Netflix’s Zero Day, a six-episode miniseries about the aftermath of a deadly cyberattack, plays like a window into an alternate reality

Netflix ’s Zero Day is a six -episode miniseries about the aftermath of a deadly cyberattack.

It's a darkly compelling fable, burnished by real-life details, of how a crisis can turn the best intentions lethal.

The show's writers were either planning on a different outcome in the 2024 election or trying to manifest one.

There are no named political parties in Zero Day , no ideologies beyond how characters react to the imminent crisis.

The most telling moment in the series’ opening is when a would-be biographer identifies Mullen as “the last president to work with both sides of the aisle”.