The Den of Geek quarterly magazine is packed with exclusive features, interviews, previews and deep dives into geek culture. Ivys Journey/ Znation by Astriod_Skywalker. Society has started to rebuild, after a fashion. [24], All of the show's seasons are now on Netflix around the globe. He participated in theater in and around the greater Seattle area in both . 107 3 4. Not that Doc is taciturn or anything. He is seen to have snapped out of Murphy's control in ". In season 2 she is a baby, but ages rapidly due to the virus Murphy passes on. Weight. 11. It's bizarre and surreal at times but mostly in a comical way. In 10K's brief story line, he lived alone with his father in a national park. His stoner antics is a comic relief in the entire series and at times aids the group in sticky situations. He first performed on stage in School House Rock Live! Sgt. He is a former member of the Blue Sky camp in New York before taking on the task of transporting Murphy. In an interview with Nat Zang, his father is revealed to have been a survivalist out in the mountains. Pao only appears in one episode of season three, although credited as a main cast member. Ive never been here before? she asks him, incredulous. After dropping out. As 10K is attacked by zombies he is saved by Red and 5K. [6], Z Nation is produced by Go2 Digital Media for The Asylum. After threatening his life with the zombie bite at the end of The Unknowns, this episode zeroes in on the love he has for his daughter, and ends by flipping the script, having Lucy sacrifice herself to save her father. 10K tells the team that he had to kill his own father, whom he refers to as it. While Doc is, or perhaps isn't, with the unstable general, 10K has a flashback. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Various actresses portrayed Lucy throughout Seasons 2 & 3. Regal He is loved, but never hated. SYFY Insider Exclusives. Murphy drives off in the group's suburban before Doc can get back in. The show did well enough to make it five seasons, morphing from something that straddled the line between campy fun and a character study with surprising depth considering its origins. Javier Vasquez (Matt Cedeo; seasons 2, guest season 3) is first encountered in the opening episode of season 2, "The Murphy". 12 - 14 May, 2023. Everyone mourns him but 10k wakes up in a startling fashion and tells Murphy "You are not my savior." They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. Police and civil authorities are absent. As of the end of season 5, his zombie count is 9,001. Its called Black Summer. Its a prequel to Z Nation., Producer and writer on both shows, Jodi Binstock, summed up the possible relationship of the two shows up neatly when she told Syfy Wire, Really, the only similarity between Z Nation and Black Summer is that the Black Summer is the first summer that Z Nation took place in.. This episode delivered plenty more momentum. okay so the frist season was abit rough with the dialog but got better in time towards season 2 and 3 once the actors started feeling there rolls, but it also reminded me to much of a piss take of the walking dead, with season 4 is simply is annoying asf, warren is a wanna be captan America and Lucy "Murphys" daughter is a straight out annoying bitch, winging every time some on dose to kill a zombie, for the safety of them selfs or the others,, Copyright Fandango. 68 kg. He has participated in theater around the greater Seattle area in both professional and educational productions. On July 19, 2018, it was reported that Netflix had given an eight-episode straight-to-series order for Black Summer, a prequel series set within the Z Nation universe. The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 8, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to 10 Black Women Filmmakers Who Have Shaped the Cinema Landscape of the 21st Century, Link to 10 LGBTQIA+ Women Who Became Trailblazers in Entertainment. He holds a Phd in clinical psychology, and has an extensive knowledge of drugs due to his occupation pre-apocalypse and his drug addiction. However, Warren and Vasquez steal medicine from the Mennonite Community and save the lives of 10K and Addy. Essentially, Z Nation is the point in which the apocalypse stopped being terrifying and started to just be very inconvenient. He loves killing zombies, and keeps track of each one he kills. 