shapeshifter August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Quote Mitch and Jamie brave an animal attack at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Jackson finally gets the answers he’s been looking for from a surprising source. Allison sure turned into Cruella DeVille. 1 Link to comment
raven August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 (edited) Zoo never disappoints. I rewound the scene a couple of times Jackson deploys the EMP and the toy planes fall out of the sky (cut to Jackson's dopey expression of happiness) and then we see the little dolls with the parachutes. Hilarious!!! My heart grew two sizes when Abe and Jackson reunited. Aw. Plus we got a defiant pupil again. So Davies paid off some guy to let a gorilla loose? Did he target the little Russian girl and just knew that would now be the end of plan? Alison went full on crazy stalker eyes when she left Mitch at the end, complete with crazy lady spurned talk "you'll destroy each other". But they get to keep the plane. Maybe Chloe is on Pangaea?? If Alison's gone, Chloe's got to come back. I love how everyone chills in the kitchen; grilled cheese and booze today. I think we have a 2 hour finale next week, brace yourselves. Edited August 31, 2016 by raven 2 Link to comment
Free August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 12 minutes ago, shapeshifter said: Allison sure turned into Cruella DeVille. Maybe that's Cruella's backstory. Quote I think we have a 2 hour finale next week, brace yourselves. Yup, all the CBS shows have 2 hour finales. Link to comment
redfish August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Every time they showed the sloth roaring I wanted to sing, "This is what it sounds like when the sloths scream." I found it off putting the way Jackson's dad went from fatherly to strategic, as if injected your son with a mutant gene was a great idea. No seriously, the never really explained why he did that that made any sense at all. Wow Jackson and Abe reconciled quickly, not that I'm complaining. I didn't want their friendship to die because of Jackson's dad. First the show paired up Mitch with Alison and now they're trying to put him back with Jamie? Pangaea? Or Jurassic park. 2 Link to comment
ParadoxLost August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 52 minutes ago, redfish said: I found it off putting the way Jackson's dad went from fatherly to strategic, as if injected your son with a mutant gene was a great idea. No seriously, the never really explained why he did that that made any sense at all. I'm going with wanting Jackson and his Mother to survive being genuine. Injecting them with the mutant gene was along the lines of 'if you can't beat them, join them.' He injected them when they were leaving him or gone. If he wanted to study them, he wouldn't have waited that long. I think being separated he assumed one of two scenarios played out 1) the animal uprising happens and Mom/Jackson are one of the mutated and safe or 2) he finds the cure and he can save them later. 2 Link to comment
shapeshifter August 31, 2016 Author Share August 31, 2016 5 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said: I'm going with wanting Jackson and his Mother to survive being genuine. Injecting them with the mutant gene was along the lines of 'if you can't beat them, join them.' He injected them when they were leaving him or gone. If he wanted to study them, he wouldn't have waited that long. I think being separated he assumed one of two scenarios played out 1) the animal uprising happens and Mom/Jackson are one of the mutated and safe or 2) he finds the cure and he can save them later. I had always figured (and even posted) that Father Oz injected them as ParadoxLost puts it, a kind of "If you can't beat them, join them" strategy. He even claims it in this episode. He was/is crazy, but his intensions were not malicious. Now the gorilla being sent in by Davies to inevitably kill those too weak to get out of its way -- that's evil. Maybe there's no zebras because Cruella/Allison is selling their pelts to pay for the plane. 2 Link to comment
Lady Calypso August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Apparently, Jackson suffers from rage blackouts. You THINK you knocked your father unconscious? Man, the Jackson/Abe friendship and Mitch snark are the best parts of the show. Obviously all the animals were reacting to Dariela's baby. Gee, I wonder why? Red pill or blue pill? I guess it was the yellow pill. Crazed gorilla is probably the least interesting animal so far this season. A badger reveals Dariela's pregnancy. Of course. First a trackable parakeet and now a badger pregnancy test. So, anyone else predicting a Robert Oz death in the finale? I hope Chloe's on Pangea. I miss her so much. Bye, Allison. For now. 2 Link to comment
Pamela August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said: I hope Chloe's on Pangea. I miss her so much. Me, too. I don't care how much hand waving they have to do or how unbelievable the circumstances are, just please bring her back. 2 Link to comment
