Day One

Niko Seed in a scene from episode one.

### Plot

After being forced to take a day off from work at a highly prestigious laboratory, Niko Seed learns a mistake has been made; causing a viral outbreak across the city of Boston. Niko decides he must find out what went wrong and stop the outbreak no matter what. Fox Cooper, is forced to kill his wife when she becomes zombified not long after returning home from a grocery run, after defending himself Fox retreats out into the city; where he meets up with his co-worker Chica Davis, who has joined Niko's quest to his lab. The three band together, eventually meeting another survivor, who joins them. The four fight their way through the woods in an effort to make it to Athena Labs.

### Synopsis

Day One is the very first episode of Left 4 The Dead Rising and begins the 'Dark Wood' plotline. After the opening scene, in which scientist Niko Seed's voice explains the research he and his team conducted involving DNA and genetics, we cut to Fox Cooper, a software engineer, who has just lost his job when the company that created him begins letting employees go due to budget cuts. His wife, Roxanne, comforts him and states she'll go grocery shopping in Foxy's place. When she returns home, she complains about a man who bit her, and Fox offers to cook in her place in return for earlier. All seems well. We montage through Fox and Roxanne's time, until he's suddenly attacked by her in the middle of the night. She seems different, clearly zombified. Whilst trying to defend himself, Fox unfortunately is forced to kill her with a hammer. He retreats out onto the streets, heading to the city to talk to the police, but finds himself in the middle of an outbreak. Niko is in contact with his wife Samantha, who has barricaded herself in Athena Labs with their other research team members, and Niko arms himself as he intends to get to the bottom of this. While trying to escape, he runs into Chica Davis, who rescues him and brings him to her home for safety.

Fox finds himself trapped in a gun store, he decides to call his co-worker Chica after calling the police gets him nowhere. She answers and tells him she's with a scientist who can fix things and they're held up in her house. Fox decides to make a break for it and head there as fast as possible. Eventually, the group meet there and stumble upon Chica's quiet neighbor, Michael Myers, who joins them. Fox unloads a bag of guns for them and everyone arms themselves before going over the plan. The group are already in a tense spot upon learning Niko is partly responsible for the outbreak. Fox is hesitant to trust Niko, but Chica ensures that their survival depends on him. Niko leads the group through the woods, where they encounter countless infected throughout multiple long fight sequences. Eventually, the group get separated when Michael is injured and unable to catch up when a bridge collapses. Niko and Fox head on to a dark system of tunnels as Chica leads Michael to a secluded shack to patch him up. The episode ends when Chica and Michael reach the shack and Niko and Fox discover hordes of infected miners.

#### Cast

* Greg Bryk as Niko Seed
* Glenn Howerton as Foxy the Pirate
* Laura Bailey as Toy Chica
* James Jude Courtney as Michael Myers

#### Other Cast

* Marta Svetek as Roxanne Cooper
* Hayden Panettiere as Samantha Seed
* Patrick Warburton as Dr. Ted Jacobs