About “iZombie” in a few words:

iZombie is a supernatural crime-comedy series that aired from 2015-2019. The show follows medical examiner Liv Moore, who becomes a zombie after attending a party that turns deadly. She takes a job at the morgue to have access to brains, which she needs to eat to avoid becoming a mindless monster. With each brain she consumes, she takes on the personality and memories of the deceased, using this knowledge to help solve murder cases alongside her friends and colleagues. The show explores themes of identity, friendship, and the consequences of one’s actions.

Meet the characters from iZombie

Olivia Moore

Okay, Liv is the absolute heartbeat of iZombie — sarcastic, empathetic, and constantly trying to do the right thing even when the universe keeps handing her terrible options. She’s a coroner who eats brains (yes, still weird every time) and somehow balances forensic notes with melodramatic daydreaming about coffee, and also hates coffee sometimes? She’s brilliant at improvising, terrible at saying no, and has this weirdly specific knack for quoting soap operas at exactly the wrong moment. Also, she carries a tote bag like it’s a personality trait and will absolutely rescue a stray dog then pretend she didn’t cry about it.

Clive Babineaux

Clive is the grounded, stubborn detective who somehow becomes the moral compass for everyone — steady, exhausted, quietly hilarious when he lets his smile slip. He’s obsessed with doing his job right (and with sandwiches? like he has this whole ritual, it’s oddly specific), suspicious of everything, and soft as butter for his friends when no one’s watching. He curses a lot internally but will shout once in a while; loves rules but also breaks them when the stakes are human, which is basically always. You can count on him to show up, clean up the mess, and make a terrible dad joke while doing it — sometimes he’s surprisingly sentimental, sometimes he’s a brick wall, pick a mood.

Major Lilywhite

Major is all cool, composed, and secretly utterly dramatic — like, he’s the kind of person who organizes a binder for feelings and then forgets where he put the binder. Military-ish discipline mixed with a slow-burning vulnerability; he’s loyal to an extreme degree and kind of oblivious to his own soft spots until someone points them out (then he’ll overcompensate, as one does). He likes order, hates chaos, and will definitely insist on a plan but also once made a ridiculous spontaneous decision that changed everything, so don’t trust the neat exterior 100%. Bonus weird detail: he collects vintage ties? or vintage guns? I can’t remember, but it’s cute and slightly alarming.

Ravi Chakrabarti

Ravi is the gloriously frantic science brain — part mad scientist, part worried dad, and full-on lovable weirdo who names lab equipment like pets. He’s endlessly inventive, emotionally invested in every experiment (and person) and also prone to catastrophic optimism that somehow works out half the time. Obsessed with medicine and ethics, but also will eat questionable cafeteria food at 2 a.m. and then write a symposium about it, because priorities. He wears crazy ties, drinks tea like a ritual, and cries at the smallest poignant thing while simultaneously drafting a five-step plan to fix the problem.

Peyton Charles

Peyton is the artsy, blunt best friend who gives terrible romantic advice but somehow is always right about the important stuff — loud laugh, soft heart, and a fashion sense that says “I thrifted this on purpose.” She’s politically sharp, endlessly supportive, and the kind of person who will organize a protest and then make you a playlist for it, in that order. She can be flaky (yes, she showed up three hours late once and had a whole speech ready — of course), but when it matters she shows up with snacks and sarcasm in equal measure. Also, she probably knows like fifteen bands you’ve never heard of and will make you care, whether you wanted to or not.

Blaine DeBeers

Blaine is the chaotic, charming villain-turned-complicated-entrepreneur; he’s slick, candy-coated evil half the time and weirdly sincere the other half, which makes him both terrifying and oddly lovable. Think: smooth salesman energy, a laugh you can’t trust, and a wardrobe that says “I own several businesses and a questionable moral code.” He runs schemes with the enthusiasm of a kid opening a lemonade stand and also treats people badly sometimes — but then buys them donuts to make up for it, because of course. He loves showmanship, hates being outsmarted, and will absolutely use a musical number as part of a negotiation if given the chance.

Don E.

Don E. is the small-time schemer with a big personality — the guy who knows where the weird stuff is sold, has a million contacts, and will always show up wearing a hat that may or may not be a character choice. He’s goofy, lovable in a messy way, and surprisingly loyal once you’re in his orbit; also flaky if you ask him to commit to a dinner plan more than a day in advance. He has a habit of making grand promises and then under-delivering with excessive charm, and somehow that’s his whole vibe — part coward, part brave, mostly trying. Oh, and he probably sings karaoke off-key and thinks he’s nuanced; half of that is true.