iZombie

iZombie recently ended its fifth and final season. It was a short journey but I am happy with how it ended. iZombie is not your typical zombie apocalypse show. If you want that go watch The Walking Dead or something. This show more closely relates to detective shows such as Castle, The Mentalist or the White Collar.

You have a regular smart detective and unique partner. The unique partner is usually a consultant and has a weird background to say the least. In this case, a Zombie who can see visions of the past of people whose brain she eats.

Why I call this a detective show is because although there is an overarching story about dealing with the zombie virus and finding a cure and human-zombie conflicts, a lot of episodes focus on crime solving with our unique pair – Detective Babineaux (played by Malcolm Goodwin) and Liv Moore (played by Rose McIver). Each episode feels different because when Zombies in this world eat someone’s brain, they obtain their personality and skills. If Liv ate the brain of Magician she can do magic, If she ate the brain of a Russian Hacker she can hack as well obtains a Russian accent. You see Liv solve crimes with the unique ability she currently possesses and visions she gets from the brains.

Rose McIver’s ability to play all these characters on top of doing an American Accent is just amazing. She must put a lot of work into it and it definitely shows. It’s as if she plays a different character every episode.

You start loving each character in the show, even Blaine. Blaine here (played by David Anders) is a villain/anti-hero. But as you watch the show more and more you want to see more of Blaine’s antics and wonder if he can someday become a good guy. It’s not just Blaine, you will end up loving but the whole squad – Ravi, Major and Peyton. They all grow throughout the show in their own regard and make it even better.

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However, the characters that grow the most are Major and Liv. You see Major go from Social Worker to Gym Teacher to Chaos Killer to Private Military to leading the private military. Similarly, you see Liv go from Doctor to Medical Examiner to Pseudo Detective to Renegade. It feels amazing to see characters you love change and improve.

The final season maybe have ended pretty abruptly and you wonder if it was truly the final season. The final episode did answer most of our question and made sure to tie it in a neat little bow. Even though I think the final season could have been slightly better, in the end it was a pretty good show.

Final thoughts –

I know this show isn’t for everyone but it is truly a cult hit. If you like the show you would want to keep watching it, if you don’t that’s ok too. If you like the shows I previously mentioned, you should definitely give this a try.