Not even perfectionist chef brain could steer the attention away from all the wild and jaw-dropping twists.

Liv’s ruthless performance was incredible, but it was no match for the revelations that are setting the tone for the final few episodes.

We’re barrelling towards the end and wrapping up storylines, but we’re also not afraid to make some stops along the way.

In just one hour Liv’s mother returned, we met her father, and Major found out that Justin was the mole and proceeded to kill him.

Amongst all of those revelations, the case-of-the-week was the least intriguing piece.

I did appreciate that Liv solved the murder by realizing the murderer was a zombie who was on statisticians brain. And she didn’t even need her visions to give her a clue.

Jerry’s motive for killing Eleanor stemmed from the fear that she would out him to his family.

Homophobia exists for both humans and zombies.

The theme of ‘family’ carried over to Liv’s tension-filled reunion with her mother.

We’ve been wondering whatever happened to Liv’s mother as we last saw her on the show’s first season.

Turns out, they’ve been estranged ever since Liv turned her back on Evan when he was dying.

Eva was never able to forgive her daughter for refusing to give him blood.

It’s nice to see Liv and her mother finally talk about the big Z in the room — the fact that she’s a zombie.

But Liv’s explanation that she did what she did because he was hiding the fact that she was a zombie, an unpopular thing to be back then, didn’t convince Eva.

Did she at no point stop to think how hard it must have been for her daughter to be alone in her undeadness?

You would think that since Seattle is overrun by zombies she’d be a little bit more understand or compassionate.

The one good thing that came from their meeting is that Liv got some answers about her biological father.

Now, initially, it seemed like iZombie didn’t have much of a plan for bringing up Liv’s father, and the name Martin Roberts didn’t mean much until the very final scene.

Liv knocks on her father’s door and we learn that Mr. Roberts is the mysterious man responsible for the brutal slaying of the FG soldiers and whose team infiltrated Renegade’s operation.

I’ve never been more intrigued by a storyline on iZombie in my life.

Does Roberts know that Liv is his daughter? Did he know she’s Renegade? Did he purposefully set her up?

Is she the key to stopping whatever villainous plan he’s concocted?

He did say “nothing will stop us now” just before she showed up at his door meaning that Liv has the power to stop him from evoking mass destruction.

Roberts is also far from a druggy homeless person that Eva made him out to be.

Then again, he’s not a good guy either.

Roberts and his men killed half of Major’s men in a surprise ambush which led to Major’s right-hand man, Justin, being revealed as the mole.

Justin’s betrayal was surprising, but nothing was more surprising than Major shooting his former friend right in the head to save his team.

Remind me again what everyone was saying about Major being weak? He just pulled a “Chase Graves” without hesitation.

Major’s level-headed, but you do not want to see what happens when you push his buttons.

Justin’s betrayal hurt on many levels mainly because he always believed in Justin. When he was receiving backlash from the other soldiers who thought he wasn’t doing enough to curb the humans or aid zombies, Major believed Justin was in his corner.

Now, he found out that even the person he trusted most didn’t believe in his leadership abilities.

While there were many strengths within the hour, Ravi’s storyline stuck out to me because it was kind of pointless.

His fears about the Freylich Brains being hunted down were accurate as we saw Blaine dealing the brains of real live patients on the episode prior.

But instead of trying to help these children who now had a hit list on them, he put forth all his energy into helping Dr. Charles Collier reunite with her twin sister, Lyla.

There’s a possibility Lyla and Charles may be some kind of cure for the zombie infection, but if that’s the case, there weren’t any clues.

Maybe it has to do something with their mother with Alzheimer’s?

Either way, the storyline unraveled at a slow pace and only fit the overall vibe of the episode because of the family connection.

Clive was touted as the family man every woman would want as their baby daddy.

The storyline was also slightly random, but Clive deserves the recognition.

While we learned that he’s not the father of Michelle’s baby, he’s still going to be present in this child’s life somehow.

Just look at how he rushed to Michelle’s side after finding out about her injury.

It did feel slightly wrong that she put him down as the baby’s father despite knowing it was 30 times more likely that it was her ex, Shane.

