#begging for my ravi begins episode again

[tellthemhowihope]

i cannot believe that when ravi panikkar was introduced to 9-1-1 i said OUT LOUD “oh panikkar! that name runs in my family!”

and then i still only JUST NOW put together that ravi/anirudh is also malayali

[shes-a-badkid]

I finally finished season 7 of 911 and I have things that I need to happen in season 8.

I’m gonna go by character and then just things I want to happen so strap in if you want to read my nonsense-

•Bobby- has this man ever ACTUALLY gone to real therapy? We’ve seen him talk to his priest and go to his meetings and that’s great, but like go to see a certified therapist. Please. I am actually begging.

•Athena- speaking of therapy… I love mom and dad, but I think they may need some marriage counseling. Just a tune up. (Because I don’t think mom here has ever talked about all of her trauma either, maybe even less than captain dad over there)

•May- I just want to see more of May. I miss her

•Hen and Karen- I need Henren to team up and take down the bitch. I don’t know how, but I need it. My heart says they call up Taylor and help her expose her abuse of power. (I don’t care what anyone says- I love Taylor) And I need them to get Mara back.

•Eddie- THERAPY! So much therapy. Solo therapy, family therapy, therapy that specializes in ptsd, maybe even therapy that specializes in religious issues… also please, we are all begging you to come out of the closet. And once you do, I do want Buddie to happen, but I kind of want Eddie to have his gay hot boy summer.

•Chris- honestly, I want this boy to stay mad for a bit. He deserves it. But I also want him to realize that his grandparents are toxic. Like maybe he realizes that, comes home, but he’s still mad and it SHOWS. Then, Eddie and him go to therapy. Maybe he vents to Buck and Buck is like trying to be neutral.

•Buck- I want him to move in with Eddie to help him not totally spiral (maybe that’s the catalyst for Tommy and him breaking up), and maybe he lets Bobby and Athena stay in his loft until they find a place. Other than that, he is doing surprisingly well and that frightens me for him…. Ooohh maybe, while Eddie is having his gay hot boy summer he gets all flustered and jealous and finally realizes he’s in love with Eddie.

•Chimney and Maddie- They need to continue to be happy and beautiful and adorable. Maybe we get another Madney baby. But, they can just continue with the good, happy married vibes.

•Ravi- just give me Ravi main. I will pay you. PLEASE. Just give it to me. And a Ravi Begins episode

•Gerard- I, personally, would love to see the team drive this man into an insane asylum or a grave. Just saying

-NOW- general things I want to happen

•Bottle episode- full episode at the station, no calls. Just silly station antics. Maybe someone is keeping a secret and this is when it all comes out. I saw someone talk about this in regards to Buddie- like they just go together and are kind of just seeing how it goes still and keeping it on the down low and they keep almost getting caught like holding hands or stuff like that and they make it through the whole slow shift and JUST as they are leaving they think they make it and they go to get into like Bucks jeep or whatever and they just barely kiss thinking no one sees except like everyone of course sees they just don’t know it and that’s how the episode ends. I don’t remember who it was but I would love that episode. Plus I just love a bottle episode.

•another good Chimney/Karen bonding moment. Like it was so cute and funny when they got drunk together when they thought Hen was up to something

•any scene with Maddie and Eddie together actually speaking to one another. I would love it if Maddie straight up calls Eddie out about his crush on Buck, but that’s just me

•Bobby having a friend that isn’t his wife or team. I know why the actor playing Michael is gone and that whole issue, but I miss their friendship/chemistry. His team (especially Buck) are most like his kids. He needs someone he can get into shenanigans with again

•more Buck/Hen scenes. We deserve them. They always have such cute scenes and we need more

