Veronica Mars 3.01; The Office (US) 3.03

[bennet_7]

I have such mixed feelings about this episode. I thought the A plot with Piz's stolen stuff, was at times confusing and the sparkling wit normally present was sadly lacking. The lack of build up with Logan and Veronica finally doing IT! was disappointing.

And what the hell did they do to Logan's character? Where was the snark and the funny banter? If he doesn't give a verbal smackdown in the next episode I'll be hella pissed.

What I did like was the new characters. Piz seems like a doofus but he's a nice doofus. Parker seems to be somewhere between Gia and Madison though that'll probably change after the rape (which I thought the actress handled really well). Great to see James Jordan back as Tim, the TA.

It's been said before but is worth repeating: Ryan Hansen was excellent.

But yeah, overall the writing just wasn't there for me. Veronica was kind of smug. Her first voice over is "don't piss people off" and then she goes and purposely baits Tim by reading the magazine and ignoring the exercise. Not a great way to get new viewers.

I'll be honest, I liked Veronica best when she was the victim and you wanted to cheer her on. She lacks that vulnerability now and it's sad.

Emo!sleeves watch: Sadly there was no sight of The Sleeves in this episode.



A solid episode but not one of my favourites. It needed more Jim. Interesting how they are suggesting a new love interest for him too.

Comments

[aftersolong.livejournal.com]

I agree about the lack of buildup. I mean, yay for them, but I was interested in the trip as well as the destination. Also, I could have done without the sweatiness.

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's wrong to want to see them rip their clothes off each other ;-)