This is a pretty good show, and interesting, but despite
what other reviews I've read say, it's not as good as "Veronica
Mars." Perhaps because that show, being more
realistic, and about a high school girl, was something with
which I could more easily identify. I don't know any
zombies! Also, "Veronica Mars" has some really cute guys in
it, and this show doesn't. Lastly, I just think that
show was more interesting, cool, and clever. Both
shows are made by the same people, but this one is also
based on a comic book.
Leaving VM aside, this is still a good show. It's about a
young doctor, Liv (Rose McIver), who goes to a party and
gets turned into a zombie. Her whole life changes. She has
to drop her fiancé, she changes jobs (now she works at the
Medical Examiner's office) and she craves brains. Also, she
learns that by eating the brains of dead murder victims, she
gets glimpses into their lives (and their deaths) as well as
temporarily inherits some of their characteristics or
personality traits.
Only two people know that she's a zombie: her goofy boss,
Ravi (Rahul Kohli), and another zombie, Blaine (the guy who
turned her into one). He's played wonderfully by David
Anders. Anders is always great, especially as a villain. You
may know from one of his many roles on such shows as
"Alias," "Once Upon a Time," "Heroes," or "The Vampire
Diaries." Her boss is trying to figure out if there's
a cure for her condition. She also has to hide her secret
from her family, her roommate and the cop that she helps
with solving crimes (he just thinks she's psychic).
I don't normally watch any shows about zombies, or any
shows with gross viruses that turn people into zombie-like
creatures. There are so many of them! I find them to be too
gross, and zombies creep me out. However, on this show,
there isn't as much grossness, and the zombies are generally
not slow, stupid, stumbling, creepy monsters. This
show is to zombies as "Teen Wolf" is to werewolves. It's
made them much more human and normal (and far less scary).
That's good because it means I can watch it. I plan to keep
watching it because it's an interesting crime-solving show,
and we learn a little bit more, all of the time, about how
her life is impacted by being a zombie.
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