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.

The survivors search for tools that could help them subdue their captor.

New romantic entanglements cause alliances to shift among the captives.

The ape's captives question the meaning of life, drawing parallels between their futile struggle for survival and "Oregon Trail."

Much to the ape's chagrin, the final two captives struggle to come to a decision about who should be eliminated next.

The last remaining captive finally gets answers from the ape.