‘Zero Day’ might be a work of fiction, but the Netflix series is all too real.

Whenever, even if rarely,Zero Daychooses to focus on the details, it truly shines.

Zero Daymanages to get more things right than it gets wrong.

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In the aftermath of a monumental tragedy, the cracks in society reveal their true, ugly form.

Thetitular event remains an inciting incidentin the larger scheme of the story.

It’s counter-intuitive for a show likeZero Dayto not spend time on the human costattached to such a threat.

Robert De Niro as George Mullen and Connie Britton as Valerie Whitesell in ‘Zero Day"

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Joel (Pedro Pascal) carries Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in her hospital gown in Episode 9 of The Last of Us.

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