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Best Episodes of The Zeta Project
On the Wire
S2 Ep10
6.7
20th Jul 2002
Ro and Zee take refuge at a ""Pictocon"" - basically a 21st century comicbook con where they take on the role of Owl Man and Squirrel Girl. Bucky contacts them there and puts Ro in contact with her long-lost brother Casey MacCurdy, a reporter. Casey's boss Jenson finds out he is the brother of a renegade and first insists he do a story on it, then alerts Bennett and the NSA. Ro and Zee duck the NSA in San Francisco but Casey sets up another rendezvous on the Golden Gate Bridge. He's persuaded to make it a trap. The NSA close in but Casey sides with his sister and helps them to escape. Casey plants an ad with a secret message for Ro reassuring her, but is under NSA scrutiny so their family reunion is delayed...but Casey starts to get the true story out on Zeta.
The Accomplice
S1 Ep1
6.6
27th Jan 2001
On the run from the NSA former robot assassin Zeta saves the life of a teenage runaway Ro Rowan. In return, Ro helps him escape the NSA. She persuades Zeta to search for his creators, since they would be able confirm his innocence.
The Hologram Man
S2 Ep13
6.5
10th Aug 2002
Zeta and Ro are on the run from the NSA when they stumble into a No-Tech community. The group is protected by law so Bennett can't go into their community without a local warrant. Zeta and Ro take refuge there but Zeta's robotic nature is soon discovered by Amy. She advises them to keep Zeta's nature a secret. Zeta predicts the No-Tech's river levee will break during an upcoming storm. Bennett gets his warrant when the No-Techs use a catapult on West. Zeta has to reveal his true nature to save the No-Techs and is damaged. The No-Techs take Zeta prisoner and prepare to destroy him but the levee breaks. Zeta rescues the No-Techs and they come to appreciate his non-soulless nature as the two make their escape once more.
His Maker's Name
S1 Ep2
6.4
3rd Feb 2001
While looking for one of his creators, Zeta walks into a trap set by Agent Bennett.
Absolute Zero
S2 Ep1
6.4
23rd Mar 2002
Zeta breaks into a security base to steal a database containing retinal IDs, then breaks into Cyrobin disguised as a Dr. Wilhelm. His creator, Dr. Selig, is working at Cyrobin. Things go amiss when the real Dr. Wilhelm shows up before Zeta can communicate with his creator and prove his innocence. Selig is caught in a cyrogenic freeze unit when a stray shot shatters the control. With the lab in lockdown, Zeta is forced to remain hooked up to Selig's suspension unit and maintain his life. The authorities are breaking in, so Zeta takes a risk and tries to go into the unit, using his internal heaters to revive Selig. At the risk to his own ""life"", Zeta succeeds, but is forced to flee before Selig regains consciousness. Meanwhile, Agent Bennett is being shut out of the investigation by a mysterious Colonel Lomak, and Agent Lee resigns after giving away Bennett's plans to Lomak.
Wired (2)
S2 Ep3
6.3
6th Apr 2002
Agent Bennett still believes that the captured Zeta has been programmed to believe he is acting of his own volition, a suspicion that seems to be borne out when the research team discovers a previously unknown chip in Zeta's head. Roe plans a rescue but it goes amiss when Zeta protects his memories from removal by transferring them from sector to sector. This results in the activation of his old killer-type programming. He goes on a rampage but Roe manages to get through to him and they manage to escape the NSA compound.
The Wrong Morph
S2 Ep14
6.2
17th Aug 2002
Zeta and Ro break into an NSA depot used to store holograms/robots. They spot Professor Zelig, who downloads information and leaves. The two follow him to a steel yard where he is revealed to be Professor Edmunds, who worked on Zeta's hologram projectors. He is being blackmailed by Sweet, the head of Brother's Day, an anti-tech terrorist organization. They get Edmunds to work with them to lead them to Selig, unaware that Brother's Day has followed them to the hologrammatically concealed floating fortress where Zeta's creator is working to create semi-organic synthoids. Sweet plants an explosive as a disguised Zeta confronts his creator who confesses he secretly planted a "conscience chip" in Zeta (which Bennett overhears). Sweet triggers the explosion before Zeta can reveal who he is. Sweet shoots the escape pod with Selig as he escapes and the scientist is believed dead.
Wired (1)
S2 Ep2
6.1
30th Mar 2002
Zeta and Roe are rescued from Bennett by three hackers who claim to be Internet hacker types who want to free technology for the people. They're sort of right: however, they plan to dissect Zeta to find out how he ticks, while one of their members, obsessed fan Buss, keeps Roe prisoner. Roe and Zeta both manage to escape, but Bennett arrives. In the subsequent pursuit, Buss rescues Roe but Zeta is captured and taken in by Bennett in preparation for a complete CPU wipe. (to be continued)
Worst Episodes of The Zeta Project
Kid Genius
S1 Ep12
4.6
11th Aug 2001
Bucky needs Zeta and Ro's help to get his parent back from Dr. Tanner. Tanner has them working on a technological Fountain of Youth that's not quite perfected.
Ro's Reunion
S1 Ep11
5.0
12th May 2001
Ro takes a chance and appears on a Jenny Jones/Oprah like show because they claim to be able to reunite her with her brother.
Crime Waves
S1 Ep9
5.3
14th Apr 2001
Zeta and Roe intervene when a local biker gang harasses a child, who is the son of a wealthy robotics manufacturer. When the child is kidnapped after he invited them to his home, Ro and Zee are implicated in the crime.
