I forgot to tape the premiere of Veronica Mars last night, dammit. But I wanted to get this prediction out.
Charisma Carpenter has joined the series, evidently as a bitchy MILF, and will presumably serve as an instigator and point of conflict for the season arc.
Her proper role in the season arc, analyzed as a traditional mystery, should be to be the obvious suspect. About halfway through the season, convincing evidence that she did it should surface. And then, at the end of that episode, you find her murdered body. (She can keep appearing in flashbacks, so you can honestly say she's committed for the season.) Now everything you've discovered has to be re-examined in a new light.
The noirish approach is that she was murdered by an unknown co-conspirator so that she couldn't give him up. A more Nero Wolfe-ish approach would have her innocent, but in possession of information that she didn't know she had, and the aftermath of her murder would be figuring out what information she could have had.
In a single hour, it's OK if the obvious suspect does it; in a season arc, you have to have reverses and diversions, so that the obvious suspect can't do it.
Thanks.
It actually bugs me a little bit that there's no obvious thematic resonance arising from her surname. Arguably, her alienation from her peers marks her as a Martian. But there's no Phobos, no Deimos, no focus on war, no red theme in the production design, that I've seen. Larding someone up with a name like "Mars" and not working it seems like a waste.
According to Rob Thomas, "Veronica Mars just rolls off the tongue."
Definitely find a torrent of the episode ASAP, because it was solid goodness through and through. The last 90 seconds or so was the first time television has made me say "HOLY SHIT" in quite a while.
Saw the premiere thanks to my good friends the Harts.
I will admit the finale made me say "Holy cow!"
Also: Charisma Carpenter's had work done. Oh, sure, her breasts are large and round and perky and attractive, but they're about as far apart as the Ricardo's beds. You could land a jet fighter in her sternal plane. Tacky.
I'm confused. Are you implying that she has had work done because there is too much space between her breasts?
If so, we can discuss this in detail tonight.
According to the web, places that talk about boob jobs like badplasticsurgery.com, canyons and sternal planes are a giveaway sign of boob jobs. Natural big round boobs overlap the lateral edge of the sternum.
Oooooh, Greg's in trouble.
Sorry, someone had to say it, and I think I am pretty easily the most juvenile one here.
So why doesn't Veronica fall into your despised genre of intrepid female heroine who has a brother/father/boyfriend in law enforcement that gets herself into trouble each episode? Your temp agency premise would even work for her when the writers get tired of sending her school mates to her begging for help.
1. Who could dislike Enrico Colantoni?
2. It's only law enforcement significant others that I disparage, and she dumped the deputy fast.
3. She's not an amateur detective, she's a pro. That makes a difference.
4. Who could dislike Kristin Bell?
5. Veronica's a trickster: clever, resourceful, in control.
6. I like class struggles.