I just finished watching the second season finale of Veronica Mars, and I was blown away.A lot of new shows with big buzz and/or critical acclaim started last year. I've watched many of them. But nearly all of them let me down in year two. Desperate Housewives has been a near total misfire this season compared to year one. Lost has had a few great episodes this season, but has just as often treaded water -- and rarely has it approached the greatness of the best first season installments. Even Battlestar Galactica, which stayed phenomenal in the first half of season two, hit the skids pretty hard before bounding back for the last two or three episodes.
But Veronica Mars never faltered. If anything, it got better in year two. And tonight's episode was a perfect culmination to another perfect season.
We got a shocking but logical reveal of the culprit behind the bus crash. Another jaw-dropping development with Aaron Ecchols. Further ties all the way back to the first season mystery of Veronica's rape. An interesting "alternate reality" dream sequence featuring Veronica's mom and Lilly Kane. Heartstring-pulling moments between Wallace and Jackie, and Logan and Veronica. Heart breaking moments for the short time Veronica thought she'd lost her father. And pithy dialogue, as always. This finale was an absolute triumph.
The industry rumors still seem to be that Veronica Mars' chances for a season three on the new CW (Clarence Weedman? Don't think that exchange of dialogue didn't have a "meta" significance: "CW?" "It's a done deal.") network are good. We'll know for sure next week. Til then, my fingers are crossed that TV executive idiots won't mow down yet another impossibly brilliant show that's still going strong.
3 comments:
I loved the dream sequence! Actually, there were a couple, nice segues there. Let's see, an exploded plane, a suicide, an assassination, and lots of revelations! Man, it was awesome. You're right that VM seems to have beaten the episodic TV curse (meaning that one or two episodes a season are just filler). Love the images, too.
For your enjoyment of the show... I hope you get your wish of a Season 3, but the rating weren't good for the VM season finale on Tuesday night. Maybe having it on an American Idol night isn't the best idea...
It got a 1.9 rating / 3 share... and actually lost viewers at 9pm from it's lead-in of America's Top Model - which happened to be a repeat.
Of course, alot depends on demographics, what other pilots CW picks up for this fall, and how much money VM costs to produce - things I have no idea on.
Me too.
The only thing of note I have to say is that I need to get the first season on DVD to watch the episodes I missed.
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