If not, you may find the whole thing a bit campy for your liking. If extinction drama is your thing, then Zoo is one to add to your viewing history.

To their credit, the show's cast members do a great job maintaining the tension as events unfold, but they can't entirely compensate for the somewhat implausible theory that sets this series in motion. Though the premise makes for good TV, stories never watch exactly the same as they read. Patterson fans' curiosity about this book-inspired series likely will bring many to Zoo, but reactions may be mixed. If you can overlook the preposterous science, the implications of such an event do make for some decent drama. The potential is there, since animals in one form or another exist everywhere (who knew house cats could be so vindictive?), and a carefully coordinated plot on their part to exact revenge on our species certainly would catch the human population unaware. ZOO is a tense apocalyptic thriller that skips more common plot devices, such as natural disaster or nuclear war, in favor of an extinction method that doesn't get a lot of play on-screen: mass animal retaliation.

Mostly, though, violence is the only real concern in this thriller, so it's fine for teens who can handle that sort of content. Expect some mild language ('hell' on occasion), drinking (mostly to cope with the stressful predicaments), and bland references to romantic encounters. More (0 reviews) Review Book 4 The Secret Zoo: Traps and Specters Noah's sister Megan noticed some strange things happening at the local zoo. Subtle messages about conservation and animal rights are evident. Book 3 The Secret Zoo: Riddles and Danger Can four friends save the secret zoo Noah, Megan, Richie, and Ella are the Action Scouts: friends whose tree house ove. The show is rife with tense encounters between people and animals, but, though many humans are killed, glimpses of a dead body or otherwise gruesome content is rare. The story posits that the world's animal population - from the largest land predator to the smallest house pet - could coordinate a mass uprising against humans in retaliation for centuries of hunting and forced labor. Parents need to know that Zoo is a drama series based on the best-selling book of the same name by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.

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