Veronica Mars: Un-American Graffiti and Debasement Tapes..

[fajrdrako]

I hadn't seen the last five episodes of Veronica Mars. There was a sort of hiatus, at least on the station where I get it, and I taped it but hadn't watched it. I love the show, usually can't wait for the next episode - and Sheila said she wanted to discuss it with me, had asked me half a dozen times if I'd see it yet. No. Why not?

Two contradictory reasons. One is that I am rather seriously hooked on the Veronca/Logan relationship. Things didn't look good when last I'd watched; I was afraid of seeing it go wrong. I don't trust producers.

The other reason was that I didn't want it all to be over. If this is it for Veronica Mars, I wanted to delay the end.

Then last night I took the plunge and watched episodes 3.16 and 3.17. "Un-American Graffiti" had a plot about the vandalization of a restaurant owned by people originally from Iraq; it was fine, but I was somewhat more interested in the subplot where Keith Mars, as acting sheriff of Neptune, goes after bars selling liquor to minors. The best moment is when he catches Wallace and Piz drinking illegally, using fake ID created by Veronica. And of course I was interested in the progress (or lack thereof) of the relationship between Logan and Veronica. I loved it as much as ever - and while "Papa's Cabin" had left me feeling discouraged about it, this episode renewed hope. Not that Logan and Veronica show any signs of getting back together, or even actually talking to each other, but that's okay. Who would want it to be easy?

I liked the plot "Debasement Tapes" somewhat more - though I thought the resolution of the story about drunken former rock star Desmond Fellows was unconvincing. Still: I enjoyed it thoroughly, especially the storyline about Logan.

Today I got home from work and settled down to watch episode 3.18, "I know what you'll do Next Summer", and discovered I don't have it.

Damn.

I hope Sheila recorded it.