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It was panned by the critics and set record lows in the ratings upon its premiere. After the third episode, [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/02/zero-hour-canceled-cancelled-by-abc ABC pulled it from the schedule]]. The remainder of its episodes was burned off on Saturdays in the summer of 2013.
No relation to [[ComicBook/ZeroHour the DC Comics miniseries]] or the [[Film/ZeroHour film]] that inspired ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
!!This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* AncientConspiracy: Apparently dates back to at least the second century AD, although many of the more relevant events took place in the late 1930s and involved the Rosicrucians and the Nazis.
%%* ArcNumber: 12.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein was one of the 12 New Apostles guarding the secret that could end the world.
%%* BigBad: White Vincent, the mercenary.
%%* ChristianityIsCatholic
%%* ConspiracyThriller
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: We seem to be getting there.
%%* GenreSavvy: White Vincent even makes cracks about not doing things like people do in the movies.
* GilliganCut: In the pilot, Arron and Rachel have an argument over whether to seek out the maker of the first clock, who lives in New York. Prior to leaving for the Arctic, Hank insisted they not leave the loft, and Rachel swears to Arron that they're keeping their word. ''Cut to'': Rachel and Arron trying to catch a cab.
%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Invoked by White Vincent in regards to Hank and the conspiracy.
* HealingHands: [[spoiler:The girl pregnant with the Christ clone is shown in the epilogue healing people in a remote African village]].
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode title has something to do with clocks ("Strike," "Face," etc.)
* MacGuffin: A set of twelve clocks that are said to be the key to unlocking the salvation or destruction of the world. Hank's wife unwittingly bought one of them from a street vendor, which attracts White Vincent's attention and gets her targeted. [[spoiler: It actually wasn't so unwittingly. Plus, Laila's whole marriage to Hank was no accident either.]]
* ProphetEyes: The baby seen in the Nazi facility in the pilot. [[spoiler:And the dreaded White Vincent, who uses colored contacts to conceal the ProphetEyes.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Agent Riley towards White Vincent, for blowing up the plane her husband was on. [[spoiler:It doesn't change when she finds out her husband is alive and working with him.]]
* ScareChord: The clock sounds that precede each commercial break are EXTREMELY jarring.
* ShortRunner: Nearly a [[OneEpisodeWonder Two-Episode Wonder]]...at least on Thursdays @ 8. ABC burned off the rest on Saturdays during the summer.
* SkepticismFailure: Hank is not only a skeptic, he publishes ''Modern Skeptic'' magazine, and of course his doubt toward conspiracy theories quickly gets disproven when he encounters a real one in the show. This appears to be the only real reason he begins as a professional skeptic, with a dramatic contrast.
* StupidJetpackHitler: It is strongly implied the Nazis were conducting some sort of genetic engineering experiment which may have resulted in a demonic child. [[spoiler: Turns out this child grew up to become White Vincent, the infamous mercenary who kidnapped Hank's wife]].
* TitleDrop: Right at the end of the pilot. The old man says that "Zero Hour" is the prophesied End of Days.
** The second episode has "Zero Hour" as the name of a Nazi project (possibly including the above-mentioned genetic engineering experiment).
* TreasureMap: The first clock contains one of these that somehow was etched into a small diamond. [[spoiler: While the heroes do get the chance to decipher it, it eventually winds up in White Vincent's hands]]. Turns out [[spoiler: it leads to a Nazi sub stranded in the Arctic, with the remains of multiple Nazi soldiers, including New Bartholomew aka Nazi!Hank, on board]].
** The second clock contains a star map that leads to the city where New Thomas lives.
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