indeed August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 I'm surprised Jackson didn't throw that at his dad, too -- "You created the gas that killed my girlfriend! And I had to put down my own mother! Gee, thanks, Dad." 2 Link to comment
TDT August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 So there was a crossover from The Flash w/ Gorilla Grodd playing the role of the crazed ape trying to force his way into the elevator.. kept expecting Barry and/or Cisco to show up lol 2 Link to comment
shapeshifter August 31, 2016 Author Share August 31, 2016 6 hours ago, Pamela said: 6 hours ago, Lady Calypso said: I hope Chloe's on Pangea. I miss her so much. Me, too. I don't care how much hand waving they have to do or how unbelievable the circumstances are, just please bring her back. Now I'm picturing them arriving on Pangea to be greeted by Chloe wearing a halloween costumish suit made of the saber tooth cat. Too bad we won't get a scene with Jackson's dad and Mitch's dad together. 1 Link to comment
Tiger August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 This episode reeked of the season 1 writers, apparantly having been fired and replaced, being brought back and quickly trying to right the ship. Either Chloe or Canadian guy Jamie pushed out of the plane will definitely be on Pangea. Did anyone get previews for next week? My affiliatr jumped in with a newsbreak right after they showed the plane flying over Antartica, then went to endless commercials, and never showed any previews. Link to comment
Kelda Feegle August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 I can't hear the word Pangea without thinking of The Maxx! Link to comment
Happytobehere August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 45 minutes ago, Tiger said: Did anyone get previews for next week? My affiliatr jumped in with a newsbreak right after they showed the plane flying over Antartica, then went to endless commercials, and never showed any previews. We were promised previews, but CBS showed previews for the finale of American Gothic, which is messed up for viewers, since the episode this leads up to that preview has yet to air. Perhaps CBS will air the Zoo preview during American Gothic. I am pissed that the show is back to Jamie and Mitch. Aside from not liking Jamie, I actually think Mitch is better paired with Allison than little miss I'm in love with whatever man I'm in proximity to. Naturally, Logan will reappear and Jamie will be torn because two men are within breathable distance of her. Will Davies remain as the show's big bad, or will he be killed in the season finale? 1 Link to comment
MissLucas August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Badger spray to the rescue! For Jackson that is - not for Dariela though.* I wonder what the folks at Badger Balm are thinking about this episode. Papa Oz is a obviously McGyver. He did not even have to check youtube for a clip on how to build an EMP! Shepherds, huh? Please Zoo, if I can't have killer zebras give me aliens (or at least time-travelers)!!! (*I wonder if she checked for Mustelidae on Wikipedia - let's hope she's not a Cumberbatch fan or this could get tough.) 3 Link to comment
Lady Calypso August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 9 hours ago, Pamela said: Me, too. I don't care how much hand waving they have to do or how unbelievable the circumstances are, just please bring her back. She got bitten by a possum. Possums play dead, right? There, that's the reason. 3 Link to comment
Pamela August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Tiger said: Did anyone get previews for next week? My affiliatr jumped in with a newsbreak right after they showed the plane flying over Antartica, then went to endless commercials, and never showed any previews. The episode that showed on my West coast feed had previews; the finale looks fabulously batshit, per usual. 2 Link to comment
Julie23 August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Who knew badger spit could be used as a pregnancy test? and somehow "The Great and Powerful Oz" (best Mitch-ism of the episode) knew that. ...and what does that mean for the University of Wisconsin mascot? Who knew that all you had to do to avoid your plane falling out of the air when you employ an EMP was turning off the lights?? Weren't the engines still on? Who knew gorilla's were bullet-proof? 1 Link to comment
slothgirl August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 3 hours ago, Julie23 said: Who knew gorilla's were bullet-proof? Bullet Proof Gorillas... Zoo is a goldmine for garage band names! 8 Link to comment
MissLucas August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Maybe the gorilla developed an exo/endo (too lazy to check) skeleton like the French candy-ass bear? 4 Link to comment
