This was, hands down, the best episode of the series, so far. It exhibited the awesome potential iZombie truly has. Tons of humor, heart, and big drama. As enjoyable as they were as the core of the series, the procedurals should have taken a backseat a little more often.
We needed a focus on more compelling main arcs that drove the story forward with our main characters and gave us higher stakes. The “Renegade” stuff was a misstep. And some of these cases-of-the-week were a bit lacking and messy, particularly in the later seasons. And a lot of the brain personalities were a bit off-putting.
As proven in the episode where they were on competitive dancer brains, the strength of the show lies in the chemistry between this cast. Making Ravi a part-time zombie was brilliant. Putting a spotlight on Liv’s relationships with Major and Clive, like in this outing, inspires a ton of emotion. Rose McIver also has quite the acting chops, and she was given great stuff to work with here. But what we saw in this episode was, unfortunately, a rarity throughout the series.
Ultimately, I believe iZombie had a LOT more life left in it. And I wish it spent the time it had on giving these characters deeper stories and more moments to shine, especially together.
Review by CoreyVIP 2BlockedParentSpoilers2021-05-02T11:00:36Z
This was, hands down, the best episode of the series, so far. It exhibited the awesome potential iZombie truly has. Tons of humor, heart, and big drama. As enjoyable as they were as the core of the series, the procedurals should have taken a backseat a little more often.
We needed a focus on more compelling main arcs that drove the story forward with our main characters and gave us higher stakes. The “Renegade” stuff was a misstep. And some of these cases-of-the-week were a bit lacking and messy, particularly in the later seasons. And a lot of the brain personalities were a bit off-putting.
As proven in the episode where they were on competitive dancer brains, the strength of the show lies in the chemistry between this cast. Making Ravi a part-time zombie was brilliant. Putting a spotlight on Liv’s relationships with Major and Clive, like in this outing, inspires a ton of emotion. Rose McIver also has quite the acting chops, and she was given great stuff to work with here. But what we saw in this episode was, unfortunately, a rarity throughout the series.
Ultimately, I believe iZombie had a LOT more life left in it. And I wish it spent the time it had on giving these characters deeper stories and more moments to shine, especially together.