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The Netflix series Zero Day begins with a terrifying moment in which everything in the

United States goes briefly offline. Power, internet, banking systems, transportation

systems, everything. Thousands of people die, and even after everything is restored, a widespread

panic leads to a government investigation of who did it. With a cast headed by Robert De Niro and

Angela Bassett, the show hopes to be a paranoid political thriller for Our Times. I'm Linda Holmes,

and today we're talking about Zero Dayday on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans. Hello, Eric. I'm so glad I have you here to go over this with me.

I know, I know. It's super complicated, but hopefully we'll, we'll figure it out together.

Yeah, we'll figure it out together. We'll figure it out. So in Zero Day, Robert De Niro plays beloved

former president George Mullen. He's appointed the head of the Zero Day Commission after a deadly

cyber attack, and he must find out who did it and prevent it from happening again.

I do not render judgment on the extent of the powers I have been granted.

They are unprecedented, as is this danger.

But I do offer you my solemn vow.

We will only employ them insofar as they are absolutely necessary.

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