Eye of the Storm
S2 Ep8
5.5
18th May 2002
Forced to take refuge from a tornado, Ro and Zeta meet two brothers, Dex and Carl, who are using an experimental process to disrupt tornados. They partially succeed, and the two fugitives join up with to get moving when their car is destroyed. With Zeta's input Carl the smart one manages to come up with a complete process, but pilot Dex gets the glory. Carl goes off on his own to take on another tornado and gets in over his head. With Zeta and Ro's help Dex rescues his brother and the two settle their differences.
Taffy Time
S1 Ep10
5.5
5th May 2001
Fleeing from Agents West and Lee, Zeta and Ro are lured to an abandoned candy factory by bounty hunter Rodin Krick, who plans to collect the reward by any means.
Hunt in the Hub
S2 Ep5
5.6
20th Apr 2002
Zeta and Roe are on the trail of one of Selig's associates, who is in a business/administrative area, the Hub. However, it's a trap set by Dr. Boyle, who attached a credit-nullifier to Zeta. In return for removing it, the two must steal items for Boyle for his research. Further complicating matters are Agents West and Rush trying to track them down. Eventually Zeta and Roe manage to lose the agents and set up Boyle to remove the nullifier and then be spotted by the NSA agents, while making their escape.
Shadows
S1 Ep8
5.6
7th Apr 2001
After a brutal attack of Infiltration Unit Seven in a Gotham City shopping mall, Zeta has to take Ro to a hospital. Believing Zeta is solely responsible for the mall destruction, Batman vows to take him down before he can hurt anybody. Meanwhile, Zee contemplates abandoning Ro so she will not be put at risk anymore.
Cabin Pressure
S2 Ep11
5.8
27th Jul 2002
The NAS find out about Bucky and make plans to capture him and, through him, Zeta and Ro.
The Zeta Project Episode Guide
The Accomplice
S1 Ep1
6.6
27th Jan 2001
On the run from the NSA former robot assassin Zeta saves the life of a teenage runaway Ro Rowan. In return, Ro helps him escape the NSA. She persuades Zeta to search for his creators, since they would be able confirm his innocence.
His Maker's Name
S1 Ep2
6.4
3rd Feb 2001
While looking for one of his creators, Zeta walks into a trap set by Agent Bennett.
Remote Control
S1 Ep3
5.9
10th Feb 2001
While looking for Dr. Selig at at science competition, Ro and Zeta encounter Bucky, a kid genius who invented a universal remote control. Bucky's supervisor Dr. Tannor steals his invention and tries to pass it off as his own.
Change of Heart
S1 Ep4
5.9
17th Feb 2001
Zeta and Ro track Dr. Selig to a museum in Grandview, but get waylaid when a little girl becomes trapped in a fusion power chamber.
The Next Gen
S1 Ep5
5.9
24th Feb 2001
Zeta and Ro head down south to intercept a drug lord, unaware that the government has sent a new, improved model of the Zeta robot project on their trail.
West Bound
S1 Ep6
5.8
10th Mar 2001
Zeta and Roe flee on a train to avoid pursuit, and only Agent West manages to get on the train with them. Their efforts to avoid him are complicated by the fact that as the monorail train passes through certain electrical barriers, Zeta's hologram projectors go out of control, forcing the robot to change into different people at random. Despite this, the pair manage to escape and save the train after West's shots endanger it.
Hicksburg
S1 Ep7
5.8
31st Mar 2001
Ro returns to visit her first foster family in hopes of finding information on her biological family. Determined to impress, she creates a rich girl persona via Zee's unlimited charge-card.
Shadows
S1 Ep8
5.6
7th Apr 2001
After a brutal attack of Infiltration Unit Seven in a Gotham City shopping mall, Zeta has to take Ro to a hospital. Believing Zeta is solely responsible for the mall destruction, Batman vows to take him down before he can hurt anybody. Meanwhile, Zee contemplates abandoning Ro so she will not be put at risk anymore.
Crime Waves
S1 Ep9
5.3
14th Apr 2001
Zeta and Roe intervene when a local biker gang harasses a child, who is the son of a wealthy robotics manufacturer. When the child is kidnapped after he invited them to his home, Ro and Zee are implicated in the crime.
Taffy Time
S1 Ep10
5.5
5th May 2001
Fleeing from Agents West and Lee, Zeta and Ro are lured to an abandoned candy factory by bounty hunter Rodin Krick, who plans to collect the reward by any means.
Ro's Reunion
S1 Ep11
5.0
12th May 2001
Ro takes a chance and appears on a Jenny Jones/Oprah like show because they claim to be able to reunite her with her brother.
Kid Genius
S1 Ep12
4.6
11th Aug 2001
Bucky needs Zeta and Ro's help to get his parent back from Dr. Tanner. Tanner has them working on a technological Fountain of Youth that's not quite perfected.
Follow the futuristic adventures of Zeta, a renegade government-designed robot, and Ro, his 15-year-old streetwise companion.
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The best rated episodes of The Zeta Project are:
On the Wire S2E10 rated 6.7
The Accomplice S1E1 rated 6.6
The Hologram Man S2E13 rated 6.5
His Maker's Name S1E2 rated 6.4
Absolute Zero S2E1 rated 6.4
Wired (2) S2E3 rated 6.3
The Wrong Morph S2E14 rated 6.2
Wired (1) S2E2 rated 6.1
The lowest rated episodes of The Zeta Project are:
Kid Genius S1E12 rated 4.6
Ro's Reunion S1E11 rated 5.0
Crime Waves S1E9 rated 5.3
Eye of the Storm S2E8 rated 5.5
Taffy Time S1E10 rated 5.5
Hunt in the Hub S2E5 rated 5.6
Shadows S1E8 rated 5.6
Cabin Pressure S2E11 rated 5.8
The first episode of The Zeta Project aired on January 27, 2001.
The last episode of The Zeta Project aired on August 17, 2002.