If Clive isn’t the dad, why do they keep bringing her around?

Peyton, Blaine, Donny E,  and Mr. Boss were all noticeably absent from the episode.

Considering how Blaine’s takedown and the fact that Donny and Mr. Boss now work for Major, I was surprised there wasn’t a mention of any of them.

The last twist came at the end of the episode when Mills’ daughter was kidnapped.

Major needed her to schmooze up to her father and convince him to refrain from nuking the city.

If she’s missing in action and possibly in danger because of a zombie, it doesn’t bode well for anyone looking to survive.

What did you think of tonight’s iZombie?

Will they nuke New Seattle?

Will Liv change Roberts for the better?

After a somewhat rocky start to season 5, iZombie stabilized and found its focus on “Death Moves Pretty Fast.”

While the case-of-the-week was refreshing, enjoyable and highlighted Liv and Ravi’s excellent teamwork, it also started to dive into the meatier storylines, the ones that will inevitably wrap up the series as a whole.

The beginning of the end starts with Blaine’s downfall.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Blaine’s fall came on almost as quickly as his rise to riches and fame.

And it was at the hands of Al, the reporter who has been using her charm to snoop around Blaine’s mansion.

Everyone has to have a weak spot and for Blaine, it’s pretty ladies.

Al’s motives may have been murky at first, and until the end, Blaine remained fooled by her good looks, but Al is a journalist who will do anything to land the story.

She was intrigued by Blaine from the get-go since he’s touted as the “savior” of New Seattle, but her interest piqued when she saw the mask. Exposing the man who killed the Mayor would be a huge break for her.

And honestly, piecing together the puzzle wasn’t too difficult. Al didn’t have to dig deep to uncover the truth.

Blaine’s rather an open book — he doesn’t hide who he is or what he’s willing to do.

He openly talked to Liv and Ravi about being untouchable and keen to murder.

Nailing Blaine, figuratively speaking, required someone who wanted to expose the truth regardless of the damage it would do. And boy, there’s going to be some damage.

Blaine got away with his fair share of crimes. For five whole seasons, Blaine has been at the center of murders and destruction in this town.

As Al pointed out, most of it was because the town turned a blind eye to all he’s done out of necessity.

Peyton did not only because she once dated him but also because she needed to keep him around for brain shipments.

And those brain shipments are why Blaine roamed around with an aura of entitlement and invincibility.

He did whatever he wanted to and no one stood up to him because they needed him.

But how long can they allow a murderer and borderline psychopath to roam free?

Al was the perfect person to initiate Blaine’s takedown because she was impartial to him.

She wasn’t concerned about what his takedown would do to the 10,000 zombies that relied on him for food.

From the journalistic standpoint, I get it.

From the zombies need food or they’ll kill humans aspect, well, this probably wasn’t the best move on the chess board.

Al may think she’s doing the right thing because, on the surface, Blaine is your typical criminal who has gotten away with too much.

But considering that Al took a bite of Harris’ brains while paying the morgue a visit, we know she’s also a zombie.

She may not understand the deal Major and Filmore Graves made with Blaine, and she surely doesn’t understand anyone’s relationships with him, but she must understand that a brain shortage would be terrible for New Seattle, right?

Then again, someone else will surely be able to take over the operation.

Blaine was a well-connected man, but it was revealed he was working for Mr. Boss.

Plus, no matter how entertaining Blaine is and how well David Anders sells the role, Blaine deserves what’s coming to him.

It would be hard to imagine that the series would end with him getting away with everything he’s done.

Blaine is not someone that deserves a redemption arc.

Though part of me still wished Peyton would have forewarned Blaine after figuring out Al’s angle. I know they’re exes, but they were an exciting couple.

Al’s scathing piece didn’t paint Peyton in a great light either ahead of her DC trip.

From the looks of it, she was either complicit in the crimes or too blind in love to see the truth.

Both options make her look like a terrible contender for Mayor. And it doesn’t give the outside world any reason not to nuke New Seattle right then and there.

