In the fifth episode of the second season of\u00c2\u00a0iZombie<\/i>, Major proposes a change; Babineaux learns disturbing information; Ravi has a revelation. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0iZombie<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For child abuse.<\/b><\/p>\n
I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH. LET\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S TALK.<\/p>\n
Ravi<\/b><\/p>\n
You know, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust Blaine before this episode, so I definitely didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust the offer of the tainted Utopium either. In hindsight, though, I think Blaine didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust the mix that Gabriel had given him either, and thus, he set up Gabriel to reveal the truth. Tactically, it might be brilliant, but in practice, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s yet another example of Blaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s willingness to sacrifice everyone around him for his own gain. I suppose it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even sadder to me because of the hope that came with that bottle of laced Utopium. Look how excited Ravi got. Look how Liv started planning!<\/p>\n
And now they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right back where they started. At least Ravi realized that the very existence of an anti-zombie serum was so dangerous that it needed to be destroyed. Again, that suggests that Blaine really\u00c2\u00a0did<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0want to test Gabriel. Why else would he give Ravi everything he had?<\/p>\n
Babineaux<\/b><\/p>\n
So, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna just state this outright: I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if Babineaux was abused as a child or if he just has an innate disgust with child abusers, but you better believe I am perfectly fine with him kicking the shit out of RJ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dad for abusing his son. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great. Cathartic. A power fantasy! And I respect him a great deal for using the power he had access to as a police officer to get this man to stop beating his son. I recognize how weird that is to say because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so against police brutality, and yet, the context of the scene here did not trigger that anger in me. Instead, I appreciated that someone in power went after someone\u00c2\u00a0else<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0in a position of power that was exploiting it.<\/p>\n
You know, Babineaux\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a lot on his plate in this episode, and it was thrilling. Not only was this plot unfolding during \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love & Basketball,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but there was also more flirting with Agent Bozzio, which brought about his further interest in the lack of a resolution of the Meat Cute case. Given how this episode ends, I\u00c2\u00a0desperately<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0need Babineaux to know the truth about zombies. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so close! So terribly close!!! JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN, OKAY.<\/p>\n
Love & Basketball<\/b><\/p>\n
I just watched that movie for the first time in a LONG time this summer. It holds up!<\/p>\n
Anyway, not the point. Oh, Liv. OH, MAJOR. Amidst the murder case that Liv works on here \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is about how someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s risky behavior got them in over their head WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE, MAJOR \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Major tries to rekindle his relationship with Liv. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ignore the way that Liv\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s zombie-ness works as a stand-in for a sexually transmitted disease. Seriously! Think about how these characters talk about the exchange of fluids and what sort of sexual acts are fine or not. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great conversation to display so prominently, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of this show for writing a scene that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel preachy, but still nailed down the importance of communication around sex. Plus, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve all known that Liv wanted nothing more than to get back with Major for a\u00c2\u00a0long<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0time, and suddenly that reality is presented to her. So what does she do?<\/p>\n
Exhibit restraint. Consider the consequences and ramifications of her actions. Ensure that she can be good friends with Major first. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SUCH A GREAT RESPONSE. It is\u00c2\u00a0also<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0a sign of how much she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grown as a character since we first met her, and y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all know I gobble up character development for breakfast. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refreshing, yet it never feels unrealistic. Liv grew from the events of this season! IT REALLY HAPPENED.<\/p>\n
Hell, we even watch Major begin to move away from the toxic place that he was in. His personal store of Utopium is gone; he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s broken things off with Gilda. And thanks to the brain that Liv consumed this episode, she is able to push him owards a job that is perfect for him: a basketball coach for underprivileged kids. Of course, we have a complication awaiting Major. How much longer can he lie about the zombie status from the list? How can he maintain the illusion that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing his job? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my worry right now. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only a matter of time before Vaughn loses patience. And what of Gilda stealing Liv\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blood? What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to come of\u00c2\u00a0that<\/i>?<\/p>\n
The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love & Basketball\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded\u00c2\u00a0here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – I am now on Patreon<\/a>! There are various levels of support, from $1 up to whatever you want! You’ll get to read a private blog, extra reviews, and other such rewards.<\/b> In the fifth episode of the second season of\u00c2\u00a0iZombie, Major proposes a change; Babineaux learns disturbing information; Ravi has a revelation. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0iZombie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[663],"tags":[664],"class_list":["post-5860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-izombie","tag-mark-watches-izombie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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