Liv inherits agoraphobia — and computer gaming skills — after eating a hacker’s brain.

iZombie has Liv diving into the world of computers and video games to solve a murder. The episode has a lot of amusing moments, and there’s also some pretty gruesome ones as well. The episode really kicks off with a bloated gross corpse, which might be the grossest of the series so far. There’s also a couple of murders, in rather creative ways. Finally, there’s also a lot of geek references.

That’s part of the fun of the episode. Liv gets sucked into a rather stereotypical computer nerd world, including copious amounts of Mountain Dew, never going outside, and lots of cyberbullying. It’s a little over the top, but taken as meant to be, it goes into comical territory. There’s also some slip-ups like how she says SQL, but those are made up for by geek references such as a quote from Conan the Barbarian.

The Candyman mystery is moved along quite nicely too with Major doing a lot of sleuthing. This is a very good thing, because that plot has dragged on a bit.

Finally Liv’s personal life gets some movement as well post being turned into a zombie.

As usual, the episode is charming and fun and most of that is due to Rose McIver as Liv. The series continues to be a treat with every episode, even with a similar formula played over and over.

Overall Rating: 8