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10 TV ENCORE group of scientists was hard at work, too, and it wasn't interest- ed in simply curing the animals — its end game was to end the human race. The Shepherds, as they're known, work for Jackson's father, and released a gas that effectively sterilized all humans just as the animal cure was dispersed. Well shucks. This is still the state of things in the season 2 epilog, which jaunts forward to the year 2027. The human population is peter- ing out, with no babies born in the last decade, and Jackson works tirelessly to solve the problem of the ultra-savage razorbacks: unstoppable wolf- like hybrids that are another one of the Shepherds' charming cre- ations, and which dragged off a self-sacrificing Mitch in the sea- son finale. We get a shot of proud poppa Abe with Dariela (Alyssa Diaz, "Army Wives"), who announced she was pregnant at the end of last season (before the gas was released). Their 10-year-old son is graduating from a grade school that will close its doors forever behind him, as he's among the last of the world's 10-year-olds. The whole thing has a very "Children of Men" vibe about it. Outside the school, Abe is approached by a young blond woman who points out that the hybrid attacks are getting worse. Much more importantly, she tells him that the only person who can create a cure isn't dead, as Abe believes: It's Mitch Morgan, that solver of all problems and come-upper of all plans, and he's very much alive. This is his daughter, Clementine (Gracie Dzienny, "Chasing Life"), all grown up, and she knows where Mitch can be found. End credits. Like I said, "Zoo" knows how to keep us hanging. The show is taking on a notably different feel for season 3. What started out with an intriguing but not partic- ularly complicated problem of "the animals are acting weird, what's up with that?" has moved into something much more broad. Presumably, season 3 will put a spotlight on Mitch: Where's he been holed up these past 10 years, and what's he been doing? How did he escape the pack of hybrids that, by all appearances, devoured him? Why has he been keeping his existence under wraps? On a larger scale, season 3 examines what life is like in a world that has no long-term future. Even if Mitch, veterinary pathologist extraordinaire, comes up with a cure, as Clem says he can, we're looking at a society learning to recover from a 10-year gap in the population. By Jacqueline Spendlove TV Media T here's no denying that "Zoo" knows how to deliver a cliff- hanger. The show's freshman season closed on a veritable wall of animals blocking the progress of our intrepid heroes, while the final moments of sea- son 2 delivered a flash-forward that not only gave us a glimpse into the declining state of the world, but informed us that a major character we just saw killed (or so we thought!) is still, in fact, very much alive. See what season 3 has to offer when "Zoo" returns Thursday, June 29, on CBS. Based on the bestselling novel by James Patterson (who's also an executive producer) and Michael Ledwidge, "Zoo" is a dramatic thriller about a world- wide wave of vicious attacks by animals against humans. James Wolk ("You Again," 2010) stars as zoologist Jackson Oz, who investigates the strange attacks alongside a team that includes Abraham Kenyatta (Nonso Anozie, "Game of Thrones"), a safari guide and friend of Jackson's; Mitch Morgan (Billy Burke, "Twilight," 2008), an odd- ball veterinary pathologist; and Jamie Campbell (Kristen Connolly, "House of Cards"), a journalist. As the series progresses, so does the ferocity and co-ordina- tion of the animal attacks, mak- ing it quite plain that this is far from normal animal behavior. There's foul play at work, and it all gets very scientific, with mutations and triple helixes and genomic fossils and other terms I won't pretend to be familiar with. Things appeared to be looking up in the season 2 finale: Jackson and Co. landed on a cure, and even got it out into the world. Unfortunately, another This week's Feature Conan A company has come out with a robot that makes salad. So, finally, a robot that's not going to take away any American jobs! In New York, a cocaine-trafficking ring was busted after they were caught pretending to be Uber drivers. Police called Uber the perfect cover for cokeheads, because most Uber drivers also never stop talking. The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Jay Leno is here tonight! We love Jay. He's the only guy at Universal who gets excited when the Transformers turn back into cars. The director of "Jurassic World 2" says the film will feature the T-Rex from the original movie. The T-Rex was like: "Hey, after three divorces, I need something to pay the bills." The Late Late Show With James Corden The shoe store Payless is filing for bankruptcy and closing nearly 400 stores in the United States. Yes, 400 shoe stores closed, and thousands of "soles" were lost. The problem was their work ethic. Most of Payless was just a bunch of "loafers." Jimmy Kimmel Live I hope you had a fine Memorial Day. I hope you took time to remember the men and women who risked and sacrificed their lives so the rest of us can eat yogurt out of a tube. There's a new report that says more than half of American workers didn't use all their vacation days last year. They had them, they just didn't take them. So the people who did the study asked why. Some said they did it to impress their boss with their work ethic. The rest said, I hate my family. Murray Law 2 x 3" Late Laughs 'Zoo' jaunts forward a decade in season 3 James Wolk stars in "Zoo" State Farm Insurance 2 x 2" State Bank of Burnettsville 2 x 2"