Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Post 151: iZombie: Problem Solved

I was rewatching iZombie while packing the other day and I cracked it. I figured out how to solve Liv's (main character and zombie) problem.

She gets scratched and turned into a zombie. After that she starts acting different and calls off her relationship with her ex and starts acting weird. Later in the season her brother is literally dying and she turns down giving him blood, because she CAN'T because it will turn him into a zombie (it will also probably out her as a zombie, when the Doctor tests her blood). Then she turns and walks out. Yes, it was dramatic but it will probably ruin her relationship with her mom until she tells her, if she tells her, she is a zombie. With Liv's luck, the mom will either be turned by someone else or be killed off before Liv can tell her.

What could have solved all of her problems and explained some of her behavior? AIDS. If something happened at the party and she got HIV, it might make sense that she chose to end it with her boyfriend. Maybe, she slept with someone (in her fake story). Or, maybe, instead of that when the attack was going on she was scratched and their blood got into hers, and since their were drugs at the party it wouldn't be totally unbelievable. So, solves that problem.

And this would explain her behavior because people would think that now she is upset and having to deal with the pressure of not knowing how people will react and what to do if they react negatively. And she is no longer as healthy and free as she used to be and she is thinking I might not be able to grow old or have kids or retire, so she starts trying new things in like a 'bucket list' sense. Which is exactly what she is dealing with in her zombie state! But people won't think she is crazy for this. And it will explain why she couldn't help her brother. 

Problem solved.

And interestingly, I don't know if they will discuss it but I think in the TV universe, zombie-ism would actually be a cure for HIV and AIDS, possibly even cancer. I mean, people on the brink of death have been saved and when Major was cured(?) his injuries from before had been healed. So if someone was turned whether that itself cures them or just allows doctors to take more radical measures where they don't have to worry about killing the patient (because they're technically already dead), when they are given the zombie cure they go back to being human but also with a clean slate of health.

I don't think this will be what they use. I think Liv and her mom will just never talk. I caught a few episodes of season 2 and saw that her friend is back and believes in her, but in neither episode was her mom mentioned. Considering she showed up or was mentioned in almost every episode of season 1, I don't think that's a good sign. 

Anyway, they can bring up the potential for zombisim if they have Liv explain things this way. Which I think would be interesting because right now they seem focused on getting rid of bad zombies and just curing the zombies there are. And that is, I'm sure a lot to deal with, but in medicine sometimes cures come from unexpected places and both she and Ravi are doctors, so hopefully one of them will think about more than just curing one problem and think about how it could cure many others. 

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