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Long live Veronica Mars.




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Great obituary. I never watched the show, though I am almost positive I'd love it if I had. It will have to be added to the Netflix que...

Woah, looking at Kristen Bell's bio on imbd, the similarities between me and her are uncanny.

From Kristen Bell's imdb bio:

Born, Detroit, Michigan (like me)

Attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. (where I live)

Was voted PETA's "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" for 2006. (I am not a vegetarian, but I he was, I'd certainly would be one of the world's sexiest as well)

Roots passionately for the Detroit Red Wings. (Oh yes! Poor Wings. :( )

Was named by Jane magazine in the U.S.A. as one of the "11 People You'd Most Like to See Naked." (Ditto)

She loves animals and often volunteers for animal related charities. (Same here)

She was mentioned in People's Magazine "Most Beautiful 2007" on the Beauty at every age page. She was the beauty at age 26. (I was in consideration to be the beauty at age 33.)

It is clear that her disappointment over her show being cancelled will only be surpassed by her disappointment when she finds out I'm married...

Veronica's relationship with Keith was always my favorite aspect of the show (other than the hilarity of the writing and the nerve-wracking pace of the mysteries of course). I'm still in denial that VM is dead, I just hope that the cast and crew are able to use their talents in other worth projects. I don't want Ms. Bell to be relegated to the status of perpetual petite blond PG-13 horror movie star.

WorthY projects, damned typos.

amen.

Veronica Mars will go down as one of my all-time favorite shows. The relationship between Keith and Veroncia was key, but I think it should be mentioned that the chemistry between Veronica and the minor characters was fantastic as well.

As a sucker for great continuity, I'm really going to miss Veronica. Go Pirates!!

Veronica Mar, you will be sorely missed.

dammit. MARS, it's supposed to say Mars. *sigh*

Oh wow, that "he's a marshmallow" thing at the end actually made me a little emotional.

I have to tell you something a little weird, Pajiba folk...I never watched an episode of Veronica Mars unti last night. I was an avid Gilmore Girls fan and the automatic recording caused my Tivo to record Veronica Mars. I turned the TV on and as I walked around the living room hanging up my jacket and sorting through the day's mail, I just sort of started watching. I loved it, so I watched the second hour of it. It ended and I was like "Wow, I can't wait to see what happens next week, I'll have to netflix the first couple of seasons." And then I came in today to read all my usual websites and everyone's all teary about the show being cancelled and last night being the end.

How can it be the end?! Augh. I'm bummed out, but I'm definitely going to netflix all of it. Just from watching the two episodes I saw last night I can see exactly what elicited the review (or tribute I guess) above.

It was a sad night in television. I read somewhere that they filmed the season finale with the assumption there would be a fourth, and now, I am stuck with a forever unresolved cliff hanger. Will Keith be elected as Sheriff? Will Veronica and Logan get back together? Thanks for the wonderful obituary, it made me come to terms with the loss of one of my favorite shows on TV. Somewhere Vernoica Mars and Michael Bluth are sharing a chocolate covered banana.

It was a sad night in television. I read somewhere that they filmed the season finale with the assumption there would be a fourth, and now, I am stuck with a forever unresolved cliff hanger. Will Keith be elected as Sheriff? Will Veronica and Logan get back together? Thanks for the wonderful obituary, it made me come to terms with the loss of one of my favorite shows on TV. Somewhere Vernoica Mars and Michael Bluth are sharing a chocolate covered banana.

Great obituary. I'll be honest, I feel like absolute crap now that Veronoca's cancelled, and I prolly won't get over it for a while. I'm still ticked about Arrested Development, and it's been almost a year now since it was cancelled.

Kudos to Pajiba for recognizing good TV when they see it.

What can anyone really say? Just "sigh" I guess. sigh.

Ah, Daniel, you said the very thing that made me love VM the most--the Veronica-Keith relationship. Don't get me wrong, I AM a LoVe fan, but I am glad that the show did not end on a schmoopy, sentimental note. It was beautiful and bittersweet--and it was ultimately about Veronica and Keith. Dammit, I might start weeping again.

