Veronica Mars Survives Senior Year
- Title: Veronica Mars – The Complete Second Season
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With Nancy Drew opening on Friday I thought it would be a good time to look back at the coolest teen private eye of the new millennium…
After solving Lily’s (Amanda Seyfried) murder, Veronica (Kristen Bell) tries her hand at a more normal life, but her reputation, skills, the needs of her friends, and a bus she should have been on going over a cliff compel her to return to the P.I. game.
The first season hinged on slowly giving us glimpses at the old Vernoica through Lily’s eyes as Vernoica fought to discover who killed her best friend. With this case solved there is something missing from the framework of the story, though the fallout from the first season will be dealt with over the course of season two.
My other complaint with the second season is the abscence of Wallace (Percy Diggs III) for a handful of episodes. What makes the series work are the relationships between the characters, and Veronica without her Watson is a real bummer. Once Wallace returns, with new baggage for Veronica to help him through, the season picks right back up through the revelations of the final episode.
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