Re: Veronica Mars Season 2
I enjoyed the episode overall, but I felt really cheated that we got no fallout or reaction scenes from Veronica or especially Logan when they heard that Aaron had been murdered. Aaron's death should have been a pretty big deal to both of them and all we got was a flippant remark from Veronica about how Logan has taken to calling himself "Little Orphan Annie."
Boy, that Neptune Grand is sure facing a world of PR problems. Heh. On the same night a teenage boy plunges to his death from the roof of the hotel, world famous movie star Aaron Echolls is found shot to death, execution style, in his birthday suit no less, in a luxury suite. And oh yeah, overhead in the skies above the hotel, a small plane carrying the "Mayor" Woody Goodman, millionaire child molestor, is bombed out of the sky. Seriously, who in the world is going to want to check into that hotel?
One would think the police would immediately look to Logan and/or Veronica as the likely suspects for Aaron's murder. And how convenient that they were both at the Neptune Grand on the night he was killed. (I don't think they are going to go in that direction next year because I think Aaron is going to be a thing of the past, but still. Surely there must be an investigation into Aaron's murder and V/L have to be under suspicion.)
It was all so rushed, and I really don't get how Veronica and Logan would escape a long night of questioning by the police about Beaver's death. During which time she should have been able to ask someone if they knew anything about the plane crash and she would have learned from Lamb or Sacks or whoever that Keith wasn't on it. I get that they don't want to waste time showing us that Veronica and Logan have to go down to the station and all, but it just makes no sense to me that Veronica could have gone to sleep that night without knowing Keith was alive. He must have heard about the plane crash, couldn't he have called her?
But even with my issues, the rooftop sequence was all kinds of awesome. It can't be said enough that Kristen Bell is simply amazing. And Kyle Gallner, Jason Dohring and Tina Majorino all rocked hard too. Good stuff. This show definitely has the best ensemble of younger actors I think I've ever seen, and yes, I'm including Buffy. (We'll just leave Duncan out of this, considering he's now a murderer and probably won't be coming back into the country anytime soon.)
