Well, I think that’s it, for me. They’ve gone to the well of Veronica herself being the victim too many times. This time, it was as a MacGuffin to start a Castle story arc that will never come to fruition. It all just seemed a bit labored to me. But, sure, there’s certainly a long history of great dramas where the protagonist is the victim, so I stand here humbled (a bit).
I found the ending to weak. Less an ending and more of a thin fade out. I mean, it’s nice and all that that Veronica would still vote for her dad after he’s been brought up on charges, but that’s not exactly a revelation or high note to go out on. And, prior to that, the resolution with Jake was not much of a resolution. Much a muddle.
That said, there was good dialogue, and we got to see everyone. And, as noted, the series’ raison d’être–class conflict–came back in a big way at the end. A little more of that might have led to better results all season.
Au revoir, cherie!
Once again, Dick had the best line of the night:
“This wetsuit is like a cheap hotel… No ball room.”
The point of that ending wasn’t that VM would still vote for her father. It was the utter futility of voting for her father coupled with the knowledge that it was her actions that led directly to the consequence of his losing the election. It wasn’t supposed to be a high note.
Agreed. On the contrary, as a series finale, that was kind of a downer, with everyone back where they started.
Veronica and Keith are shunned again. Logan is back to his season one ticking time bomb form. Weevil is back to commiting crimes for cash. Neptune is back to being (blatantly) run by 09ers and the Fitzpatricks. Even Jake Kane lost whatever redemptive ground he’d picked up when we discovered that everything he did was to cover for his son.
Hell, the only characters who displayed any significant personal growth were Mac and Dick. (Wallace is, as he ever was, Wallace. I’m okay with that.)
Damn, DianaG, I just thought it was lame. But having read your analysis (which is spot on), I might just open a vein.
I think there was at least some statement being made there about Veronica and Keith sticking together no matter what. And I would point out that, technically, we don’t know that he lost the election (though it’s a decent assumption). But yeah, I concede that it was meant to be a downer, especially in light of DianaG’s analysis. It also makes the use of the ironically peppy “It Never Rains In Southern California” quite appropriate. I still think the ending could have played with a little more impact. Not something obvious and sledgehammer; just something a touch more forceful.
I kind of liked that it ended the same way it started. Veronica chose her dad, and walked away.
BTW, I deleted my **Veronica Mars ** season pass from my Tivo today. It made me sad.
I know i’m late to this thread, but I DVR’d the last two episodes. I didn’t want to watch them since I knew they were the last.
Not the best two shows to end on, but I did laugh my ass off when VM was talking to Dick, and asked him to “Write himself a note!”. Lines like this were just gone to much from this season. Shame it had to end like this, I would have loved to give them a season to really close it out. Ah well 