The promo for next week’s episode reveals that Blaine is in jail, but I don’t believe he’ll stay behind bars for too long.

As he was soaking in that his life had been destroyed by a woman he thought he had a genuine connection with, he saw an article pop up about a successful zombie cure.

The look on his face belonged to a man who already has his next scheme lined up.

Speaking of the cure, Ravi feels personally responsible for essentially placing a hit on children with Freylich’s Syndrome.

The cure leaking was Ravi’s biggest fear because he didn’t want people to target these children, yet he failed to inform Isobel’s mother who revealed in an article that her daughter’s death wasn’t for naught.

Ravi hoped that maybe everyone would gloss over the interview but since the AP picked it up, it’s safe to say the news has gone viral.

How do you think Blaine will take advantage of the sick children to save his own ass?

Blaine may have been absolved of Harris’ murder, but he’s not above killing teenagers for his own personal gain. We’ve seen what he’s capable of since the first season of iZombie.

Filmore Graves and Major can never catch a break.

Not only will they be dealing with a shortage of brains leading to angry zombies, but they’ll also be forced to control people hunting down sick teenagers. And on top of that, they’ve just been deemed public enemy number one thanks to Enzo.

FG discovered that the humans, CHICs, and Dead Enders were poisoning brain tubes with Alzheimer’s brain, which is pretty sly and crafty if you ask me.

Major suffered because of a bad brain tube, and Captain French took full advantage.

Major’s approach to policing the city may be controversial and viewed as weak, but Major doesn’t want to stir the pot which makes sense considering how many moving parts there are in the city right now.

One wrong move can be the wrong move.

And in Enzo’s case, it painted the whole establishment in a negative light.

Enzo resorted to violence while Major was momentarily incapacitated and it caused the humans to believe that Filmore Graves was still operating as if Seattle was a police state and disregarding human rights.

Enzo gave the Dead Enders exactly what they wanted: ammunition.

But even after “taking care of ” Enzo by locking him up in the freezer, Major realized he had another problem on his hands.

There was another player calling shots and unthawing his zombies right under his nose.

Major found himself questioning why anyone would want that, and really, we want to know as well.

We know it’s the mystery guy who has someone on the inside of Renegade’s operation, though it’s unclear what his end goal is.

As for the case-of-the-week, Clive was out of commission after slipping on a Slippery Nipple. Yep, it’s funny every time.

Liv took full advantage of Clive being gone, and it was exciting to see her take charge, even if her approach to solving a murder case was unconventional.

Utilizing Vampire Steve to dress up as the dead guy to lure out the killer was both genius and stupid at the same time.

As Liv said, it could have been worse.

But she nabbed the killer who turned out to be Harris’ best friend, Hamm.

Considering how stand-offish Hamm was about his nicknames at Harris’ party, he was my prime suspect, although Jamie, Amy’s ex-boyfriend, was a promising runner-up.

Clive may have played a limited role in the case, but his Facetime moments were quality content that provided all the laughs we needed.

High Clive may be my favorite Clive of all.

Where do you think the storyline is going? Will New Seattle prevail?

Will Ravi become motivated to find a new cure for zombie-sm?

Will Al survive till the end of the series?

That was a solid series finale. The only problem? It was never intended to serve as the series ending but rather, a season-ending.

I find that many shows run into this issue and sadly, iZombie wasn’t able to avoid it.

In the end, the cliffhanger is supposed to be Liv deciding to remain as Renegade and seeing what it feels like to smuggle in humans as it is allowed under the new Commander, Major Lilywhite.

Her boyfriend died in the line of duty, her fiancee took over the army, she became a hero and their mission was deemed a success — zombies and humans were finally living side-by-side.

Admittedly, I want to see this post-Chase Graves world too, however, I could do with just the idea that things are finally on track in New Seattle.

How many times have movies ended on an up-to-interpretation, positive note?

Season 5 is a luxury for fans but after this finale, it isn’t a necessity.

Don’t believe me?

Renegade may have become the public’s hero after word got out that Chase once again planned to execute Renegade for all her hard work and Ravi, Clive and Peyton joined forces to upload her documentary to the masses.

