"The only bright spot is that we are left with a Jesuit in The Papacy in Rome and a Jesuit in the office of State's Attorney of Cook County!"

Maybe? I didn't get the sense that the note was plot relevant. I thought it was more what the note stood for—a final goodbye between Kalinda and Alicia that can never happen in person—than what it actually said.

We do not talk about him in this house.

So… Can Robin come back now?

I think it was more practical than anything. They wanted her in Alicia's apartment, looking at photos, leaving a note. You can't have her doing that by herself without it seeming totally sketch.

I started watching in season 3, so Kalinda was never an integral part of the show for me. And like the reviewer says, they've had her sidelined for a while. I won't miss her. If anything, I was surprised they didn't give her more time with Cary, since that's the relationship they've built up the most for her among the…

You make a good point. Not all viewings/funerals are open-casket, though. Cremations would disguise it too.

Agreed. Compared to Iris on The Flash, who serves the same function in that ensemble, Major is a huge improvement on the Vanilla Love Interest Kept Out Of The Loop, for every reason you mention.

He's a smoking hot sweetheart. What's not to love?

So where do folks stand on Lowell now? Last episode I thought for sure he was part of Blaine's operation (at least as a customer), and now I think I was wrong. It could be a feint, and the season finale could involve him turning on Liv when she least expects it, but I don't know… I guess I find him pretty charming.

I bet he didn't. She just happened to pop in, right? I think that's why they included the line about Meat Cute being close to her house, to explain why it's not a huge coincidence for her to be there.

Honestly, it's so different from the TV show I can't say. It's not really a crime procedural, it's more a comedy-horror thing. Most of characters are very different. (No Blaine, no Major, etc.—the Ravi analogue goes in a very different direction. The Peyton analogue is a ghost from the 60s.)

Loved the bone they threw to fans of the comic tonight: Ravi's "were-terrier with healing abilities" MMORPG character is not far off from his source-material analogue.

So much smarts went into Ginger's look this episode too. She knew she wasn't going to win, so she designed the funniest visual gag possible for the lip sync.

Hm. They may well be extra spiced. A zombie chef is making them, so she has an appropriately tuned palate.

The source material had a full ensemble of supernatural characters, but I admit, I'm a little surprised the show is setting up a world this densely populated with zombies. (Especially since Liv might be the only "good" one.)

Next season, name change to "weZombie." Truth in advertising!

They probably did, months ago. People's hair really can go white due to stress. The skin thing, though, yeah.

I think you're on to it. And the brain supply thing really is an issue. Liv's got easy access to Fair Trade food, but if you're not a morgue-worker or mortician, you're probably having to kill to keep yourself from going full-on shambler.

But Blaine is the villain! And there's no chemistry with him and Liv at all. Not seeing it.