(Season 2, Episodes 13-16)
One of the things that I’ve really grown to appreciate about Veronica Mars is the setting that Rob Thomas created. Neptune is a place where it is almost believable that horrible things happen every week. With the air of class warfare, it really is a place that would be rife with crime and shenanigans. It’s sort of like how the Hellmouth on Buffy explained why there was a new monster every week on that show.
“Ain’t No Magic Mountain High Enough”
I like what the show has done with the Jackie character. It’s amazing what a little humble pie will do. Over the past few episodes, the character has really grown on me as she has become more sympathetic. It was a little sad watching her get dunked time after time in the winter carnival dunk tank, shunned for the alleged acts of her father.
This episode also featured the introduction of Hannah, who over the next few episodes, really annoyed the hell out of me. How cute are Beaver and Mac, though? They make a great couple.
“Versatile Toppings”
I thought this was a decent episode, even though it focused a lot on the case-of-the-week. I’m still not quite sure why, but episodes that take place mainly in the high school hold my interest so much more than those like the next episode, which feature random characters. Even though most of the high school characters are just as random as a person walking into Mars Investigations, I just tend to think they are better episodes.
I’m glad to see that Veronica and Jackie are starting to bond and become friends.
“The Quick and the Wed”
As I hinted at, I thought this episode was a little boring. I just didn’t care about the missing bride-to-be. It was nice to see Charisma Carpenter back, though. It felt like it was a few episodes since Kendall had shown up. Harry Hamlin is always a welcome addition to the show too.
This whole storyline with Logan and Hannah is really annoying. Logan is a great character when he is angry, hates everyone, and has his back up against the wall. When he is mooning over a girl and making puppy dog eyes, I want to reach into my TV and strangle him.
“The Rapes of Graff”
George Michael and Maeby in the same episode? It’s like an Arrested Development dream! It’s funny how huge Michael Cera has become since Juno and Superbad. I think I would be shocked to see him show up on a TV show on The CW these days. He was great as a college tour guide in this episode, though.
The other notable guest star was Aaron Ashmore as Troy, making a return appearance after shipping out in early season one. It was interesting to see him again, but I felt like the writers didn’t do a whole lot with the character. I think there was a chance to make it a really kick-ass episode, and it ending up being just a good episode.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Jul 24, 2009 @ 13:00 EST5EDT
I totally agree with you about Logan when he’s happy… such a pussy, heh! Give me the angry, cynical Logan!
Hannah was the worst! She looked all of 14 years old next to Logan (speaking of…what was with that horrid outfit Logan wore when he hit on her at the carnival? Flashbacks of Duncan, and not good ones). I had to look away from the screen when she and Logan were being all sickeningly sweet. You’ll see that Logan gets over her pretty quickly, so you can breathe a big sigh of relief there. Snarky Logan reappears.
Jackie started to grow on me as well. I felt so bad for her at the carnival, that’s when the tide started to turn for her.
I think the Rapes of Graff had so much more potential. I mean Maeby and George Michael is pure gold!! But I don’t feel like they used them or Troy enough, I feel like all three characters were just thrown in there. It was still a good episode, just not as great as I think it could have been.
You have some of the best episodes coming up…I’m actually jealous that I can’t watch them again for the first time!
You might hate Logan in season 3…if you don’t like him sweet.
But why you don’t like him nice ? I think he is pretty charming like that, for me he is a great character because he is versatile : he can be really bad as he can be really nice.
Even Veronica can’t resist, he knows how to win a girl (and i am a girl so i know what it works and what it don’t works..hehe..)
And i don’t know Wallace and Cassidy (not Beaver..)are nice with the girls and you like them so ..what is the problem ?
And for the Hannah storyline i loved him because he was machiavellian : all or almost all his sweetness was an act.
Logan : you rock !
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I think the difference is that Cassidy and Wallace are nice guys, so it’s in their character to be nice with women.
Watching Logan be all sweet and sacharrine with Veronica or Hannah seems out of character. It’s almost like watching a dog with a big collar to keep them from licking their wounds. It’s just sad.
Ok weird comparison..lol but i get it.
For me though, his fikleness is one of the things i like in this character.
He is maybe bipolar it is what it make him interesting, unpredictable : and actually it’s the character so for me his sweetness is not out of character. And early in the season 1 we can see him too nice, sweet, sacharine with Lily (remember the flash-backs)so when he has a girlfriend he has always been like that.