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"Absolute Zero" is the thirteenth episode of The Zeta Project and the first season finale.
Continuity[]
- When Bennet runs down the locations where Selig has been seen, he refers to the Gotham Symposium (from "Countdown"), a genetic conference in Texas (happened off-screen) and the museum in Grandview (from "Change of Heart").
- Bennett refers to Lee's "synthoid friend", showing he's noticed her change of heart in "Taffy Time".
- The Zeta Project was run far enough from 2042 that Selig remarks a disguised Zeta sees too young to have been on it, while close enough that Zeta can successfully pretend to have been "just starting out".
- Agent Lee leaves Agent Bennet's team as he both disobeyed orders and she knew that Zeta wasn't a killer as everyone thought he was. She would later made a reappearance in "Resume Mission".
Background information[]
Home video releases[]
Production notes[]
- Though this episode is the first season finale, it was not included on the DVD release of The Zeta Project Season One. According to Bob Goodman, this seems to be due to the fact that the episode was originally held by the network to be the season 2 premiere rather than the season 1 finale as intended.[1] Select shots of it were used in the documentary of "The Making of Zeta".
Trivia[]
- Michael T. Weiss (Dr. Wilhelm) is best known for playing the title role of Jarod, on The Pretender, which shares many similarities to The Zeta Project. As a pretender, Jarod is a genius who can become anyone he wants to be, but due to being kept away from the general public for most of his life and doesn't really understand certain basic aspects of social interaction (much like Zeta).
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Diedrich Bader | Zeta / Zee Guard (uncredited) |
| Julie Nathanson | Rosalie "Ro" Rowan |
| Kurtwood Smith | Agent James Bennet |
| Michael Rosenbaum | Agent West |
| Lauren Tom | Agent Lee PA system (uncredited) |
| Erika Alexander | Agent Rush |
| Grey DeLisle | Andrea Donoso |
| Michael Dorn | Colonel Lemak Guard (uncredited) |
| John Rubinow | Commander |
| George Segal | Dr. Eli Selig |
| Michael T. Weiss | Dr. Frederick Wilhelm |