Gudzilla August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, slothgirl said: Bullet Proof Gorillas... Zoo is a goldmine for garage band names! And Fabulously Batshit. If Jamie wants Mitch, Jamie gets Mitch, and we get to keep on breathing. Remember it's been a couple of weeks since Jamie's killed anyone, let's not upset her. 3 Link to comment
blackwing August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 I actually liked the rampaging gorilla. It's been a while since there was a cool animal attack. The runaway pregnancy-targeting horses were lame compared to the polar bears. It does seem kind of odd though, Davies has a rampaging gorilla in a van somewhere on call, and then he had that security guard somehow release it into the hotel? I guess it's no more nonsensical that the rest of this show. Too bad about Allison. I had grown to like her. It looks like she is gone. So let's see, the two most attractive women on the show have been dismissed, and we are left with the flinty-voiced irritating reporter lady and the I'm-tough-as-nails Private Vasquez army lady. Uh, no thanks. I was so hoping that Dariela would make the "ultimate sacrifice" and die on the operating table or lead the animals away somewhere, and that Jamie would be beheaded or cut in half by the descending elevator. Aargh. I get that the show wants Mitch and Jamie together, but I can't understand why Dariela has seemingly become the show's heroine. Why her? The actress is the pits. I think that Logan (formerly known as 'whatshisname') is going to be one of these mystical shepherds on Pangaea that Robert was talking about. The explanation is going to be that he was triple or quadruple undercover and that he was only pretending to be with Davies, all in the name of saving the animals. If they bring him back, I'm out. If they bring him back, they had better find a way to bring Chloe back as well. In the book that this show is supposedly based on, Jackson and Chloe end up married. I can't think of any good reason why they decided to eliminate Chloe, other than to replace her with Private Vasquez to add some diversity to the leadership. The sad thing is that I am obviously supposed to root for Dariela, and every episode I keep hoping for her demise. Link to comment
mertensia August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 As a Wisconsin native and an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison I am so taking the badger as a shout out to me. That said, like that badger wouldn't have been through that nylon duffle bag in no time. "No one on a tie has ever saved the world". This is where Allison decided to drop him. He refuses to keep up her image! Link to comment
Bobbin August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 My take isn't that Oz Sr necessarily wanted his wife and son to be as badass as the future animals, but at least that the animals would leave them alone because of their sharing the so-called ghost gene. However, turning them into savage animals (Dr. Moreau in reverse) is hardly a "side effect". Dr Oz is a master of understatement. Surely, if the people on Pangea/Jurassic Park can bring back saber-toothed cats, they can resurrect Chloe. And Elvis. LOL. Toy planes and puppet pilots, and fewer animal attacks en masse -- it sounds like they ran out of budget. Being sliced in half by an elevator was done effectively years ago old-school (off-screen) in the TV movie "Paper Man", by showing the floor dial bouncing between floors several times before dialing down to "L". 2 Link to comment
redfish August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 Quote 2) he finds the cure and he can save them later. Yeah but that is only if he could find a cure on time and if nothing goes wrong to develop it, because TV logic never lets anything go smooth or on schedule. There is always a twist or speedbump that will derail any carefully thought out plan. Link to comment
OoogleEyes August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 7 hours ago, Julie23 said: "The Great and Powerful Oz" (best Mitch-ism of the episode) "he's a scientist, not a wizard!" Heee! It never ceases to amaze me how they don't get sucked out of the back of that plane every time they open the hatch door. Jackson's hair barely ruffled in the breeze! Link to comment
ParadoxLost August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 All I know is that the combination of elevator and gorilla had me convinced they were going to do a King Kong homage. Link to comment
shapeshifter August 31, 2016 Author Share August 31, 2016 (edited) Anyone else think of the nearly invisible neighbor Willson from Home Improvement everytime the invisible pilot talks over the intercom? And does the pilot clean the plane too? Edited September 1, 2016 by shapeshifter typo 1 Link to comment
