Z Nation: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Z Nation Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Welcome to the Newpocalypse
Oct 5, 2018
Warren recovers from the drone crash with handsome, mysterious Cooper; Doc and the others finally arrive in Newmerica, where they meet George, who is helping form the new country.
A New Life
Oct 12, 2018
Warren must leave her new life behind and find her way to Newmerica, reuniting with Murphy and the other heroes, while discovering George is an old friend.
Escape from Altura
Oct 19, 2018
10K nearly loses everything as panic and anti-Talker sentiments flare after an explosion derails the vote.
Pacifica
Oct 26, 2018
Warren and George search for Lt. Dante, who may be part of an underground network helping Talkers flee human vigilantes.
Killing All The Books
Nov 2, 2018
Pacifica is bombed and the heroes decide to follow the Talker Underground to stop whoever is behind the attacks.
Limbo
Nov 9, 2018
Warren and the others are reunited with Addy in Limbo, an underground casino run by Murphy and his Blends, that shelters Talkers on the run from Altura Militia.
Doc's Stoned History
Nov 16, 2018
As Doc explains his version of American history to George, Sketchy and Skeezy reenact Doc's stories about the Founding Fathers; Warren and the others go to the bakery that invented
Heartland
Nov 23, 2018
Our heroes arrive in the farming outpost that produces flour for bizkits and find it overrun by zombies.
Water Keepers
Nov 30, 2018
Doc must spirit walk again to help save the Chief of the Water Keepers and get the water flowing to Newmerica.
State of Mine
Dec 7, 2018
Altura militiamen force Talkers to mine a hazardous waste landfill for the secret ingredient to bizkits.
Hackerville
Dec 14, 2018
With some help from an outpost of renegade hackers, Warren and George hack Altura's defenses and discover Estes' secret plan.
At All Cost
Dec 21, 2018
Warren and the others must free the Talkers being held in Quarantine and prepare to attack Altura.
The End of Everything
Dec 28, 2018
Our heroes break into Altura in an attempt to bring Pandora and Estes to justice, when Cooper reappears, shocking Warren; there’s something he has to tell her.