Veronica Mars 1x01 Pilot

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1x01 Pilot

I am cautiously curious. Not because I disliked it, but because I have been squee-ish about so many shows before this (FMA, BSG) and have been so lazy about watching them that I don't want to sound alarm bells yet. I think, strangely, a portion of this is because I have to watch those shows on my computer, where I cannot play with rats or knit comfortably.

Anyhow, I tivoed this per everyone's suggestion ;). I suspect I am somewhat spoiled, as I watched part of "Betty and Veronica" randomly on Tivo, so I think I already know who Jake Kane is visiting. Oh well.

I like Veronica. I like that she has the guts to cut down Wallace and I like that she is prickly. The actress playing her has a sort of sweet look and a sort of sweet voice, but what she says completely contradicts that image, which I like.

I did feel the flashbacks tried a little too hard to make me like Veronica or to explain her prickliness or something, which I didn't particularly need because I like my recalcitrant heroines. Well, it wasn't all of the flashbacks. Just the two shots of her with one or two tears perfectly spilling down her cheeks that looked entirely too staged and entirely too delicate for Veronica.

I felt so, so, so bad for her waking up the day after in her white dress.

Anyway, so far, I like Veronica, I think I like her dad, I like Wallace a lot for some reason, and I detest Logan. Ugh. I know apparently Logan and Veronica is the big fandom pairing, but, ugh. I want to bash his head in for the way he treats her in this ep. Hrm, this may mean I am already identifying with Veronica or something, because this is my "Don't hurt Buffy!" reaction.

I didn't particularly like the ending of the episode, as it seems to try to hard to tie things together and come to a lovely pat conclusion.

Luckily, yhlee is acting as my crack dealer and spreading the VM love, so I don't have to decide if I want to Tivo this or the new Tim Minear show.