 Episode 7 - Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam
    6.9/10(311 votes)

    #4 - Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam

    S3:E7

    The team sets out on a rescue mission for Abe and Dariela’s son, Isaac. Then, in search of information on a new hybrid, Mitch and Jamie travel to California, where they cross paths with a familiar face from their past.

    Director:Alexander H. Gayner
    Writers:Jay Faerber, Shintaro Shimosawa

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  5. Zoo Season 3 Episode 8 - Stakes on a Plane
    6.9/10(312 votes)

    #5 - Stakes on a Plane

    S3:E8

    Abigail holds Jackson prisoner in order to extract information from him that is critical to her secret master plan, and the team faces a mid-air crisis when their plane experiences an electrical malfunction

    Director:Jet Wilkinson
    Writers:Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock

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  6. Zoo Season 3 Episode 9 - The Black Forest
    6.9/10(306 votes)

    #6 - The Black Forest

    S3:E9

    After Mitch’s alter ego, Mr. Duncan, attacks the team’s plane then flees, Jamie, Abe and Max set out to find him and help.

    Director:David Barrett
    Writers:Bryan Oh, Nick Parker

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  7. Zoo Season 3 Episode 10 - Once Upon a Time in the Nest
    6.9/10(304 votes)

    #7 - Once Upon a Time in the Nest

    S3:E10

    After Jackson attacks Abigail, the team rushes to save her as her life hangs in the balance.

    Director:Avi Youabian
    Writers:Jay Faerber, Shintaro Shimosawa

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  8. Zoo Season 3 Episode 1 - No Place Like Home
    7.0/10(456 votes)

    #8 - No Place Like Home

    S3:E1

    Ten years after the animals were cured but at the cost of sterilizing the human population, a new threat rises in the form of “the hybrids,” an army of unstoppable lab-made creatures focused on destroying mankind.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Nicole Phillips

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  9. Zoo Season 3 Episode 3 - Ten Years Gone
    7.0/10(343 votes)

    #9 - Ten Years Gone

    S3:E3

    Abraham and Dariela consider making a deal with Reiden Global for personal reasons, and Jamie and Clementine perform a risky surgery on Mitch.

    Director:Edward Ornelas
    Writers:Jay Faerber, Shintaro Shimosawa

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  10. Zoo Season 3 Episode 4 - Welcome to the Terra Dome
    7.0/10(333 votes)

    #10 - Welcome to the Terra Dome

    S3:E4

    Abraham and Dariela reunite with the team as they try and stop the hybrids from taking over New York City.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writers:Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock

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  11. Zoo Season 3 Episode 5 - Drop It Like It’s Hot
    7.0/10(325 votes)

    #11 - Drop It Like It’s Hot

    S3:E5

    While Jamie’s under arrest, she manages to manipulate Mitch and Logan into helping her hunt shepherds, members of a secretive group responsible for sterilizing humans

    Director:Norman Buckley
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Nicole Phillips

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  12. Zoo Season 3 Episode 11 - Cradles and Graves
    7.0/10(311 votes)

    #12 - Cradles and Graves

    S3:E11

    As the team is trapped inside the plane by toxic spores surrounding them, complications arise during the delivery of Clementine’s baby.

    Director:Jennifer Lynch
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Nicole Phillips

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  13. Zoo Season 3 Episode 2 - Diaspora
    7.1/10(371 votes)

    #13 - Diaspora

    S3:E2

    Jackson and Logan discover a link between the hybrid attacks that occur in Portland and New York; Mitch is interrogated by a woman claiming to be his daughter, Clementine; and a new development in Abraham’s research into the sterility crisis endangers his family.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writers:Bryan Oh, Nick Parker

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  14. Zoo Season 1 Episode 1 - First Blood
    7.3/10(1070 votes)

    #14 - First Blood

    S1:E1

    In Botswana, guides Jackson Oz and Abraham Kenyatta come across a mysterious series of lion attacks. In LA, two lions escape a zoo and go on a rampage, and investigative reporter Jamie Campbell believes that it's tied to pesticide infested food sold by Reiden Global.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Zoo Season 1 Episode 2 - Fight or Flight
    7.3/10(837 votes)

