iZombie season 2 is off to an incredible start.
This week, Liv eats a real housewife brain that only highlights her loneliness.
This iZombie review contains spoilers.
Bold statement, I know.
Liv on real housewife brains.
Without the real housewife brains, Liv might have been subtly hurt.
With the real housewife brains, she slaps Major.
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Major is spiraling hard.
Major is a straight-up murdered, and Im still not over that.
Bold move, show.
And so incredibly well-realized.
Majors misguided morality (and that dog) are so going to get this guy caught.
Frankly, Im kind of convinced Major wants to get caught.
Livs birthday is so sad.
iZombies brains-induced personalities work best when they highlight an aspect of Livs own personality that needs to be explored.
This week, it was Livs loneliness.
And how sad was it that almost no one remembered her birthday.
Her family hates her right now.
Major is trying to avoid her altogether.
And neither Ravi, nor Clive apparently know it is the anniversary of Livs birth.
Basically, she has the best priorities ever.
Peyton is back!
The show didnt really know what to do with her in the first season.
That doesnt seem to be the case her.
As the deputy district attorney, she is well-placed to root out any Blaine-related corruption at the municipal level.
Plus, Liv and Major both really need her as a friend.
Last season,iZombiesuffered because so many of its characters were operating in separate worlds.
iZombie does villains so well.
We got a lot more Vaughn Du Clark this week, and it was glorious and terrifying.
Its that his responsibility is not to morality, but to the shareholders.
He is our fears of a money-grabbing CEO played to the extreme.
Last week,iZombiemoved to humanize Blaine through the introduction of an undead father who has never loved him.
This week, its Vaughns turn to get a humanizing element.
It turns out his assistant/Livs roomie Gilda is Vaughns daughter.
I loved this development.
For me, villains are scarier the more I can relate to them.
A villain who doesnt have any vestiges of humanity doesnt scare me.
Also, he feeds board members to zombies when they threaten his power.
Without those more relatable traits, the murdering thing is somehow less compelling.
Guys,iZombieseason 2 is off to a furiously ambitious start.
All while developing a larger, serialized plot about the dark side of corporate greed.
If youre not watching, it’s crucial that you be.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
