Did iZombie drop an episode?
In the recent iZombie episode "Method Head", the episode starts as Christmas-themed and concerns the murder of a man dressed as Santa Clause. A quarter of the way through the episode, that investigation is abruptly concluded and we are clumsily transitioned forward a few weeks into a new case no longer set during the holidays. Key personal issues left over from the previous episode "Cape Town" are glossed over or unaddressed.
Was the Santa Clause segment originally a full episode that ended up on the cutting-room floor, or was "Method Head" aired as scripted?
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I guess I didn't use good search terms the first time I researched this. According to this article iZombie's second season was effectively cut by three-episodes mid season. That could be a very good reason to chop two episodes together.
The sophomore drama iZombie, from Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars), received an order for six additional episodes, which takes Season 2 to 19 episodes, three short of a full season.
But iZombie's short order could have more immediate problems than whether or not it will be back next season. Earlier this fall, Rob Thomas told the Hollywood Reporter that the arc he was crafting for Season 2 was built to span a full 22 episodes and now the writers will likely have to rework the story to fit the shortened episode order [of 19 episodes]. Three episodes doesn't feel like a lot until you don't have it. So while it's okay to celebrate the fact we'll be getting to spend six more hours with David Anders' Blaine, remember that we're still getting short changed.
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Why did they cancel iZombie?
Apparently, the decision came down to dwindling viewership, although some still find that hard to believe. Screen Rant speculates that although the show did have a following, it just wasn't as popular at the network's other series, such as The Arrow and The Flash.Was iZombie Cancelled or did it end?
No, there won't be iZombie season 6 anymore. The fifth season marks the conclusion of the entire series. The CW officially canceled iZombie in May 2018, together with other longer-running shows.iZOMBIE SERIES FINALE RECAP | FINAL EPISODE
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The episode opened with a weird time jump. We leapt back to the holidays, landing right after Ravi found out that his zombie cure had failed. The show then glossed over New Year’s and jumped into the present. It was a weird narrative choice, [...] The only real positive to the clunky flashback was seeing an oddball holiday scene in the basement of Shady Plots.
TV.com's recap also discusses the time jump:
There was a brief time jump to open the episode, complete with title cards to show the passing of time, and during these short vignettes we saw in the most superficial sense what it was like for Liv to be on the outside of an investigation and unable to help Clive by supplying him with information she'd gained from visions. [...] The short jump forward in time was an easy way to gloss over the fracture in their relationship and return to the status quo, but it didn't allow for adequately portraying the longing and sadness that Liv must have been feeling from the time that Clive put an end to their partnership in "Cape Town" to when he brought her back on this week.
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