10K debuts in this episode. Besides the showdown with Bleeker the Frankenzombie, the other notable moment was the zombie finger crawling inside Doc, until 10k cuts him open and they can squeeze it out. "[30] Brian Moylan of The Guardian called Z Nation scary "in the same vague way as that talking green blob is in the Mucinex commercials" and concluded that viewers would hate all the characters, but that "Citizen Z (DJ Qualls) is especially horrible. He takes out one of the vaccines and injects it into his leg, and ends up seeing Red and 5K in some hallucination of the afterworld/limbo. Following a list created by his Zona employer, it is his job to collect people by any means necessary and ship them to Zona. Nat Zang is an American actor, best known for his role as Tomas/10K on the action, comedy, drama Syfy TV series Z Nation (2014-2018). To quote Rev. [18][19] It was also issued on iTunes, with episodes running approximately 4143 minutes each. He has a perfect success rate and has yet to lose a target. With her unique abilities, and a posse of dysfunctional allies, shes the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.About SYFY: It doesnt matter if youre into space outlaws, exiled dragon queens, or survivors of the zombie apocalypse. Before the apocalypse, 10K had never stayed in a hotel or swam in a pool. March 4, 1996. Despite the blend vaccine in him. He is a member of the Westward-Bound Survivor Group . Typically these movies end up on Syfy where theyre successful enough that the company makes money. Cinemark [13] Z Nation's first season had a budget of less than $700,000 per episode. Addison Grace "Addy" Carver (Anastasia Baranova) is a former member of the Blue Sky camp in New York and is Mack's girlfriend prior to his death. He falls off a cliff when he pursues Addy, Lucy, and The Man in the season 3 finale. A reasonable finale but a bit drawn out and predictable with some poorly acted roles. Thats finenot every major element needs to happen at once. Lovejoy from The Simpsons, Short answer, yes with an if. Long answer, no with a but. Black Summer was announced as a spinoff, the Z Nation equivalent of Fear the Walking Dead. During the apocalypse he returned to his drug addiction and became a short time drug dealer before engaging on the mission to take Murphy to the CDC Laboratory in California. If 10K and Addy went through something half as bad as Spears, Rose, and Sun have, its no wonder the apocalypse turns weird four years on. Simon Cruller (DJ Qualls), commonly known as Citizen Z, is a PFC and former hacker who was working at the NSA's Northern Light listening post in the Arctic Circle. Charge multiple devicesThe circular design of the power strip allows for the 15" to coil up inside the body of the productmaking it easy to wrap up and throw in a bag to take with you when traveling. 10K dies, but comes back to life. He is eventually reunited with Addy and returns to the survivor group. Coming Soon, Regal Z Nation was never going to reach the ratings heights of The Walking Dead, but unlike the series it effectively mockbusted, it was fun, inventive, and never afraid of being funny in between ominous mentions of the events of the Black Summer. She is sent with a team and equipment from China to collect DNA samples from the American survivor group and Murphy in the hope of synthesizing a cure. Sgt. 10K helps the team retrieve gasoline from an overrun refinery. Will goes back to Murphy and says that 10K is dead, but Murphy doesn't believe him and thinks that he is going to go back to Warren. She is the sole survivor of her team's mission and for now, has joined the survivor group. Or at least they must make money because when The Asylum was looking to branch out with original ideas not echoing upcoming big-budget movies, Syfy was willing to take a gamble on Z Nation. Black Summer was announced as a prequel to Z Nation, but has become something entirely different. Later, near the end 10K was leaving the fort when Doc stops and asks if he needs a lift. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Red hopes he is still alive somewhere, while 10K believes he is dead. This shows during season 4 when with the other followed Warren even though none of them knew what was going on. Actress Jaime King was set to star in the series, created by Schaefer and John Hyams. Shaken by the death of one of the team, something snaps in Murphy, and Warren is unable to stop him and the others from committing an atrocity as misplaced revenge. Fan! Copyright Fandango. However, it is unclear exactly what the vaccine did to him, as he never appears again in the series. Theres a light at the end of the tunnel on Z Nation, while Black Summer is akin to being buried under the rubble of a tunnel collapse. Each inmate was given a different test vaccine. The other big dramatic centerpiece is currently more of a mystery: Whats happening to Warren? His real name is Thomas, but his parents called him "Tommy". In season 3, she ages from someone who looks 5 years old, to preteen, to teenager (and is thus portrayed by multiple actresses). Privacy Policy Thoroughly enjoyed 1-4, lot's of laughs with the drama and I really looked forward to the next episodes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Twitter: @zatnang[1] Instagram . [8] On June 29, 2014, it was announced that the filming of 13 episodes for the first season of the series was underway. After Doc tells her of their mission to take Murphy to the CDC to cultivate a cure for the Z virus, Ratched is more than convinced that they're delusional. 