This week's iZombie didn't quite live up to last week's episode, which left a lot of questions unanswered, but it did end with a bang and provide some pretty entertaining moments. The case of the week/brain of the week ended being one of the better recent ones. Liv's natural personality is fairly calm and reserved, so it was nice to see her stuck with a take charge personality that is always ready for a fight and a witty comment. Sure, it was a lot like the time Liv was on desperate housewife brain, but it was definitely more fun. The episode also proved to be a nice showcase for Peyton.
Peyton almost completely stays out of Liv's zombie affairs, so it was fun to see her react to Liv's bizarre behavior, especially given how professional Peyton is about her job. The case itself was more complex than most of the recent cases have been (and by that I mean that the murderer wasn't the most obvious suspect), and that's nice to see from the show every now and then. These cases stopped being the driving force in the show a long time ago, but if the writers never present a complex or interesting one, then they will eventually just become an annoyance to the audience.
Answering some other questions from last week, Gilda indeed became a zombie, but we didn't get to see much of that since she was promptly abducted by Voughn's henchman Janko. It's either a very good sign or a very bad sign for Gilda that her father chose to use Janko instead of Major to abduct her. On the one hand, Voughn might have plans to help her (pause for laughter), or he might want to discreetly eliminate his daughter. Either way, the show is keeping that to itself for now.
Live also gained some answers to the questions she had regarding Drake in last week's episode. After being visited by a detective from the Vice squad, and asked about Drake's whereabouts, Liv finally visited Drake's mom to find answers. During that encounter, Liv learned what we have known for a few episodes now, that Drake was an undercover cop working for Boss. She's still in the dark about Major abducting him though.
The major question that this episode answered, was what affect the emergency cure had on Blaine. As I suspected after last week's episode, there had to be a significant side effect to this cure, and it turns out that the side effect is memory loss that became increasingly worse over the course of the episode. I can't imagine this will be a permanent change, but for now, Blaine has traded being human for the memory of who he was.
The highlight of the episode was Ravi confronting Major after discovering that he is the Chaos Killer. There were plenty of hints in the episode that hinted at Major turning back into a zombie, but the scene was still very effective, especially as a vehicle for Rahoul Kohli to show off his acting chops. Kohli is often given more comedic material on the show. so it's nice when the writers let him showcase his dramatic side.
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