Is Veronica Mars worth watching?

Tusculan
Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:50:41 +0000
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I’m looking for another show to watch on streaming. In the past I’ve read people praising Veronica Mars. I’ve caught the pilot which was nice, laid out a few long-term mysteries to keep you hooked, and it was interesting to see Elias as the dad (watched Person of Interest just before this). The next episode seems to follow the format of mystery of the week.

Do you think it is worthwhile to continue watching? For reference, I recently did a rewatch of Buffy and Angel, watched Psych and Person of Interest. It seems I do like mystery of the week shows with good writing, humor, and character development. I don’t mind the teen/school setting or the 2000s atmosphere. I just tried Supernatural but found it a bit low on the writing/humor scale so got stuck at s1e6.

Edited to add: I particularly wonder whether the overarching mystery (who killed her friend, what is the matter with her mother) gets resolved in a satisfactory manner, and whether the episodes don’t become too trite or boring.

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