# iZombie - anyone else planning to watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235 "2015-03-17T21:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/41 "2015-03-22T14:13:55Z")
I liked it. Something that’s not quite clear so far–is it generally known in this world that zombies actually exist, or was her boss just a conspiracy theorist who’s been proven right? If the former, eating brains is gonna get you talked about ENTIRELY differently. If not, then you’d think they would have mentioned it during the intervention. “You quit your job, became a ME, bleached your hair, and you’re _eating brains…_” Who the hell names their son Major? Mr. & Mrs. Lilywhite, that’s who. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/42 "2015-03-22T20:09:02Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > The first episode was a little expositional, but that is to be expected. > I liked it. Will other intelligent zombies turn up? Her flash at the end showed the guy on the boat in zombie-mode eating someone, and since it’s been five months he must be the same as her, capable of hiding the condition. Plus, if you watch The CW at all, he’s the guy Central Casting sends over when you request an narcissistic bad guy for a recurring role. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/43 "2015-03-22T20:15:15Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Her flash at the end showed the guy on the boat in zombie-mode eating someone, and since it’s been five months he must be the same as her, capable of hiding the condition. Plus, if you watch The CW at all, he’s the guy Central Casting sends over when you request an narcissistic bad guy for a recurring role. He’s Sark from Alias, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Donegal\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Donegal\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donegal_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/44 "2015-03-22T20:31:34Z")
Expected it to underwhelm but ended up enjoying it. It’s not **Pushing Daisies** but I’ll give it another go. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/45 "2015-03-22T20:31:49Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I liked it. > > Something that’s not quite clear so far–is it generally known in this world that zombies actually exist, or was her boss just a conspiracy theorist who’s been proven right? > > . Zombies are well known from films, etc, but it seems few know of the real zombies. Pretty much it’s her, her boss and the zombie guy who made the designer drug (this last is conjecture) . ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/46 "2015-03-23T00:14:00Z")
> [@Uniqueorn](#): > > Let’s hope he turns into a werepoodle or wereterrier or whatever appeared in the comics. I would really love a werepoodle character… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/47 "2015-03-23T12:37:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He’s Sark from Alias, I think. Also in Once Upon A Time, Vampire Diaries, 24, Heroes… ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/48 "2015-03-23T18:55:23Z")
Loved that the lawyer from Veronica Mars was the sleazy weatherman Johnny Frost in the pilot too. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/49 "2015-03-24T02:15:27Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Her flash at the end showed the guy on the boat in zombie-mode eating someone, and since it’s been five months he must be the same as her, capable of hiding the condition. Plus, if you watch The CW at all, he’s the guy Central Casting sends over when you request an narcissistic bad guy for a recurring role. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > He’s Sark from Alias, I think. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Also in Once Upon A Time, Vampire Diaries, 24, Heroes… Yeah, you know when David Anders shows up, it isn’t going to be in a little throwaway part. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/50 "2015-03-24T02:46:04Z")
I liked it, though it’s essentially _Pushing Daisies_ meets _Warm Bodies_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/51 "2015-03-24T03:21:14Z")
Will watch again. Not bad. Not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/52 "2015-03-25T06:19:02Z")
I wonder if the abilities she picks up are permanent? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/53 "2015-03-25T16:11:37Z")
Excellent second episode! Yeah, the case of the week was case-of-the-week-like (but it was great that the detective was right all along), but I really enjoyed the introduction of the villain and Liv’s attempts to try to deal with the fact that she’s a zombie and what that means. **epbrown01** , I think this ep answered the question that the abilities aren’t permanent (as she had to go back to the brain to keep the new abilities going). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/54 "2015-03-25T17:41:54Z")
And I was little surprised to read in Entertainment Weekly that she keeps her powers “until she poops.” Their words. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/55 "2015-03-25T18:05:44Z")
I see a future episode with a constipation subplot 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/56 "2015-03-25T18:57:24Z")
I was intrigued. I do feel the Veronica Mars kinda vibe. It is fun. I like the lead. The boss is amusing with his realizing she’s a zombie and not freaking out - I guess because she’s not running around killing people and getting her brains safely from corpses. Saw an interview with Rose McIver and she says she coined the phrase ZILF - Zombie I’d Like to Fondle – because doing anything more with a zombie has too many implications. At least she’s not a rotting corpse, pieces falling off zombie. She’s more of a vampire without fangs zombie. So, this week with the zombie dude, did he figure out his plan from her? Decide there was money to be made being the official zombie brain dealer - just gotta build up a clientele? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/57 "2015-03-25T21:13:26Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I was intrigued. I do feel the Veronica Mars kinda vibe. It is fun. I like the lead. The boss is amusing with his realizing she’s a zombie and not freaking out - I guess because she’s not running around killing people and getting her brains safely from corpses. Of course, that still leaves the problem she’s a cannibal/human predator… which is a good reason not to let the general public know about zombies. Just because she’s a nice person/good zombie doesn’t mean they all are… as we’ve seen this latest episode. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/58 "2015-03-29T17:48:18Z")
I really like it, aside from the teenage love story angst that the CW throws into everything (even when the characters aren’t teens). It takes a lot for a tv show to make me laugh out loud, but the line “Cagney and Pasty” in the second episode did it. Kudos. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/59 "2015-03-29T19:59:40Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I was intrigued. I do feel the Veronica Mars kinda vibe. That’s exactly it. This could have been a pretty routine show. I remember when I used to watch _Veronica Mars_ and after every episode I felt that it had been done better than I would have expected. I get the same feeling with this show. I credit Rob Thomas - he takes a formula and gives it an extra step. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235/60 "2015-03-29T22:33:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > And I was little surprised to read in Entertainment Weekly that she keeps her powers “until she poops.” Their words. I was vaguely expecting (maybe even hoping for) a scene where she’s painting, using the skill she absorbed, but gradually her work becomes clumsier and more amateur as the memories and talents fade. It’d be vaguely sad in a _Flowers for Algernon_ kind of way - the painter’s skills, thought lost at his death and given a brief resurrection in her, are now gone for good. Tears in rain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-anyone-else-planning-to-watch/715235.md?page=4)