While Ravi and Peyton have seen a variety of Liv’s zombie personalities before, Major has never really experienced what it’s like to be around Liv when she’s so drastically different, and it understandably makes him a bit nervous. However, the main problem between the two of them isn’t caused by her sudden interest in death and darkness, but his lack of honesty with her. Although Major agrees with Liv that they should be truthful with one another 100% of the time (a discussion that they have in the opening moments of “Abra Cadaver”), he continues to harbor secrets from her, and not just about how he truly feels about her constantly switching personas, but also about the zombies that have gone missing, a subject that Liv directly brings up to Major after she and Blaine begin working together.
And while the lack of transparency between Liv and Major (which leads to the heartbreaking final scene of him sneaking upstairs without even saying hello to her) supplies much of the emotional drama of this week’s iZombie, her new partnership with Blaine provides much more of the humor and fun that we see from the series on a weekly basis. Rose McIver and David Anders are absolutely electric together in their scenes throughout “Abra Cadaver,” with Liv and Blaine’s witty back-and-forth and different methods of investigating being both entertaining and engaging. Sure, it’s a ton of fun hearing Blaine call Liv “Zombie-Wan Kenobi” and watching the two of them dig through the files in Bozzio’s house, but what makes their interactions truly work is the fact that what they’re doing matters. Unlike the somewhat forgettable case of the week (although the way that Liv catches the culprits is hilarious and memorable), Liv and Blaine looking into the zombie disappearances is important, not only because it begins to directly connect both of them to Season 2’s larger Max Rager plot, but also for the future emotional implications of Liv discovering that Major has been the one kidnapping these people.
That’s the beauty of what’s happening right now on iZombie: everything is connecting together, and not in some convoluted way. From Liv forging the FBI report Clive and Bozzio ordered to Major’s lies to even Peyton’s flirtation with Blaine, all of the stories, big and small, in iZombie Season 2 are beginning to link up, and even though there’s not a clear destination in sight (especially with wild cards like the unknown woman who leaves the package of Bozzio’s doorstep), it continues to be one hell of an exciting and entertaining ride to get there.