The BEST episodes of Zero Hour season 2

Every episode of Zero Hour season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Zero Hour season 2!

This dynamic original series dramatizes the final hour leading up to several pivotal historical events, tracking happenings as they unfold, minute by minute. Using a real-time clock and a split-screen to follow key players, the series reveals the chilling lead-up to events that changed the world including the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, 9/11 and the Columbine shooting.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Ended
The Sinking of the Estonia
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9.71
31 votes

#1 - The Sinking of the Estonia

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2006

On September 27, 1994, the ferry 'Estonia' departed from the capital of Tallin with 989 people on board heading for Stockholm. It never arrived.

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The King of Cocaine
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9.00
56 votes

#2 - The King of Cocaine

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2006

On December 2, 1993 Pablo Escobar, a Columbian drug lord, and his assistant, were captured and killed at Escobar's home.

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9.00
28 votes

#3 - The Plot to Kill the Pope

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2006

On May 13, 1981, the group Grey Wolves nearly assassinated Pope John Paul II. The Pope remarkably survived. He lost 3 quarts of blood. Season 3 (2006)[edit]

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The Bali Bombing
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8.50
2 votes

#4 - The Bali Bombing

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2005

A compelling program detailing the minutes leading up to the horrifying event that changed the way Australians think of our favourite holiday destination. Based on first hand witness accounts, official documents and actual footage of events. Including interviews with survivors and re-enactments of what happened in the nightclubs.

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One of America's Own
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8.00
1 votes

#5 - One of America's Own

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2006

On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P Murrah federal building in downtown Oklahoma City became the site for the most deadly peacetime attack on United States soil to date. As hundreds of employees prepared for the day ahead, a truck parked outside the front of the nine storey building. It then exploded.

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Capturing Saddam
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7.50
56 votes

#6 - Capturing Saddam

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/2006

Eight months after the fall of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein is still at large. This is the tense countdown to the capture of Iraq's fugitive dictator.

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