A crisis this biblical needs specialists who can bend reality (or at least break plenty of laws) to keep humanity breathing past Day 30.Watanabe’s Lazarus task forcechecks both boxes: one part stunt reel and one part cyber‑heist, all stitched together by a handler with voltage to spare.
The first four episodes give just enough gunfire, parkour, and keyboard wizardry to judge who is carrying the mission and who is still warming the bench.
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There’s no room for tie medalsfor the Lazarus members; each slot is earned by on‑screen impact, not future potential. They leap from rooftops, andtrade punches with fatein a world that’s already flatlining. Here is our ranking of Lazarus' first season team members.
6Leland (Drone Pilot, Thief in Training)
Youthful Eyes, Limited Footprint
Episode one finds Leland ditching school as if it were optional after Dr. Skinner’s worldwide threat. His drones buzz through every skirmish, relaying intel,poking holes in enemy armor, and (most memorably) guiding Axel’s rifle sight to pop Dr. 909’s getaway chopper. Still, these feats feel more like an assist than a breakthrough.
Graveyard visits, whisperedhints of a criminal childhood, and a résumé in world‑class theft suggest deeper layers, but the show has not cashed that check.His coolest skill remains remote‑control heroics, which only shine when another agent seizes the moment.
Leland stays the junior link in the Lazarus team chain until his secret past becomes a present‑tense game changer. He’s valuable and promising, yet undeniably the least mission‑critical performer of the opening act.
5Christine (Sharpshooter, Secret Agent)
Friendly Firepower With a Trick Up Her Sleeve
Christine’s cheery Russian cadence masks a brain wired for covert ops. She ropes Axel into the team by out‑scheming the escape artist at a hotel bar, a quiet victory that sets the whole series in motion. Since then, she has fired on rival operatives in Arizona bunkers,sweet‑talked her way into crime scenes, and shadowed high‑society targets at Sam Stephenson’s gala.
She handles pistols like utensils, yet her most lethal asset might be the knack for social cons; slipping past guards as a cleaner, bluffing customs without breaking stride. The drawback is that one of those moves directly pierced the Skinner mystery;they just kept options open.
Christine sits mid‑pack on the Lazarus team because her best moment happened in episode one. Until a bullet she fires flips the overall hunt, the big‑sister vibe remainssupportive rather than decisive.
4Douglas “Doug” Hadine (Strategist, Ex‑Academic)
Calm Math in a Thriller Storm
Doug entered Lazarus first and immediately looked like the adult in the room. Whether diffusing Leland’s nerves during a gunpoint misunderstanding or mapping thefastest route to Skinner, he grounds every chaotic scene. His history (expelled Nigerian physics prodigy) ties him to the Hapna conspiracy through disgraced mentor Claude Klein, a link that might become gold later.
Episode three’s flashbacks unveil racism, expulsion, and shattered ambitions, explaining the iron self‑control.He plans while others punch, calculates angles while Axel swings off balconies. Even his warning that Eleina may be the real wildcard proves astute within two episodes.
Doug’s intellect frames the war room, but he has yet to land a single, game‑ending insight. Once his scientific chops crack Skinner’s biochemical riddle,expect his rank to spike.
3Hersch Lindemann (Handler, Puppetmaster)
Voltage Bracelets and Velvet Threats
The Lazarus team exists because Hersch wills it. She busts Axel out of a super‑max cell, recruits hackers and killers like shopping for groceries, and finances globe‑trotting assaults within hours of Skinner’s broadcast. Her shock‑bracelet insurance policy proves she isas ruthless as the apocalypsethey are trying to stop.
Every intel crumb (bunker blueprints, Dr. 909’s shell accounts, party guest lists) flows through her channels. Yet she stays five steps back from the field, letting others bleed while she keeps her manicure immaculate. The moral gap between hertactics and Skinner’s mass murderfeels disturbingly narrow.
Handler power plus moral opacity secures her high slot. Should any secret tie to Skinner surface, Hersch could either doom the planet or save it outright.
Quiet Kid, Loud Code
Fifteen years old, barely audible in the briefing room, Eleina still detonates bigger payloads than any grenade. She exposes Skinner’s face‑swapping scheme minutes after joining, then empties Dr. 909’s crypto wallet without leaving fingerprints. Her probe at the end of episode four gifts Lazarus its first living suspect; no bullets fired.
The contrast is electric:a shy teen sipping bobawhile dismantling global banking networks. Teammates whisper she might be “the dangerous one,” and the show backs them up; Skinner’s doomsday turns water to wine, butEleina flips it back with pure algorithmic force.
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If Axel embodies physical audacity on team Lazarus, Eleina masters invisible warfare. Every episode so far pivots on data she alone can reach, cementing her as the task force’s irreplaceable core.
1Axel Gilberto (Field Ace, Chaos Magnet)
Parkour Plus Nerves of Steel
Axel opens mid‑escape, scales prison walls like playground bars, and never slows. Press‑ganged onto Lazarus, he fumes for half an episode before deciding an international crisis is just another stage for his next stunt, like theiconicSpike Spiegel. He dives into bunker shootouts,personally interrogates Skinner’s grandmother in Istanbul, and rides a helicopter skid while snipers light the sky.
His signature feat? Leaping from a glass rooftop onto Dr. 909’s chopper, hanging one‑handed while lining up a pistol shot thanks to Leland’s drone feed. The move captures the hacker and jolts the investigation forward in one blazing tableau of spectacle.
Underneath the swagger sits a code: no cage can hold him, no threat too absurd to try.Axel converts Eleina’s intel into broken doors and cuffed targets. Until someone else seizes that frontline spotlight, he remains the team’s beating heart and its biggest risk.
