A personal favorite: Veronica Mars

I have decided in all my limited knowledge have decided that some of my readers may be interested to know and discover some shows that are on my all time favorites list.  These are shows that not only would I watch on TNT (and sometimes do) in reruns, but I also either own them on DVD or I plan on getting them on DVD (if they ever come out).  The first show on this small yet highly entertaining list is Veronica Mars (2004 – 2007).

If you haven’t heard of this show than you are living under a rock and if you haven’t seen this show yet well let me just say that if you have a friend who has it on DVD beg, borrow, or steal it from them.  Because this show is smart, heart-warming, witty, ballsy, and well hell a whole lot of other adjectives that I just can’t think of right now.  (please excuse this because you see I am supposed to be working right now and instead I am writing this article).  Created by screenwriter and producer Rob Thomas (Cupid, 90210) in 2004 Veronica Mars stars Kristen Bell (Couples Retreat, Heroes), Enrico Colantoni (Flashpoint), Teddy Dunn, Francis Capra, Percy Daggs III, Michael Muhney (The Young & The Restless), Tina Majorino (Big Love), Kyle Gallner (Smallville, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Chris Lowell (Private Practice), and Ryan Hansen (Party Down).  Seasons 1 & 2 aired on the now defunct UPN network and when the WB & UPN merged in 2007 the show was picked up for the 3rd and final season on the newly formed CW.  Even though fans of the show were surpirsed the show was picked up for a 3rd season we were all skeptical of it going on any longer and as it turns out we were right.  But thankyfully the show lives on in the hearts and minds of fans everywhere and hopefully (wishful thinking on my part yes) one day we will see a movie of our beloved teen crime noir.

  Don’t let the photo fool you this is not a show that caters to merely the teenage girl group, although it does manage to cover them nicely.  When I first started watching VM I came in on the middle of the 2nd season, because you see shows that were aired on UPN often came on after all the shows from the WB had already aired (don’t ask me why, apparently channel 17 decided that it would be best to air 2 different networks shows but whatever).  Well anyways that’s not the point.  The point is that from the first episode I saw I was hooked.  All through my teenage years I had to deal with teen shows that treated us like we were stupid and could only grasp the simplest of storylines.  Everything had to wrapped up in a nice neat little package by the end of the hour.  The heroines were often vapid, simple minded creatures who I couldn’t relate to on any level.  They were always popular or looking to be popular.  And they couldn’t come up with an intelligent comeback if it was written on a cue card. 

   But finally here was a show I could relate to on an intelligent level.  Granted it was about ten years after my teen years were over, but the teenage girl who didn’t care about being a cheerleader and who wasn’t popular still lived inside of me.  Each season (except for the 3rd, a mistake if you ask me) had a mystery arc that spanned the entire season with each individual episode solving a smaller mystery.  These mysteries were solved by our young sleuth Veronica Mars who worked for her dad at his private investigators office.  Luckily for us viewers VM often had help from her friends Wallace and Mac and her dad Keith.  No of course this wouldn’t be a teen show without the proverbial love triangle and Rob delivered by giving us Logan-Veronica-Duncan.  Although I will be the first to admit that even though the chemistry between Kristen & Jason was spot on from the very beginning (their verbal sparring was like watching a well choreographed fight) I never saw the triangle coming.  I was positive that she and Duncan (Teddy Dunn) would end up together.  .

  Now dont get me wrong even though VM was perhaps the coolest chick in any high school she had her problems.  For one she wasn’t very trusting of anyone, except perhaps her dad and even then you got the feeling she didn’t trust him completely.  She also had a tendency to be very hard on those who loved her and pushed them away so often that you may feel like throwing soemthing at the screen everytime she does something you don’t understand.  (the saddest scene in the entire series is between her and Logan in S3Ep9 trust me you will know what I am talking about when you see it)  So if ever you are having a sick day or a hookie day or even just a lazy day and you are in the mood to watch a really amazing show I suggest you go out and buy, rent, steal, or borrow Veronica Mars.  Trust me, you will not regret it.