Veronica Mars

Question: It seems pretty obvious that Veronica will be at Hearst College next year and the serial rapist story line will also show up again. Can you give us some other clues about what to look forward to next season? — Jessica

Thomas: The biggest news is that we will be going to a three-mystery-per-season format next year. This way, the mysteries will play uninterrupted by repeats or preemptions. We're hoping this will help us cast guest stars in smaller arcs, allow newbies to jump in easier, and lessen the too-much-going-on complaint we heard in Season 2.

and yes, they fixed things so that Wallace, Veronica, and Logan will all be in Neptune next year, at the very least. Weevil will probably be in jail--sob!

with this and studio 60, i really wish i had cable

KOZEN LAHREE, you could just pause the downloaded videos during breaks!

Did I mention I made out w/ KB backstage once?

i hate watching them on TV though... one a week! i watched the first two seasons like six or eight episodes at a time.

Generally pretty awesome though. Bell was in fine form.

That's not really so bizarre, depending on where you live.

well, the bizarreness is more to do with the characters. wallace makes sense, he got a full scholarship. but for two seasons both veronica and mac both have the "can't wait to graduate and blow this town" attitude, and after all the shit that has happened to logan in neptune, why the hell would he want to go to college there?

that said, i don't really care. logan is a dickweed, but he's great to watch. and mac is v. crushworthy.

I'll forgive a little deus ex machina when the other option is to throw out 90% of the cast and start out with just Veronica and Keith (actually, throw in Wallace and I'd be OK with that).

The new version of the theme song suuuuuuuuucks.

Me and my friends all had grand plans of escaping where we're from, but we didn't for a couple years. I don't think it's all that strange. Besides, Veronica's San Diego State money was spent on her mum. I miss the LeBaron.

The show plugged Top Model? ^_^

Slash vibes between Logan and DICK? 0_o

The Piz is very 'straight from the OC' isn't he?

Whether the shorter, simpler arcs are good or bad, I dunno - time will tell. If it's dumbed down at all, boo. The biggest mis-step from S1 to 2 was making Wallace less of a featured player, but maybe that's reversing itself.

lucky back as teaching assistant

theme tune back as bad version of theme tune

the unsolved rape stuff back as the unsolved rape stuff

logan

no cliff

etc

About Veronica being at this college, it wasn't made entirely clear, but I got the impression she traded in her school scholarship (the Kane scholarship? Or was that a different one?) for the chance to see Aaron get found guilty. She's talking a lot about how she needs to pass an exam to stay in the lead in the episode, then she skips the exam to go to the trial. So I'm guessiaccept the one the woman in the jury episode was talking about. And nevermind Neptune, why is Logan even at college at all?

I didn't like the theme tune either, and the credits were only about 4 minutes in. That feels wrong somehow.