iZombie is a horror TV series created in the USA. The developers of the project are Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright. The series is partially adapted from the comic series with the same title. The comic books’ creators are Chris Roberson and Michael Allred. Every new episode of iZombie is devoted to life chronicles of Olivia Moore – a zombie with unpredictable abilities.
Plot
The action of the series is set in Seattle. The main character is Olivia Moore referred to as Liv. She attended a boat party and transformed into a zombie. Her appetite for brains makes her everyday existence almost impossible, however, she manages to satisfy her appetite for brains in the local morgue where she gets a new job.
She eats brains of dead bodies to survive. One day her boss named Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti reveals her terrible secret. In the course of the series, Ravi gets friends with Liv. Besides, Ravi is a scientist interested in Liv’s unpredictable condition.
When Liv eats someone’s brains, she gets some of the personal traits of a person who owned this brain before. She gets other people’s memories revealing secrets of their deaths. These memories are visualized after being triggered by certain places, sounds, circumstances. This ability allows Liv to aid local police department in solving mysterious murders. She pretends to be a psychic consultant. Ravi is in constant search of medicine that will treat her best friend and get her back to a normal condition.
Cast
- Rose McIver acts as Olivia Moore. She became a zombie after a party where she was attacked by a person under a rare form of drug. Now she need constant access to human brains in the morgue to somehow satisfy her hunger. When she doesn’t eat, she lose her intelligence. After eating someone’s brains, she gets flashbacks of memories of the brains’ owners.
- Malcolm Goodwin portrays a local detective named Clive Babineaux. Works together with Liv to solve the hardest cases. Velieves that Liv has psychic skills.
- Rahul Kohli portrays Liv’s boss named Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti. She knows everything about Liv and does her best to support her. She’s interested in her condition willing to help her.
- Robert Buckley portrays Liv’s former fiancé named Major Lilywhite. Liv had to end their love affair in order not to infect him. In the second season, he becomes a zombie hunter. Later turns into a zombie too.
Third Season Air Date
The series was released in March of 2015 consisting of 13 episodes in total. iZombie was prolonged for season two and released in October of 2015. It consisted of 19 episodes. On the 11th of March 2016, CW channel renewed the show for season 3 consisting of 13 episodes. The third season release date is 4th of April 2017.
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