[Movie] Veronica Mars season 3: The best show that you might not be watching yet

Fear not, Fellow Veronica Mars fans! The show's back 7 episodes have been picked up, at least according to the show's creator, Rob Thomas.

Ta-Da!

Loved the arc-finisher tonight, by the way. The suspenseful episodes always get a rise out of me. Oh, and unicorns ftw! I am sorta disappointed that

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they killed off Dean O'Dell. His character was starting to grow on me.

Ah well.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So apparently, the ratings for the last episode were good enough for the CW to begin considering Veronica Mars' post-season 3 plan...

Originally Posted by Rob Thomas

Our fear is that the big mysteries are keeping casual TV viewers away, and it's very difficult to engage Veronica in a multi-episode mystery without making it extremely personal. Season 1 was built around the mystery. Veronica's best friend was dead. Every series regular was intertwined with the mystery. Without replacing the cast with each mystery and/or killing Wallace, I'm not sure we can devise enough personal connection to a case to keep the momentum we had in Season 1.

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Context. Warning:contains spoliers for plenty of TV shows, including Veronica Mars. You have been forewarned.

So what would everyone think about the elimiation of the mystery arcs? I wouldn't really mind the loss, to be honest. I've been becoming less and less engaged with the "big mystery" ever since we discovered who killed Lily Kane. And I'd really hate for the show to force Veronica into every big mystery through personal or related tragedy.

The character arcs, however, continue to intrigue me, and those aren't in danger of going anywhere... so I think I'd be alright with a restructuring like the one RT alluded to.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, no kidding. I love season 1 because it traverses the Lily Kane mystery in addition to the weeklys without missing a beat.

And as for the Dean O'Dell mystery... I sure as hell hope they ride it for at least a few weeks. I still haven't washed out the aftertaste of that "briefcase mystery". They seemed to scrap that story together and dismantle it just as quickly just so they could end S2 with a cliffhanger. Not to my liking.

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I do declare, is that a two-parter mystery of the week?

To be honest, Veronica Mars has been on a downward slope for me this season, but this episode makes it all better.

Lots of developments, both character and plot-wise. The departure of mopey Logan! The (brief) return of Wallace! Plus... elevator scenes! Veronica Mars does the best 30 seconds of forced interaction of any show I've watched.

I had to nitpick the fact that you cannot do online Mario Kart on GameCube, but props to the screenwriters for getting the rest of the game-related material correct. I hate when I'm watching a movie or tv show and I notice a character "playing" a game that emits random beeps and boops from Atari's day and age.

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Any theories on who killed coach?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by JasonTerminator

Actually, you can.

My girlfriend just broke up with me... time for online Mario Kart!

Happy Valentine's Day to those of you in this exact situation.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by ArchesFan

Oh forgot to mention, LoVe as boyfriend/girlfriend is actually over for awhile to make way for Pizonica. Logan and Veronica will remain friends and according to Michael Ausiello, he's going to ask permission from her before "shtupping" one of her best friends. We can obviously guess that it won't be Mac.......so Logan is going after Parker?

Uh-oh. Is Rob Thomas finally gonna give the HoYay fans what they want? Logan and Weevil. Together at last. Quote me on this.

Actually, don't.

LoVe (or the prospect of it) had me all over the spoilers last season. Now, though, I'm more-or-less indifferent. The drama the writers create... seriously, they're gonna run out of people for Logan to sleep with sooner or later.

Piz is fine, I suppose. I don't see why Veronica always has to be dating someone, but I can deal. However, Parker is a walking cliche. And I think her significance as a character fizzled once the rape case was solved. That sounds mean, but frankly, she's not interesting.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by ArchesFan

Ahhh, I feel kind of mixed about Lamb dying. He was a huge jerk, but even Veronica and Keith wouldn't want him to actually die. The new shift in power is going to be very interesting. Now Keith has the authority to do a lot more.

I just want to know who bugged the professor, unless I totally didn't listen and they revealed it in the episode. I think it might have been Vinnie or Tim.

Lamb's character turned into something so one-note that I don't think I'll miss his absence. I will, however, mourn Michael Muhney's wasted potential.

Remember that scene, in season 2, where Lamb went into Meg's family's house and discovered the hidden room in the closet? He then alluded to being abused by his father as a child. That's, like, the only character development they ever gave Lamb. The rest of the time he just played a crappy foil to the Mars' plans. A pity.

Oh, and I don't like Keith in sherrif garb. Just my opinion.

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