So Long Veronica...

For several years now, I have been an active fan of the television show Veronica Mars. It started out simply enough 3 seasons ago with nothing else to watch so I tuned in to see what this show was about. I wasn't very interested in it at first but it held my interest long enough to see the plot unfold. This show is along the cult lines of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, neither of which I was a fan of.

First season's plot surrounded the death of Veronica Mars' (Kristen Bell)best friend, Lily Kane (Amanda Seyfried). The difference in this show against other show's was that the mystery took all season to solve. So, each show solved a smaller mystery which gave clue's to the bigger mystery. Our protagonist, Veronica, although a high school student, is so sassy and witty that I look forward to hearing and seeing what she says/does next.

In the second season, new character's were introduced and a new mystery was revealed. This season's mystery revolved around a bus accident where a bomb was hidden on the bus and once the bomb exploded the bus went over a cliff. This accident wouldn't hit so close to home if at one point, Veronica was on the bus, but was accidentally left at a gas station. Then, Meg Manning (Alona Tal), the ex-girlfriend of Veronica's boyfriend, Duncan Kane (Teddy Dunn) (yes, he's the 1st season's dead girl's brother) was on the bus that went over the cliff, in which she miraculously survived, only to linger in a coma 3/4's of the season, and when she awakes it is revealed that she is preganant with Duncan's child. She has the baby and then dies and in order to save the baby from the mother's religious zealot parents, Veronica's boyfriend kidnaps the child and moves somewhere, thus leaving the show.

In the third season, Veronica is now in college, the shows creator's decide that the season long mystery doesn't leave much room for new viewers. So, they decided to try 3 8-episode mystery arc's. The first mystery arc revolved around a campus rapist, and every time he raped a girl he would shave her head. The second mystery arc revolved around the murder of the college dean, who was found dead in his office. The third arc never happened, the show went on hiatus for 8 weeks and when they came back they went to a 1 episode mystery. Then the season ended and the show is off to television heaven.

I will miss Veronica Mars. There are rumors that the show will turn into a comic book and there's a glimmer of hope that I will get my fix, somehow. Alas...VM will leave a gap...This show was clever! Plain and simple!!