REVIEW: iZombie – 3.06: “Some Like It Hot Mess”

“You threw off my groove!”

Was I the only one that got series finale vibes from this episode? I found it odd that every story-line got resolved and everyone (sans Blaine, sorry bud) was so close to getting a happy ending. Well after thinking about it, technically this episode could constitute as the mid-season finale.

The brain/case of the episode was to put it exactly: a hot mess. Yvonne could be described as overly forgetful, just looking for a fun time, and a lover of all things drama. Kind of like a forever teenager, but her actions had more consequences. Her death? Completely accidental by her roommate, thanks to the hair dryer falling into the tub after Yvonne slipped. Usually, I’m all for a fun brain for Liv to eat, but I think this one just left me mostly annoyed. Partly due to the fact that I know people like Yvonne (*rolls eyes*) and that Liv’s forgetfulness and extreme carefree attitude got in the way of the major story-lines (both the character and the adjective).

With the cure now in full effect for Major, the Z team is just waiting for his memory to go completely blank. Ravi is trying to preserve his B.B.F’s (best bro forever) memory for as long as he can by using flashcards. Obviously, with human!Major now in motion, we all thought we would be introduced to a new Major for at least the remaining part of this season. Boy, were we wrong.

Peyton Charles, the Ravi/Peyton/Blaine triangle is over! What are you going to do now? (Hopefully stay single for a bit?)

The turning point in “Some Like It Hot Mess” for me and I’m sure others, was Blaine confessing the truth to Peyton. Turns out the cure worked the entire time, besides the first few couple of memory-less days. For those that had theories about Blaine faking it, feel free to write in all caps “I TOLD YOU SO!” in the comments. I can’t tell what I’m more shocked over: that the writers actually went this route, or that because Peyton didn’t accept Blaine’s reasoning, he’s back to being a villain.

By the end of the episode, it’s almost like we’re back to square one with the series aka: season 1 of iZombie. Blaine’s our main villain once again, Major is human, and Lilymoore/Livjor (Liv/Major fans, what’s their official ship name?) seems to be the show’s number one ship. Plus, with Peyton feeling betrayed by Blaine, it’s goodbye love triangle!

What did everyone think of 3.06: “Some Like It Hot Mess”? I liked how captivated it kept me in the episode overall, but with that said – the majority of the development that’s been established in these past two episodes alone are now considered no big deal and should practically be forgiven. I hope with the season 4 renewal, the writers will be able to take their time planning out story-lines/plots that will move the show forward, not backward.

iZombie‘s next new episode, 3.07: “Dirt Nap Time,” airs Tuesday at 9/8c on the CW! The trailer can be viewed below.

I’m curious to find out if Blaine has any other excuses for going back to his evil ways besides “my girlfriend dumped me because I’ve been lying to her this entire time.”

Kelly Sarna

on May 13, 2017Posted in: Featured, Recaps, Reviews, Television

Tags: izombie, the cw

Angela

Posted May 13, 2017 at 4:53 PM

If Blaine had his memory the whole time, then I wouldn’t say he has suddenly returned to his evil ways. Sitting on the fact that there’s a viable cure and keeping quiet for his own interests, getting Team Z to accept him despite the fact that he murdered all of those kids, and Lowell, and HELD THAT WOMAN IN SEX SLAVERY WHO WAS STILL A MAJOR PLOT POINT THIS SEASON – that’s not like going out there and doing and spreading more evil, buuuuut it’s just letting the evil abide. He wasn’t atoning for anything he’d done, just wanting to live free of any consequences and still causing harm via his silence.

I’m disappointed in this twist for a couple of different reasons. I think it wouldn’t bother me as much if it came even later, after the show took more time to explore whether or not someone with amnesia who used to be a bad person is still that person, is still culpable for what they’d done. That was really interesting and I wish they’d explored it more.

I’m also mad about the way in which it was handled. Suddenly, poof, Ravi doesn’t look bad anymore, because he was right. Peyton apologizes to him, she’s all in the wrong, we move on. Except, no. A lot of the problems I had with Ravi’s behavior that I outlined in our article are still valid whether or not Blaine was lying. Especially because Ravi didn’t know that or believe it with any truth – the only reason the narrative really gives us for why Ravi was much slower to forgive Blaine or obsessed with the idea that he might be lying was out of jealousy over Petyon. Again, both Liv and Major have much bigger, more personal reasons to hate Blaine (because all those kids Blaine killed were ones Major worked with, and also, again, the poor woman in sex slavery), and yet neither of them were shown as obsessed with it as Ravi.

I hate that this is how the love triangle is resolved. It’s resolved because Peyton was wrong, because this woman who’s supposed to be a highly intelligent and kickass lawyer, was fooled by a man, finds out she was fooled and immediately apologizes, and now it’s over. It’s not that I dont’ think Peyton owed Ravi an apology or two, just that he owed her like 200 as compared to her two. It’s not that I don’t htink Peyton ABSOLUTELY should have broken up with Blaine, because I do. (I’m still in the camp that considering the narrative direction and character development up until this point, we should have at least had a scene with Peyton really checking in with Liv if she’s ok with Peyton dating Blaine – because, again, this is’nt just some dude Peyton’s bff doesn’t like, it’s a bad person who’s done terrible things in general and to Liv specifically who maybe has amnesia now. That one “I hope you’re not forgetting the bigger picture ONLY about my zombie cure, and again, not about all the other things terrible Blaine has done to me” doesn’t really cut it).

The things I’m asking for wouldn’t take long, either. Ravi should grovel for one scene, there should be distance between him and Peyton for a while (which honestly only has to involve them not having scenes together, we don’t have to address it), and then it would be better. But instead, the easy way out is taken. Just seems like more lazy writing to me.