The BEST Episodes of The Hot Zone

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Last Updated: Oct 12, 2021

Network: National Geographic

Working with a secret military specialized team, U.S. Army scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax puts her life on the line to head off an Ebola outbreak before it spreads to the human population.

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Hidden

#1 - Hidden

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired May 29, 2019

A volatile situation inside the research facility comes to a head; Dr. Jaax steps up, but exhaustion threatens the precision needed to sterilize the threat; the press arrives, and neighbors become aware of the danger next door.

star 7.85
675 votes
Directors: Michael Uppendahl
Writers: James V. Hart, Jeff Vintar, Kelly Souders
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Arrival

#2 - Arrival

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired May 27, 2019

Dr. Nancy Jaax has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world handling deadly viruses; after a lab accident, she is faced with a possible Ebola outbreak on U.S. soil.

star 7.75
854 votes
Directors: Michael Uppendahl
Writers: Brian Peterson, James V. Hart, Jeff Vintar, Kelly Souders
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Quarantine

#3 - Quarantine

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired May 29, 2019

Dr. Nancy Jaax works tirelessly to find out why the virus is behaving differently than expected in human victims; unforeseen dangers arise at the research facility; Jaax is forced to make a choice between her family and her duty to her country.

star 7.74
690 votes
Directors: Nick Murphy
Writers: Brian Peterson, James V. Hart, Kelly Souders
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Expendable

#4 - Expendable

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired May 28, 2019

An employee at the monkey research facility falls ill, causing Dr. Nancy Jaax to fear the virus has spread to the human population; Jerry Jaax searches for a way to protect his wife; and Dr. Wade Carter is obsessed with exposing the dangers of Ebola.

star 7.70
731 votes
Directors: Nick Murphy
Writers: Brian Peterson, James V. Hart
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Charlie Foxtrot

#5 - Charlie Foxtrot

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired May 28, 2019

Representatives from varying agencies disagree on how to handle Dr. Nancy Jaax's discovery, so she realizes there are few protocols in place for containing a deadly virus on the U.S. soil; and an employee at the monkey research facility falls ill.

star 7.65
764 votes
Directors: Nick Murphy
Writers: James V. Hart, Kelly Souders
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Cell H

#6 - Cell H

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired May 27, 2019

Dr. Nancy Jaax and her lab partner, Dr. Peter Jahrling, must take matters into their own hands to determine the source of the virus before it spreads; Dr. Jaax convinces an employee to hand over samples from infected monkeys.

star 7.64
805 votes
Directors: Michael Uppendahl
Writers: Brian Peterson, James V. Hart, Jeff Vintar
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