That was lovely, Daniel. Thanks for the eloquent expression from all of our broken hearts.

Thank you for putting into words what I could not express on my own last night. I wish you had gone on and on. I could have read this review for hours... days... There need to be ballads written about this show.

This is just going to make me cherish my Christmas presents from my husband of Seasons 1 and 2 all the more. I hate when good shows are put in the hands of stupid execs.

The relationship between Keith and Veronica was always one of my favorite parts, and it was the reason I was able to sucker my mother into watching the show, too.

At least it went out with a bang. That very last episode was packed with everything that's good about the show. When will we get another show anchored around a brave, strong woman who isn't aglow with neuroses?

Why Do The Good Die Young?!

God Veronica, seeing you die just makes me really have to rent the seasons on DVD again, jsut to remember you.

I haven't felt this saddened by the death of a TV show since the finale of Six Feet Under. So Veronica, you will be surely missed.

I went and bought the first two season's DVD's in memoriam.

Amen, Daniel. A-fuckin'-men.

I've been watching alot of British television lately and it's odd how successful shows for them sometimes usually only run a few 'series', and have less than 50 episodes. I'm trying to keep that in mind when my anger and desire to throttle Dawn Ostroff overtakes me. I am very grateful to have had V Mars for as long as we have, but damn, shit still hurts, especially since the last episode left me feeling lost and depressed. But I will treasure my DVD's, and remember that along with Freeks and Geeks, Firefly, Friday Night Lights(my pessimistic nature kicks in and I'm just not sure this lovely show is long for this world, 2nd season or not), Deadwood,and a handful of others, the first season of V Mars is one of the greatest stories ever put to film. And in the shallow end, I sure will miss Jason Dohring's fine ass(no more barely towel-covered Logan, Sob!)

I never got into Veronica (hehehehe) I think it was because it started too soon after they murdered Angel in that horrible cliffhanger series finale. I just wasn't up to making a commitment (turns out I was right, the fans got buttfucked again).

I will see this on DVD, like I did The Shield in weekend long sittings. See what all the fuss is about.

I think it was because it started too soon after they murdered Angel in that horrible cliffhanger series finale.

For as lame as it was to lose Angel, at least they had enough time to cobble together some sort of proper ending. (that wasn't so much a cliffhanger as what seemed to be the main theme of the show - doing right even against clearly impossible odds with no chance of reward).

It sucks that VM didn't even get that. Then again, the truly popular shows are wrung and wrung until there's nothing good left in them, so maybe it's better to say goodbye when there's almost nothing but good memories.

"Somewhere Vernoica Mars and Michael Bluth are sharing a chocolate covered banana."

And Michael would look at Veronica and you'd hear Ron Howard say "Michael Bluth realized Veronica was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen."

God I'm going to miss this show.

Indeed, Twig - VM has gone the way of Firefly... it's like hearing a great song cut off in the middle, and we're doomed to never to hear the end. At least Firefly could be put to bed gracefully with Serenity. Veronica fans will not even get that kind of closure.

Balls.

I'm not ready to be sentimental, because I'M STILL FRAKING PISSED!
The CW can just burn in hell, and their little pussy cat dolls, too!
...Nice review, though.

Daniel, that was beautiful. Thank you so much helping eulogize our girl Veronica. Dammit, now I'm crying at work.

And now, something that someone posted on Television Without Pity's Farewell thread that made me cry:

Don't you forget me, Veronica Mars.
I could never.

Veronica Mars brought life to my life as well. I am saddened by the loss and greatful to own the first two seasons on DVD.

Shows that give away bit parts to the winners of reality show challenges (not even the winners of the show!) are truly the greatest.

I dare say, this is a perfect example of how mainstream and middle of the road folk are the very definition of mediocre. On one side you've got your Fireflies, VM's , Angels Arrested Developments and on the other Pussycat Dolls, Tyra's search for "Models" oh and, repeats of it (riiiight).

And you know what? The mainstream will choose the second group every time.

Thanks for this essay, Dan.

