A moonlighting kid's basketball coach is shot while working as a security guard. Liv eats his brain and takes on his personality as a take-no-prisoners coach, just in time to deal with Major's depression. Meanwhile, Blaine gives Ravi some of the tainted Utopium so he can develop a cure, and Gilda begins to question Major's commitment to Max Rager's anti-zombie efforts.

A magician at a magician's convention turns up dead, and Liv eats his brain. She soon discovers that he was obsessed with death, and his fascination bleeds into her love life. Meanwhile, Blaine asks Liv for help breaking into Dale's apartment to learn what she knows about the Meat Cute murders, and Ravi breaks up with his girlfriend.