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3rd April 2019
09:00am BST
iZombie manages to steer clear of the standard tropes often found within the zombie genre, which...well, bascially, it’s not the ‘brain-eating, apocalypse-is-looming’ approach.
The zombies are, for the most part, eerily well placed within mainstream society – alhtough many of them ‘tan and dye’ to hide their pale skin and bleached hair.
Although, as Liv says, she turns into a “dumber” and more stereotypical zombie version of herself if she doesn’t eat brains.
Blaine DeBeers is kind of like a villainous onion: he’s actually got layers, but he’s still probably not the best guy around. He’s funny, he’s charming, if you cut him you’ll probably end up crying...
And, of course, he offers a different take on the whole ‘being-a-zombie-in-today’s-world’ thing.
But, at the same time, you still can’t help but want the sleazy drug-dealer-turned-zombie to finally be brought to justice.
Yes, there are plot twists. But the pay-off of the twists usually leads to some fairly noticeable character development, too.
Many of the major characters, from the ‘Core 4’ to Clive (and let’s not forget about Blaine), change and evolve throughout the series – most notably, though, is Liv’s ex fiancé, Major.
He starts the series as the heartbroken and mild-mannered love interest for Liv, but soon turns would-be action hero – a plot line totally outside of being a romantic footnote for Liv.
Since Liv works in a morgue, she gets her brains from there. Every week she eats a new one, which means that every week she adopts the personality traits that come with them.
She’s played a grumpy old man, a frat boy, a stripper, a would-be country music singer, a pick up artist, as well as becoming a member of one of the ‘real housewife’ shows – just to name a few.
And, as an added bonus of sorts, the brains she eats actually belong to murder victims. She uses their memories (whcih she also gets after eating their brains) to help Detective Babineaux solve crimes.
