iZombie Season 2 Episodes 1-2 Reviews: This Is Your Brain On Zombies (Season Premiere)

"iZombie" airs on CW on Tuesdays at 9 PM ET. It's the story of a medical resident named Oliver "Liv" Moore who accidentally became a zombie while attending a boat party. She begins to crave brains and leaves her job at the hospital to work in the morgue. She shuns boyfriend Major (what kind of name is that?) for fear she will infect him too. Her mother thinks she has either PTSD (everyone else on the boat died) or has become a drug addict. She has white hair and very pale skin (which she tries to conceal with makeup).

The medical examiner Dr Ravi Chakabarti eventually finds out she is eating the brains of the recently autopsied. Instead of freaking out, he is very interested and wants to run tests to find a cure. It seems he tried to warn the CDC about a zombie outbreak but to no avail.

When Liv eats a brain she temporarily gets visions of how that person died and picks up many of their characteristics. She works with Seattle PD Detective Clive Babineaux (who thinks she's psychic) in order to solve the person's murder.

The Main Characters: Ravi, Major, Liv & Clive

Season 2 picks up some three months after the season 1 finale. Liv had used what was left of Ravi's cure to turn both Major and Blaine back into humans. Now they can detect other zombies with their spidey senses. Liv's mother and brother arent speaking to her because she refused to give her brother a blood transfusion (for fear she'd zombify him).

Dead Guy Under Car

In "Grumpy Old Liv" Liv takes on the personality of a crotchety old man that was crushed by a car. No one in the neighborhood liked him in the least. We think the culprit is his sister in law. Instead its a neighbor with a little dog who accidentally killed him.

Great Outfit!

In "Zombie Bro" Liv takes on the personality of a dead frat brother who was stabbed to death while dressed as Cesar (how appropriate). He calls everyone "bro". The path leads to a furry or two and then a case of mistaken identity. The story wasnt very compelling but who cares. There were lots of laughs.

Also lurking around is Vaughn Du Clark (played by the always compelling Steven Weber). Vaughn is the CEO of energy drink company Max Rager. He has hired Major to find and kill zombies (or he will kill Liv). He gives Major some 332 names to track down. Uh oh. Live also doesnt know that his assistant Gilda is her new roommate. Gilda is tasked with keeping an eye on Liv.

Ravi talks Major into going to a club in order to get more Utopium (to study its effects). Major gets hooked though and Liv has to carry him home. We think they might make up but no such luck... yet.

Blaine Can Help With All Your Funeral Needs

In a carry over from last season, the evil Blaine is still lurking about selling Utopium (the experimental drug that caused the zombie outbreak). He is also working at a funeral home where he gets a constant supply of brains for his clients.

We meet Blaine's father in episode 2. Blaine previously turned his father into a zombie and wants to take over his company. Angus in turn had his own father (whom Blaine loved) committed to a mental asylum. Talk about family issues.

Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). "iZombie" is a lighthearted look at the zombie experience. Rose McIver is excellent in the lead role as Liv. I also enjoy Rahul Kohli as Ravi. David Anders is delightfully evil as bad zombie Blaine. The dialogue is snappy and fresh. I can't say I'll for sure watch every episode, but "iZombie" is good brain-less fun. See what I did there? Zombie humor. Gotta love it.