I was a late arrival to the fandom - at the urging of a friend I watched "The Rapes of Graff"; the next day I bought season 1 on DVD and sacrificed an entire weekend to watching the whole thing in one go, because I could not turn away.

Veronica Mars is the kind of show that makes me want to write a series myself, because it shows how absolutely superlative a television series can be when it's done right. (It's also intimidating, because it sets that bar distressingly high.)

RIP, Veronica. You'll live on in my heart - quip on lips, taser in hand.

Thank you so much for that Daniel , it will help get over the fact that it's over. But I guess like all good shows, this too met and early end. I just wish that we would've gotten a proper goodbye. As I read on one website "True love stories never have endings: Goodbye Veronica Mars, you will be missed" :'(

i'm still so very sad. i loved the show, but i wasn't expecting to be this sad--everything that happened in the finale last night made me cry. except all those commercials for the stupid frakkin pussycat dolls show--those pissed me off. if they had ever given veronica mars half the support and promotion that they gave the stupid PCD show maybe the ratings would have been better.

wow. i'm incoherent and everything. good thing it is almost happy hour!

That was beautiful. I visit Pajiba every day to read the snarky (but honest!) reviews of the latest movies/TV. I've known for awhile now that Pajiba pretty much rocks, but it's a testament to its taste that so many people here loved Veronica. This ending is so bittersweet. I just keep sighing all deep and depressed-like all day.

My anger towards the CW is practically too great to even talk about it now that it has brought the early deaths of two of my favorite shows--Everwood and Veronica Mars.

That isn't why I'm posting, however. I just wanted to say thank you for giving Veronica such a fitting and heart felt goodbye.

And also to say, damn you, Princess Pajamas! Your sign out made me get all teary and emotional.

But you're right---we could NEVER forget Veronica.

I will miss the show so much. BUT I don't think Dawn Ostroff is to blame for ruining it: she was the president of UPN for the first two seasons. It's not like she came in from out of nowhere and suddenly made the show get less good, like Dan implies in the article; the change to the new network was obviously deleterious, but I don't think it's the fault of the woman who renewed it twice despite its poor ratings. That said, I can't imagine that I could love another show half as much as I loved VM.

Reading this thread is actually making me tear up a little bit.

I loved this show so, so, so much. Even when my friends who loved season one fell by the wayside in season two, my love grew. And by season three, Veronica was in my blood.

The last three episodes at least offered a little bit of closure, as I suspect Rob Thomas ("Rob Thomas is a whore!" I nearly died) had suspected for awhile that this season would be the last, or at least the last in its current form. We know Wallace planned to go to Africa, that Veronica had a bright future at the FBI, and perhaps even a NORMAL relationship with Piz. Things looked good.

But what about Keith? What's with the return of Jake? (this brings up questions about Veronica's communications with Duncan, if there have been any or not). UGH. I need another season. Need it!!!!

Farewell Veronica. I add you to all the previously mentioned shows (F&G, Firefly, AD, etc). Gone but not forgotten. Come on guys, letter writing campaign, maybe we can see Veronica Mars: The Movie! (ahhhh. . . wishful thinking)

Man! Why do the good ones always die young? Why couldn't they have cancelled Grey's Anatomy (which jumped the shark big time this season!!) and kept V.M. on? Yes, I realize they are on different networks...just sayin'

Hugeazhell siiiiiiiiigh.

Veronica didn't die young. It had three seasons, which in TV terms made it middle-aged. How many series don't even get one full season? At least it went out high and didn't fritter away into something I was ashamed to say I ever watched.

And it's TV. There'll be another good show, another great show. One thing I've learned about the endless maw that is television is this: No matter how bad it hurts that your current favorite is gone, keep your head up. Another will be here presently.

And I will always have the DVDs to keep me warm.

what sucks the most is that the finale was the perfect, perfect setup for a season 4 that promised to be way better than season 3: veronica and her dad against the world again, only this time the ronnie-vs.-'09ers conflict would be writ large across the adult world. oooh, it would've been so good, especially if keith lost the election and neptune ended up run by a corrupt vinnie van lowe in concert with the fitzpatricks. it's almost too tough to imagine, but it would've been darker than season 1, which means possibly better.

adios, veronica mars, erstwhile best show on tv. it's not your fault you were on the CW.

sam,

What makes you think another network would have kep VM on the air? It's easy to hate on the CW, but would Fox have given VM 66 episodes? I think not.

