I seem to be saying this every week – but again we have
Clive and Liv, the brain and the criminal case all be somewhat tangential to,
well, everything else. In some ways this is because we don’t have filler
episodes – every episode the metaplot is growing and developing which just
means the criminal cases feel more and more irrelevant.
So we have a Jackass-style… I don’t even know what to
call these people? Stunt people? Prankster? Professional
faith-in-the-human-race destroyers? Either way he’s murdered by one of his
fellows. There’s much investigating and Clive, with some help from Liv’s
visions, an affair and a murder. There’s not really much to add to that recap –
I mean I can but it’s not exactly relevant. I will note, again, that we’re
definitely seeing Clive take point and show his full investigative skills far
more than relying on Liv’s abilities.
Liv ate the damn fool brains which means we have to
endure one of the more annoying Liv’s ever. She also convinces Justin – who she
is definitely dating – to join her with the brain (which she explains thatpreviously he and her date have eaten different brains and the personality hasnot always matched up) and have fun with Lawn Darts. I can’t believe there was
ever a time when we considered these appropriate toys for children. Or that any
of those children survived.
A main storyline here is Blaine’s evil dad and Donny –
Donny is getting more and more resentful of Daddy Blaine freezing him out – especially
as Daddy Blaine learns about the zombies of Fillmore-Graves which gives him
inspiration for a new high earning venture
Which doesn’t go ahead – because Blaine is still alive,
despite the bullet wounds. He plots and plans, terrorising Daddy Blaine and
Donny – until he craftily sneaks himself into Daddy Blaine’s office, killing
his minions and kidnapping his father. We get more insight as to how Daddy
Blaine was definitely never going to earn Father of the Year. Blaine is also
not going to be bribed by his evil father – refusing to take the bait of all
the money he’s going to make
Of course he also breaks my main rule of dealing with an
enemy – he fits his dad with some concrete shoes, literally, and drops him in a
well. STOP! When you have an enemy at your mercy, I don’t care how much you
want them to suffer, just KILL THEM. No more leaving them to suffer and them
inevitably escaping!
Blaine then quickly recruits Donny back on side with a
simple promise of money as he takes over his evil daddy’s business empire.
What is worth noting here is that Blaine has not only
recovered from being shot in the stomach – but he was also shot while taking
down his dad’s minions. It looks like Blaine is a zombie again (it’s hard to
tell because Blaine’s colouration never changed) – maybe if someone takes the
cure then dies they become a zombie? Which of course raises a question about
Major.
So let’s catch up with Major & co with
Fillmore-Graves. The big video from last week has gone to Youtube, but sensible
people (lead by Vivian) rightly point out that everyone is assuming the video
is fake. The military guy is very gung ho though and wants to handle “in house”.
Whatever that means is not good and Clive is definitely not a fan of it either
But Vivian is the one in charge at the moment and she
listens to Carey – a civilian’s – sensible advice. Vivian continues to show how
brilliant she is by successfully guessing that Major is not a zombie any more.
She quickly takes him off active duty and plans to meet with Ravi to discuss
the cure and it’s implications
Unfortunately Vivian is killed in a helicopter explosion –
this could be due to Harley and his zombie hating crew but it’s a bit
sophisticated for them
The main implication of this is that Vivian’s
brother-in-law, Chase Graves, takes over. Chase is much more violent (enforcing
his will over the zombies by actually shooting them – which is going to be a
problem for Major). And by his rhetoric he’s going to completely sideline the
sensible Carey and push a much more aggressive tactic – with violence and revenge
featuring largely.
His is going to be A Problem. There’s little chance of
Clive being willing to support this and the more aggressive they are the more
credibility they’re going to give Harley and his minions.
Speaking of – Liv and Ravi try to infiltrate a zombie
haters meeting. And I have to say it’s almost surreal to see Liv with
non-zombie colouration. Despite her risk taker brain she does leave before she
has to face a blood pressure/pulse test: they’re checking to see if zombies are
infiltrating their meeting
That leaves Ravi to investigate alone. It’s nice to see
him doing something that doesn’t involve stalking Peyton
