In the recent iZombie episode "Method Head", the episode starts as Christmas-themed and concerns the murder of a man dressed as Santa Clause. A quarter of the way through the episode, that investigation is abruptly concluded and we are clumsily transitioned forward a few weeks into a new case no longer set during the holidays. Key personal issues left over from the previous episode "Cape Town" are glossed over or unaddressed.
Was the Santa Clause segment originally a full episode that ended up on the cutting-room floor, or was "Method Head" aired as scripted?