Good riddance to so-so rubbish.

"thatbeeschick"-

Fuck off and die. We liked the show; you didn't. Can't that be enough?

-Ray

Tsk Tsk, Ray. Language, young man.

thatbeeschick-

Sorry. I just lost control. But come on, was this really the day to troll into a forum dedicated to honoring a show that just got killed and piss on its memory? Seriously: Did you think it was funny? Or worthwhile?

-Ray

Was I the only one not disappointed by the end? I mean, at first I felt deflated and left hanging, but I thought about it some more: Veronica casts a vote for her father, who she knows will lose -- she knows he should win, that he *needs* to win, that the alternative is too awful, but at the same time, she knows the battle is lost and there's nothing she can do to save it. Sound familiar?

Rob Thomas knew his show was on the rocks -- he hoped for a 4th season, he fought for it (and, oh my god, did he fight for it! I have never heard of a show working so hard to save its own skin, right up to the very last minute) but Thomas knew this may be the last episode we ever see. And if it were, that would mean he had lost -- after all the pearls he laid before us, after 3 full seasons of struggling, the show would be lost.

Veronica leaves the polling center, bereft of hope. The soundtrack soulfully informs us that it never rains in California as the late, lamented Ms. Mars walks off alone into a downpour.

A fitting end, I think - but also fitting in that it didn't really end at all. Everyone's still in the middle of their lives, their court cases, and their relationships. Vinnie VanLowe is about to make Sheriff Lamb's genteel corruption look like a police state in comparison. Logan smiled at her as he left the cafeteria, and she smiled back. Strangely, this lack of resolution has actually helped me cope with the loss of the show - the unknown holds far more possibility than the defined. As TWoP poster put it, quoting a (modified) line from Sir Arthur Connan Doyle: "One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination... Perhaps in some humble corner of such a Valhalla, Veronica and her Wallace may for a time find a place."

Jessica-I agree that there was a beautiful synchronicity of the final moments that made me quite farklempt.

Thank you, Pajiba, for this obit; it coveys so much of what I love about television in general and VM specifically.

I hate losing good television. Every time something as brilliant and clever as Veronica gets replaced by the Pussycat Dolls (or general equivalent) I become convinced that the world truly is going to end up looking like Mike Druge's Idiocracy. And I shudder.

RIP Veronica. I will miss your snarky voice overs. Your fabulous hair. Your platonic protection of Wallace. Your perfect father. Your entire EVERYTHING with Logan. Your vulnerability. Your ability to take-down. The confident way you wield your taser. Your jokes with Cliff...

*sigh*

Damn, I'm gonna miss it, too, but there will be other decent shows. And as someone pointed out above, it probably got a longer life on UPN/CW than it would have on any other network, certainly Fox, which can't get rid of quality fast enough (Simpsons aside) to make room in its schedule for shit. How I long for the day (and it will come) when America no longer wants to watch people emote while they sing crappy pop songs.

Denial is an odd thing... it's rather warm and comforting. Until it slips away.

I guess this is goodbye.

Thank you, Veronica.

Denial is an odd thing... it's rather warm and comforting. Until it slips away.

I guess this is goodbye.

Thank you, Veronica.

I can't believe I'm crying my little eyes out and I only caught this last season (just moved back from Europe last fall and watched this solely on the basis of reading about it from the TV Whore several times). I guess the good thing in my case is I can now go get the earlier seasons on DVD and start at the beginning.

Just finished watching it.

There are no words. No words for my sadness. No words for my anger. I never connected to a show like I did this one. Even my beloved "Firefly" was only discovered after it was canceled. I stayed with Veronica since the beginning, and never regretted one second. I truly understood the idea of 'fan' when I watched this show. Even when I put Kristen Bell fantasies on notice (because of her boyfriend; any update on that by the way?), I still kept falling in love with the character, and can't see her doing anything else.

