Part one of the Feb. 3, 1996 airing of Ape Zone on UPN. In this part, the ape's captives meet for the first time and make their first, ill-informed decision.

Alliances begin to form as the ape's captives deliberate the threat their captor actually poses.

With their hunger satiated, the remaining captives devise a battle strategy.

A captive's shameful admission causes the survivors to question the very nature of their reality.

The remaining captives discuss and experience the pitfalls of the democratic process.