Diary of a Veronica Mars Virgin – Season two heats up

by Bob Degon

(Season 2, Episodes 17-19)

I’m heading into the final handful of episodes of the second season of Veronica Mars and things are beginning to come together. This season has certainly been a lot murkier than the first, but I’m still enjoying it.

Season one was really tight, whereas this second one seems to be more sprawling. There are just so many things going on: PCH vs the Fitzpatricks, the bus crash, the new mayor, Kendall and the Casablancas family, the murder of Felix, and Terrance Cook. That’s quite a list, and I didn’t even include the digression of Duncan and his love child (insert eye roll here).

“Plan B”

Nothing to complain about with this installment. I enjoyed this episode and it focused completely on the big mysteries of the season, most notably the murder of Felix. It was also heavy on the Weevil, which is always a good thing. Indeed, since Duncan left, the episodes really have been great.

I’m wondering what the story is behind the stalkerish video that was sent to Woody Goodman. It’s clear that Woody is hiding something when he claims to have taken care of the problem all by himself. I’m suspicious about Logan becoming the mayoral aide, too. Woody was awful… handsy with him. Did he get Logan in his office for a reason?

“I Am God”

This was a bit of a creepy episode, focusing on Veronica having nightmares about all the dead kids from the bus crash. The pay off at the end of the episode was a little disappointing, with the big clue ending up a red herring. The message on the back of one of the bus seats (“I AM GOD”) was merely the cover art from a CD.

It was nice to see Paula Marshall back on the show, but she seemed to be nothing more than set dressing. Seriously, she spent the entire episode being talked at by Veronica. It seems like VM wasted a lot of guest star appearances this season.

It was also fun watching Logan and Wallace work together on a science project. Watching that, I realized that those two have barely interacted through two entire seasons of the show. It seems odd, but it set up a fun episode.

“Nevermind the Buttocks”

Well, well, well, I guess Kendall is not who she says she is. Not only that, but she has ties to the Fitzpatrick clan. All the plots of this season seem to be coming together now that I’m close to the end of the season.

Things between the PCHers and the Fitzpatricks came to a head in this episode, with Weevil holding the Fitzpatricks hostage with his list of their top clients. It was great to see Weevil come to the rescue for his old gang, only to turn his back on his former brothers. I can’t blame him, though, they betrayed him.