Veronica Mars Season 2
September 1st 2006 06:44
So season two of Veronica Mars starts tonight on Channel 10, a month before the third season premieres in the US. Yeah, we’re that behind. Nice to know, isn't it? On the other hand, I guess Channel 10 should be applauded for keeping it on at all, given its poor ratings, even if it is in a crappy timeslot.
Tonight will be the first episode of the season, Normal is the Watchword, conveniently resolving the cliffhanger set forth in the previous episode, before we go into a (supposed) three week break. US audiences had to wait three months to discover which male love interest in Veronica's life lurked behind her door, so I think we should count ourselves lucky on that front.
Veronica Mars is a pretty simple concept, but don’t dismiss just because it sounds like an average teen show. It’s a mixture of noir and mystery, a rare genre for teenage audiences to swallow these days, and full of dark, scathing humour.
Veronica is a 17 year old girl who helps out at her father's detective agency, and is regularly sucked into thrilling, life-threatening cases in order to help out her fellow classmates (for a small fee, naturally). The first season deals with her attempts to solve her best friend's murder, Lilly Kane, despite the fact that her alleged killer is already behind bars. Veronica's father, the ex-Sheriff, accused the girl's father, billionaire Jake Kane, of the murder, and was subsequently kicked out of office. Veronica was ostracised at school and in the community for standing by him. She is a loner. But a tough as nails, she might-tazer-you-if-you-piss-her-off kind of loner.
By the end of the season she had solved the murder, fallen in love with Lilly's boyfriend Logan Echolls, and struggled to ignore her ever-present feelings for Lilly's brother and her old boyfriend, Duncan Kane.
Still with me? Awesome.
The episode starts with the beginning of another school year. Now that she has solved the murder of her best friend, Veronica is determined to turn her back on the detective biz and be a "normal" girl. Of course, she is involuntarily sucked into another case after her friend Wallace fails a mandatory drug test, and is dropped from the basketball team. The end of the episode sets up the year long arc that many have criticized for being too complicated and convoluted compared to the first year, but it is nevertheless, one of the most intelligent, intricate storylines ever plotted out on television.
The series was supposedly loosely inspired by Twin Peaks, a truly wacked out series from the early nineties created by David Lynch. Trust me, that man has bizarre things going on in his head. I checked it out after hearing this theory, and while it certainly has its similarities, Veronica Mars is infinitely better. Other critics have hailed it the next Buffy, which is a comparison I can get behind, being a devoted Buffy fan and all. Even Joss Whedon has voiced this appreciation, so you can be sure it has a lot of kick-ass support behind it.
Check it out. You might be surprised how much you like it.
Links: Season one Overview - youtube clip
*image taken from tv.com
Veronica Mars is a pretty simple concept, but don’t dismiss just because it sounds like an average teen show. It’s a mixture of noir and mystery, a rare genre for teenage audiences to swallow these days, and full of dark, scathing humour.
Veronica is a 17 year old girl who helps out at her father's detective agency, and is regularly sucked into thrilling, life-threatening cases in order to help out her fellow classmates (for a small fee, naturally). The first season deals with her attempts to solve her best friend's murder, Lilly Kane, despite the fact that her alleged killer is already behind bars. Veronica's father, the ex-Sheriff, accused the girl's father, billionaire Jake Kane, of the murder, and was subsequently kicked out of office. Veronica was ostracised at school and in the community for standing by him. She is a loner. But a tough as nails, she might-tazer-you-if-you-piss-her-off kind of loner.
By the end of the season she had solved the murder, fallen in love with Lilly's boyfriend Logan Echolls, and struggled to ignore her ever-present feelings for Lilly's brother and her old boyfriend, Duncan Kane.
Still with me? Awesome.
The episode starts with the beginning of another school year. Now that she has solved the murder of her best friend, Veronica is determined to turn her back on the detective biz and be a "normal" girl. Of course, she is involuntarily sucked into another case after her friend Wallace fails a mandatory drug test, and is dropped from the basketball team. The end of the episode sets up the year long arc that many have criticized for being too complicated and convoluted compared to the first year, but it is nevertheless, one of the most intelligent, intricate storylines ever plotted out on television.
The series was supposedly loosely inspired by Twin Peaks, a truly wacked out series from the early nineties created by David Lynch. Trust me, that man has bizarre things going on in his head. I checked it out after hearing this theory, and while it certainly has its similarities, Veronica Mars is infinitely better. Other critics have hailed it the next Buffy, which is a comparison I can get behind, being a devoted Buffy fan and all. Even Joss Whedon has voiced this appreciation, so you can be sure it has a lot of kick-ass support behind it.
Check it out. You might be surprised how much you like it.
Links: Season one Overview - youtube clip
*image taken from tv.com
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