Liv Moore (played by Rose McIver) is the character at the center of the new CW show, iZombie.

Just a few months before the start of iZombie, Liv was a friendly and optimistic medical student who was engaged to marry the handsome and rich Major Lillywhite (Robert Buckley), whose personality can pretty much be summed up by the fact that his name is Major Lillywhite.

However, then Liv happened to attend a party where things went dramatically wrong. How wrong? Liv was offered a mysterious drug by a mysterious man. Liv turned the man down. Everyone else at the party took the drug and soon, it was zombie apocalypse time! Liv was one of the few ÔÇ£survivors,ÔÇØ practically bursting out of a body bag that she had been placed into and discovering that her arms were covered with zombie scratches. That would traumatize anyone, right?

Now, several months later, Liv is no longer in medical school and sheÔÇÖs broken things up with Major. She works as a coronerÔÇÖs assistant, spending her time surrounded by the dead. Her skin is deathly pale. Her hair is nearly white. She no longer smiles and instead, she reacts to almost every situation with a sarcastic comment. Her family and former friends assume that sheÔÇÖs just going through a phase and that eventually, sheÔÇÖll get over it and end up back with Major.

What her family and friends donÔÇÖt know is that, at work, Liv eats the brains of cadavers. Eating brains is the only thing that keeps her own mind alert. Much like the lead character in Warm Bodies, eating a brain allows her to access both the memories and the skills of the brainÔÇÖs previous owner.

As you probably guessed from the showÔÇÖs title, Liv is now a zombie. SheÔÇÖs a walking, talking, and thinking zombie and sheÔÇÖs not particularly happy about it. Apparently, the only way that she can keep from turning fully into a mindless flesh eater is by eating brains.

SheÔÇÖs also a zombie who solves crimes! (And IÔÇÖm just going to say right now that IÔÇÖve been waiting my entire life to have an excuse to write that sentence.) She does so with the help of her boss, Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti (Rahul Kohli) and Detective Clive Babinaux (Malcolm Goodwin). Ravi knows that Liv is a zombie and is overjoyed to have the chance to study her existence. Detective Babinaux, meanwhile, thinks that Liv is a psychic.

Ever since I first saw the teaser trailer in January, IÔÇÖve been looking forward to seeing iZombie. Not only did I think that the concept was a promising one, but I was excited to hear that iZombie was the latest from Rob Thomas, who previously gave the world Veronica Mars.

As well, and with all due respect to The Walking Dead, it was hard not to feel that it was time for a zombie show that was actually fun to watch. (The Walking Dead is a great show but, whenever I watch it, IÔÇÖm always thankful for the knowledge that each somber and grisly episode will be followed the always funny and adorable Chris Hardwick. We need Hardwick there to keep the Walking Dead experience from becoming too oppressively depressing.) From the minute I first heard about iZombie, I thought it seemed like it would be a fun show.

And you know what?

Judging from the pilot, it is.

The first episode of iZombie aired on Tuesday night and it was pretty good. The procedural aspects of the pilotÔÇÖs mystery didnÔÇÖt really interest me but then again, the pilot really wasnÔÇÖt about the mystery. The pilot was all about establishing Liv and her existence and it succeeded quite well in accomplishing just that. Rose McIver brought a lot of life to the role of the undead Liv and the pilot made good use of the showÔÇÖs moody Seattle setting.

Add to that, the pilot features a great throw-away line in which Liv dealt with an annoying hipster by calling him, Karl Marx. Seriously, you cant set a show in Seattle unless youre willing to make fun of hipsters

So, IÔÇÖm definitely looking forward to seeing where iZombie goes. Hopefully, the show will continue to mix comedy with drama and it wonÔÇÖt allow itself to get bogged down in the whole procedural format. Am I saying that IÔÇÖm hoping that future episodes will continue to follow the lead of the pilot and turn out to be Zombie Veronica Mars? Yes, I am.

IÔÇÖve read some comments on the imdb from people who are angry that Liv is not a ÔÇ£realÔÇØ zombie because she can think and talk and all the rest. Those people need to relax and stop taking their CW shows so seriously. Obviously itÔÇÖs too early to say whether or not iZombie is going to live up to its full potential but the pilot was definitely a step in the right direction.