And yet, I hold no malice for Ostroff or the CW. They tried for three seasons to get people to watch this wonderful, beautiful show. But a severely high number of dumb asses with easy access to Nielsen boxes decided they would rather watch a show about the damn Pussycat Dolls (who I also don't blame) than the crazy little show that tried so much to bring a little quirkiness and quality to the small screen after years of dross. It is them that I blame. Those people who are too afraid to try something new. Those that just sit back and wait for the next spoonful of crap to be shoved into their gaping maws. They are the ones I wish to Taser. Better yet, I wish that Weevil, Wallace, and Logan could do one more solid for our girl and beat the ever living snot out of every Nielsen family that turned the channel.

But I cannot. So, I must simply say adieu. "Tis better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all." Never thought I would truly get that, but now I do.

Funny thing: In the last episode, just after Veronica told Logan she would need time to forgive him, I said out loud "That is nice, but you do realize he is still going to beat that guy's ass." As soon as I got it out of my mouth, they showed Logan beating the guy's ass. That was how in sync I was with this show.

"This is the Odyssey of teen dramas, a multi-character soap brimming with murder and sex and lies and corruption and the kind of pure sweet heartbreak your body forgets how to produce after a certain age because it would kill you."

Very awesomely summed up.

The thing I was most upset about was that VM didn't get the same chance that Gilmore Girls did. Both shows filmed their finales before their cancellations were final, but at least GG kind of saw it coming and took that into consideration. I got to say goodbye to the characters while still feeling certain that Lorelai would show up to her parents' house the following Friday night.

I get no such satisfaction with Veronica. All I'm left is wanting more.

.....DAMMIT!

Is it weird that for the past 30 hours I've been walking around in a haze, in a horrible mood, as though I just got dumped or my best friend moved away? No? Good, then you are my people. Neptune people.

I loved the first season. Loved it. Bought it for myself, my parents and two other friends. I tried to get everyone I knew to tune into the second season, which was good, but the bar had been set so high, and (in my opinion) the finale was horrible. I only watched half of the third season, and yeah, network demands screwed the show, and scheduling changes didn't help, but it really seemed like the writers had no idea what to do with these characters in college. Logan became an annoying caricature of himself, and (to a lesser extent) so did Keith and Veronica.

I will always appreciate the effort and risk that the people involved in this show made to get and keep it on the air for as long as they did. I am sorry that they couldn't maintain the incredible pace they started with.

But most of all, I am glad that they pulled it together to give Veronica the best send-off they could. By walking bravely into an ambiguous future, (a little older, a little wiser) Veronica recovered her true noir roots and can continue to amaze and inspire.

Thanks for the great obituary.
RIP, Veronica Mars. We won't forget you.

Miserere Dominum, Miserere Dominum, sassy mortus est.

I've been watching Veronica since the first week when my old boss downloaded episode one as part of his yearly trawl of the pilot episodes and it's remained one of my favourite shows ever since.

That was a truely beautiful tribute Dan.

RIP Veronica, may you live on through my DVD box sets.

Veronica Mars...I thought I was a jaded old fuck never to feel real warmth for anything showbiz related again. Then this show came along and, somehow, brought back the good stuff. I will miss it terribly

Thank you for writing about this great show. This season paled in comparison to 1 and 2 - and I blame the CW for that, forcing a new format on them and interrupting the show's schedule whenever it felt like it, not to mention no promotional support - but yes, even though this season was not as great, I still loved the show and felt connected to it. I will miss Veronica dearly.

I'm gonna cry.

From a faithful Veronica Mars fan I want to say thank you for that beautiful write up. It's a much more eloquent way of stating your love for the show rather than "I hate the CW"...which is what I resorted to. Thanks!

I'm heartbroken. Really. I first saw Veronica when CTV was showing it as a summer replacement show about 2 years ago and I was hooked. It filled the hole that Buffy the Vampire Slayer had left withing. Or at least the first three seasons of Buffy, because after that it was (except for "Hush") a gradual downhill slide.

Veronica, Logan, Weevil, Wallace, Keith, Mac, Duncan, Lily, you will all be missed...

