Zoo ends with an episode title “ The big Big Hill of Hope , ” but dares to suggest that “ hope ” will spring from an irritatingly attention-getting 1990s pop song . However , there are baboon , survivalist oaf , a really cute old pug , and evan a few mild surprises . spoiler watch over !
We begin “ Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean , ” as the title card secern us , since the sheet carrying every Zoo squad member ( except Chloe , who ’s dependable back in DC with government operative / deux ex machina Amelia Sage ) has plunged into the drunkenness en road from Africa . ( DAMN YOU BIRDS ! )
The water is blood red , since we ’re seeing it from the POV of Jamie , who ’s staidly wound but somehow alive after the crash . A unusual man sails by and hustle her from the water ; she rouse disunite from everyone and everything conversant , including the leopard cub the squad evolve at great peril , aka the tool that just might keep launch the human race from being wiped out by angry - ass animals . Jamie ’s pretty sure the former dude is miserableness - degree creepy — he does n’t speak English and his stranded house is surround by a very tall fence — but when she makes a break for it , she realizes ( thanks to the snarling barbarian animals mill about in the snow-covered woodland beyond his property ) that he was trying to protect her , not harm her .
Next , we see a baste Jackson on videotape , telling us that 47 lives were lost in the crash “ along with the remedy … so we need to find an option . Something we ’ve overlooked . ” DAMN YOU BIRDS ! The video zips onward a month , from September to October 2015 , and a less - buffet and more - chipper Jackson offer updates on the raw international team he and Chloe ( now with above - board credentials ) are presently leading .
By December , the cork board behind him is full of notes and diagram , and he more than slightly resembles his late father , who was also fond of recording his break up breakthrough along the way . of import crisis director and scientists have use up over his team , Jackson reveals , and have even made a return tripper to Zambia to find more leopards … and he ’s been shoved aside . The mystery viewer of these increasingly unhinged diary ledger entry ? Jackson himself , looking rather despondent .
Mitch is in a bar ( of row he is ) , doing an interview , but he ’s loath to say anything about Reiden Global … and he specially does n’t want to comment to the newsperson on rumors that Reiden cut a deal with the government to portion out the Mother Cell ( which is “ now famous , ” so the world is in on the enigma , apparently ) in hopes of developing a cure . We learn that nobody ’s come up with a catchy name for the animate being attacks ; Mitch evoke “ the Beast Rebellion , ” which we presently learn is still very much in burden these several calendar month later .
The reporter presses further , wondering if Mitch and “ the other three ” ( so , Chloe , Abe , and Jackson , since everyone thinks Jamie is dead ) signed non - disclosure agreements so they would n’t be held accountable for any offence they ’d committed while trying to save the earth . He wo n’t serve that , and he also has no reply to her final question : “ Is all hope , in fact , lost ? ”
We grab up with Abe , who ’s now working as what Mitch refer to as an “ urban transport thug”—a bodyguard - for - hire for anyone who involve to traverse DC ’s fauna - filled street . The bodyguard HQ is like a the bunker of a survivalist who likes to party , filled with menacing yet chipper giant boast rubber - band beards , who describe successful missions as “ Got the bride to the church on time , ” heed to Queen , and have their pick of gargantuan guns from the selection hang on the wall . Abe ’s “ disarmer beliefs ” ( he ’ll only wield a tranquilizer gun ) make him a bit of oddment among this crew , but he ’s a pro nonetheless .
And Chloe is now Amelia Sage ’s correct - hand womanhood , advise her that killing all the animate being is hardly , uh , practical . Sage hold , but remind Chloe that they ’ll demand an option , and tight ; 17,000 hoi polloi have died worldwide , and the routine is only going to get higher . There ’s word from Zambia , and the word is right at first : the team has managed to enchant a leopard . But then , over the radio , Chloe hears an all - too - familiar screeching sound , and the DC crew can see a hellishly massive drove about to pour onto their team in the force field . DAMN YOU BIRDS !
Miraculously , they survive , and Disheveled - And - possibly - Cracking - Up Jackson joyously tell his video camera all about it .
At this point , the “ scientific discipline ” on Zoo has give up any likeness of reality , so let ’s just say that Jackson is disbelieving of the authorities ’s “ airborne solution ” approximation to spread the cure . But fortunately , he has n’t lost all of his marble ( yet ) . He ’s still the kind of Heron that will avail out his wheelchair - bound neighbour , who lost a pegleg to the Beast Rebellion and is cynical enough to tell Jackson he does n’t think say Rebellion is enough to convert humankind that they should be a stack unspoilt about partake in the planet .
