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Season guide

iZombie: Season 5

13 episodes Premiered May 2, 2019
Previously on iZombie

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of iZombie Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (10): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Thug Death

May 2, 2019

While investigating a murder case with no body and no brain to eat, the only evidence Liv and Clive have to work with is a grainy video and a little bit of blood found at the crime

S5·E2 Core

Dead Lift

May 9, 2019

Liv, on fitness guru brains, and Clive continue investigating a murder with no body and no evidence. Meanwhile, Peyton approaches councilman Zed with a request but doesn’t get the

S5·E3 Core

Five, Six, Seven, Ate!

May 16, 2019

While investigating the deaths of Gulliver and Nancy, the dynamic duo of Seattle's winning dance team, Liv and Ravi go undercover as dance partners to size up the other contestants

S5·E4 Core

Dot Zom

May 23, 2019

Liv, Clive and Ravi investigate the suspicious death of Cornell Piercey, the head of Piercey Corp, a successful traffic app company. Melissa Schultz, Cornell's ex-girlfriend, is no

S5·E5 Core

Death Moves Pretty Fast

May 30, 2019

While investigating the death of independently wealthy, 19-year-old, Harris Miller, Liv, on brain à la Ferris Bueller, attempts to cheer up Ravi who has been spiraling after learni

S5·E6 Core

The Scratchmaker

Jun 6, 2019

After consuming the brain of the ultimate matchmaker, Liv is determined to find the perfect match for Major. Meanwhile, Blaine will stoop to any level to protect himself. Lastly, D

S5·E7 Core

Filleted to Rest

Jun 13, 2019

While investigating the murder of Eleanor Barba, a chef at a high-end restaurant, Liv consumes her brain and becomes an unrelenting perfectionist who knows just how to break a pers

S5·E8 Core

Death of a Car Salesman

Jun 20, 2019

Liv and Ravi each consume the brain of a very dislikable car salesman and inherit his competitive nature.

S5·E9 Core

The Fresh Princess

Jun 27, 2019

Liv and Clive investigate the murder of Miss Teen Seattle beauty pageant contestant, Laurie-Beth Spano, who went into anaphylactic shock onstage in 1999 and ended up in a coma. At

S5·E10 Core

Night and the Zombie City

Jul 11, 2019

While investigating the murder of private eye Mick Chisel, who was stabbed in the head with an ice pick, Liv consumes Chisel’s brain in hopes of breaking down how this gruesome mur

S5·E11 Core

Killer Queen

Jul 18, 2019

Liv and Clive investigate the death of an old school drag queen which leads Liv to eat and shift into the queen’s brain. Meanwhile, Ravi reaches out to Major with an interesting re

S5·E12 Mytharc

Bye, Zombies

Jul 25, 2019

While Major faces a changing of the tide in Seattle, Liv, Clive and Ravi undertake a mission impossible in Atlanta to retrieve the final zombie cure.

S5·E13 Mytharc

All's Well That Ends Well

Aug 1, 2019

As Liv, Ravi and Clive race to finalize the cure, Peyton faces a showdown with Blaine, and Major takes a bold gamble to save Seattle once and for all.

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