•Chimney making fun of Eddie’s mustache

[eddiegettingshot]

okay. mourning s1-s4 tim minear anon here. just finished my season 3 rewatch and ohhhhh boy oh boy. honestly I could write so much about that finale alone because s6 and s7 have made me forget what a good finale can be (athough I will say that the s3 finale has me thinking a wholeeee bunch of insane things about the s7 finale like buddie things and how the writing choices are were insane (complementary) that I will not elaborate on here because Im already rambling too much about how good s3 is). but genuinely all the character arcs were SO GOOD this season its insane. athena (hate the copaganda here but the general emotional journey with athena and athena/may): establishing what being a cop means to her -> showing that not even the murder of her fiance could sway her from policing and finally arresting the man that did it -> experiencing something traumatic first hand that makes her question her ability to do the job again. and then may: hating what her mom does, going as far as to write her college essay about it, then insisting on taking the pictures with her mom for prom despite her injuries from policing/not being ashamed of her. and also appreciating it to the point of also wanting to help people but as an acab truther pursuing a different way of doing it (911 operator. also imagine they made may a cop thank god that didnt happen lmao). michaels feeling of loneliness and isolation leading up to his diagnosis, then ending the season by meeting his endgame and knowing he gets to live. buck starting the season being insecure about losing his place with the 118 and being the person left behind again and ending the season confronting the last person who left him + feeling secure in his relationships with the 118. bobby's refusal to let buck do anything at the beginning of the season due to his injury + general recklessness vs doing buck's suggested rescue to save both victims. both the henren IVF/fostering arc AND the hen arc were great and thank god because the henren of it all was seriously lacking before this season. but hitting the girl with the ambulance -> reconnecting with her first rescue -> introducing her issues with Drs and their ability to listen and help patients to their full ability -> pursuing med school SO GOOD. and remember when madney used to get character arcs UGHH soooo good. developing chim + his mom/albert/his dad more. having maddie actually confront what happened with doug via therapy (btw maddie stalker plot good example of how to do an insane storyline well!!). this leading into the love confession and also the conclusion/start to the pregnancy arc they set up in !!! episode 1 !!! them not just dropping the josh arc completely after the heist trauma he suffered and seeing it through to a satisfying conclusion. and like I do have one nitpick in hindsight like the eddie arc was so good up until he got caught in the fighting ring and he cried about the divorce and then it was just never brought up again in favour of doing the mini chris stories in 3x10/3x12/3x15. like you literally had a chance to address and conclude eddie's mourning shannon arc in eddie begins or the episodes surrounding that and just didnt LMAO idk maybe they had plans and it got scrapped for the buck/red/abby arc because connie agreed to come back because really it was the only thing that did not feel concluded relative to literally every other character arc this season. anyways where is this tim. TIM WAKE UP!!! come back and give your characters arcs!!! one thing that is super obvious from rewatching the early seasons is there is still SO MUCH interesting stuff to explore with these characters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am begging please give eddie a story with a satisfactory conclusion please give maddie and chim stories please stop torturing hen and karen via fostering/adoption please conclude a buck plot in satisfactory fashion please have bobby and athena explore his past properly please make ravi a main

ohhhh my god THIS MADE ME MOURN S3 TOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 what the fuck COME BACK TIM 😭😭😭😭😭 i want him BACK 😭😭😭😭😭

[subtlehaz]

there’s so so much still to explore s8 like I have so many thoughts oh my god

Mara !!!!! and that bitchy councilwoman

Gerard obvs 😒 sidenote: do we think he’s in cahoots with the councilwoman from hell and why did the chief do fuck all to protect the 118?? do we think the chief is also in cahoots bc he wants to run for office? the speculation is speculating

Mr. Eddie Diaz absolute menace to himself and others: still needs to accept that a) Shannon wanted a DIVORCE and B) THE WILL and C) Christopher coming back and repairing their relationship omfg pls put them in family therapy I beg I want my faves reunited D) I want him speaking more Spanish !!!!! we got a tiny little ‘dios’ this episode but still

Buck ??? pls for the love of god let this man exist outside his love interests I wanna see him succeed in life and hobbies and work and peace and NO ROMANCE FOR A MINUTE for gods sake give him a dog or something but not another LI

