Doctor Who Club of Australia

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Veronica had been expected to come back on September 29 but have now found out from Madds at Buffy Downunder that her return has been delayed for a week and will instead return on October 6.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Someone wrote to TV WEEK recommending the following site:
http://www.marsinvestigations.net/

From what I can gather it is a comprehensive site on the series and it has taken precautions to people who want to avoid future spoilers to episodes they are currently up to. This is done by choosing the last episode the viewer has seen in the drop down menu.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

The return of Veronica Mars on October 6 gets four stars and the highlight of the day from Who Magazine. The magazine gave this message to 10: "Hey Ten, don't mess with the Mars!" Don't mess with her indeed.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Veronica Mars on October 13 is TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Yesterday 7 showed the Nancy Drew TV movie. Nancy Drew was the inspiration for Veronica but unfortunately I missed it due to uni work.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Driver Ed:
Glad to know that Meg is still alive.
This episode was alright with a nice guest stint by Kevin Smith.
Don't know what to make of Jackie.
I so knew that Keith would change his mind and run for sheriff.
Wow what an ending.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Cheatty Cheatty Bang Bang:
Cute title.
Much better than the previous episode Driver Ed.
Love Veronica's impersonation of Mr Burns as she said excellent.
Wonder why that Fed guy recognises Alicia and why did he call her by a different name.
Like the music towards the end.
Unfortunately during the end credits found out from the voiceover that Veronica won't be back until two weeks time.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Green-Eyed Monsters:
Appearing as Colin is Michael E. Rodgers who I coincidentally saw in the Bones episode The Man On The Fairway which was on 7 the night before this Veronica Mars episode was shown.
The story line of the woman hiring Veronica to spy on her boyfriend Colin didn't really interest me although I did get a shock that he was housesitting Nic Cage's house.
I wonder what is in Meg's files.
Figured out a moment beforehand that Alicia's ex-boyfriend is Wallace's father.

The next episode to be shown on November 10 is TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Blast From the Past:
I really do not like this episode not to mention that I now really hate Sheriff Lamb and Jackie.
What I did like about it is the bug being literally a bug, that "message" from Lily and where Wallace was at the end of the episode.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Rat Saw God:
Sheriff Lamb gets reelected. What a lousy way to start an episode.
Ahh.. Joss Whedon makes a cameo in this episode and he was very good.
What a greedy motel owner demanding money from Veronica for every room she looked at.
On Abel Koontz's request, Veronica went to look for Amelia and what a shock she gets when she finally finds her.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

First a brief remark about last week's episode - I wonder what was in Meg's letter that got Duncan shocked.

Found out from the tv guide at the Sydney Sunday Telegraph that this week's episode on December 15 will feature both Alyson and Charisma. Although both have appeared on the show before, this is however the first time the two of them are in the same episode. Don't know if they will share any screen time together.

Also the episode on December 22 comes fourth place in TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Donut Run:
Wow a lot of surprises in this episode about Duncan and her daughter.
The FBI and Lamb certainly underestimated Veronica and quite surprised to see Lucy Lawless as an FBI agent. Undoubtedly a nod to The X-Files since it is well known that she is an X-Files fan as well as making a guest stint on that show.

This week's episode on January 5 is TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Next week's episode on January 12 comes in at fifth place. In regards to this episode it will be at 11:30pm as a result of Smallville being a double episode on that night.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Versatile Toppings:
This is the second (and according to IMDb the last so far) appearance by Lucas Grabeel (Kelly). Anyone who has seen High School Musical will know him as Ryan from that movie. Another interesting thing is that he was born on the Doctor's 21st birthday on November 23 1984.
Overall the episode was alright but it really became impressive at the end - Is Terrence Cook, the bomber? We have to wait and find out about this.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Veronica Mars on February 9 comes second place in TV WEEK's Pick of the Day. Things are looking good as the leadup to the end of the second season continues.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

The Rapes of Graff:
Troy is back. To be honest Troy's return on the show was not something I have thought about.
The old file in the cake trick. As if prison guards would still fall for that.
Absolutely stunned when Veronica gave out that poor performance when lying that the girl she is looking for is her sister. Too bad the momentum got ruin when the woman she talked to said that the girl is Hawaiian!!!

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

I Am God:
That is of course the name of the episode.
What a surprise that Ghost Whisperer gets a reference in this episode-
From TV.com:
Veronica: This is a problem for Jennifer Love Hewitt. The Ghost Whisperer.

However Veronica's dreams of seeing ghosts as they provide her clues to the mystery of the bus crash makes this episode more like Medium than Ghost Whisperer.

Another thing is "I Know Who You Did Last Summer" on Veronica's computer screen is an obvious allusion to I Know What You Did Last Summer which also featured Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Alona Tal is back again as Meg. In fact this is the second show this week that I have seen her as she now has a recurring role in Supernatural.

That female office manager that Keith talked to is very pretty.

Overall not bad.

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Veronica Mars on March 2 is TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Happy Go Lucky:
My favourite part of this episode was when Keith threatened to break Aaron Echolls' attorney's fingers if he did not stop doing the quotes with the fingers. It was getting annoying.
What a bad break that Aaron gets acquitted.

The season 2 finale on March 23 comes second place in TV WEEK's Pick of the Day.

Coincidentally a day after I watched Happy Go Lucky saw Enrico Colantoni in the Monk episode Mr Monk and the Employee of the Month. Monk could easily be interpreted as being the male and older version of Veronica Mars.

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Not Pictured:
The title of this episode is actually a clue on who exploded the bus and oh my it was from the person I least expected. I could not believe how evil this person turned out to be.
Brilliant.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4065

Last week season 3 began. Solid beginning, nice new opening title sequence and what a shocker towards the end.

The next episode tomorrow night on Friday April 6 comes third place in TV WEEK's highlights of the week.