iZombie Season 2, Episode 15
iZombie didn’t miss a narrative beat in its first episode back from a mini-hiatus. Witty, emotional, and with a murder-of-the-week tangentially connected to the larger zombie conspiracy, “He Blinded Me… With Science” was one of the best iZombie episodes ever. Like pretty much every CW drama, iZombie was recently renewed for another season. If it continues developing its ever-complex serialized plot and character dynamics like this, it could become one of the best dramas on television… Unfortunately, before Drake can explain that he is, in fact, an undercover police officer, Major takes him out in the parking lot as part of his mission to fake-kill zombies for Max Rager. Liv is left thinking that Drake stood her up, and Drake may be temporarily removed from the zombie conspiracy altogether. This is bad news for justice, as Drake may be the good guys’ only chance to bring Boss down in a legal sense. (Although, let’s face it, Seattle is pretty much headed for a zombie apocalypse at this point, so this may be a moot point.) Major tends to give his zombie victims the low down before tucking them in for their nap. Will he give Drake the same courtesy, giving the undercover zombie a chance to argue for his continued consciousness? We’ll see.
Vaughn Du Clark shows his true colors.
The other antagonist that truly made tonight’s episode worth watching? Vaughn Du Clark. We’ve always known that Du Clark is a despicable human being, but watching him leave his daughter to die in the secret basement was next-level stuff. Du Clark seems to realize this himself, showing a sign of emotion for the first time since we’ve known him as a character. Granted, that emotion didn’t translate into action — i.e. letting Gilda into his office and apologizing — but it did seem genuine. No doubt the biggest consequence of this event will be Gilda’s potential defection to Team Zombie. We know she will be joining the ranks of the zombie population, given those scratches, but she may very well join forces with Major, Liv, or Blaine, if only to get back at her father. And, you know, if she can convince them to let her join their team. Team Liv isn’t exactly composed of Gilda’s biggest fans.
