I officially completed the Season One Re-Watch by watching the deleted scenes today. I'm assuming these were deleted because of broadcast television time constraints.
Most of the scenes just add a bit of flavoring and don't impact the story. But a few had more than that.
One scene from Wrath of Con shows Veronica returning to the limo after her solo skinny dip. She taps on the window to the driver's section, gets a bottle of champagne and suggests they ditch the dance. This scene answers my gripe about the scene as shown in the original broadcast.
Russkie Business added a few scenes with Catarina and Veronica. In one, Catarina gives Veronica a gold cross that had belonged to her grandmother after Catarina's check bounced. Catarina comes to retrieve the cross. She claims that Tom used her to get close to her father and then betrayed both of them. She talks about getting her heart ripped out, just after Veronica watched Duncan lead Meg into a dance. I liked these scenes; it added layers to Catarina and her motives and reinforced that no one on this show is only good or evil.
On September 14, I wrote my first re-watch post about the first four episodes. I found that didn't work well because I couldn't remember what clues belonged to what episodes. I didn't have a schedule in mind, but figured I would watch and post about one show a week. It didn't work that way.
Yesterday, I wasn't feeling well and after watching and writing about M.A.D., I decided to do the final two episodes of the season. It's a testament to this show that I choose Veronica Mars episodes that I've seen before when I had hundreds of other options (cable, HBO on Demand, Netflix, our collection of DVD's.)
I enjoyed all 22 shows when I originally watched them. Re-watching, all are good, but some are exceptional. A Trip to the Dentist remains my favorite. I don't want to rank all of the others in order. but I'll add Pilot and Leave It to Beaver to the top tier. Can't forget An Echolls Family Christmas and Russkie Business (which improved upon re-watch.)
Even the weak episodes had clues to one of the season long mysteries, funny lines or character interactions. Maybe the season would have benefited from one-or-two fewer episodes or ditching one episode in favor of a two-part finale.
Overall, Season One is high quality television.
Not sure when I'll start, but I will re-watch Season Two.
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