Scripted series · Syfy
Z Nation
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Keith Allan
Murphy
68 eps
Kellita Smith
Roberta Warren
68 eps
Anastasia Baranova
Addy Carver
68 eps
Tom Everett Scott
Charles Garnett
13 eps
Nat Zang
10K
68 eps
Russell Hodgkinson
Doc
68 eps
Michael Welch
Mack Thompson
15 eps
Pisay Pao
Cassandra
42 eps
Katy O'Brian
Georgia 'George' St. Clair
13 eps
Gracie Gillam
Sgt. Lilley
26 eps
DJ Qualls
Citizen Z
56 eps
Ramona Young
Kaya
32 eps
Natalie Jongjaroenlarp
Red
16 eps
Tara Holt
Lucy Murphy
26 eps
Sydney Viengluang
Dr. Sun Mei
21 eps
Phil Andrade
Tattooed Skinhead Prisoner
4 eps
Brian Richardson
Zombie (uncredited)
5 eps
Alex Terzieff
Creepy Z
3 eps
Wizard
Pup
7 eps
Lucas Rick O'Brien
Storm Zombie (uncredited)
9 eps
W.L. Wittstruck
Homeless Person (uncredited)
3 eps
Luis Arambul
Surviving Party Zero Clan
5 eps
Keith Cox
Bouncer Z
4 eps
Rosalie Miller
Vasquez's Wife
3 eps
Matt Clark
Zombie (uncredited)
5 eps
Caroline Slater
Vasquez's Daughter
3 eps
Matt Clark
Running Zombie (uncredited)
4 eps
Michelle Damis
Soccer Mom
3 eps
Emilio Rivera
Escorpion
11 eps
Holden Goyette
Nature Boy/5K
5 eps
Gina Gershon
La Reina
3 eps
Donald Corren
Dr. Kurian
6 eps
Mario Van Peebles
Cooper
3 eps
Nidhi Ghildayal
Corinne
3 eps
Matt Cedeño
Vasquez
15 eps
Lisa Coronado
Dr. Merch
8 eps
Sara Coates
Serena
7 eps
D. C. Douglas
Pa Kettle
3 eps
Cecil Cheeka
Uncle Kaskae
6 eps
Lexie Lovering
Cassidy Chaffin
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Z Nation actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Z Nation reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 68 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201413 episodes
7.0IMDbAfter battling the worst of a zombie apocalypse, a motley group of survivors agrees to transport antibody carrier Murphy from New York to California.
Best episode · S01E06 Resurrection Z
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201515 episodes
7.5IMDbFollowing Murphy's launch of nuclear warheads, the team splits up to outrun the coming blast and the hunt for Murphy reaches epic proportions.
Best episode · S02E15 All Good Things Must Come to an End
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201614 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S03E14 Everybody Dies in the End
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201713 episodes
7.7IMDbMurphy and Warren find themselves alive in Zona, a zombie free playground for billionaires. Meanwhile, the rest of our heroes are fighting alongside the last of the humans against the mutated Zombie Virus and the unkillable “MAD-Z's.” Warren's mysterious dream of a black rainbow and flesh-eating black rain propels the season forward and puts our heroes in the middle of an even worse Zompocalypse.
Best episode · S04E13 The Black Rainbow
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201813 episodes
6.4IMDbBest episode · S05E13 The End of Everything
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E14
Everybody Dies in the End
The gang reunites and faces the biggest battle yet.
S02E15
All Good Things Must Come to an End
The team reaches the mobile lab, which turns out to be a submarine. Murphy says goodbye.
- Directed by John Hyams
- Written by Karl Schaefer, D.S. Schaefer
S02E14
Day One
The team reaches California and thinks back to the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.
- Directed by Dan Merchant
- Written by Michael Cassutt
S02E02
White Light
The heroes are reunited, but soon find themselves navigating an unexpected tragedy as they engage in fierce fighting with both zombies and bounty hunters who are eager to capture Murphy, dead or alive. Meanwhile, Vasquez makes a strategic decision.
- Directed by John Hyams
- Written by John Hyams
S03E02
A New Mission
Warren and gang are taken prisoner; Murphy escapes the sub with his newly formed blends group; both groups head for the same destination.
S03E03
Murphy's Miracle
Warren and team encounter the sole inhabitant of a strange town; Murphy begins a new mission.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S05E13
The End of Everything
- Directed by Alexander Yellen
- Written by Karl Schaefer
S05E09
Water Keepers
- Directed by Jennifer Derwingson
- Written by Jennifer Derwingson
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Karl Schaefer
Showrunner
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Craig Engler
Creator
David Michael Latt
Executive producer
David Rimawi
Executive producer
Paul Bales
Executive producer
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Lynelle White
Writer
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Jodi Binstock
Writer
Micho Rutare
Writer
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Steve Graham
Writer
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Michael Cassutt
Writer
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Dan Merchant
Writer
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Natalia Fernandez
Writer
Eric Wallace
Writer
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Steve Graham
Writer
Jennifer Derwingson
Writer
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Eric Bernt
Writer
John Hyams
Writer
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Delondra Williams
Writer
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D.S. Schaefer
Writer
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Tye Lombardi
Writer
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Collin Redmond
Writer
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Abram Cox
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- David Michael LattExecutive Producer
- Karl SchaeferExecutive Producer
- David RimawiExecutive Producer
- Paul BalesExecutive Producer
Writing
- Lynelle WhiteWriter
- Jodi BinstockWriter
- Micho RutareWriter
- Steve GrahamWriter
- Michael CassuttWriter
- Dan MerchantWriter
Direction
- Jodi BinstockDirector
- Youssef DelaraDirector
- Luis PrietoDirector
- Juan MasDirector
- Alexander YellenDirector
- Michael RobisonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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