Too bad it has to be about Drake possibly being dead. It’s great to see Liv and Drake’s mom bonding again.Like where they are going with Blaine’s storyline and the cure! David Anders is getting to stretch his chops even more as Blaine struggles to remember his life and we’re getting new twists on the way to understanding the cure.I can’t be the only one who thinks she’s a tad underused these days. Nice to see Dale interacting with someone other than Clive! And getting down to business re: Blaine.

Am I wrong? Or does Gilda/Rita kinda look like Liv when she’s zombied up? I nearly thought that Liv at the start of the episode! Like in-transition Liv? No? Just me?.Peyton and Liv get to work together a bunch and yeah, they get on each other’s nerves a bit, but that’s real friendship, right? In general, this is a very girl time episode, which is a way nice change of pace for a show that’s mostly Liv and a bunch of dudes (dead and living).Instead, after a brief tease of the aforementioned scenario (more on that in NOT-SO BRAINSSSY), she gives Peyton a goofy dance and then bonds with an actual stripper in the bathroom after a short-lived tiff (more on that in NOT-SO BRAINSSY as well).

Speaking of Peyton, I really like that after Liv eats the brains of the Victim of the Week (Cassidy), the show eschews the route of having her give a pervy guy a lap dance to trigger memories.

While I don’t know if I can say my fears were fully qualmed after watching “Pour Some Sugar, Zombie” (okay, super clever name/reference), I do have to say that there was a lot to love about the episode, both in terms of story and characters and especially in terms of PEYTON.

Not that I don’t trust iZombie to turn what could be a problematic situation in terms of shaming women into something special, but you never know, right? Not gonna lie, I wasn’t super psyched when I found out this week’s iZombie would see Liv eating zombie stripper brains.

Pour some sugar on may images