10K reveals to Cassandra that his name is "Thomas" (although he says "Tommy") and that she is not allowed to tell anyone. c manages to rally the patients and make a run for a bus that's parked outside just as the zombies break through the building's feeble barricades. What makes it work is how patiently the show draws out this familial farewell. Just confirm how you got your ticket. He leaves on foot with Pup, pulling a dog sled, in subzero temperatures. He is mercied by Addy after being swarmed, and killed by zombies. He is told by Dr. Merch that he was bitten after she gave him his first dose of the original cure. 10K is a well know star in the tv series Z-Nation. . The percentage of approved Tomatometer critics who have given this title a positive review. He likes the name, Jeff. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Ron Hogan is a freelance writer from Louisville, Kentucky who got an English degree from a college no one has ever heard of. 10K claims that they are not real, and just a hallucination. Apparently the writers felt the need to go woke by changing the tone of the show by adding political dissent and pushing to be all inclusive. He is the only known survivor of a zombie bite who did not turn into a zombie, and his blood contains antibodies that are humankind's last and best hope for a vaccine. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. Rising actor who starred as the character 10k in the SyFy network seriesZ Nation. The current SAG wage is approx $900+/day. Independent film company The Asylum is best known, perhaps unfairly, for its mockbusters. After Zona falls, he and Warren return to the mainland and eventually meet up with Lucy, 10K, Doc and Sgt. 10K befriends a refugee on the caravan named Athena, but she dies within hours upon meeting her. Altura militiamen force Talkers to mine a hazardous waste landfill for the secret ingredient to bizkits. There they are put on trial by none other than Escorpion for stealing the truck. By the time hes struggling to hold on again, and confusing his now adult daughter with her mother (well done, bringing back the actor who played Serena to portray her full-grown daughter), Lucys realizing just how deep his love runs, and that connection brings her to bite him, over and over, pushing her into advanced old age and saving his life. Alvin Bernard Murphy (Keith Allan) is a resentful and frail former convict who becomes the only known survivor of zombie bites after being part of a scientific experiment. It barely skates by with 2.5/5 stars. There are some absolutely golden moments in this season. [32], In its first season, Z Nation averaged 1.42 million viewers per episode, including a .48 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic. Different strokes for undead folks. Nat Zang 10K Actor. 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There is no Audience Score because there are not enough user ratings at this time. Lt. Mark Hammond (Harold Perrineau; season 1) is the last surviving member of the Delta Force team transferring Murphy to a laboratory in California. (Not as of Jan 2023:( )[25][26], The first season of Z Nation received mixed reviews from professional television critics. From a loyal During his senior year of high school, he was signed to Big Fish NW Talent Agency. The group explores an abandoned TV news station and encounters news crew zombies triggering haunting flashbacks from day one. [9][10] On October 12, 2014, Syfy announced that it had ordered a second season of Z Nation. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Doc and 10K have reunited with Roberta, Addy, Sun Mei and Hector. Natalie Jongjaroenlarp is best known for Z Nation (2014), Criminal Minds (2005) and April '86 (2010). A 3 day contract is approx $2300; a weekly contract is approx $3000/week. Expect to be delighted by utter cheese too. He has an older and a younger sibling. You're almost there! Pacifica is bombed and the heroes decide to follow the Talker Underground to stop whoever is behind the attacks. 13. Kaya is an Inuit girl living with her Uncle Kaskae and her grandmother. 5K (Holden Goyette; season 3, guest season 4), also known as Nature boy, is a survivor of the zombie apocalypse under the protection of Red. He develops a fatherly bond with 10k (aka Tommy) due to his regret of not being supportive of an unrecognized son he had when he was 19, and 10k's trauma after having to mercy his father. More of a 41/2 love this show! Watch latest episodes of Z Nation on SYFY.Subscribe To SYFY htt. In season 4, she looks like a young adult, and is portrayed by Tara Holt. Girlfriend. Garnett back in season one was a big one, and Hector was part of the crew, but the majority of the deaths havent really registered in the emotional sense. 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