I Love a Mystery!

As my profile states, I have always been a big fan of mystery. In literature, I began with the Hardy Boys, skipped right over Sherlock Holmes and went to Hercule Poirot. There is something fun about cold-blooded murder. Much of this is the fault of my upbringing. Mom was a … Read More

iZombie S2:E11 Fifty Shades of Grey Matter

Get out your cold showers! Liv has eaten the brain of a murdered librarian, who has written a novel about the sexy adventures of a slutty flight attendant. The book’s title: “The Upright Position.” Here is a sample of the dialog from the book: “I’ll show you why they call … Read More

iZombie S2:E9 Cape Town

  First, the title. It has nothing to do with South Africa. It has everything to do with the murder victim, a shop teacher by day, a crime-fighting vigilante, named The Fog, by night. His catch phrase is a thing of beauty. “Tonight, I am thick with justice!” The Fog … Read More

iZombie Season 2, Episodes 7 & 8 and Recap

    I have mentioned that last season, the zombie story moved very slowly, letting out little bread crumbs for everyone to follow. The first six episodes were the exact opposite, with story and content gushing like a severed artery. Then we have episode seven and eight. Drip, drip, drip. … Read More

iZombie S2 E4 Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues

  Let me just say that nothing about the murder in this episode has anything to do with the zombie situation in Seattle. As it is an aspiring country singer is killed, and eating her brains gives Liv a musical voice for her pain and frustration. It also gives her … Read More

iZombie S2:E3 Real Dead Housewife of Seattle

  What you see before you is the start of a murder. This man, posing as real estate agent is about to push the woman, a lovely Trophy Wife and absolute bitch, over the edge of the view that she has from her back patio. It’s a long way down. … Read More

iZombie S2E2: Zombie Bro

Tonight’s episode deals with misery. Believe me, there is lots to go around. Let’s begin at breakfast, the most important meal of the day. And, look, there’s Major with his bowl of non-descript cereal, watching the two kids of the man/father/zombie he killed in the last episode. They are on … Read More

iZombie S2:E1 Grumpy Old Liv

  Time heals all wounds…… That seems to be Liv Moore’s mantra. Three months have passed. Evan, her brother, is still in the hospital. He is having his third operation in those three months. Liv has texted him, called him and e-mailed him. No answer. She finally goes in to … Read More

Hannibal’s Last Meal: Does Will End up Being the Main Course?

This is a guest post by Dead Derrick. At long last, the series finale for “Hannibal” has arrived and this is my final write-up. NBC’s “Hannibal” is a series that really never should have been as great as it actually turned out to be. After all, this is a series … Read More

iZombie S1:E13 Blaine’s World

    Zombie-kateer Roll Call! Liv Moore (Rose McIver) – Pre-zombie med student, post-zombie medical examiner assistant, eater of brains, solver of crimes. After becoming a zombie, broke off wedding with Major Lilywhite, and loved and lost Lowell Tracey. Wants to kill Blaine DeBeers, who made her what she is … Read More