Bobby like,,, can we get some confirmed closure idk like man’s was suicidal one episode then almost died and now is back within the next episode has he PROCESSED HAS ATHENA HAVE I

MAY AND HARRY back together again!!!! pls expand their storylines like how was Harry??? Not home during the fire was he having a sleepover like omg

Madney. Let them live. Let them remain happy moisturized at peace. I want a goofy gossip episode of the dream team and Jee like keep them wholesome it’s the least you can do after their bs wedding

RAVI MAIN RAVI MAIN GIVE US RAVI BEGINS

I miss captain mehta I wouldn’t mind a visit from him. or Linda in dispatch. oh my god or Josh??? we haven’t seen most of dispatch since the wedding? I’m sad

just. idk fighting actual fires lmao. I miss when they all did their actual jobs. I miss when we got the goofy 9-1-1 calls at the start of the ep and the super emosh voiceovers at the end of the episode like that’s when we were a real country

OH MY GOD ALBERT

also:

will we ever circle back to Denny’s father storyline? will Hen’s mom ever return?

is sperm donation baby gonna make a comeback? bc the top 5 recap promo before this season started brought that up and I haven’t forgotten 911 Instagram I haven’t forgotten 10 bucks says it serves to remove Tommy when Buck learns he doesn’t want kids

okay that’s it thank u for reading my brain blast

[lonelychicago]

hey april!! it’s so nice to see u on my dash again :)

for the sleepover weekend: how have you been lately? and what’s one thing you want to see in s7 for each of your favorite characters?

hiii rae babes!! it's nice to be back! :))

i've been tired and bored out of my mind but also good?? i think i just needed a break from my phone.

and i just want to see them all happy bit also going through the worst of horrors. im so excited to watch big emergencies and im BEGGING for some big eddie angst. i also would love to see ravi being a more prominent character and maybe even having a ravi begins episode.

i also cannot wait for madney's wedding and i would love to see them with jee?? just in domestic bliss or something.

hope you're doing okay MWAH

sleepover weekend

[truthbeetoldmedia]

iZombie 5x11 "Killer Queen" Review 

As iZombie creeps toward its series finale, we are getting our last tastes of brains as our heroes get closer to a cure than ever before. This episode managed to juggle a case-of-the-week while also doing a fair amount of table setting for the finale, even if some aspects were anti-climactic. 

While the last few episodes have had murders that tie directly into the progressing plot or were a result of the existence of zombies, this week’s case was pretty isolated from the rest of the episode. Other than Liv’s sole, crucial vision, it seems as if this murder could have been solved on any other show. An aging drag queen, Mike, is murdered with a six-foot string of pearls, sending Liv and Clive down a rabbit hole into old school drag queen culture. It gives Liv the opportunity to gussy up more than usual, via dramatic eye makeup and a wig with impeccable finger waves. There’s a conflicting consensus among the group on her look — Clive calls it a “bold choice” while Ravi remarks that it’s “A bit more reserved than I was expecting, frankly.” Despite being suspicious of the new queen in town, Bitchcraft, it turns out to be the drag queen’s performing and business partner for 20 years, Gary, who is the culprit. Mike was planning on selling the drag bar to turn it into a parking lot, and Gary could not abide to lose his home and family to such a business decision. A very specific Cher outfit ends up being the smoking gun, which Liv, with her new found keen drag queen eye, was able to spot. 

While Clive and Liv are getting schooled on the nuances between traditional and mainstream drag queen conventions, Major and Ravi get a much more action star plot in this episode. Another murder case down at the station tips Liv off to a cure that’s been floating around, and she and Ravi are able to trace it back to the Freylich brains. Ravi makes Major a sushi dinner to ask for his help, but it turns out Major doesn’t need much convincing to basically play James Bond. He whips out his hopelessly charming smile to get a contact from a young woman named Clarissa Bates and puts a tracking device in a business card. (The best part of being in charge of Fillmore Graves is “the toys,” he gushes.) He and Ravi stake out where they think the Freylich kids are being smuggled from, decked out in black beanies and big coats. Ravi finds the van with all the kids while Major gets in a close range shootout. Ravi drives the van into their assailant, and then uses it as a getaway car, with all the kids in the back. 

