Briana Evigan plays Helen, a young woman who wakes up with a hangover on New Year's Day.

It is revealed that a cataclysmic event at a local chemical plant has turned a large part of the population into zombies.

Hoping to distract her from the recent death of her brother, roommate Eddie Jones (Niall Matter) took her out to a New Year's Eve party which James (Cory Monteith), a man to whom Helen is attracted, will be attending.

She has been a zombie the entire night and all of her attempts to communicate with people have been thwarted because she isn't actually speaking English anymore, just zombie-like grunts and groans.

[3][4] Bloody Disgusting rated the episode favorably, giving it 7/10 and writing that "with the exception of the uneven pacing and an impossible to justify appearance by one of the zombies in the final moments of the film, NEW YEAR’S DAY offers a respectable ending with a nice twist, a solid performance from its lead actress, and an interesting new idea to consider adding to the lexicon of zombie lore.