Episode 1 (Zero)

Episode 1 is the fist episode of the first season of the Netflix series Zero.

Synopsis
After a meeting Anna, Omar is accused of setting a motorbike on fire — and unwittingly reveals his invisibility secret to a local thug.

Plot
The opening scene shows a man being pursued by other guys and getting inside a room and closing it while a voice in the background asks the audience to guess what happened before this.

Speaking in first person, the voice introduces himself as Omar, a second-generation Black Italian, who lives with his parent Thiemo and his younger sister Awa in El Barrio, a zone in Milan where live a lot of African immigrants and their descendants. He has a bracelet that his mother gave him in the last day he saw her.

He works as a pizza delivery guy for Sandokan, a Turkish immigrant that owns a Pizza Parlor, while he resists to help to his family, even when Thiemo told him that the rent has increased and he does want Omar helping with the money. He also spends his time drawing Manga stories that are starred by only African characters.

One night he tries to deliver some pizza in a luxury apartment, but when the door is open, her owner, Anna Ricci, runs behind her boyfriend in the middle of a discussion leaving Omar behind the locked door. Omar has to spend some time waiting to get out until Anna finally comes back and pays for the pizza, apologizing for her action. Anna sadly tells Omar that she just broke up with her boyfriend and they begin to have a long conversation while sharing some pizza. Anna shares to Omar that she is an aspiring architect that dreams to study in Paris.

Anna wants to learn more about Omar and he confess that he is interested to run away from home and try to sell his manga in Belgium. Anna then talks with Omar about "the broken window theory", where leaving a small problem unfixed could lead to bigger problems as long as the people feels comfortable to live with them.

After the conversation, Omar feels relieved, but when he see a motorcycle in flames (due to arson acts that happens in Barrio), he decide to try to turn off the fire, just to be seen by a thug called Sharif that pulls out a gun and begin to pursue him, while the other members of the gang, Momo, Sara, and Inno, run behind them.

Sharif manages to traps Omar inside a room. Omar feels really scared and alone while taking out a bracelet given by his mom. Suddenly Sharif opens the door and is not able to find Omar. Sharif tries to tell his friends just what he saw, but the rest of the gang calms him down while noticing that the gun was empty.

The next morning, Omar wakes up at home and comes back to work, when he learns from Sandokan that Anna is wanting to have some dinner with him, excited for the news, Sandokan gives him a bottle of red wine. Omar takes on his best suit and puts on his father lotion and when Awa notices that, he answers her that he is on a "business date".

That night, Omar goes to Anna's place just to find the place filled with guests in the middle of a big party. While feeling decided to move out, Anna finds him and take him to her room where she shows him her last project and then they talk about their desire to move on with their future. When Omar mentions the idea to talk about moving out to his parent, Anna takes his phone and inputs her number to it asking him to call her "once he takes the decision", then she climbs down to meet some guests.

Meanwhile Sharif and the gang went to investigate to the same place they chased Omar in, they only find the bracelet. Sharif promises to Sara that he will bring back the bracelet but first he wants to know if Omar really disappeared that night.

Back home, Omar put some money in a bag and tries to push himself to discuss with his father about his future, but is not able to enter his room, then he notices Awa is crying because she felt that losing their home will mean the end of her life as she knows it. After consoling her and talking about how the date went, she notices he is not having the bracelet. He ran to the place where was surrounded by Sharif the night before to take his bracelet before. When Omar notices his bracelet is not there he feels frustrated and begins to remember how his mom was trapped by the police, then he begin to disappear without noticing that Sharif is watching him.

Cast

 * Giuseppe Dave Seke as Omar/Zero
 * Haroun Fall as Sharif
 * Beatrice Grannò as Anna Ricci
 * Dylan Magon as Momo
 * Daniela Scattolin as Sara
 * Madior Fall as Inno
 * Virginia Diop as Awa
 * Miguel Gobbo Diaz as Rico
 * Frank Crudele as Sandokan
 * Ashai Lombardo Arop as Marieme
 * Serena de Ferrari as Vidya
 * Susanna Acchiardi as Carolina
 * Alex Van Damme as Thierno
 * Roberta Mattei as La Vergine
 * Giordano De Plano as Fumagalli Ricci