Strike

"" is the first episode of Season One of Zero Hour and the first episode overall. It was released for online viewing on the ABC series webpage on February 1, 2013 and was broadcast February 14th, 2013 on ABC.

Synopsis
In Germany in 1938, the Rosicrucians prepare to hide a secret from the Nazis. Involved is the manufacture of twelve clocks. A priest and another man go to hospital operated by the Nazis. They find a newborn infant with nearly colorless irises. The two men are discovered and flee, but one drops his Rosicrucian cross. As the Nazis prepare to raid the church used by the Rosicrucians, an SS officer carrying a Rosicrucian cross arrives at the church and warns his brothers. The Rosicrucians remove a large object resembling a crucifix from the church and load it onto a truck, which is driven away.

In the present time...

Continuity

 * White Vincent refers to Hank Galliston as "my brother."

Trivia

 * Norbert Peter Steinke says that world was in flames in 1938; "world in flames" is more commonly applied to World War II, which began in 1939.

Historical References

 * The Nazification of Germany.
 * The Rosicrucians.

Plot Info
In the show, the publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine, Modern Skeptic, Hank Galliston (Anthony Edwards) has been debunking mysteries and hoaxes for years. When his wife Laila Galliston (Jacinda Barrett) is abducted from her antique clock shop, Hank ends up being part of a huge mystery which stretches around the world and has been around for centuries.

In one of the clocks in his wife's workshop is a map, which could be devastating for the world if it falls into the hands of White Vincent. Hank and his cohorts (Rachel Lewis, Arron Martin, and Rebecca Riley) have to find the answer to the mystery to save both his wife and the world.