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DAY 27: Best pilot episode
Even though it's a few years old now I still think Season 1 of Veronica Mars had one of the strongest first seasons of any television show ever. A lot of that had to do with first episode. There was so much information that needed to be covered in this first episode (Who is Veronica Mars? Why is she the way she is?) including two major season long plot lines (Who murdered her best friend Lily? Who raped Veronica?) and more importantly all the complex social connections between the rich kids, the not so rich kids, the bikers, the local law enforcement, etc. and how Veronica fits into all of it. A nice tight episode that manages to fit in an enormous amount of important information in a way that never makes it feel like boring exposition. I also love how the whole style of the show - from the colouring to the snappy dialogue and the fantastic use of a voice-over - is set up in this episode. Very cleverly written and well worth watching. I love this episode for so perfectly setting up one of the best and most well written television series of the past decade.
"You know what they say. Veronica Mars, she's a marshmallow."
Click to viewEven though it's a few years old now I still think Season 1 of Veronica Mars had one of the strongest first seasons of any television show ever. A lot of that had to do with first episode. There was so much information that needed to be covered in this first episode (Who is Veronica Mars? Why is she the way she is?) including two major season long plot lines (Who murdered her best friend Lily? Who raped Veronica?) and more importantly all the complex social connections between the rich kids, the not so rich kids, the bikers, the local law enforcement, etc. and how Veronica fits into all of it. A nice tight episode that manages to fit in an enormous amount of important information in a way that never makes it feel like boring exposition. I also love how the whole style of the show - from the colouring to the snappy dialogue and the fantastic use of a voice-over - is set up in this episode. Very cleverly written and well worth watching. I love this episode for so perfectly setting up one of the best and most well written television series of the past decade.
"You know what they say. Veronica Mars, she's a marshmallow."