TV Review: iZombie Season Two

*Insert witticism about The Walking Dead here. [Look at me and my pandering to the internet ways.] I didn’t cover The CW’s iZombie this year not because I had no interest in the show simply because my slate of TV writing was already erring on…

iZombie Finale: Exclusive Interview with Malcolm Goodwin

With its first season just wrapped up on Tuesday, The CW’s iZombie made a name for itself as a midseason standout. Developed by Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero, iZombie follows Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time) as…

TV Review: iZombie Finale (1×13) “Blaine’s World”

After a season of existential crisis and gray morality disguised as charming irreverence, iZombie comes to an explosive season one finish, and the Seattle zombie scene is irrevocably changed. The most public ramifications are Blaine’s return to the human condition,…

TV Review: iZombie (1×12) “Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat”

The entire first season of iZombie has balanced the more horrific aspects associated with zombie media with the quirky fun expected from the creators of Veronica Mars. The irreverent tone has worked for them thus far, and it continues into…

TV Review: iZombie (1×09) “Patriot Brains” & (1×10) “Mr. Berserk”

Hey remember when iZombie was a fun procedural, full of quippy rejoinders and feel good life lessons? Yeah, not anymore. In back to back game changers, 1×09 and 1×10 deliver the most emotionally complex episodes this season as we move…

TV Review: iZombie (1×08) “Dead Air”

iZombie is just getting better and better each week, and taking a lot more risks than a freshman show usually would. It’s also a tease, leaving us with not one but two major cliffhangers to pick up on the next…

TV Review: iZombie (1×06) “Virtual Reality Bites”

Last week we got a killer not brought to justice, and this week, we got a sympathetic one. Halfway through the season, iZombie has settled comfortably into its identity, slinging snappy dialogue and gore willy nilly and daring the audience…