Ebola is a disgusting disease, with symptoms that include bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea - a near-certain death that was incubating in a major American population center. The cast includes Noah Emmerich as Jaax’s husband Liam Cunningham as a reclusive Ebola expert James D’Arcy as a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control Robert Sean Leonard as a corporate flunky Paul James as a lab tech and Nick Searcy as a janitor at the infected facility.)Īnd, yes, “The Hot Zone” is more than a little gross at times. (The six hourlong episodes air in two-hour blocks Monday-Wednesday at 7 p.m. Nancy Jaax (Julianna Margulies) and Ben Gellis (Paul James) look on. Peter Jahrling (Topher Grace), a civilian virologist, looks through the microscope eyepiece as Dr. (National Geographic | Amanda Matlovich) Dr. This is a six-hour horror/disaster movie. “But to her, it was just another day at the office.”Īnother day at the office where you know that it’s entirely possible that nine out of 10 Americans - of the world’s population - could be dead soon if you don’t do your job. “I looked at her character as a hero, because she really emphasized what a threat this was and got the ball rolling to stop it from spreading,” said Margulies (“The Good Wife,” “ER”). Jaax is tough and no-nonsense, even when she’s being mansplained to by people who know far less than she does - who don’t take the threat as seriously as she does. (The name has been changed, but the character is based on a real person.) Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases. Nancy Jaax (Julianna Margulies), who’s the chief pathologist at the U.S. He stars as physician Peter Jahrling, a virologist who fears he has contracted the disease. This isn’t a fictional monster that’s chasing us. “It might, to this day, be the scariest thing I ever read,” said Grace, best known for his starring role in “That ’70s Show.” “Because it was real.
Three decades later, there’s still no cure for Ebola.
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