This week's review will be a shorter one, cause I was late getting to watch the episode. Most episodes of
iZombie have a predictable (but still entertaining) format: half of the episode is about Liv's visions and solving the case of the week, and then the other half either focuses on zombie mythology (usually involving Blaine), Major's dealings with Max Rager, or some sort of relationship building issue between two or more of the main characters. "Physician, Heal Thy Selfie," almost completely ditched the crime solving aspect of the show, and instead focused on all three of the other aspects of the show. The episode even went as far as having Liv's brain of the week come from a social media obsessed woman who was not murdered. Watching Liv and Clive solve crimes is always fun, but it was nice to see the show's writers prove that they can do away with that plot structure when they need to. The result was an episode that still had all the fun of Liv dealing with a new personality, but also did some much needed development on all of the many side stories the show has going on right now (seriously, this show is juggling a lot of plot lines).
For the rest of the review I'm just going to do some bullet point thought about the episode:
- This episode's big reveal was Liv having a vision and figuring out Blaine is the new drug dealer in town. I like the pace that the show uses to unfold each of these stories. It's easy to forget sometimes just how much we know that Liv doesn't, but if Liv knew everything we know, she'd probably be overwhelmed by all of the threats lurking around Seattle.
- Speaking of threats, I'm counting three major villains so far this season: Max Rager, Blaine and his new Utopium ring, and the well establish enterprise of Boss. Last season Liv only had one homicidal maniac to deal with, so the show has really upped the ante this season.
- It was nice to see Peyton and Ravi sharing scenes again. Even if they don't get back together, scenes like these give both characters a much needed personal life.
- Liv's relationship with Drake doesn't add anything to the show, but now that she knows he is a part of Blaine's operation, I'm guessing that it won't last much longer anyway.
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