It’s weird, TV is over for the most part for the year but iZombie started so late it is still going strong.  I just keep forgetting that fact because I am already out of the habit of checking my DVR.  Which is a nice surprise when I realize I have a 3 day old episode of a show sitting there on my DVR but you know, the show is still so good I’d like to watch it immediately.  It just feels like it deserves that. Anyway, Aly Michalka has impressed me with her acting on the show and it brings up some interesting thoughts on my end that I don’t know the answer to. I haven’t really considered her acting a lot in the past and I feel like part of that is because at her peak of fame, which was really sort of internet gossip blog fame more than anything else I guess, she was more famous as the girl who appeared in pictures on gossip blogs and was talked about a lot on the internet than she was as an actress.  Child Star gone hot is always a popular type for those kinds of places.  And I tried watching her CW show but just couldn’t get into it and didn’t watch enough to know how she did.  So I realized I had no actual opinion of her acting ability.  Like at all. Not positive or negative, I just thought she was beautiful.  But as Peyton on iZombie I have quite liked her. Charming, able to craft a character.  So I find myself wondering what part of the credit belongs to what because Rob Thomas shows always seem to get excellent performances.  So is he finding good actors, perhaps ones who didn’t get the chance the deserves elsewhere?  He is known to be an excellent writer, is the material just that strong, are the voices so distinctive on the page that the actors can’t help but inhabit the role so well?  Is it something else?  I don’t have answers, it’s just important to remind myself how collaborative a medium TV is, there are just so many factors at play.  But it is worth noting that I have liked Aly as her role on the show has expanded.  And she is still beautiful.  And my god… guys, the last episode, she was really hot.  I’d include proof but the truth is the show just isn’t popular enough for there to be much out there.  Just trust me, it was good.   Today I want to fuck Aly Michalka.