And it was much more about the town than the one dead girl -- she provided a focus for the first slightly-less-than-half of the show, but the bulk of even that half dealt with other things. Her murder was the equivalent of the hospital in General Hospital; the investigation was a setting as much as it was a plot element, like Mulder's ongoing quest in The X-Files. (There are bigger differences than this, but they boil down to "Twin Peaks is a take on the traditional night-time soap opera, Veronica Mars isn't," with the plot structures, the lack of episodic closure, the roaming focus on different characters, etc.)
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― qbert (Danny), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Or, like buffy (prolly a ton of other things), the soap opera elements and character development are brought out through solving problems in her career. That does make it even more of a detective show though which twin peaks isn't but finding the actual murderer of lilly has about as much priority as finding laura's and the bulk of the show is about other things.
― qbot (Danny), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:13 (nineteen years ago) link
i read a review on imdb that said it was 1/3 buffy, 1/3 twin peaks and 1/3 'the outsiders'. i don't know what the outsiders is unless it's the slicks vs greasers book i read as a kid.
― qbert (Danny), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― johnson (johnson), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 11:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago) link
On the bright side, House is not hurting for ratings at ALL and is a 100% lock for a second season. And you should all watch it too. If you have Tivos or VCRs and can watch Veronica Mars first, that is.
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 18 February 2005 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Go on. You know you want to watch it.
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 07:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in montreal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 14:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in montreal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link
veronica article.
― gunthet heartymeal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Which would be HUGE for the show.
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andy K. (ADK), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
The man that Veronica saw at the end there is the man she thinks was sending the pictures to her mother.
Also her mother has a reputation as a bit of a drunk.
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Thursday, 24 February 2005 09:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Thursday, 24 February 2005 10:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal, Thursday, 24 February 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Oblivious Lad (Matthew Lazowski), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Sunday, 27 February 2005 08:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
(I'm watching the alyson hannigan ep)
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Sunday, 10 April 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Sunday, 10 April 2005 05:43 (nineteen years ago) link