    #15 - Fight or Flight

    S1:E2

    Jackson discovers that Abraham is alive and stages a daring rescue to bring his friend home safely. Meanwhile, Jamie suspects that Reiden Global's pesticide is responsible for the lion attacks and convinces Mitch to help her. In Paris, a mysterious man approaches Chloe and asks her to accompany him.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writers:Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner

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  16. Zoo Season 1 Episode 3 - The Silence of the Cicadas
    7.3/10(756 votes)

    #16 - The Silence of the Cicadas

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Chris Long
    Writer:Denitria Harris-Lawrence

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  17. Zoo Season 1 Episode 6 - This Is What It Sounds Like
    7.3/10(631 votes)

    #17 - This Is What It Sounds Like

    S1:E6

    Abraham works to save Chloe and Mitch from a drug lord; Jackson and Jamie continue to work with Agent Shaffer in search of Evan Lee Hartley and the Mother Cell after Leo is killed in the crash.

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Carla Kettner

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  18. Zoo Season 1 Episode 10 - Emotional Contagion
    7.3/10(593 votes)

    #18 - Emotional Contagion

    S1:E10

    On the run as fugitives, the team flies to Zambia to gather leopard DNA in order to manufacture a cure for the abnormal behavior that's affecting animals worldwide. When it’s time to leave, they need to reach out to animal rights activist Ray Endicott to get safe passage out of the country. Also, Chloe makes the ultimate sacrifice to avoid further bloodshed.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Jay Faerber

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  19. Zoo Season 2 Episode 7 - Jamie's Got a Gun
    7.3/10(412 votes)

    #19 - Jamie's Got a Gun

    S2:E7

    Mitch digs into Jackson’s past to get the answers they need to make the cure. Also, the rest of the team hunts for evidence related to the triple helix inside a quaint English town.

    Director:Lee Rose
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Rebekah F. Smith

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  20. Zoo Season 1 Episode 4 - Pack Mentality
    7.4/10(717 votes)

    #20 - Pack Mentality

    S1:E4

    Jackson, Jamie, and Chloe travel to Mississippi to investigate the prison fire, while Abraham and Mitch go north to trap and study wolves.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Bryan Oh

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  21. Zoo Season 1 Episode 5 - Blame It on Leo
    7.4/10(674 votes)

    #21 - Blame It on Leo

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Steven A. Adelson
    Writer:Jay Faerber

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  22. Zoo Season 1 Episode 7 - Sleuths
    7.4/10(616 votes)

    #22 - Sleuths

    S1:E7

    The team heads to Paris to investigate a group of bears whose trackers have gone offline. Mitch makes a shocking new discovery about the Mother Cell. Chloe runs into her ex-fiancé.

    Director:Dean White
    Writer:Denitria Harris-Lawrence

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  23. Zoo Season 1 Episode 8 - The Cheese Stands Alone
    7.4/10(618 votes)

    #23 - The Cheese Stands Alone

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writers:Jay Faerber, Scott Rosenberg

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  24. Zoo Season 1 Episode 9 - Murmuration
    7.4/10(600 votes)

    #24 - Murmuration

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Michael Katleman
    Writer:Bryan Oh

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  25. Zoo Season 2 Episode 3 - Collision Point
    7.4/10(464 votes)

    #25 - Collision Point

    S2:E3

    A tragedy strikes the team's only ally within the government, leaving Jackson and the team on their own to stop a surge of animal-related attacks from destroying the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Meanwhile, Dariela discovers something shocking about General Davies; and in the Canadian wilderness, Jamie comes across a troubling detail about Logan.

    Director:Steven A. Adelson
    Writers:Rebekah F. Smith, Jay Faerber

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Barrier" is the worst rated episode of "Zoo". It scored 5.9/10 based on 410 votes. Directed by Michael Katleman and written by Bryan Oh, Nick Parker, it aired on 9/21/2017. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "West Side Story".