Last year, I managed to be spoiler free so that might be the reason why ATttD was so riveting to me. But also, there are a few things that made last year’s penultimate more ultimate.
First, there’s that there were two clearly identified mysteries. The big one being Lilly’s murder and the other one — other yet oh so riveting — was the rape. So last year’s was about solving the rape and that was a lead-up to solving the murder. This year, it’s the bus crash with Felix’s murder but for some reason, they just got buried under the revelation that the mayor is a pedophile. Instead of solving things, it just opened up new questions. Whereas, last year, there was a very clear feeling of solving one to move onto the other.
Also, last year’s was an ensemble cast and I like the way it showed how everyone has been helped or hurt Veronica and how everyone has been helped by or hurt by Veronica. It just showed how connected Veronica was to the town, for better and for worse. And of course, because of those connections, the build-up tension to the episode was much greater — it was nice to see all those relationships explode the way that it did.
Other things:
Yep, I knew when those tapes were destroyed that he’d get acquitted. There’s the chance of a civil trial but, what are the chances of the Kanes wanting to hash out how they conspired to obstruct justice because they thought their son did it?
“It was worth getting tied up to a pole.”Gah. Wallace, he breaks my heart. I hate seeing bff’s go through change like that.
And Mac/Beaver. So cute. So doomed.
And that lawyer needs to die. Or get disbarred.
As for the mayor, I’d read not spoilers but speculation, well-reasoned speculation at veronica_mars, that he was a child molestor. So that Mr. Manning bailed out Lucky was a surprise but a made sense in terms of development. I have no clue where it’s gonna go from here, or well, I haven’t thought about it yet, but it makes sense for two menaces to children to be in cahoots.
And poor Sheriff Lamb. He needs his ego cut off before he’ll be a competent sherriff. And he’s got potential. He was a step ahead of the feds. Unfortunately for him, Veronica was two steps ahead of them and therefore, a step ahead of him.
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First, there’s that there were two clearly identified mysteries. The big one being Lilly’s murder and the other one — other yet oh so riveting — was the rape. So last year’s was about solving the rape and that was a lead-up to solving the murder. This year, it’s the bus crash with Felix’s murder but for some reason, they just got buried under the revelation that the mayor is a pedophile. Instead of solving things, it just opened up new questions. Whereas, last year, there was a very clear feeling of solving one to move onto the other.
Also, last year’s was an ensemble cast and I like the way it showed how everyone has been helped or hurt Veronica and how everyone has been helped by or hurt by Veronica. It just showed how connected Veronica was to the town, for better and for worse. And of course, because of those connections, the build-up tension to the episode was much greater — it was nice to see all those relationships explode the way that it did.
Other things:
Yep, I knew when those tapes were destroyed that he’d get acquitted. There’s the chance of a civil trial but, what are the chances of the Kanes wanting to hash out how they conspired to obstruct justice because they thought their son did it?
“It was worth getting tied up to a pole.”Gah. Wallace, he breaks my heart. I hate seeing bff’s go through change like that.
And Mac/Beaver. So cute. So doomed.
And that lawyer needs to die. Or get disbarred.
As for the mayor, I’d read not spoilers but speculation, well-reasoned speculation at
And poor Sheriff Lamb. He needs his ego cut off before he’ll be a competent sherriff. And he’s got potential. He was a step ahead of the feds. Unfortunately for him, Veronica was two steps ahead of them and therefore, a step ahead of him.