Diary of a Veronica Mars virgin – Still not hooked

(Season 1, Episodes 5-8)

Eight episodes in and I’m still not addicted to Veronica Mars. I’m enjoying it as a fun escapist romp, but I’m not seeing the transcendent show that so many others saw. I suspect that the season-long mysteries that are slowly playing out are going to seal the deal. I have to say that that aspect of the show is the most interesting to me at this point. However, it seems like the big mystery is only dealt with for a few minutes each episode.

Luckily most of the case-of-the-week cases are holding my interest, though a bit have left me a little bored, to be quite honest. Luckily, the characters really are endearing and they are keeping me watching.

“You Think You Know Somebody”

This was a standout episode for me. I liked the Troy character while he was around, and I’m a little sad that he’s out of the picture already, but I thought his exit made for a great episode. It turned out that he had quite a shady past, including a Bonnie to his trouble-making Clyde, that he was hiding from Veronica.

I also enjoyed the back and forth between Veronica and her dad in this episode, as they both sabotaged their respective relationships. Veronica dug up some info on Rebecca, hoping to break up her and her dad. Keith, meanwhile, used the same tactics to dig up info on Troy, but let Veronica decide whether or not to read it. I thought it said a lot about Veronica’s character that she couldn’t resist reading about the shady past of her boyfriend. It all ended for the best though, as he turned out to be a real creep.

There were some interesting big mystery things going on in this episode too. Veronica discovered a key to her mom’s safe deposit box and found some pictures of her, in crosshairs. My theory is that Veronica’s mom knows who the real killer of Lilly is and that she is on the run from the killer, who threatened to kill Veronica if she blabbed.

“Return of the Kane”

I have to admit that this episode got a huge eye roll from me. It came at the end of the episode when Logan’s father took a belt to him. It struck me as way over the top, to the point of being a little laughable. I understand that it was an attempt to shed some light on why Logan is such an ass, but it just didn’t work for me.

Other than that, I enjoyed the episode, especially the rigged student council election.

“The Girl Next Door”

This episode bored me to tears. Well, the case-of-the-week did, anyway. There was nothing about Veronica’s missing neighbor that interested me. I can’t exactly point out why, but I just didn’t care if her boyfriend killed her or not.

Luckily, the episode was saved by the shared antics of Logan and Weevil, who teamed up reluctantly to put one of their teachers in his place. They ended up stealing his car and somehow impaling it on the school flagpole. Awesome. I think everyone had a teacher in high school that they wanted to do this (or something like it) to.

It’s interesting that Weevil has a tattoo of “Lilly.” Was he telling the truth when he said it was the name of his sister?

“Like a Virgin”

This was another fun episode, as the results of a purity test caused havoc throughout Neptune High. I can remember the days when these tests were all over the interwebs. I liked Mac, the computer chick who ended up being behind the selling of the results. The real mystery, though, surrounded who was posting fake test results, and thus sabotaging the reputation, of other people.

This episode also featured Veronica taking a trip to visit Abel Koontz on death row. He isn’t fooled by her assumed identity and tells her that Jake Kane is her real father. Why he would know that, I don’t quite understand, and it would certainly open up a whole load of creepy situations (for instance, she would have dated her half-brother). I’m curious how all of this is going to play out.

Clacked by Bob Degon
on May 31, 2009 @ 12:09 EST5EDT