Ravi has been feeling so guilty about the Freylich brain discovery, and I have to say, seeing all the kids in the van with their mouths duct-taped was pretty disturbing. It certainly puts a visual on the horrible operation Blaine has been running. While Ravi is stealing the Freylich kids out from Blaine’s nose, Blaine figures out that Don E has been smuggling brains for Fillmore Graves behind his back. He’s angry, but halfway impressed. This coincides with the day of Don E’s and Darcy’s wedding. Don E gathers his friends and the bagpipe player to the bar, dressed to the nines, ready for holy matrimony, when Blaine quietly tells Don E to follow him. When Blaine leads Don E to the back, it seems like he’s setting him up for some kind of payback, but then it’s revealed Darcy has passed away. She’s peacefully lying on the couch, dressed her wedding dress. Blaine coldly tells Don E that Darcy has to go to the client soon, but Don E should take his time. 

All of this was so heartbreaking. I felt like neither Don E or the audience got a real moment to say goodbye to Darcy, which is a bummer. But it also casts a suspicious light over her death. Although we knew her Freylich brain would take her too young and too soon, you can’t help but wonder if Blaine had hastened the process. It would certainly be in his character to do so, as Ravi has taken his other potential Freylich cures, and Blaine has motivation to want to hurt Don E now. It seems as if Darcy died with no sign of struggle, but I have a hard time believing it. Don E has emerged as one of my favorite characters this season, and I’m interested in where he will end up when the show ends. Darcy burned bright and quick, but I enjoyed her time with us. On the other hand, I hope Blaine gets his comeuppance in a few weeks. 

What seems to have the biggest impact on the endgame going forward is Ravi and Liv’s discovery of Martin’s operation. Right as the episode starts, they flee into the night with the original recipe of uptoipium, as well as the knowledge that Martin and Enzo have a full army of Romeros. Ravi tells Liv that he can send the uptiopium to Charlie at the CDC to find out more.  Martin and Enzo find the tamperings Ravi and Liv left behind, and move their operation. That doesn’t stop them from moving some important pieces their game plan. 

It’s still a little fuzzy to me what Martin’s end goal is. Martin seems to only be driven by revenge, to get back at humans for hating zombies by creating more and more zombies. We never really see what the root of that anger is from. Sure, tensions are high between humans and zombies in general, but Martin seems to have a lot more agency in this situation than he claims. After all, he started this whole mess! He also believes that zombies are more superior to humans, but there’s really no other basis for this belief other than he accidentally created a way to live undead. 

When Martin is wishy-washy on pushing forward some of the details, Enzo tells him he’s being soft, and Liv has been a bad influence on him. Martin gives the okay to have their hostage, Graham’s boyfriend Stephen, killed. It cannot be understated what a terrible, awful, logistical mistake this is on Enzo and Martin’s part. Stephen comes through the morgue, which alerts Liv of his connection to Graham. Since Graham has no incentive to stay loyal to Martin and Enzo, he tells Liv about Riley, the double agent coyote. Riley had just left for a smuggling mission  Liv hadn’t been tuned into, and as it turns out, it was a way for zombies to leave Seattle to infect a much bigger number of people. Liv immediately calls Martin, and begs him to call it all off. Martin tells Liv, “You’re a good person and suffer when others do,” which is why all of this is upsetting to her. For a moment, it seems like Liv might have won Martin over, but then Enzo shows up. Frustrated with his inaction, Enzo executes Martin, with Liv watching the whole thing. 

