iZombie: The Hurt Stalker

December 2, 2015 4:44 AM - Season 2, Episode 8

Detective Babineaux arrives at the crime scene of a wedding planner who was shot to death, and is shocked to realize that he used to date the victim.

To make matters worse, we learn that the murder victim was stalking Detective Babineaux, and that he is now the number one suspect in her murder. Liv and Ravi pose as an engaged couple in order to infiltrate the victim’s wedding planning business. Meanwhile, Major is having a tough time dealing with Liv on stalker brains.

posted by Ivan Fyodorovich (9 comments total)

Ravi is just so adorable!!
posted by Pendragon at 10:38 AM on December 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is maybe the best use of Liv's temporary personality yet in terms of furthering the show's overall plot arc. Also, I love that in any given week any one of Blaine, Rita, Vaughn or Mr. Boss can look like the Big Bad of the season.

And yes, Ravi is a delight.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 7:54 AM on December 3, 2015

Ravi's first thought is "You might see Clive's O face!"

Ravi, how awesome can you be? Thiiiiiiiis awesome.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 8:51 AM on December 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

I was kind of surprised that the episode didn't delve further into the emotional fallout Liv probably would have been feeling, given that she almost murdered someone while hungry and in jail. But I'm willing to overlook a whole lot because of Ravi's face any time he mentioned Game of Thrones to Babineaux.
posted by joan cusack the second at 9:54 AM on December 3, 2015 [6 favorites]

My lip quivered in suppressed frustration in exactly the same way Babineaux's did at "NOT WRITING" when Ravi asked him what GRRM was currently doing. I felt his pain.
posted by Justinian at 12:18 PM on December 3, 2015 [4 favorites]

This was such a good episode. I loved finding out more about Clive, and I also liked how the 'OCCUPANT' envelope ultimately had nothing to do with Liv - that was some good misdirection.

Some thoughts:
* Poor Major, with no Mefi to warn him 'don't drink that.'

* Argh why are they making an energy drink that converts zombies from shambling 'Dawn of the Dead' zombies to sprinting 'Dawn of the Dead remake' zombies?

* All the GoT stuff about killed me, especially Ravi pounding that table.

* I was kind of surprised that the episode didn't delve further into the emotional fallout Liv probably would have been feeling, given that she almost murdered someone while hungry and in jail.

^ Yes, this. I need more favorites for that.
posted by mordax at 3:35 PM on December 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

I was actually kind of disappointed that the "Occupant" envelope was not Liz-related. I feel like more people in the police department -- like maybe Dale -- really need to find out about this whole zombie thing pretty soon, or the show is going to start losing its momentum. The plot arc really hasn't been advancing very quickly, and... that envelope made it seem like things were about to start heating up. Nope. Just feels a little cheap.
posted by the turtle's teeth at 7:26 PM on December 3, 2015

It also confirmed I think that Major's freezer shift has only been since he started getting "innocent" targets - though I really wonder about how you define that.
posted by corb at 6:44 AM on December 7, 2015

Well the Meat Cute deaths were in the body count, I think, so it's only been 3 that he's stalked and "killed" for Max Rager. The other disappearances were the doctor (2 of them now!) and the astronaut.
posted by ODiV at 9:37 PM on March 3, 2016