SOB!!!

A wonderful eulogy for an wonderful show. I'm grateful for 3 seasons of VM, but still pissy about the end. I have felt depressed the whole week. Over a freakin' tv show, for God's sake! If I were someone else I'd tell myself to get a life.

Double Sigh

pixiecat,

I spent an entire summer bummed after Buffy aired "Becoming." Welcome to the club.

"A long time ago
We used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all"

Bye Neptune gang! You brightened my TV life for 3 years, adn I'll always be happy for that.

Mr. Marshmallow Carlson,

Really touching - this and your companion piece over at Slowly, and over a TV show no less. Knew you would be writing something about this as soon as the TVWhore made a comment that he won't be writing the goodbye piece.

My suggestion - go look up that breakup list you guys did and find something to listen to. My suggestion is something happy sounding, cranked up to 11 - Some power pop should work (New Pornographers, Raspberries). I'ld say watch some sports, but we both know that won't happen.

That was beautifully expressed, thank you.

I need to find myself a copy of The Virgin Suicides movie soundtrack and wallow in my bedroom for the next year...or years.

Veronica Mars (and company) will always have a place in my heart.

I didn't discover the show until it appeared on the WB, or excuse me, the CW, I still keep forgetting, but that 3rd season was still excellent. Now I'm going to rent the first two seasons, and have myself a marathon.

The ending of Veronica Mars has made me feel like my best friend moved to another continent. I am terribly sad, but I have a distinct feeling that she's still there. Siggggghhhhhh

I loved Veronica Mars from the first season. It was witty, and something unlike the shows teenagers are supposed to watch now. The first two season are fantastic, but eh show fell flat on the third because of the 3 mysteries instead of one, making the show compeatly focused on them, and Veronica and Logans relationship. But then we got to the last threee episodes it seemed to be like it's old self and I had hope that the CW would keep it just for critical acclaim. Nope, they kept one tree hill, the show where they;ve been in high school way longer than they should have been, and they;ve run out of story lines so the blonde one is always getting attacked by a phsyco. good choice CW, good choice.

"Shows that give away bit parts to the winners of reality show challenges (not even the winners of the show!) are truly the greatest."

That, along with the horrible casting of Paris Hilton and Kristin Cavallieri (sp?) in two episodes, were the result of network interference. At least the show managed to keep damage to a minimum by keeping the cameo lengths to a minimum; heck, they threw Naima's character off a cliff on an exploding bus! I actually kinda dug ANTM's Kim in her cameo. Let's not forget that the show has also featured appearances by Joss Whedon and Kevin Smith (both unabashed fans of the show), as well as Joey Lauren Adams and her teeny-tiny voice.

No one has mentioned what I regard as the worst UPN/Warner travesty. Following S1 Thomas and company decided that they were going to really luxe up the DVD sets as a reward to the fans--commentaries, behind the scenes, all the goodies.

Warner came to him and said, "Don't do that. Get 'em done quick. We want to hit the stores early and help build momentum and fan base for S2." So Thomas complied, putting together the bare-bones DVDs we now possess, only to have Warner push the release date back until well after second season premiere on UPN. We got neither timely discs, nor the feature-packed fan rewards that Thomas envisioned.

No one has mentioned what I regard as the worst UPN/Warner travesty. Following S1 Thomas and company decided that they were going to really luxe up the DVD sets as a reward to the fans--commentaries, behind the scenes, all the goodies.

Warner came to him and said, "Don't do that. Get 'em done quick. We want to hit the stores early and help build momentum and fan base for S2." So Thomas complied, putting together the bare-bones DVDs we now possess, only to have Warner push the release date back until well after second season premiere on UPN. We got neither timely discs, nor the feature-packed fan rewards that Thomas envisioned.

I remember when I read on "Watch w/ Kristin" (yes... she led me to VM) that one of the new pilots for the season was about a girl in high school that moonlights as a PI, and thought "What the hell, I don't have anything else on at that time" and watched the premiere online and fell in love. I don't think I have ever felt this way about any other TV show... even my love for Buffy wasn't this obsessive. I always watched it "real time" and TiVo'ed it for repeat watching. My husband lost me for 1 hour a week and knew that interruption meant certain death. I will forever mourn the loss of such "smart" TV and hope that Rob Thomas lives on in the future on my TV. I llok forward to whatever he has coming.