Unfortunately, I found this to be a little underwhelming. When Martin was introduced at the beginning of the season, it was supposed he was some kind of unstoppable force of evil. Reintroducing Graham into the mix reminded me of that first initial meeting, when Martin and his goals were still shrouded in mystery. As episodes went on, he became a less and less formidable presence. It was humanzing to see him try to be Liv’s father, but it undercut the sinister vibe significantly. I was hoping to see more of a heartbreaking showdown between Liv and Martin. With this latest development, it has effectively (and perhaps unwittingly) made Enzo the Big Bad for the entire series. I’m not sure this was the strongest choice they could have made, but with two episodes to go, I’m hopeful iZombie has a little extra twist up its sleeve to close us out. 

Final thoughts:

“When have I ever been anything but professional?” Clive looks like he could cite several years of grievances to this comment. 

This was a good episode for Liv’s wigs, which I would expect nothing less for a drag queen episode 

The biggest laugh for me this episode was when Liv admonishes Jenkins for pulling an image from the security footage of a drag queen that was so obviously “not Cher!!” 

Graham finding out that Stephen had died was absolutely devastating. Graham was underutilized this season, in my opinion. 

I missed Peyton. As interesting as the Ravi and Major plot was, it would have been so exciting to have her come along, as well as Liv. I hope the four of them get some key group moments before the series ends.  

Also, where is Bozzio? I want to see the baby! 

Lots of gays buried in this episode. Along with the attitude towards sex workers in a previous episode, sometimes iZombie can use disappointing, regressive tropes. 

I thought the Renegade plot would be much more front and center this season, but I wonder if they weren’t sure what to do with it in the midst of everything else going on. Seeing Liv back at their headquarters again was a little jarring, as we haven’t paid it a visit in a few episodes. 

Haley’s episode rating: 🐝🐝🐝.5

iZombie airs Thursdays at 9/8c on the CW.

[tenebraetrash17]

Ravus Nox Fleuret-Last Rites: An Observation.

Fight me Ravy-oli!!

Alright! It's time for some observation once more. While it is stated in the description of Ravus' tech ability that it is a "Magitek source" I feel as if it doesn't add up. Don't get me wrong, it's fully possible that Ravus is using Magitek weaponry to activate his lightning bolts.

But, why is it purple? If we've seen anything from the Magitek, it's that what ever is powering them......

It has always been red.

There are no instances hinting otherwise, not even in Episode Prompto, where it would have been seen!

"But Silver!"You might say, "If it's not Magitek, then what is it?"

An excellent question, dear reader! Although, you probably didn't ask it to begin with.

Take a look at the name:

Last Rites.

Definition Of Rite

1 : a : a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony

b : the ceremonial practices of a church or group of churches

2 :a ceremonial act or action initiation rites

3 :a division of the Christian church using a distinctive liturgy

( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rite )

Does that sound like a mechanical function to you?

No, it is a act of holiness. And what is Ravus descended from?

The line of Oracles. Perhaps the holiest bloodline in Eos.

Ravus also says some very specific things throughout the game, such as:

"Power of the storm surges through my blade!"

And earlier than that:

"So, you've received the storm's blessing."

I always thought that Ravus knowing about Noctis acquiring the Mark of the Fulgarian was rather strange, but then again, A HUGE LIGHTNING BOLT TOTALLED THE BASE so I guess he would have noticed that something was different. But what if the reason he knew is because the Bloodline he comes from is, in a sense, bonded to it?

What am I getting at with this? I must beg that you look to the crest of the royal family of Tenebrae.

Does that seem familiar at all?

The staff of Ramuh, also known as:

And what color is his lightning?

A vibrant violet, just like the lightning Ravus wields.

I think that these things are far too similar to be written off as just a gift of the Magi(tek) as we have heard in the past that Ravus' super strength is possibly due to him being Oracle born, so who's to say that isn't the truth?

