So, if I'm reading this right, the whole "Tom James could become POTUS" thread dangled in front of us is actually suuuuuuper unlikely, even given the conditions established on the show. Right?

If Liv and the Candyman are any indication, zombies actually recover pretty quickly from injury—I assume that's part of why they can take much more damage in a fight than a normal human. I'm not sure how that works, but that appears to be the trend.

I wonder how they're going to. All they've set up for season 2 is more of the Max Rager plot and the threat of a minor zombie apocalypse in Seattle (now that Meatcute is gone). Obviously the latter can't actually happen without radically reshaping the world of the show.

I bet everyone had huge grins in the writers room when they realized the final scene of the season (Liv injecting the cure into Major with a syringe) paralleled the first scene (Liv saving the life of her patient with syringe). Symmetry, you guys!

Hey now! Cousin Oliver didn't get cut from The Brady Bunch—he showed up a few episodes before its cancellation and went down with the sinking ship.

I disagree. It's a convenient way to resolve the season-one Blaine/Major plots, and since they don't have any more source material, the scarcity it maintained.

Rob Thomas did an interview with Alan Sepinwall http://www.hitfix.com/whats… , and he confirmed Major is human again. I assume what worked for Major works for Blaine too.

Exactly! At 9:26 or so, I was amazed at what a dud this finale was so far. So happy to be corrected on that point.

I wonder. Because I think it's a different situation in some sense. Liv turned Major into a zombie in part because she didn't want to lose him for herself. And doing so disregarded his own, highly specific, negative feelings about zombies. Her brother doesn't have that baggage, and if she zombified him, it would be…

She's definitely coming back, but I wonder whether as a recurring again or a regular. Especially since now everyone knows (I have to assume Liv is going to tell her mom why she isn't going to donate), it seems weird for her to ostracize herself from her primary network of friends.

Let me ask this: are we to suppose that Liv said "No" because she wouldn't or she couldn't? Like, she took Major's words to heart and decided it wasn't her right to make her brother a zombie without his consent OR she just doesn't have the blood circulation to donate?

Loved loved loved the second half of this episode, but I really think they could have paced the mystery-of-the-week thing better, finishing it up in the penultimate episode. There's a reason this review focuses almost entirely on stuff that happened in the second half. Like, was I supposed to care for a moment if the…

It was more a statement of how popular I thought the IKWYDLS movies were among younger people than about the logistics of their watching older movies. But for the record, yes, those venues exist.

I guess I meant the focus on the relationships/sex lives of pretty young people, with a somewhat younger cast than the usual network show.

As a JtV fan, I'm very grateful that the show is getting most of the CW's mainstream critical attention (primarily all the awards and noms). I feel like it's guaranteed at least a 3-season run, maybe longer, ratings be damned.

Okay, sure. Then teen-targeted drama? I don't know what you want me to say. I feel like a lot of shows aimed at one age demo use characters in an older demo—it feels aspirational. I grew up watching a lot of kids sitcoms starring teens.

Oh dear. My post was not clear, sorry. I meant, there are multiple things the show draws from: a CW teen drama; the comic series; a lighthearted crime procedural, etc.

I know that's a rhetorical question, but I genuinely don't know what point you're making. So… no?

Yes, I was referring to target demo, not the ages of the characters. Most CW characters are 20-somethings these days, but the shows aim younger.

I think that was the scene with the other bandmate, the one Sebastian *didn't* kill. The one whose killer then targeted the drummer.