iZombie - Seizoen 1
Zombies are totally hot and I'm loving it, if it was up to me, the zombie series will keep on coming! The only downside with these kinds of series is that they can be very much the same, but this is certainly not the case with Izombie. The story is unique and definitely not a rip-off from any other show. Instead of the whole world perishing, the zombies live amongst the humans. You could think this is unrealistic but on the other hand, why should mankind change into a zombie in an instance? Isn't it more realistic that this will take longer? Take the Ebola virus in Africa for example, this will not reach the whole world overnight. When it will take over the world, it will be years instead of weeks.
Back to Izombie, the leading role is very well played by Rose Mclver (Once upon a time). She starts out as a straight A student of medicine who focuses all of her attention on her job and she spends her private time with her idealistic fiancé Major Lilywhite (Robert Buckley, 666 Park Avenue). She is good friends with her room mate Peyton Charles (Aly Michalka, Hellcats) and is a perfect daughter to her parents. This is all about to change when she gets invited to a party, but initially she declines the invitation. Her fiancé, Major, convinces her to go and then all hell breaks loose. She wakes up as another being, a zombie! Instead of resigning herself to being a zombie and her only worry eating brains, Liv changes everything. She breaks up her engagement and takes on a job in the local morgue.
At the local morgue, Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti (Rahul Kohli, Krish and Lee) is her new boss. He doesn't exactly understand the reasons for her career switch, but despite of that, he is happy to have her as a new colleague. Together they perform autopsies on the bodies and Liv eats the brains, but then she starts to experience images from the deceased. Dr. Ravi encourages her to use these images for solving homicides and this is how she meets Clive Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin, Breakout Kings). He is a detective who investigates the murders of the bodies that come into the morgue. At the beginning he doesn't like Liv's strange appearance and psychic ability very much, but they develop a connection as she becomes more valuable.
Blaine (David Anders, Heroes) is the man who is responsible for Liv's transformation. It seems he is the first zombie in the show, but how he himself has become a zombie is not clear yet. While Liv tries to keep herself as far as she can from everything involving zombies, she can't avoid running into Blaine. They each have their own way of getting their brains, but at first Blaine often asks Liv for help. Very soon he doesn't need her help any more, but this does not make it easier for Liv. He will be one of her worst enemies and he is responsible for a further zombie outbreak. Liv seems to be the only person able to stop it and this is a heavy responsibility to shoulder.
Luckily Izombie has been renewed for a second season in which I expect more zombie troubles for our friendly zombie Liv. I don't like her ex fiancé Major, but I suspect that he will get more attention in season two. Dr. Ravi was already experimenting on zombie rats and will keep searching for results. Will they finally find the big solution or will there even be a season three? One of the few things that annoys me in this show, is Liv's hair, is it a wig? Why does it have to be so short? Zombies lose their pigment in their hair, but why it's so short, I don't fully understand.
Back to Izombie, the leading role is very well played by Rose Mclver (Once upon a time). She starts out as a straight A student of medicine who focuses all of her attention on her job and she spends her private time with her idealistic fiancé Major Lilywhite (Robert Buckley, 666 Park Avenue). She is good friends with her room mate Peyton Charles (Aly Michalka, Hellcats) and is a perfect daughter to her parents. This is all about to change when she gets invited to a party, but initially she declines the invitation. Her fiancé, Major, convinces her to go and then all hell breaks loose. She wakes up as another being, a zombie! Instead of resigning herself to being a zombie and her only worry eating brains, Liv changes everything. She breaks up her engagement and takes on a job in the local morgue.
At the local morgue, Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti (Rahul Kohli, Krish and Lee) is her new boss. He doesn't exactly understand the reasons for her career switch, but despite of that, he is happy to have her as a new colleague. Together they perform autopsies on the bodies and Liv eats the brains, but then she starts to experience images from the deceased. Dr. Ravi encourages her to use these images for solving homicides and this is how she meets Clive Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin, Breakout Kings). He is a detective who investigates the murders of the bodies that come into the morgue. At the beginning he doesn't like Liv's strange appearance and psychic ability very much, but they develop a connection as she becomes more valuable.
Blaine (David Anders, Heroes) is the man who is responsible for Liv's transformation. It seems he is the first zombie in the show, but how he himself has become a zombie is not clear yet. While Liv tries to keep herself as far as she can from everything involving zombies, she can't avoid running into Blaine. They each have their own way of getting their brains, but at first Blaine often asks Liv for help. Very soon he doesn't need her help any more, but this does not make it easier for Liv. He will be one of her worst enemies and he is responsible for a further zombie outbreak. Liv seems to be the only person able to stop it and this is a heavy responsibility to shoulder.
Luckily Izombie has been renewed for a second season in which I expect more zombie troubles for our friendly zombie Liv. I don't like her ex fiancé Major, but I suspect that he will get more attention in season two. Dr. Ravi was already experimenting on zombie rats and will keep searching for results. Will they finally find the big solution or will there even be a season three? One of the few things that annoys me in this show, is Liv's hair, is it a wig? Why does it have to be so short? Zombies lose their pigment in their hair, but why it's so short, I don't fully understand.
About the writer, Liesbeth de Raaf
It was an easy choice for Liesbeth to become a critic for MySeries. She always loved to watch series and she loves writing. The preference of Liesbeth excists especially out of horror and fantasy, but she will not avoid other categories.
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