TV #22 of 2017:
iZombie, season 3
I really love the way iZombie’s seasons are self-contained storylines – creator Rob Thomas has likened them to books in a series – that inevitably blow up their premise in the finale to set up a brand-new status quo for the next season to dig into. The fallout from the season 2 meant (among other things) that this was the first season where all of the main cast was in on the zombie secret, which opened up all sorts of interesting new story angles. Plus it’s just always nice for a show to grow up like that – I’ve lost count of all the shows like Buffy and Arrow that improved considerably once they let all of the major characters in on whatever the big secret identity is, but I feel like iZombie is probably going to fall into that category when we look back on the show. Now, this season itself was a little bit overstuffed, and the emotional beats were seldom given enough time to land, especially in the finale. But that finale, as expected, shook up everything we’d come to expect from the show, ushering in a brave new world of zombies for season 4. Bring it on.
★★★★☆
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