Jackson says he hopes that ’s not the case , and heads out into Wild Kingdom to refill the sick man ’s prescription , wield a baseball game bat and an iPhone , the latter of which he expend to immortalise more of his ramblings about how to distribute the cure . But a baseball bat … and certainly not a cadre telephone set … are no catch for the wee - off fauna he encounters : cats , dogs , and some baboons ( ! ! ! ) , hightail it from the zoological garden and ready to growl .
Also roaming the street , albeit from the relative safety of an SUV : Abe , ferrying his client from Point A to B. But when the man requests an unscheduled stop , a side street give a sighting of another one of those escape zoo animals everyone observe talking about . HI !
They persist in on to a restaurant that ’s been operating in privy , serve gist to client who are n’t afraid to see red any animals by doing so . Abe ’s client is a valet with cancer who ’s concerned his treatment will affect his sense of taste sensation , so he ’s determined to exhaust a effete repast while he still can .
Also inhabit decadently … in his own bummed - out way … is Mitch , who ’s hang around in a bar bemoaning the nickelodeon ’s deficiency of Soundgarden when three jerkholes roam in , airheaded over the money they ’re raking in thanks to the current state of global topsy-turvyness . First Mitch prevents them from shooting the bartender ’s aging pug ( who ’s miraculously not infected ) , then he bawl out them on dearest . Then he picks a fight . He ’s waste one’s time out over Jamie , y’ all .
If nobody can see out how to spread the cure , we learn via a soothing A / V presentation , the government ’s Plan B is to hearten all of the animals on Earth using untainted desoxyribonucleic acid . “ Project Noah ” ( hey , we see what you did there ) predict to restore the Earth ’s animal universe to thriving levels in , oh , six to 10 years . This project , of course , is funded by Reiden Global , whose slogan is “ Our most cute resource is you . ” Aw , shucks .
Jackson , stimulate dodged baboons and bric-a-brac , reaches the drugstore and has a lightbulb minute when he hears another client grouse about the increase in mosquito pungency he ’s been sustain since all this animal - attack business . OMG MOSQUITO CAN BE USED TO stagger THE CURE ! He hustles to order Chloe , but salvia breaks the news show that it ’s too late . The magical Zambian leopard was get to have roll onto Reiden - control kingdom . It ’s contaminate , and it ca n’t be used to create the cure .
But just when all hope seems lost … Abe ’s guest , who has heard the broken man tell story of intentionally break ties with all his friend , assures him there are always “ RTC : reasons to continue . ” Then the singer in the eating place jailbreak into “ What ’s Up ” by Four Non - Blondes , except in Spanglish , and everyone at all the other tables starts talk along . Somehow inspired and not bleeding from the ears , Abe goes to call in Jackson .
The old friends catch up , affront cat buff , and discourse the imminent “ reject , ” which they both dread . And Abe shares an significant deterrent example , learned from the break man , the steak , and the song : “ These are not the days to recede from those you give care about . ” Abe think a cure is still possible .
AND IT IS , ya see , because the old guy who rescue Jamie , who we think was shivery at first , also rescued the original cub , who ’s now a full - grown leopard .
Oh , and the old guy ’s radness does n’t finish there , because he also has a PHONE , which he finally produces for Jamie to employ to call Mitch . ( He drunkenly reply the phone “ Mitch Morgan , totally awesome scientist . ” )
HOORAY ! Everything is totally awing ! Mitch , Jackson , and Chloe pile into Abe ’s urban blast vehicle , head to a boat that will take them to Jamie and the magic leopard . ( Nobody wants to get on a carpenter’s plane , understandably . ) Everyone is beaming and excited . We ’re gettin ’ the band back together !
But there ’s something rather alarming in the manner . Oh dear . It ’s a flash mob of petulant and alien creature , including trumpet elephant , hissing great cats , and at least one chest - beat Gorilla gorilla . They rear back and POUNCE !
And that ’s it . That ’s the last scene . There ’s no disseminating of a curative ; no ultimate takedown of Reiden ; no pondering that once all humans are taken maintenance of , the creature will go back to eating each other ; no Logos that Mitch ’s daughter is cured ( after all he went through , she easily be ! ) ; and weird of all … no indication that Jackson and Chloe are still romantically link up . After all the physique - up , even .
Was this a season - ending cliffhanger that ’s an obvious set - up for some variety of dystopian season two ( not yet announced , by the way ) ? Or perhaps more realistically … was this the only room a show this ridiculous could possibly have ended ?
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