The public support was so grand, Graves was forced to reschedule the execution and do it privately.

But that didn’t stop New Seattle’s army led by an incognito Major and the rest of Liv’s troops from doing everything in their power to save their friend.

Peyton, as acting Mayor, took to the media to rally supporters; Clive punched Major so he went into full zombie mode and they broke in to stop the execution.

Unfortunately, they weren’t able to save Levon and Liv brutally had to watch her own boyfriend get beheaded but Major and co. served as a distraction so that Liv was able to free herself and behead Chase instead.

I hoped that he would come around and realize that his viewpoints were all skewed but he was too far gone.

Even the other soldiers realized it as they were convinced that Renegade was a good person and Graves was off his rockers.

But even though Liv’s documentary was leaked, Chase played a major role in uniting both the zombies and humans unintentionally; he gave them someone to root for and to rally behind.

He also wasn’t the only one whose reign ended on what was almost the gloomiest day in Seattle.

Brother Love followed the “signs” of God and found himself riding into his own death after leading his flock to their deaths. Did that feel a bit ineffective to you?

He was this all-powerful man but we didn’t even really get to see him die.

Granted, Blaine was partially to blame for setting his father up but in his defense, he thought it would actually work and they’d be able to take over the world with the zombies.

When Angus realized Blaine was the one behind all the “signs,” he called him out for being a coward. The relationship Blaine thought he had with Papa was gone like that and once again, he was a disappointment.

His depression didn’t last too long — and I couldn’t help but rejoice over the news that this terrible Brother Love storyline was over — because soon, he got his own sign from the big man upstairs.

When their world domination plan got thwarted, they lost thousands of dollars on all the properties that they bought. Don E explained that they would go into bankruptcy and lose all their businesses. That is until Major sent Hobbs to bring him Blaine and Don E and basically declared them the cities official brain smugglers. In his proposition, he teased that they would soon be hailed as the saviors of New Seattle. And no one loves the glory more than these two!

Before I wrap up on Brother Love, I’ll add that I didn’t hate the storyline completely because it was an interesting interpretation of how people will believe anything they want to hear. However, they definitely could have done more with it. It almost doesn’t seem like the church of zombie supporters was ever much of a problem for FG and they took them down with absolutely no issues when they rushed Gate 6.

Even Ravi’s cure storyline was wrapped up in a neat bow. After Liv narrowly escaped death, she decided she wanted to become anonymous which is when Ravi informed her that she can become human again.

Liv took the offer in a heartbeat even though Ravi did inform her that there would only be one cure total. I guess you can’t replicate someone’s human brain. There would be something poetic about Liv being cured by Isobel’s brain, however, it never got to that point because they were interrupted by an impromptu wedding.

Yep, Clive and Dale seem to be rushing everything these days. I’m always rooting for Clive’s happiness but since we didn’t really get to see their relationship flourish, everything about this felt off. I couldn’t really be happy for Dale, I found their vows to be awkward and I couldn’t take them seriously with all this kid talk.

Just cause they keep telling me Clive wants children doesn’t mean that his actions have ever really given off that impression.

Anywho, Liv realizes that Clive is willing to turn into a zombie for this woman and give up his hopes and dreams to be with her. And in true Liv form, she gives them the only known cure to zombieism so that they can have their chance at having a family

So selfless.

So that leaves us with Liv continuing on as a zombie and embracing her role as hero, Peyton as the Mayor of New Seattle, Ravi successfully having figured out one cure, Clive and human Dale married, and Major as Commander.

And while this is all great, I can’t help but wonder how Liv’s family wasn’t even mentioned?

Justin was there of all people but her mother and brother? Nowhere to be found! At her execution… with a town rallying behind her. I know the writers are better than this type of oversight!

Now that Liv is single again, will she find her way back to Major?

What do you think we can expect from the final season of iZombie? Were you satisfied with the season 4 finale?

At least the human-zombie rebellion is over with — maybe the rest of the world will finally start warming up to the idea of zombies.