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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

The Zeta Project: Season Two (DVD)

Production notes

Though this episode is the first season finale, it was not included on the DVD release of The Zeta Project Season One. However, select shots of it were used in the documentary "The Making of Zeta".

Trivia

Michael T. Weiss (Dr. Wilhelm) is best known for playing the title role, 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 and, due to being kept away from the general public for most of his life, doesn't really understand certain basic aspects of social interaction and is fascinated by things like candy and toys and doesn't quite get the point of them (much like Zeta). These similarities may have been noted as the Da Vinci image used for The Pretender logo, can be seen as a statue in the episode, "Change of Heart".

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	Eli Selig
Michael T. Weiss	Dr. Wilhelm

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+{{Expand}}
 {{Episode
 | series     = tzp
 | image      = AbsoluteZero.png
 | episode    = Absolute Zero
-| airdate    = December 5, 2001 (Canada)<br>March 23, 2002 (USA)
+| airdate    = December 5, 2001 (Canada)<br />March 23, 2002 (USA)
 | production = 13
 | airedorder = 13
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 | writer     = [[Robert Goodman]], [[Kevin Hopps]]
 | director   = [[Curt Geda]]
+| prevprod   = "[[Kid Genius]]"
+| nextprod   = "[[Wired]]"
 }}
+"'''Absolute Zero'''" is the thirteenth episode of {{tzp}} and the first season finale.
+== Continuity ==
-"'''Absolute Zero'''" is the thirteenth episode of {{tzp}}, the finale of season 1.
+* When [[James Bennet|Bennet]] runs down the locations where [[Eli Selig|Selig]] has been seen, he refers to the [[World Science Symposium|Gotham Symposium]] (from "[[Countdown]]"), a genetic conference in Texas (happened off-screen) and the [[Grandview Science Museum|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 [[Project Zeta|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]]".
-== Plot ==
+== Background information ==
+=== Home video releases ===
-==Continuity==
+* {{tzpdvd2}}
-* When [[James Bennet|Bennet]] runs down the locations where [[Eli Selig|Selig]] has been seen, he refers to the [[Gotham Symposium]] (from "[[Countdown]]"), a genetic conference in Texas (happened off-screen) and the [[Grandview Museum|museum in Grandview]] (from "[[Change of Heart]]").
+=== Production notes ===
-==Background Information==
+* Though this episode is the first season finale, it was not included on the [[The Zeta Project - Season One (DVD)|DVD release]] of {{tzp}} Season One. However, select shots of it were used in the documentary "The Making of Zeta".
-===Production Inconsistencies===
-* Though this episode is the first season finale, it was not released on the DVD release of [[The Zeta Project]]: Season One. As this episode didn't just happen to be aired last in the season and was meant as the season finale, this was likely done to leave room on the DVDs for the [[Batman Beyond]] episodes "[[Zeta (episode)|Zeta]]" and "[[Countdown]]".
+=== Trivia ===
+* [[Michael T. Weiss]] (Dr. Wilhelm) is best known for playing the title role, Jarod, on ''[[wikipedia:The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]'', which shares many similarities to {{tzp}}. As a pretender, Jarod is a genius who can become anyone he wants to be and, due to being kept away from the general public for most of his life, doesn't really understand certain basic aspects of social interaction and is fascinated by things like candy and toys and doesn't quite get the point of them (much like Zeta). These similarities may have been noted as the Da Vinci image used for ''The Pretender'' logo, can be seen as a statue in the episode, "[[Change of Heart]]".
-===Trivia===
-* [[Michael T. Weiss]] (Dr. Wilhelm) is best known for playing the title role, 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 and, due to being kept away from the general public for most of his life, doesn't really understand certain basic aspects of social interaction and is fascinated by things like candy and toys and doesn't quite get the point of them. These similarities may have been noted as the Da Vinci image used for ''The Pretender'' logo, can be seen as a statue in the episode, [[Change of Heart]].
 == Cast ==
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 |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 ! Actor !! Role
 |-
-|  [[Diedrich Bader]] || [[Zeta]] / Zee
+| [[Diedrich Bader]] || [[Zeta]] / Zee<br />Guard ''(uncredited)''
 |-
-|  [[Julie Nathanson]] || [[Rosalie Rowan|Rosalie "Ro" Rowan]]
+| [[Julie Nathanson]] || [[Rosalie Rowan|Rosalie "Ro" Rowan]]
 |-
 | [[Kurtwood Smith]] || Agent [[James Bennet]]
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 | [[Michael Rosenbaum]] || [[Agent West]]
 |-
-| [[Lauren Tom]] || [[Agent Lee]]
+| [[Lauren Tom]] || [[Agent Lee]]<br />PA system ''(uncredited)''
 |-
 | [[Erika Alexander]] || [[Agent Rush]]
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 | [[Grey DeLisle]] || [[Andrea Donoso]]
 |-
-|[[Michael Dorn]] || [[Colonel Lemak]]
+| [[Michael Dorn]] || [[Colonel Lemak]]<br />Guard ''(uncredited)''
 |-
-|[[John Rubinow]] || Commander
+| [[John Rubinow]] || Commander
 |-
-|[[George Segal]] || [[Eli Selig]]
+| [[George Segal]] || [[Eli Selig]]
 |-
-|[[Michael T. Weiss]] || [[Frederick Wilhelm|Dr. Wilhelm]]
+| [[Michael T. Weiss]] || [[Frederick Wilhelm|Dr. Wilhelm]]
 |-
 |}
-==Quotes==
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-{{epbrowser
-|series=tzp
+[[Category:A to Z]]
-|prevprod= [[Kid Genius]]
-|prevaired= [[Kid Genius]]
-|nextprod= [[Wired]]
-|nextaired= [[Wired]]
-}}
 [[Category:The Zeta Project episodes]]
+[[Category:Episodes written by Robert Goodman]]
+[[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Hopps]]