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Not Now, Zero Day
A vestigial limb of the Resistance era, the Netflix political thriller clings to a version of the status quo that no longer exists.
There’s just one problem: Mullen is seemingly losing his grip, and he’s hiding it from everyone, including his congresswoman daughter, Alex (Lizzy Caplan); his former chief of staff, Valerie (Connie Britton); and his bagman, Roger (Jesse Plemons), who grew up with his children and has a shady reputation. But the series drops that suggestion barely an episode after raising it, and digs in its heels about how all this — Mullen lying about his symptoms, embracing enhanced-interrogation techniques, and using the country’s intelligence organizations for missions with only half-baked intel — is actually what leadership looks like. Matthew Modine plays the Republican-coded Speaker of the House who hates the fringe elements of his party, including “white nationalists ranting about being replaced” and “the delusional that think an election is open to interpretation.” He may be evil, Zero Day says, but at least he’s decorous.
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