Veronica Mars S01E09
This is the rich kid joins a cult episode.
I know he was a guest star and not a contender, but this episode finally had a young male character that one could like. Casey (played by Jonathan Bennett of Mean Girls fame) is handsome, moderately intelligent, newly nice, and incredibly well heeled. He’s the knight in shining armor that would be a perfect-world match for Veronica. But of course, as has been well said by better TV addicts than I, perfect-world matches make for poor storytelling. There’s a reason why the fairy tales don’t go in depth about the happily-ever-afters. It’s boring. It’s best to leave the perfect match fellows for when you know the show is about to be cancelled.
Why, why on earth, does Veronica shred the paternity test results? She’s dealing with the possibility now, would the truth make life better? Perhaps she’s just as afraid of not being Kane’s daughter. She’s just found a comforting story to tell herself about why Duncan broke up with her. She’d have to give that up. Maybe she secretly likes the idea of being the heiress. The more I think about it, the less likely I feel it is for her to be Duncan’s sister. Lilly seemed to have known the real reason why Duncan broke up with Veronica, and I think Lilly would have told Veronica and the world. There are other reasons that are harder to express as well.
I really liked that this episode showed the “cult” to actually be a healthy community that was pleasingly abnormal rather than scarily freakish. Sometimes there are good people in the world. Sometimes idealists like to get together. Sometimes we shouldn’t judge people by their poor taste in names. (Mooncalves? Seriously.)
We didn’t have any significant Logan time, which was nice on the one hand (since he’s an impish ass) but also not so great because one of the things I’m watching for is his character’s development. Oh well. That English teacher is a character whose development I’d like to follow ... anyway ...
No favorite lines since I didn’t have a pencil while I was watching and I really like watching these full screen.
I can finally read this article now that I’ve finished episode 9, plus I’ve got episode 10 ready to view so no waiting!
posted by Scott @ 1:05 AM
4 Comments:
That link didn't link to anything for me... by the way...
Yes, I liked that episode too. I liked that we were anticipating (with Veronica) for the other shoe to drop and for the cult to be somehow EVIL and they never were. I also like it (and it will happen again) when she and her dad don't see eye to eye on issues and are working at cross purposes. It makes for more interesting dialogue and conflict.
Oh, and I yes, it is very frustrating that she shreds the paternity results. Your thought that she wants to go on living the possibility of Kane progeny is an interesting one. I took at more as she couldn't bear the idea of not being Keith's daughter and just didn't want to know. But interesting thought, Scott.
I fixed the link.
Thanks for the comments. My paternity test theory is partly just me being difficult. It's a less likely reason, so I like it more.
Wow. That linked article is quite thorough. Interesting. I didn't realize that people were out there dissecting VM college essay paper style!
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