I feel like I’m about to be such a disappointment, talking about yet another television series instead of a movie. At least it’s an entire series, right? Right, guys?

I don’t think Netflix’s intention was ever to be The Place to binge-watch tv shows, but that’s kind of where they ended up. Still, that isn’t a bad thing for anyone except Hulu and Amazon Instant. The disadvantage to watching television on Netflix is you have to wait for a show or season to be posted; the advantage is you don’t have to wait a week or more between individual episodes. It’s kind of a trade-off in that respect. As a result, nothing makes me happier than seeing the “New Episodes” banner across the thumbnail of a show I really like.

I’d watched iZombie somewhat on a whim two summers ago and ended up seriously enjoying it. There were aspects I didn’t like too much, but season 1 ended on such a cliffhanger that I couldn’t wait for season 2 to get posted, if it ever did. You know how transient Netflix titles can be. So when I recently saw iZombie pop up in the Trending feed, with the New Episodes banner no less, I kind of went a little crazy and started bingeing it as soon as I could.

I recently described iZombie to my friends as the funniest television drama I’d ever seen. I later had to qualify that slightly: Psych is the funniest drama I’ve ever seen, but I almost consider it an hour comedy instead of an hour drama. Ironically, the premise of iZombie is not unlike that of Psych. The main character, Olivia Moore, pretends to be a psychic in order to hide from her employer, the police department, the true source of her information regarding the homicides she helps investigate. In this case, though, her source isn’t super heightened observational skills. She’s a zombie, and eating brains gives her occasional glimpses into the lives of the previous owners of said brains. So she eats the brains of murder victims and uses her visions to help catch the perpetrators.

The other minor problem is that Liv takes on part of the personality of the brain she ate. Cue the hilarious part. She has been stippers, pathological liars, aspiring country music singers, schizophrenics, relationship experts, frat boys. Naturally it gets her into trouble in a lot of ways, and the show truly is a drama. She wrecks her personal relationships, she risks killing or infecting the people around her. Being a zombie isn’t easy by any stretch. But Liv has another advantage: she works in the morgue, hence her access to brains. Her associate knows about her zombie-ism, and together the two work to develop a cure so Liv can return to her life before becoming a zombie.

Truthfully there isn’t a whole lot else about the show that’s particularly spectacular. There are some nice shots, especially of the delicious-looking meals Liv cooks up to make eating brains more palatable to her still-human sensibilities. The soundtrack is acceptable, the acting is above average. The premise is the really fun part, and there is some pretty great dialogue as well to complement it. However, if it sounds fun but you’re just not a television person, iZombie is actually based on the Image comic I, Zombie. That may be more your speed if you’re like me and don’t want to wait for season 3 to start airing next year. What is it with this show and end-of-season cliffhangers?