I'm worried about Veronica's sex life
Okay, I don't expect Veronica Mars to be the most realistic show on television. After all, the centerpiece is a teenaged girl who solves mysteries, including who killed her best friend and who killed a class-full of teenagers on a bus. So I get that one has to suspend disbelief when watching the show.But when I watched a couple of weeks ago, I couldn't get past one thing: Veronica is attending nearby Hearst College and living at home (presumably because she can't afford to live on-campus, but really as an excuse to keep Enrico Colantoni in the mix). When her father is away for the night, he calls Veronica at midnight to make sure that she isn't sleeping over at her boyfriend's place.
And here's where I can't suspend my disbelief. Veronica is in college. She has always been independent. She is living at home because she doesn't have another financial option. At some point, her father dictating where she sleeps when he isn't around just isn't okay anymore. And I think college is that point.
And yet Veronica, who protests everything, doesn't seem to protest this. I just don't get it. There was no reason for the entire story of Keith calling Veronica to check up on her while she was her boyfriend, except to add some "realism" to the storyline. But all the plot did was take away any sense of reality. I really didn't like it.
Which is something I might be able to say about this entire season, thus far. Definitely sub-par. I'm hoping for better days (I was happy to see a pudgier Weevil back in the picture). It's sad when your formerly favorite show doesn't excite you anymore.
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posted by Red Fraggle @ 11:32 AM
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I also disagree that there was no point to that scene except to add realism. When that call ended, Keith started talking about Veronica with what's his name, which led to the reveal that he spent the fee he earned standing Veronica up in New York buying her the new car that they show her driving in the very next scene. Not the most important point, but a point nonetheless.
Yeah, Bailey, you are right about the point. But it seems like there would be a lot of other ways to get the point in there.
And Holt--I get what you're saying, but why would Veronica have her calls forwarded to Logan's place if it was okay for her to sleep there? And if it was okay for her to sleep there, why would she be unhappy when Logan answered, and then tell her dad that Logan was just leaving? It seems to me that there is some expectation that she shouldn't be sleeping with Logan.
Which, again--she's in college. It just doesn't make good sense to me. I would think she would tell her dad that she respects Logan isn't allowed in his house, but that she is sleeping where she wants. And she clearly wasn't doing that--she was hiding where she was from him.
See, I just don't agree that it's in character. I think it is particularly out of character, despite her frequent lying to Keith.
I don't know--maybe it will come to a head at some point. But I have to imagine Veronica isn't thrilled that she is living at home, despite how much she likes her dad, and having to lie to him about where she sleeps when everyone else is acting as she would want would make her more likely to push the boundaries.
Maybe this is just indicative of my general unhappiness with this season thus far.
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