Tiger August 31, 2016 Share August 31, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bobbin said: LOL. Toy planes and puppet pilots, and fewer animal attacks en masse -- it sounds like they ran out of budget. Im pretty sure that in at least some of the scenes, it was an actor in a gorilla suit instead of a real animal or cgi. Either way, on the whole the show definitely looks cheaper this year. Edited August 31, 2016 by Tiger 3 Link to comment
maczero September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 3 hours ago, ParadoxLost said: All I know is that the combination of elevator and gorilla had me convinced they were going to do a King Kong homage. I was thinking this ep should've been titled "Harambe's Revenge". 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 Hey -- the cat tree is back in the previouslies. The nearly 2 full minutes of previouslies. So has Jackson basically shrugged off the fact that he was shot 2 episodes ago ? Kinda looks like it. IADG HQ -- It's like a bad version of scrabble. Seriously do they never lock the back of the plane when they land ? Because everyone one strolls/drives right in uncontested. So, Jackson beat the crap out of his dad. Good for him, too bad he doesn't remember it. How long has Mitch been waiting to use that 'Great and Powerful Oz' line ? What happened to the calm, cool collected Jackson outside the IADG offices ? He's back in full-on hulk mode, defiant pupil and all ? Badgers -- we don't need no stinking badgers. Badger saliva calms the mutation -- who knew ? Magilla Gorilla invades the Russian Embassy -- because why not ? That was a pretty crappy gorilla suit as well. Yeah, firing off an EMP in mid-flight -- how fucking stupid is that ? Did Robert Oz just pull out a Chenbot-style "but first" ? Make that Makilla Gorilla after it kills that Russian on the top of the elevator cab. Why is the gorilla targeting the people in this particular elevator ? I'm pretty sure a high heel can't replace a fireman's elevator key. And can't the gorilla just climb back up the elevator shaft. Umm, was there an air bubble in the needle Oz Senior injected into Dariela's arm ? Wouldn't that kind of kill her ? A directional EMP. Why not ? Basically it's a portable Goldeneye -- and Oz Senior whipped t up in about a half hour. Who knew that synchronized EMP-failure fighter jets was an Olympic sport ? And how did the pilots manage to eject so quickly considering they had no idea they were about to get hit by an EMP ? They ejected 2 seconds after the EMP hit them -- 2 seconds !!! Is the Zoo crew aware that aircraft carriers have more than 2 planes ? They can send more. And no big surprise, they did send more fighter jets. The gorilla didn't really kill anyone on the way in, so that means when Mitch/Jamie sent that elevator to the ground floor Makilla went on a killing spree -- so, did the military kill Makilla Gorilla ? You knew as soon as that kid appeared she was going to die somehow. How come Mitch and Jamie don't feel a teeny-tiny bit responsible for all the deaths in the lobby. Davies sent in the gorilla. That's pretty evil. Was the gorilla programmed to go after Jackson and Robert -- we all know that gorilla wasn't interested in Jamie (unless Jamie is pregnant too). Apparently the island of Pangaea has an international airport. Because that's where we are off to next. Umm, just turning off the jet's signal transponder doesn't mean you automatically lose the fighter escort -- they can still see you. Man that is stupid. 2 Link to comment
Netfoot September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 22 minutes ago, ottoDbusdriver said: Umm, just turning off the jet's signal transponder doesn't mean you automatically lose the fighter escort -- they can still see you. What?!?? You mean they don't rely upon enemy planes to have active transponders? They actually use Primary radar? Man, that's old-school! 3 Link to comment
thuganomics85 September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 Now, this might have been one of my favorite episodes purely from a hilarity standpoint. To be fair, a surprisingly decent amount of it was intentional: mainly that Mitch's snark was even good by his already hilarious standards. And then there was the rest. The hilarious gorilla attacks. The whole EMP scene, followed by the worst effects ever when the "planes" go down and the pilots "parachute" out. That wasn't even bad CGI or anything. It really looked like they just put toys in front of a green screen or some shit. They aren't even trying anymore. So, thanks to Davies unleashing the gorilla on the Russian embassy (trying to be the General Eiling to the Gorilla Grodd, huh?), the team's deal with the Russians just got shot to hell, so Allison is now bailing, although at least they keep the plane. She at least makes sure to tell Mitch that he and Jamie will never work out, which normally would be annoying, but since I kind of agree with her, I kind of just wished Mitch would take her advice. But he won't. Meanwhile, they gain another member. Another Oz to be exact. Yup, Robert is in the house and despite the fact that no one seems to trust him, they seem to realize they need him for now. I so can't wait for him to meet Mitch. I can just see those doing science and insulting each other perfectly. Dariela's pregnancy is now out in the open, no thanks to her. So far, Abe wants to be supportive boyfriend/future father, because that's obviously who he is. Wish you feel for someone better though, Abe. Robert has given Jackson something that has at least tone down the symptoms, so he hopefully won't go on a rampage again any time soon. But I guess they really need to get to this Pangea place and wrangle up a sabertooth cat. Which, of course, Robert knows all about. Should be fun! 1 Link to comment
