Doubting Thomas

Much like everyone else, I thought the wrap-up to the "campus rapist" storyline on "Veronica Mars" was pretty nifty - especially seeing CW-ized Logan finally do something not wimpy and lame. Yet that doesn't stop me having some serious reservations about this season, and articles like this, an interview conducted by a fawning Kristin Veitch (is there any other kind?) with series creator Rob Thomas (not the Matchbox 20 guy), don't make me feel a lot better:

What’s the plan for the rest of the season?
Well, you’ll be the first person to hear this. There has been talk—more than talk—about dropping the whole big mystery idea after this middle mystery and to do all stand-alone episodes and sort of a combination of a few things. The network is behind it, and I am interested in heading in that direction.

So basically they're dumbing it down - further than the "three mini-mysteries," even. There are a lot of people who dug the first two seasons in large part because of the big mysteries - you knew there was going to be a payoff at the end (as opposed to "X-Files" or "Lost" or "The Nine," etc.) but you still had that many months of being tortured, trying to figure it out each week. We'll see what happens. As much as I liked this week's episode, it felt about 1/3 as dramatic as the season one and two finales.

But still:

R.I.P.

DEAN CYRUS O'DELL
194? or 195? - 2006

You didn't like Veronica very much at at first. Then you did. You had to deal with those militant feminists and keep the Greeks in line. You had a young hot wife that was secretly banging the young hot professor from "Saved by the Bell: The College Years." I saw the actor that plays you in "For Your Consideration" last week. He also narrated a couple educational videos I had to watch in high school. You probably drove a Hybrid car.


See you in the next TV show you guest star in.

Who critiques the critics?

Kristin Veitch over at E! Online has posted her fall preview. To save you some time, here's her best (and by best I mean worst, natch) puns of her new show reviews:

"Heroes": "the overall prospects for this show are totally super...They'll be your heroes."

"Runaway": "The CW could have their first new Runaway hit."

"Standoff": "Standoff just doesn't stand up."

"The Knights of Prosperity": "It's too early to tell if Knights will prosper."

"Smith": "Smith might not be Mr. Right, but it could be Mr. Right Now."*

"Justice": "If there is any justice, this show will stick around."

"'Til Death": "Will there be life after Death's first episode? The jury's still out."**

"Shark": "Take a bite out of this Shark."

*I'm not really sure what the joke is here, or if it officially counts as a pun, but I'm sure it's pretty dumb.

**Would be even better (and by better I mean worse, natch) if one of the characters in "'Til Death" was a lawyer or a judge, but I don't believe that's the case.