Veronica Mars
I made my way through the final few episodes of the first season of Veronica Mars this evening. I have to say that my opinions about this show remain fairly mixed. It's not without its good points, but the quality of the overall production, from both an acting and a writing standpoint, is so mixed it has a habit of veering from the highly enjoyable to the downright infuriating in the space of a single scene.The biggest problem is the inconsistency of the season's key plot arcs. Essentially, there are three: (1) who killed Lilly Kane? (2) where did Veronica's mother go? (3) who raped Veronica? The first one is handled with a reasonable amount of consistency throughout the 22 episodes, but the other two are not managed well at all. The second is made out to be a big deal for the first few episodes and then suddenly seems to be resolved seemingly at random. The third basically disappears after being mentioned a couple of times and then is suddenly thrown back in during the penultimate episode, as if the writers suddenly remembered it.
I suppose the most positive thing I can say about the show is that I'm interested enough in it to see what happens in the second season, so it must be working on some level. Still, though, this has nothing on Buffy, Angel, Alias or any of the other US TV shows that I've got into.
Final grade: 6/10
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