iZombie

A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.

iZombie (2015-2019) is an American supernatural crime comedy-drama created by Diane Ruggiero-Wright and Rob Thomas for The CW, adapted from the DC Vertigo comic. Rose McIver plays Olivia Moore, a medical student turned zombie who takes a job at a Seattle coroner's office so she can reach the brains she must reluctantly eat to keep her humanity. Each brain carries the memories of its former owner, and Liv uses those visions to crack the murders alongside medical examiner Ravi Chakrabarti (Rahul Kohli) and police detective Clive Babinaux (Malcolm Goodwin). The engine is a double life: a case of the week that must be solved before Liv's hunger, and her own conscience, forces a choice. Across five seasons of 71 episodes, the show balances standalone morgue mysteries with a longer serialized thread about the cure and the people chasing her. The tone mixes gruesome crime imagery with sharp, sardonic humor and warm friendships. Fans of Pushing Daisies, Bones and Veronica Mars will find resonance in its quirky, morally tangled take on the procedural.

Viewers broadly praise iZombie as a positively received blend of procedural crime, sci-fi and dark humor, carried by its lead performance.

• Pushing Daisiesquirky crime procedural with a supernatural hook and humor-tinged drama
• Bonessupernatural crime with a morgue or medical examiner angle and dark humor
• Veronica Marsgenre-blended serialized mystery with a lovable outsider protagonist and case-of-the-week structure
• The Walking Deadthe zombie premise with a morally conflicted protagonist and serialized mythology

Created by

Diane Ruggiero-Wright, Rob Thomas

Release Date

2015-03-17

Episode runtime

42 min

Rating

7.8 / 10 (2978)

What is iZombie about?

A medical student turned zombie joins a Seattle coroner's office to hunt killers using the memories of the brains she must eat.

What is iZombie like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of iZombie as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is iZombie violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in iZombie as mild.

What did critics think of iZombie?

Viewers broadly praise iZombie as a positively received blend of procedural crime, sci-fi and dark humor, carried by its lead performance.

Which shows are like iZombie?

Shows with a similar feel include Pushing Daisies, Bones, Veronica Mars, and The Walking Dead.

How long is iZombie?

iZombie: 5 seasons, 71 episodes.

Is iZombie still running?

No, iZombie has ended.

Where can I watch iZombie?

In United States, iZombie streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.