iZombie's zombies aren’t automatically transformed into mindless Romero-style shamblers or aggressive 28 Days Later-style monstrosities. The show’s name sells it short, so here’s the expanded premise: young doctor Liv Moore (Rose McIver) has a great job and a great fiancé (Major Lilywhite, played by Robert Buckley) and everything is going great! But one night, against her better judgment, Liv decides to put herself out there and socialize she’s on a party boat when an apparent zombie outbreak kicks off, infecting her and radically altering the course of her life.Īs with many genre shows, part of the fun of iZombie is how it tweaks the standard formula. Created by Veronica Mars’ Diane Ruggiero-Wright and Rob Thomas, the show is loosely based on the 28-issue Vertigo comic of the same name and admirably juggles the reliability and predictability of a crime-of-the-week police procedural with a multithreaded serial.

So imagine my surprise when I found a comic-book-derived show that I actually love: The CW’s iZombie, which is currently nearing the end of its second season. I can’t even say I “hate” them because “hate” still requires some modicum of emotional investment. I have nothing to give your Daredevils and your Gothams and your The Flashes but a gigantic Liz Lemon-class eye-roll. I tried very hard to like Jessica Jones and failed. Further Reading Netflix’s Jessica Jones is complex, funny, and super watchableĬomic book-themed TV and movie fatigue is real, and I suffer from it big time.

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