RSSTV Show Review: Veronica Mars (Season 1)
02 Sep 2008 No Comments
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Veronica Mars [Season 1] (2004)
The first season of Veronica Mars can’t be described as anything other than pure gold. My friend Mel bought me the first season of the show as a gift. She was a fan and had been telling me I needed to watch it. Apparently, she decided to give me a shove in the right direction, and I couldn’t be more grateful to her for that because I had no idea what I was missing.
At the core of the show, despite each episode being about 17-year-old junion Veronica and her former sheriff father turned private detective solving cases, the real mystery that needs to be solved is who killed Veronica’s best friend, Lilly Kane. In spite of trying to make her way through the trials of high school where she is ostrosized by her former friends and classmates, each episode reveals a new clue about what really happened to Lilly.
With so many players and so much backstory, it could have been easy to be overloaded or become confused, but each kernel of information was revealed in a clever way, from flashbacks of events to simple, yet clever dialogue. I found myself on the edge of my seat, waiting for the moment when Veronica and her dad would finally solve the mystery.
When that moment came, I couldn’t have been more satisfied. Even with a conclusion I wasn’t at all expecting, every piece of information I’d learned from previous episodes made complete sense and fit perfectly. The first season of Veronica Mars is without a doubt one of the greatest television shows I’ve watched. It had me enthralled from start to finish and left me wanting more.
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