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<i>Z Nation</i> ends season 4 with a gripping race against the clock

TVReviewsZ Nation

Z Nation ends season 4 with a gripping race against the clock

God bless Roberta Warren. In a world full of survival-at-all-cost fighters, she’s just trying to do the damn right…

Alex McLevy

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Z Nation quips its way through a search for the President of the United States

“Those bums in Congress have done it again!” That exact cliche wasn’t uttered in this episode of Z Nation, but it…

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With a clever trip into the past, Z Nation reveals a key piece of the puzzle

If there’s one thing you can count on with humanity, it’s that we’ll always make sure there are plenty of ways to…

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This is the most cartoonish Z Nation has been in a long time

Halfway through this episode of Z Nation, Doc says, “I’m gettin’ too old for this shit.” That should’ve been the…

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Z Nation finds the balance between its silly past and mysterious present

If Z Nation is going to continue to fill out its seasons with these amiable one-off adventures, let’s hope they’re…

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Z Nation proves that Canadian zombies can be much more polite

It’s taken nearly 35 years, but now we know what happened to Strange Brew’s Bob and Doug McKenzie: They became…

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Crappy juggalo stereotypes are one of the worst things to ever happen to Z Nation

All good things must come to an end. In the case of Z Nation, whose first half of season four is arguably the…

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A surprising death brings the drama to Z Nation

In a season that has already provided so many unexpected surprises, managing to have a death really mean something…

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Z Nation delivers Twilight Zone-style scares with a terrific stand-alone episode

I’ve been wondering how Z Nation would manage to return to its periodic stand-alone episodes without feeling like…

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Warren's judgment becomes suspect on a Z Nation that questions trust

Trust is hard to earn, especially in the apocalypse. But Roberta Warren has earned the trust of the group—even when…

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Z Nation drops the silliness, tackles a mystery, and becomes the best version of itself

Z Nation is still in an identity crisis. Sure, it can be an entertainingly nutty show of gonzo absurdity. But as…

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After creating a new world, Z Nation immediately blows it up

Well, that didn’t last long. Following the introduction of a completely new society, Z Nation promptly tore it apart…

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Z Nation's strong season premiere feels like a brand new show

If you’re going to begin the fourth season of your post-apocalyptic zombie show with a title card reading, “Two…

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The Z Nation season finale climbs high, then falls off a cliffhanger

What makes a good cliffhanger? Stories must earn the ability to make viewers wait to find out the conclusion to a…

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Z Nation gives an underserved badass a series-altering solo mission

Addison Carver won’t give up. You can beat her, dislocate her shoulder, leave her for dead lying facedown in a…

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Z Nation takes its season-long story to a braaaaaaainy showdown

The apocalypse does strange things to people. That sentence could be the tagline of Z Nation, a show predicated upon…

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On Z Nation, as in life, people reading poetry almost never bodes well

To paraphrase William Shakespeare, if poetry be the food of post-apocalyptic survival, maybe take a hard pass on it.…

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The kid isn’t alright on a Z Nation stuck telling bedtime stories

Even though the entire show is predicated on the idea of trying to save the world from the zombie apocalypse, Z…

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It’s no metaphor when death comes to the Seattle underground on Z Nation

In season three, Z Nation’s narrative reach has regularly exceeded its scattershot grasp, but when it’s angling to…

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On Z Nation, the presidential election is basically Trump vs. Trump

This is becoming quite the fractured season of Z Nation. First, Murphy and 10k split off from the rest of the group.…

Alex McLevy

11/04/16 9:00PM

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