MissLucas September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 8 hours ago, shapeshifter said: Anyone else think of the nearly invisible neighbor Willson from Home Improvement everytime the invisible pilot talks over the intercom? And does the pilot clean the plane too? Mrs Horowitz from The Big Bang Theory comes to mind. Poor Trotter, does he fly the damn thing all on his own? And when does he sleep? Does anyone ever bring him some food? And he never gets a say in all their mad plans. "Trotter, switch off the plane's engines while we activate the EMP we just built from some junk lying around." And Trotter complies. 1 5 Link to comment
Bobbin September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 It's fascinating how jet planes plummet in a death spiral, dropping like rocks the instant their electrical systems are fried, no forward inertia at all. That must be the same aerodynamics that cause big passenger jets to plunge toward the ocean just by losing cabin pressure. Btw, that flying mansion does have autopilot -- Captain Trotter doesn't really have to have his hand on the tiller at all times. At least with voice-overs, he doesn't have to sit in a makeup chair for an hour just for a 30 second appearance on camera. He really can phone it in. 1 Link to comment
MissLucas September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 Fair enough about the auto-pilot. But here's a serious (I know!) question: the fighter jets started to trundle like dreidels the moment the EMP hit. Did the EMP play havoc with their systems? Did Air Zoo just experience a mild descent/dive because it had switched off systems and that's why it remained calmly in air with hardly a hair on Jackson's head floating out of place? Does the show treat aeronautics with the same love and care as biology? 2 Link to comment
TeapotDiva September 1, 2016 Share September 1, 2016 The science is laughable, if not non-existent; the CGI is cheap; but at least one thing about Zoo is realistic: the grilled-cheese sandwiches. I watched the show on On Demand this afternoon, and when it was over, I went straight to the kitchen and made myself a grilled-cheese sandwich! 2 Link to comment
ratgirlagogo September 2, 2016 Share September 2, 2016 (edited) On 8/31/2016 at 1:30 AM, TDT said: So there was a crossover from The Flash w/ Gorilla Grodd playing the role of the crazed ape I WISH they'd had a CGI gorilla as impressive as Grodd on Flash. But even more impressive was: 20 hours ago, thuganomics85 said: The whole EMP scene, followed by the worst effects ever when the "planes" go down and the pilots "parachute" out. That wasn't even bad CGI or anything. It really looked like they just put toys in front of a green screen or some shit. They aren't even trying anymore. We rewound that over and over and over. The funniest scene in the whole show. Edited September 2, 2016 by ratgirlagogo 2 Link to comment
holly4755 September 2, 2016 Share September 2, 2016 Paper Man was one of my favorite movies, it was the first one to correctly tell the story of computers. So loved seeing it named it was a bit gory though. I was under the impression that EMP can be directional. Link to comment
OhioSongbird September 2, 2016 Share September 2, 2016 RE: Trotter....I'm thinking more "It's Carlton, your doorman" from Rhoda Continuity freak here, When Dariela fainted she landed on her back. When Abe got to her 5 seconds later she was on her side. I've fainted a couple of times and seen others go down....you don't move. Off to watch the rest..... Link to comment
alvajon September 2, 2016 Share September 2, 2016 Speaking of Abe and Dariela, don’t you just love her pet name for him “Sunshine and Bubblebath”? 2 Link to comment
TDT September 3, 2016 Share September 3, 2016 19 hours ago, thuganomics85 said: The whole EMP scene, followed by the worst effects ever when the "planes" go down and the pilots "parachute" out. That wasn't even bad CGI or anything. It really looked like they just put toys in front of a green screen or some shit. They aren't even trying anymore. This reminded me a lot of the battle scenes in the old GI Joe animated series for some reason.. Link to comment
shapeshifter September 3, 2016 Author Share September 3, 2016 I was highly amused by the planes and shutes dropping like Road Runner cartoons. 2 Link to comment
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