iZombie: Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind
February 24, 2016 9:44 PM - Season 2, Episode 14 - Subscribe
When an incredibly optimistic coffee-shop owner is murdered, Liv uses her sunny outlook to help Clive solve the murder. Meanwhile, things begin to go from bad to worse for Blaine, and Drake is forced to cancel plans with Liv due to a run in with Seattle's finest.
So glad Major got to meet Gilda and Liv finally got to meet Rita!
posted by plastic_animals at 6:06 AM on February 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by plastic_animals at 6:06 AM on February 25, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, nice to see you again, Enrico Colantoni! And in a law-enforcement job, no less.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:04 AM on February 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:04 AM on February 25, 2016 [5 favorites]
Maaan this episode had me on the edge of my... couch!
SO MANY THINGS, I don't even know where to begin! So I'm just gonna say that I really hope that girl doesn't just get away with murder.
posted by numaner at 3:00 PM on February 25, 2016
SO MANY THINGS, I don't even know where to begin! So I'm just gonna say that I really hope that girl doesn't just get away with murder.
posted by numaner at 3:00 PM on February 25, 2016
"Hey, look, it's Abigail Hobbs!!"
Kacey Rohl is all over my television lately. This, The Magicians, The X-Files.
"Also, nice to see you again, Enrico Colantoni!"
He's great and I love him in everything. He was so good on Person of Interest. And of course I just loved him in Veronica Mars. It took me a long time into watching VM before I realized he was the main alien in Galaxy Quest. He's a very good actor and I think he should get more and bigger roles.
In this, however, the character was kind of broad and off-key. I wonder if that was intentional.
"So I'm just gonna say that I really hope that girl doesn't just get away with murder."
That felt like an unfinished story, didn't it? And I think HZSF may be onto something with the suspicion that we'll see more of that retreat/seminar/commune/whatever that turned the victim into a "pod person".
I totally didn't see the immortality (?) thing coming for the ex-zombies. I don't know what that means. But it seems like something that Blaine would be pretty happy about.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 6:49 PM on February 25, 2016
Kacey Rohl is all over my television lately. This, The Magicians, The X-Files.
"Also, nice to see you again, Enrico Colantoni!"
He's great and I love him in everything. He was so good on Person of Interest. And of course I just loved him in Veronica Mars. It took me a long time into watching VM before I realized he was the main alien in Galaxy Quest. He's a very good actor and I think he should get more and bigger roles.
In this, however, the character was kind of broad and off-key. I wonder if that was intentional.
"So I'm just gonna say that I really hope that girl doesn't just get away with murder."
That felt like an unfinished story, didn't it? And I think HZSF may be onto something with the suspicion that we'll see more of that retreat/seminar/commune/whatever that turned the victim into a "pod person".
I totally didn't see the immortality (?) thing coming for the ex-zombies. I don't know what that means. But it seems like something that Blaine would be pretty happy about.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 6:49 PM on February 25, 2016
I got the sense he was already sliding into zombism before Boss showed up--hence Blaine asking Candy to open bottle after bottle of wine.
I think the cult thing is going to be a plot thread (probably in S3?) but I suspect that the daughter is gone. On a episode where nothing seems to go right for our heroes (and very charismatic villain), it's only natural that the case of the week wouldn't be a winner for Clive and Liv either.
posted by thecaddy at 6:58 PM on February 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I think the cult thing is going to be a plot thread (probably in S3?) but I suspect that the daughter is gone. On a episode where nothing seems to go right for our heroes (and very charismatic villain), it's only natural that the case of the week wouldn't be a winner for Clive and Liv either.
posted by thecaddy at 6:58 PM on February 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
Yeah, he couldn't taste the wine properly but didn't want to admit to himself that what it needed was a ton of hot sauce.
Plus, the thing where he zombified Candy via sex.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 7:49 PM on February 25, 2016
Plus, the thing where he zombified Candy via sex.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 7:49 PM on February 25, 2016
"Plus, the thing where he zombified Candy via sex."
I didn't realize she wasn't already a zombie.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:11 PM on February 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I didn't realize she wasn't already a zombie.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:11 PM on February 25, 2016 [2 favorites]
I honestly couldn't have told you whether she was or not based on my memory of past episodes, but Blaine wouldn't have willingly re-infected himself by having sex with a zombie.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 5:45 AM on February 26, 2016
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 5:45 AM on February 26, 2016
I think Candy was made up to look like a zombie in an earlier episode but I don't remember the details.
Liv's line about Ravi being the best was taken from an A.V. Club commenters weekly "Ravi is the best" comment series where they highlight one thing Ravi said/did in the episode.
posted by plastic_animals at 6:04 AM on February 26, 2016
Liv's line about Ravi being the best was taken from an A.V. Club commenters weekly "Ravi is the best" comment series where they highlight one thing Ravi said/did in the episode.
posted by plastic_animals at 6:04 AM on February 26, 2016
Heh. If it really was inspired by that, that's cool. I had to convince myself that last week's conversation between Clive and Ravi about how Clive has noticed that Liv picks up these personality traits and he "tries to just go with it" wasn't in response to my frequent ranting about this last season. It felt like a little gift from the writers to me.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 6:52 PM on February 26, 2016
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 6:52 PM on February 26, 2016
Best dirt nap visual ever.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 9:49 PM on February 26, 2016
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 9:49 PM on February 26, 2016
"Very airy, Gerry Derryberry" is the best line of the week, hands down.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:36 AM on March 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:36 AM on March 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Jesus the references to racism by police are cringeworthy. It's not that I mind thinking about it, but the one person who has brought it up that I remember is portrayed as unhinged and unreasonable. In Episode 8, The Hurt Stalker, Pam was chanting Furguson in her cell after a pot bust. Here, she's complaining about the lack of a body camera on Clive. Being upset about Furguson and what routinely happens with police is not unreasonable. Not by a long shot. But what's happening here just seems super tone deaf and clumsy unless I'm missing something. It takes me out of the show in a big way.
That said, it's nice that shit is going down. Rita doesn't seem like one to let go of a grudge, so I'm interested to see what happens next.
posted by ODiV at 7:51 AM on March 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
That said, it's nice that shit is going down. Rita doesn't seem like one to let go of a grudge, so I'm interested to see what happens next.
posted by ODiV at 7:51 AM on March 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
Didn't Blaine say something about his dad cutting off Cindy's fingers previously?!
Anyway, now we know how you re-become a zombie. God call, indeedy. I can't wait for Blaine to go after Boss now, just for kicks.
Yeah, Cher got away with it. I fear for France.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:54 AM on March 11, 2016
Anyway, now we know how you re-become a zombie. God call, indeedy. I can't wait for Blaine to go after Boss now, just for kicks.
Yeah, Cher got away with it. I fear for France.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:54 AM on March 11, 2016
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I assume that in addition to the developments in zombieland, we're going to be seeing more of that commune-thing that turned the victim into a "pod person."
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 4:18 AM on February 25, 2016 [2 favorites]