iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
05-02-19, 05:34 AM
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iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
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THURSDAY, MAY 2
SEASON PREMIERE
IZOMBIE
"Thug Death" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
YOUR FAVORITE ZOM-COM-ROM-DRAM IS BACK FOR ITS FINAL SEASON! - While investigating a murder case with no body and no brain to eat, the only evidence Liv (Rose McIver) and Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) have to work with is a grainy video and a little bit of blood found at the crime scene. Meanwhile, Blaine (David Anders) is up to his old tricks. Robert Buckley, Rahul Kohli, Aly Michalka and Bryce Hodgson also star. Dan Etheridge directed the episode written by Rob Thomas (#501). Original airdate 5/2/2019.
SEASON PREMIERE
IZOMBIE
"Thug Death" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
YOUR FAVORITE ZOM-COM-ROM-DRAM IS BACK FOR ITS FINAL SEASON! - While investigating a murder case with no body and no brain to eat, the only evidence Liv (Rose McIver) and Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) have to work with is a grainy video and a little bit of blood found at the crime scene. Meanwhile, Blaine (David Anders) is up to his old tricks. Robert Buckley, Rahul Kohli, Aly Michalka and Bryce Hodgson also star. Dan Etheridge directed the episode written by Rob Thomas (#501). Original airdate 5/2/2019.
05-02-19, 05:49 PM
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05-02-19, 05:51 PM
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05-02-19, 05:54 PM
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05-02-19, 05:58 PM
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05-03-19, 12:26 AM
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Glad I was wrong.
05-10-19, 11:13 AM
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05-10-19, 01:52 PM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
I still like the show but I used to love the show. Glad it is finally ending as another season to get through would have been a bridge too far.
05-19-19, 07:38 PM
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Hello, Ginger. 
Nice marshmellow reference at the memorial for (not) Weevil.
Nice marshmellow reference at the memorial for (not) Weevil.
05-23-19, 01:25 AM
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The musical dance montage was my All-Time Favorite scene from the series.
08-01-19, 06:44 AM
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The series finale is tonight.
08-01-19, 11:03 AM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
Speaking for myself, while I respect the cast, I think story-wise they've pretty much beaten this one to death (no pun intended).
08-01-19, 01:03 PM
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08-04-19, 12:41 PM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
The show was never really able to fully deal with the new reality it created at the end of season 3, with the revelation of zombies to the world at large, and then the wall around Seattle.
The procedural element became increasingly insignificant in importance compared to the other issues the show was dealing with, and thus Liv's "specialness" as a zombie. What does it matter if she can solve crimes by having visions if there are 1000s of zombies having visions, and if all zombies experience personality changes, then part of the joke about Liv's changes (everybody should just realize what is going on immediately) is out the door too.
What was a very fun little show with an appealing female lead became (what needed to be) a very high stakes dramatic situation. Making Liv Moore more important in the society by making her Renegade never paid off as intended.
Ultimately, iZombie bit off more than it could chew. If someone asked me about bingeing the show, I would say to stop with season 3. No closure, but no real let down either.
The procedural element became increasingly insignificant in importance compared to the other issues the show was dealing with, and thus Liv's "specialness" as a zombie. What does it matter if she can solve crimes by having visions if there are 1000s of zombies having visions, and if all zombies experience personality changes, then part of the joke about Liv's changes (everybody should just realize what is going on immediately) is out the door too.
What was a very fun little show with an appealing female lead became (what needed to be) a very high stakes dramatic situation. Making Liv Moore more important in the society by making her Renegade never paid off as intended.
Ultimately, iZombie bit off more than it could chew. If someone asked me about bingeing the show, I would say to stop with season 3. No closure, but no real let down either.
08-04-19, 05:35 PM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
That sounds about right. One of those shows whose concept was stretched too thin by pushing past its original premise. I doubt it would have lasted beyond 1-2 seasons if not for casting Rose McIver as the lead.
08-04-19, 09:51 PM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
The show was never really able to fully deal with the new reality it created at the end of season 3, with the revelation of zombies to the world at large, and then the wall around Seattle.
The procedural element became increasingly insignificant in importance compared to the other issues the show was dealing with, and thus Liv's "specialness" as a zombie. What does it matter if she can solve crimes by having visions if there are 1000s of zombies having visions, and if all zombies experience personality changes, then part of the joke about Liv's changes (everybody should just realize what is going on immediately) is out the door too.
What was a very fun little show with an appealing female lead became (what needed to be) a very high stakes dramatic situation. Making Liv Moore more important in the society by making her Renegade never paid off as intended.
Ultimately, iZombie bit off more than it could chew. If someone asked me about bingeing the show, I would say to stop with season 3. No closure, but no real let down either.
The procedural element became increasingly insignificant in importance compared to the other issues the show was dealing with, and thus Liv's "specialness" as a zombie. What does it matter if she can solve crimes by having visions if there are 1000s of zombies having visions, and if all zombies experience personality changes, then part of the joke about Liv's changes (everybody should just realize what is going on immediately) is out the door too.
What was a very fun little show with an appealing female lead became (what needed to be) a very high stakes dramatic situation. Making Liv Moore more important in the society by making her Renegade never paid off as intended.
Ultimately, iZombie bit off more than it could chew. If someone asked me about bingeing the show, I would say to stop with season 3. No closure, but no real let down either.
08-05-19, 08:35 AM
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Re: iZombie (The CW) -- Season 5 -- The Final Season Thread -- premieres 5/2/19
Eh, I disagree. The show was still fun to watch these last 2 seasons. Liv eating the brain of the week was always better than the serialized story.
08-05-19, 12:29 PM
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She was terrific, and really deserved more recognition than she got.