[truthbeetoldmedia]

iZombie 5x10 "Night in the Zombie City" Review

With just three episodes of iZombie left, we are inching closer and closer to the truth about the cure, and characters are going to more drastic measures as time ticks on. 

For this week’s murder, a young sex worker and private eye detective are killed back to back. Liv eats the detective’s brain, bathing the episode in noir. Sad saxophones, light bars across the eyes, and long trench coats. A thunderstorm plays in the background for the whole episode, making every scene feel like a dark and stormy night. The power goes out in the station, giving it a 50’s black and white movie vibe. Bunny, the sex worker, was one of Candy’s girls, so the investigation naturally winds up at Don E Be Good’s. All signs point to the waitress, Jane, who ends up returning to the scene of the crime. Blaine confronts her near the bar, and right before Jane is about to shoot him, Crybaby comes in and knocks her out cold. Blaine eats her brain in hopes of finding out more, and he has a vision. The private eye detective had managed to secure a cure for Bunny, and Jane caught wind of it. Trying to steal the cure for herself, she killed both of them. Of course, getting another cure would be in Blaine’s best interest, and so he eats Jane’s brain in hopes to figure out where she stashed the cure. 

Blaine and Liv cross paths at the private eye’s office while working on the case, but tensions finally boil over between the two when they are looking for the cure in the kitchen of Don E Be Good’s. Peyton gets Liv to come out drinking, and Peyton drowns her sorrows and delivers wobbly karaoke. The fun comes to an abrupt end when someone tells Peyton that she was a bad mayor. She tells him exactly what she thinks about that by sockin him right in the mouth. A huge bar fight breaks out. “Seriously? On karaoke night?” Don E moans. If only he knew the knockout, drag-out Liv and Blaine were having in the back. This is certainly not the first time that these two have come to fisticuffs, but this time it gets ugly. Crybaby intervenes again, with more intentions to kill. Right before he brings the bat down on Liv’s head, Clive comes to the rescue. Blaine throws Crybaby under the bus for Jane’s murder, which is what Blaine does, and Crybaby truly should not be shocked about it.

 Peyton is also arrested. Poor girl is clearly having a hard time dealing with not being mayor anymore. Now that she’s off the hook for all of Seattle’s problems, what else does she have to do? “Did I ever tell you I wanted to be a paleontologist?” she tells Liv. “Seems hard to get fired from that job.” I hope in the next three episodes, Peyton can get her groove back, rather than taking up an extended stay in Margaritaville and getting arrested for bar fights. 

Another character who has been under a lot of stress lately, as well as a new relationship, is Don E. In a bought of frustration, he calls the murders a “hassle” for business, which rubs Darcy the wrong way. Confused about what he said, Liv soothes him while sipping on hard liquor. “Dames got you dizzy, Don E. It’s what dames do.” He has a sweet moment with Candy, where she encourages him to get Darcy back, and it seems a little bit like a final goodbye. Candy has been an unsung hero of this series. She has never had a full plot on her own, unfortunately always at the mercy of the unethical men in her life. We aren’t often in tune with her thoughts and feelings, but she has been with us since the beginning. So when we see her steal the cure for herself and get on the back of a sexy motorcycle, I cheered out loud. Cue the Lucille Bluth “Good for her!” gif! Although it sets our heroes back, yet again ending an episode cure-less, I can’t help but feel like out of all the people to get one of the rare original cures, Candy deserves it the most. Be free, Candy! 

Darcy agrees to speak to Don E, and she tells him that she was angry at his reaction to Bunny because his chief concern was finding a replacement for her. Darcy doesn’t have much time left, so she was worried that would be Don E’s reaction to her death as well. Don E has matured the most out of any character on this show, and so when he tells Darcy that he’s hardened by all the death in his life, but still loves her, it feels like a hard won, vulnerable moment from him. He asks Darcy to marry him, which was the perfect mix of corny and sweet. At first I was sure that we would see Darcy die by the end of the season, but I’m beginning to wonder if the show has a future for these two after all. If there’s any zombies standing after Liv and Martin’s showdown, that is. 

