Robert N EmersonVeronica Mars: Happy Go Lucky
March 23rd 2007 09:38
The much-anticipated resolution to Veronica Mars Season Two draws ever-closer, with the finale airing tonight. The penultimate episode, Happy Go Lucky, began to bring together the myriad of intertwining plotlines, as well as revisiting the Lilly Kane murder from Season One.
The episode literally began with a bang – Lucky, having been fired for stalking the Goodman family, held Neptune’s students at gunpoint.
This scene was absolutely enthralling, and James Jordan did a fantastic job at conveying the unhinged janitor. I was on the edge of my seat when he fired at Wallace (Percy Daggs III), and I really did think he was done for, considering Lucky’s first shot into the air had not been a blank. Lucky’s crazed spree did not last long, as he was taken down by the school security. This amazing and gripping scene led us into the opening credits, and included more action than many shows include in the whole episode.
The way Woody (Steve Guttenberg) was laying it on thick at the press conference was, quite frankly, sickening. He was also exceedingly creepy and menacing when he confronted Veronica (Kristin Bell) in his study. The character has always emitted a somewhat sinister vibe, and does even more so now that we know of his molesting ways.
There’s an interesting link between the two victims of the crash that appeared on the audio file – Peter was openly gay, and Marcos was sexually on the fence. Is the person edited out, who presumably sent it, gay as well? Peter, after all, mentioned previously the outing of all outings, and I have said before that I thought this may mean Woody. It would seem that the three were plotting this outing together.
The other issue is the ‘present’ left under Woody’s car – was this left by Lucky, or someone else? Since it is the same type of bomb that was on the bus, I would assume that another person was behind the making of it, at least.
Lucky’s revealed ramblings and actions indicate that he was an extremely disturbed young man. His wearing of a catcher’s mask and bleaching his feet was extremely odd – surely it must be related to Woody’s actions towards him, but how?
Woody, as Keith (Enrico Colantoni) predicted, has fled town – I wonder if it will be the last we see of him, or whether he will get his comeuppance in one way or another.
Terrence (Jeffrey Sams) may be off the hook for the bus crash, but not with Leonard Lobo (Gil Birmingham). Given his angered reaction to a situation that was entirely his doing, it’s no wonder that Jackie (Tessa Thompson) has some serious daddy issues. She has now left for France, and while I’m not particularly bothered by the departure of the character, I feel for poor Wallace.
Despite being a rather heavy episode, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. There were some very funny lines, particularly from Veronica. Mac (Tina Majorino) and Beaver/Cassidy (Kyle Gallner) were also very cute together when tutoring Weevil (Francis Capra). However, I can certainly understand Weevil’s irritation – it can be very exasperating to be the person caught in the middle of such flirting. I was so happy that he passed the test, and would be able to graduate. Unfortunately, Murphy’s Law had to make an appearance, in the form of the creepy kids from outside the church. This is not going to be good.
Finally we come to what we’ve been waiting for since last year’s finale – the murder trial of Aaron Echolls for the death of Lilly Kane. Aaron gave an Oscar winning performance in his testimony, and Harry Hamlin did an excellent job of conveying rather insincere sincerity. Poor Veronica was completely ripped into while on the stand, in a rather sexist display of how women’s sexual history is seen to correlate with their honesty and reliability. Sheriff Lamb (Michael Muhney) was quite reminiscent of the monster we met in the pilot episode of the series. He showed disgusting glee at learning of Veronica’s chlamydia, and was similarly insensitive to her report of rape in Season One.
Logan got off much easier in his testimony, because obviously being the organiser of bum fights and being accused of murder are not as discrediting as having a sexually transmitted disease. There was some nice work from Jason Dohring in this episode, particularly in his scene with Aaron.
I particularly loved how protective Keith was in relation to the questions about Veronica, even if it did damage his testimony.
Even after watching the trial, it was still shocking that Aaron was found not guilty – but of course, the jury was not privy to all that we have seen. As has been demonstrated before, the rich in Neptune have all the power, and this acquittal was always in the realm of possibility. It wouldn’t even surprise me if the jury was paid off – possibly even the judge as well, considering some of the unbelievable questions that were allowed.
The season finale of Veronica Mars will air tonight (Friday) at 10.20pm on Network Ten.
*Screencap courtesy of Wikipedia, and used under Fair Dealing for identification and critical commentary.
The episode literally began with a bang – Lucky, having been fired for stalking the Goodman family, held Neptune’s students at gunpoint.
Lucky's got a gun*
The way Woody (Steve Guttenberg) was laying it on thick at the press conference was, quite frankly, sickening. He was also exceedingly creepy and menacing when he confronted Veronica (Kristin Bell) in his study. The character has always emitted a somewhat sinister vibe, and does even more so now that we know of his molesting ways.
The other issue is the ‘present’ left under Woody’s car – was this left by Lucky, or someone else? Since it is the same type of bomb that was on the bus, I would assume that another person was behind the making of it, at least.
Lucky’s revealed ramblings and actions indicate that he was an extremely disturbed young man. His wearing of a catcher’s mask and bleaching his feet was extremely odd – surely it must be related to Woody’s actions towards him, but how?
Woody, as Keith (Enrico Colantoni) predicted, has fled town – I wonder if it will be the last we see of him, or whether he will get his comeuppance in one way or another.
Terrence (Jeffrey Sams) may be off the hook for the bus crash, but not with Leonard Lobo (Gil Birmingham). Given his angered reaction to a situation that was entirely his doing, it’s no wonder that Jackie (Tessa Thompson) has some serious daddy issues. She has now left for France, and while I’m not particularly bothered by the departure of the character, I feel for poor Wallace.
Despite being a rather heavy episode, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. There were some very funny lines, particularly from Veronica. Mac (Tina Majorino) and Beaver/Cassidy (Kyle Gallner) were also very cute together when tutoring Weevil (Francis Capra). However, I can certainly understand Weevil’s irritation – it can be very exasperating to be the person caught in the middle of such flirting. I was so happy that he passed the test, and would be able to graduate. Unfortunately, Murphy’s Law had to make an appearance, in the form of the creepy kids from outside the church. This is not going to be good.
Finally we come to what we’ve been waiting for since last year’s finale – the murder trial of Aaron Echolls for the death of Lilly Kane. Aaron gave an Oscar winning performance in his testimony, and Harry Hamlin did an excellent job of conveying rather insincere sincerity. Poor Veronica was completely ripped into while on the stand, in a rather sexist display of how women’s sexual history is seen to correlate with their honesty and reliability. Sheriff Lamb (Michael Muhney) was quite reminiscent of the monster we met in the pilot episode of the series. He showed disgusting glee at learning of Veronica’s chlamydia, and was similarly insensitive to her report of rape in Season One.
Logan got off much easier in his testimony, because obviously being the organiser of bum fights and being accused of murder are not as discrediting as having a sexually transmitted disease. There was some nice work from Jason Dohring in this episode, particularly in his scene with Aaron.
I particularly loved how protective Keith was in relation to the questions about Veronica, even if it did damage his testimony.
Even after watching the trial, it was still shocking that Aaron was found not guilty – but of course, the jury was not privy to all that we have seen. As has been demonstrated before, the rich in Neptune have all the power, and this acquittal was always in the realm of possibility. It wouldn’t even surprise me if the jury was paid off – possibly even the judge as well, considering some of the unbelievable questions that were allowed.
Overall Rating
The season finale of Veronica Mars will air tonight (Friday) at 10.20pm on Network Ten.
*Screencap courtesy of Wikipedia, and used under Fair Dealing for identification and critical commentary.
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