Who Is Behind ‘Zero Day’s Terror Attack?
He gets along with Alex, but it’s easy to see that he’s in this for himself.
First, a 17-year-old is wrongly arrested.
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Mullen even goes so far as to have him tortured to get information.
Finally, though, the dominoes begin to fall, as the first suspect is caught.
Alex is shown on the radio requesting a meeting with Dreyer.
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They are both in on it, along with a powerful billionaire named Robert Lyndon (Gregg).
They’re not the only ones, either.
What Does George Mullen Do With the Information?
So why would Americans do such a thing?
It was Dreyer’s idea because he was unable to get Congress to come together and pass anything.
Remember that small window we had in reality after 9/11?
Dreyer gets Alex Mullen and more than a dozen others to join him.
In the last episode, George learns the truth, as do others at the very top.
Alex cries and begs for mercy.
They’ll pin it all on Monica Kidder and go from there.
If what really happened gets out, kiss her getting re-elected goodbye.
Pedro Pascal almost had a role in another major franchise.
It’s not just his own conscience guiding him, but Alex’s as well.
She left her father a letter admitting what she had done and her willingness to be held accountable.
Is George Mullen the Victim of a Psychological Attack?
Zero Dayis about more than the terror attack.
There is also George’s own inner turmoil at work.
The reason he didn’t run for a second term as President was because he lost his son.
There are several scenes of George reading his incoherent journal, with the words “Who Killed Bambi?”
written, andthe song of the same name by the Sex Pistolssomehow playing when he’s all alone.
What’s going on?
Flip it on, and you could cause the victim to lose their mind.
This time it’s not just for a minute but a lot more.
When it happens, Mullen and his wife are at home.
With protestors outside their gate, the Secret Service orders him to leave.
As they do, the protestors attack in a moment that takes you back to January 6.
At the end ofZero Day, George finds an electronic unit in his bird feeder.
It can’t be determined if this is part of Proteus or something innocent.
Either way, life won’t be the same.
At the beginning of the series, George is working on his memoirs.
At the end, he burns them.
