Robert De Niro's paranoid political Netflix series "Zero Day" rocks a stellar cast and a magnificent premise: a cyber attack renders essentially every piece of advanced technology that's located in America inoperable for one minute, which causes nationwide destruction. With a threat of future attacks hanging over the country's collective head, it's up to the universally beloved former President George Mullen (De Niro) to solve the mysteries behind the attack.

Things get extremely complicated before the six-episode series concludes, and De Niro is characteristically impressive in his first TV series, so much so that horror legend Stephen King has called him terrific. The show certainly gives De Niro plenty to do, as it strongly suggests that Mullen's investigations are hindered by either outside forces or symptoms of dementia ... or, quite likely, both. The old President's inner turmoil manifests in the form of the song "Who Killed Bambi," from...