Because I said I would

Even thought it's been more than a month since I did. I did remember about it yesterday though, since these are the last days of the year and you tend to go on full "The Year in Retrospect" mode.

What am I talking about? The last few minutes of Veronica Mars, my favorite TV show of recent years. Many people hated the series finale (it was only designed as a season finale, after all) but for me it works wonderfully. It's a sad ending, but VM was never the most cheerful of shows to begin with, and it fits with the Noir-atmosphere of Season 1.

Nothing but spoilers from here on.

From the first moments of the series you get introduced to the main themes; life and loss go hand-to-hand, the people will love will eventually let you down, and yet you still cling to them regardless of that. Not because it's all instinct, but because we choose to do so.

All these ideas are so beautifully put together in the following scene. Veronica has let her dad down and vice-versa, and the future is mainly uncertain, except for the fact that Keith is not going to be re-elected. What happens from there on is not as important, as we now know that Veronica's bond with her father, one of -if not- the defining aspects of the show, is as strong as ever. Nothing else is writ on stone, anything is possible. After all, it even rains in California sometimes...



I'm fairly certain the music theme from the scene where the Mars family has dinner is the same as in the scene where Veronica first talks to the viewers about her mother, in the very first episode of season 1. A very nice reference, if so.