Blargh

This was a somewhat unexpectedly heavy episode of our favorite chronicle of the undead. We've come a long way from Liv being a harmless kleptomaniac or waking up with mad kung fu skills.

Despite our (okay, my) best retcon efforts, it appears Lowell is really most sincerely dead. Sniff.  We open with Liv, very upset and somewhat blood-spattered, explaining to a detective (not Clive or Captain Secret Zombie) that Lowell was dead when she got there.  He's quite skeptical, but Captain Secret Zombie interrupts to say the case appears to be a suicide, so Liv is free to go.

The Two of You are Liable to Give Zombies a Bad Name

Another week with good long-term plot development and a killer last few minutes.

On the Fall Schedule!

The CW has announced their Fall schedule, and iZombie is on it.  So we won't have to wait until next spring for new adventures from Liv and friends.

It's a Zombie Thing - You Wouldn't Understand

You know how promos for tv shows frequently hype, "DON'T MISS THE LAST FIVE MINUTES"?  I didn't see any iZombie promos for this week, so I don't know if they did that, but they definitely wouldn't have been lying.  But let's start at the beginning.

You're Stuck With Me

Not really, because I know my three or so readers can give up on me any time, but good news!

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/06/izombie-renewed

I've Seen Florists With Better Security

In episode seven of iZombie, Liv gets overly maternal due to the brain of the week, Major gets overly stupid due to the missing kids, and your lovely recapper gets overly excited due to a perceived shoutout.

Great, I Ate Home Simpson's Brain

We open to Major on the autopsy table at the morgue.  So obviously he succumbed to last week's attack and his former roommate is looking for clues.  Just kidding!  Ravi is stitching up the wounds from Major's major beat down last week because, as a social worker, Major's health insurance covers "like one band-aid a year."  Remember how we were going to integrate Major into the plot more organically now that he and Ravi live together?  Because the writers don't.