Well, I think Rob Thomas has basically said in some interview or another that it's either Duncan or Logan at the door. Because otherwise the fans would feel "betrayed" - though, gotta say, I read that and actually... felt betrayed.

It NEEDS to be Wallace.

But that's neither here nor there. Given the creator's comment, it's got to be Duncan. I still think that means the last 4 seconds of the finale were poorly done (maybe Kristen didn't even know who it was?) because Veronica looks too happy and un-conflicted for it to be either of the love boys.

Veronica gave Meg her blessing, 100%.

Mac does need a bigger role. I ♥ Mac.

Yay VM thread!

Umm, I agree with the "should be Wallace"s, but also tend to doubt it.

I still think that means the last 4 seconds of the finale were poorly done (maybe Kristen didn't even know who it was?) because Veronica looks too happy and un-conflicted for it to be either of the love boys.

Exactly this. She just looks so relaxed and relieved, that Wallace just seems more logical.

Hey, I got to pimp the show to the former VP of the Co. I used to work for last week! I ran into him & family at the mall, where there are Veronica Mars banners hung everywhere (presumably because it films locally). Sitting in the lunchcourt he said, "So who's Veronica Mars?" And I told him about the show. Where's my toaster?

I ran into him & family at the mall, where there are Veronica Mars banners hung everywhere (presumably because it films locally).

Oh, no, there's a chain of malls (Westfield? something like that) that has those banners all across the country.

maybe Kristen didn't even know who it was?

Either RT or KB said this in an interview (I can't remember which one or where I read it). So her reaction is meaningless.

Yeah, just for the record, I lurve the show but didn't like that damn cliffhanger business. Especially knowing the reaction was meaningless. Gives me shades of the annoyance of the Buffy S6 cliffhanger, when they didn't tell James Marsters what Spike was actually going for. I hate that shit.

Oh, no, there's a chain of malls (Westfield? something like that) that has those banners all across the country.

It is one of our "Westfield Shopping Towns."

Huh. I went off on how part of the fun of the show is knowing so many of the locations. When they found Duncan in Argentina (?), I was all, "That's Balboa Park!" The building he was sitting outside - Casa del Prado Theatre. I walk past it every week on my way to dance class.

So her reaction is meaningless.

This is lame.

Speaking of gender, there is also the question of "Does RT have as much Mother Issues as Joss has Daddy Issues?". But I think in VM, it's more like Parent Issues. The intergenerational conflict is an essential part of the show, so while you have Lianne Mars and Lynn Echolls abandoning their kids and Celeste Kane with her rampant favoritism and general bitchiness, you also have Aaron Echolls and all his horrors and Jake Kane, who may have loved his kids, but still a criminal and a terribly flawed figure. At least the show has Keith, and to a lesser extent Alicia (Wallace's mom), to counteract the whole "the parents are bad, mmkay?" thing.

When they found Duncan in Argentina (?)

Cuba.

But I think in VM, it's more like Parent Issues.

Very much. I mean, look at "Silence of the Lamb." There's an undercurrent of "Do our parents, be they biological or non-biological, make us who we are?" throughout the whole series. Obviously with Keith and Veronica, and certainly, Logan is probably afraid of becoming his father. Don't really know about Duncan's feelings, though. The Duncan/Jake dynamic isn't explored a whole lot, although we know that Jake has really big plans for Duncan, whether he likes it or not.

Cuba.

Right. I stand corrected (and slightly embarassed/shamed at having forgotten so quickly).

the whole "the parents are bad, mmkay?" thing.

This is just wandering through my brain...Could it be more of a "Rich parents are bad" thing? Veronica's Dad, Wallace's Mom, we've seen the money struggles, but these are our "good kids." Or look at Mac, raised with the "wrong" middle class family, she's great and we love her. The girl raised rich by her "real" parents? Total bitca. ie rich parents=bad parents? (Oh oh and Weevil! A Criminal, but with a "Heart of Gold." Rich parents are bad!)

Hey, Veronica Mars thread!