Brian Davids (rustgold) You want to know why this great show didn't rate well? It's because having people in their mid 20s playing 17 year olds turns a lot of potential viewers off. I must have been in a tolerant mood when I watched the first episode, because I was 99% to that off button when I saw the 3rd mid 20s actor/actress pretending to be a high school student. Seriously, casting... (-2 for that alone)I'm pleased I didn't, the show had greatness to it, and I can understand why people are puzzled as to why it didn't rate better. The show has a depth that most shows don't have. Maybe some don't like depth, but I suspect that biggest reason why it failed was the age of those pretending to be teenagers. You'll need to get past that if you want to enjoy this fine series.

Miles-10 SPOILER: This series is both fun and poignant. A fantasy of high school with a mature, outsider character telling the drama queens (both male and female) that there is real life outside of high school. Veronica is funniest when she is putting down people who are too full of themselves and too wrapped up in their power- and class-obsessed view of the world. Veronica knows that, with some know-how, she can bring down the mighty, and she never knowingly goes after someone who doesn't deserve it. Veronica has her faults and often admits them after they get her into trouble. (Sometimes her clients trick her into doing someone an injustice, and then she feels guilty about it.) Don't you wish there was somebody like that at your school? But such a person rarely exists. Somewhere, I said that Veronica Mars is a tough yet vulnerable character, but maybe not as vulnerable as tough. Though she has been hurt many times (her best friend having been murdered and herself having been raped) she not only goes on but doesn't give up. Far from showing her vulnerability only to her beloved father (and not to him when she fears he might become too over-protective), Veronica risks herself with others. Most painful is her budding romance with Logan, which goes from hot and heavy to cold shower when she discovers that he may have been indirectly (at least) connected to her rape. It's a betrayal that would make most girls finally shrivel up and swear off boys forever, but not Veronica. She can be an unrealistic teen as when she hopes against impossible hope to get her mother and father back together. It should have been obvious that that is never going to happen, but the outsider girl cannot be outside in relation to her own most basic needs and desires. This show boasts a great set of characters and fine acting. I must say, though, that I never liked the character Logan. He just looked smarmy from the get-go and the attempts to rehabilitate this character never worked for me. Never. I also do not understand how the network suits ever thought that the actors playing Logan and Duncan looked alike. I always recognized Duncan, though a damaged character, as the better looking fellow and, therefore, I always wanted to see Veronica end up with him.

blanche-2 I see that some people really hated this show. I'm not sure what's so offensive about it. I started watching it because I watch anything involved with mysteries, and I like Kristen Bell.Veronica Mars is a high school student in Neptune, California, where her father was once the local sheriff. When her best friend and boyfriend's sister Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried) is murdered, her father accuses the Amanda's father Ted Kane (Kyle Secor) of the murder. When someone is arrested for it, Kane uses his influence to have Veronica's father removed from office. He then opens his own private detective agency.Veronica, once in with the in crowd, finds herself isolated from her former so-called friends, and is now in with the out crowd. Nevertheless she holds her head up and works with her dad on solving mysteries, all the while trying to get information on her mother, who disappeared at the time of the murder. And, though her father has warned her about continuing with her friend's murder case, she doesn't believe the man arrested is the killer and still delves into it.The main cast is made up of mostly young people, and I will say that acting isn't the strongest thing about this show. But I do like the street-smart Veronica and her sharp responses to the kids in school, even though she pines for her ex, Duncan (Teddy Dunn) and has had to face loss of loved ones and stature.I think this was a good character-driven series. It's important with films and shows to take them for what they are and not look for them to be anything else. It's a show about a teenager that adults can get into, and it's well done.

gabe8-791-652779 After reading some of the reviews I was doubtful, but I love this show. It got better every episode and I wish it had stayed on TV longer. This is on Netflix and if you ever get the chance, make sure you check it out. The episode plots are detailed and fascinating and most link up with the main storyline. The season finales for seasons 1 and 2 were exciting and kept you on the edge of your seat waiting for the next season. The characters are just like real people, with good sides and bad sides. It's really realistic, especially for a teenage detective show. the main plot combined with the flashbacks rarely leaves questions unanswered. It's a great show and really worth watching