So, you’re wondering why I’m such a fan of Veronica Mars? I could go into the fabulous writing and acting, the excellent mystery plot, the way each episode of the first season was a subtle homage to certain mystery tropes, etc. However, instead of doing that I will just continue to recommend–as I have been doing for two seasons now–that you just watch the show and decide for yourself. Everyone I’ve made this challenge to, who has actually tried the show, has become a serious fan (with the exception of Neil A. MacFarlane, Esq., who, as we all know, has seriously misaligned life priorities.)
After such a good season 1, I was quite worried that Season 2 would be terrible, especially when I heard that the network had a lot of “notes”. Well, everything that I liked last season seems to be taken up a notch this season, especially the plotting. (And it seems like the notes must have just been “lets have more sex on the show”, since the number of gratuitous sex scenes / references has taken a huge spike from last year–but that’s actually not so bad if it’s the limit of the network meddling.)
The rest of this post is an attempt to summarize the current open questions in the season’s background arc. Bear in mind that this is like 8 episodes into the season, and that most of this stuff is subtext, and in the few cases where it’s explicit, it’s in the B-story. Each episode also has the “wrapped in an hour” A-plot as well.
This list is shamelessly lifted from a list prepared by Dan Evans III, who is one of my pop cultural gurus.
Veronica:
- May be the target of a huge murder conspiracy.
- because she brought down the big real estate consortium?
- because she is the target of revenge by Aaron Echolls?
- complete coincidence?
- Investigating the guilt of Logan
- still has blackmail tape of Sheriff Lamb?
Meg
- In a coma
- in coma because she was on the bus?
- why did she survive?
- What is in the letter?
- What is on her computer?
- Why is her family so freaky? Witness Protection? Mob ties? Scientologists?
Duncan
- Has a previously unknown connection with Meg
- Did he knock her up?
- Is he still on his meds or is he beating hoboes?
- Is it possible that he killed Lily like Aaron is now claiming?
- Did he bone Kendall? Did he give her money? Something else?
Logan
- Connected to murder on the bridge
- Sets off Neptune Class War
- Sets off gang war between PCHers and Fighting Flannigans
- Did he do it?
- Why are the Fighting Flanigans involved in the murder?
- Was he just a good fall guy for Mayor Guttenberg’s plan to create Gated community?
- Do we really believe it was a coincidence that Aaron was at the jail at the same time as Logan?
Wallace
- Why is the dad back?
Weevil
- Is he losing control of the PCHers?
- Is he being set up by his own boys?
The S2 Mysteries, in General
- The Bus
- Why did the stunt guy blow up the bus?
- Was the seperation of students intentional?
- Does beaver know more than he is letting on?
- What Blew up?
- WTF is up with the GD RAT???
- Why is he dead, with VM’ s name on his hand
- Abel Coontz’ Daughter
- OK Seriously? WTF?
- Sorry.
- She was happy in Europe, then she bolted? Or was she abducted with a cover story?
- A diplomat killed her and stuffed her into an Ice machine???
- WHAT DOES SHE KNOW???
- Meg’s family
- Is sis covering for Meg or herself or for something else?
- Seriously, how f’ed up is that family?
- Tessa and her dad
- What’s up with the psychic?
- Why did she leave NY?
- Is her drug use (addiction) tied into The Irish Methheads?
- What did her dad do to get blackmailed by Lamb?
- Evil Mayor Gutenberg
- How does real estate deal tie into evil Mayor Gutenberg’s plan for a rich super community?
- Why does the mayor want Keith so bad? To keep enemies closer….becuase he likes Keith….or hates Lamb?
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