A girl named Mars, from Neptune, who drives a Saturn on planet Earth. God, I'll miss this show.

"Annoy tiny blonde one, annoy like the wind!"

I can't believe it.
This was my favorite show. I looked forward to it all week.

Well, I guess smart, strong, witty young women on TV have no future.

This is depressing.

Aw, geez, it's just a TV-show.

Get over it.

Was I the only one not disappointed by the end? I mean, at first I felt deflated and left hanging, but I thought about it some more: Veronica casts a vote for her father, who she knows will lose -- she knows he should win, that he *needs* to win, that the alternative is too awful, but at the same time, she knows the battle is lost and there's nothing she can do to save it. Sound familiar?

Same here -- it took me a while, but I think now that this was probably the best possible ending for the show. It was always meant to be of the noir genre, and this is a pretty typical noir ending - you have your "good guys" who are struggling against corruption of some type or other, but in the end to fight against corruption makes the protagonist a little (or a lot) corrupt her/himself. Therefore the narrative can't justifiable give her/him an unqualified happy ending, with wall to wall public triumph. The triumphs, such as they are, are underhanded and secret, and possibly not all that fulfilling.

So Keith loses the election, and Veronica is more than a little bit personally responsible for it. Okay. But on the other hand, Veronica is now utterly in possession of (pardon the expression) the balls of all the most powerful movers and shakers in Califormia. They could have her killed, I guess, but now that the show is cancelled I won't have to have my heart ripped out that way. :-)

Same with Logan -- there was no way his character could have wound up happy and well adjusted, not in this genre. His fate was left very, very ominous, but still, I'm okay with that. everyone falls victim to their own personal brand of tragic flaw.

Anyway, I'm glad that I had my show for as long as I did, and that it didn't have time to start disappointing me.

I'm still in denial that it's gone. Or maybe I'm in the bargaining phase? In any event, I loved it and i'll miss it. It did fill the Buffy-shaped hole in my heart, though I must say, I think Veronica was a more compelling main character than Buffy. Buffy had her great moments, but she always struck me as a hypnotically beautiful void around which much more compelling characters and stories centered. And veronica was clearly smarter than Buffy--I never accepted that Buffy got like, a 1440 or whatever it was on her SAT. And also, I suspect that in real life, unlike SMG, Kristen Bell is not a Republican.

It was always meant to be of the noir genre... Therefore the narrative can't justifiable give her/him an unqualified happy ending, with wall to wall public triumph.

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

"the kind of pure sweet heartbreak your body forgets how to produce after a certain age because it would kill you" -- the most beautiful phrase I've read this week.

**Sigh**...it's about all I've been able to do since watching the end of the wonderful, beautifully written show that was Veronica Mars. You better believe the DVD set will be forever watched and shared with as many as possible. Just because it's over doesn't mean new fans of Neptune can't be born!
To Kristen Bell, may she land somewhere fantastic, as she deserves honors for her portrayal of this fierce strong woman!

**Sigh**...it's about all I've been able to do since watching the end of the wonderful, beautifully written show that was Veronica Mars. You better believe the DVD set will be forever watched and shared with as many as possible. Just because it's over doesn't mean new fans of Neptune can't be born!
To Kristen Bell, may she land somewhere fantastic, as she deserves honors for her portrayal of this fierce strong woman!

I loved this show so much, it's beyond words, and I'm so angry at the CW and at the world, that it's beyond words. I'm sure you all understand.
Veronica was the first show I really, really loved (well, I used to love Gilmore Girls, but it got stale), and this is the first time I've gone through the undeserved cancelling of a favourite show. *Sob*. I sincerely hope all of the actors find more work and become hugely famous, because they all deserve it, especially Kristen and Jason. And on a final, immature note: I will never watch anything on the CW again; I'm certain the network will crash and burn miserably, and when they do, I will laugh.