Ravi wastes no time telling Liv the truth about her father, that he also, in fact, is Father of all Zombie-kind. In turn, she wastes no time confronting him about it. Not only is she angry that he withheld something so major, it also means he holds the key to the cure. He created the recipe for utopium that could be the solution to all their problems. He quickly tells her that he was high all the time in those days, so there’s no way he remembers the recipe. The audience knows this isn’t true, and it’s only a matter of time before Liv and the group find out. But not before Ravi lapses judgement a little and tells Martin he was testing rats with Max Rager, the energy drink that gives extreme psychological effects. When it’s paired with utopium, it turns people into zombies. Ravi explains that it stimulants the frontal cortex. Martin seems incredibly interested at this piece of information, and we found out later that Max Rager is the last piece of the puzzle that he needs to control his army. 

At Fillmore Graves, Major is begging for a distraction from the negotiations with the government. His second gives him a note that the keycard system needs to be replaced. While she mentions that it’s “just boring stuff,” it turns disturbing fast. Major catches a janitor with a huge carton of Max Rager with two keycards. When Major tells him that he wants to ask him some questions, the janitor runs into a shower hook, impaling his brain rather than talk. When Ravi hears what the janitor was trying to steal, he brings up to Liv the conversation he had with Martin. Liv proposes sneaking into Martin’s house while he’s in an AA meeting, and boy do they hit the motherlode. Not only do they find the exact recipe from the night of the yacht party that created the first zombie outbreak, but they find the army too. Ravi pulls aside the curtain, hoping for an escape route, and finds a pack of Romeros staring back at him behind a cage. 

Meanwhile, two of the weakest plots of the show finally meet each other and seem to resolve. As a little recap, Hi Zombie is the webseries that Peyton got fired for funding. The premise is two families move in next door to each other — one human, one zombie — and they root out all the stereotypes they have against each other. Every clip or scene we’ve seen of this show has been didactic and a little forced, but surely it was a plot device to build some kind of crucial bridge. The threat of nuclear warfare has been looming over New Seattle for quite some time now, and I mean a long time now. I understand this is a big decision, but it’s been stretched to the point of taking the wind out of the story’s sails a bit. I never actually believed that New Seattle would get nuked, and now we know it’s probably not going to. Why? All because of Hi Zombie! The chairman walks in on her grandson watching the show, and leans over to watch it with him for a while. Over the course of the evening, she has a change of heart about the zombie community. When it comes down to a vote on whether or not to nuke the town, she breaks the tie by voting no. “They have the capacity to become monsters” she says, but she can’t base her vote on “for fear for what they might become.” All of this is certainly not good enough for General Mills, who pays a phone call to our favorite local criminal, Dolly. These two make a toxic team up, for sure, but how will they factor in to the grand finale?

Final thoughts:

Ravi does an amazing noir detective monologue that I can only assume is based off Harrison Ford’s Bladerunner voiceover 

Was it just me, or was there extra alcohol in this episode? 

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead” “You’re already dead.” It seems unbelievable to me this joke hasn’t been played yet 

“We’re not talking about your book. By the book. My book.” I’m going to miss Malcolm Goodwin rolling with every brain swing. He’s exasperated by a brain nearly every week, but this one particularly got under his skin. He tells Liv she’s off the case until she eats a brain tube, but that certainly doesn’t stop her. 

“That was just a love tap!” 

I always feel frustrated when this show uses terribly dated language, like “hooker” and “junkie.” It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

“The classic lamp reveal.” Finally, a brain that matches Blaine for his dramatics. 

Don E’s laugh when Peyton starts singing is pure iZombie 

“We’re going to Don E Be Good’s.” “Good’s enough!” Again — so obvious but brilliant. 

Haley’s episode rating: 🐝🐝🐝🐝

iZombie airs Thursdays at 9/8c on the CW.