Veronica Mars Season 3

Did Dick rape Mac's roommate? That would be too easy, wouldn't it?

That was pretty freaking good! It wasn't the most amazing episode they've ever done, but as a season opener to set stuff up, it worked really well. SO glad to see all these characters again! And the dialogue was so snappy! Veronica really felt perfectly Veronica-y again, if that makes sense. And BSG references! Yay! And I am so, so glad that Tina Marjorino is a regular this year. Mac is awesome.

Loved the new credits. Seemed more grownup, but kept the song, which was really all I wanted

I think the Hearst rapist is a good tie -in to last season, especially because of what happened to Veronica. And poor Dick! The one character I thought they'd never give...you know... depth. I don't think he raped Mac's roommate because that'd fit too easily. So obviously it's not him.

I still think Logan and Veronica are absolutely adorable together, but did it seem like he was way more into her than she was into him? (The giving her a hotel room key scene was awesome though. Plus a taser!)

I wasn't that crazy about the Keith/Fitzpatrick/killing off Kendall subplot, but maybe it'll go somewhere good.

Did Vinnie actually bug the briefcase, or just drop in a pen with his number on it in case Keith changed his mind about teaming up? The video was too small and dark to tell. And if it was a bug, what was the point? No one seems to've been following them.

I'm glad to see that they're finally doing something with Dick. After they added him as a regular last season, it seemed like all he did was be obnoxious and didn't really contribute to the story, except by merely being Big Dick's more beloved son. Now that he's encountered some real tragedy in his life with the revelations about his brother, he's in a similar place to Logan in season 1 and 2.
As for the pen, it looked to me like there was a bug in it. It would afford Vinnie the chance to follow them safely out of sight, and may end up saving Keith.
As for what's actually going on, the briefcase from the end of last season was full of money, and Kendall hired Keith to hide her from Liam Fitzpatrick and so that she could reunite with the other Fitzpatrick brother (sorry, forgot his name) once he got out of jail. Seems she wasn't such a great judge of character, though, and he double-crossed her.

that's the same actor playing the former soldier-turned-janitor in season 2, who was eventually shot in the schoolyard, but now with long hair and a beard.

That would be the ironically-named "Lucky." In a very bad wig. But Rob Thomas liked the actor so much he "Deadwooded" him and brought him back as the jerky TA.

but saved the trademark VM punch to the guts for the very end.