Rob Thomas on Veronica Mars Season 3

I agree. Last year the show really suffered because we weren't able to watch it continuously like now on dvd. I remember that one episode where they had previouslies for almost 5 minutes trying to catch up the viewers.

Cupid! I loved that show. I thought I was the only one watching it. No wonder I love Veronica Mars so much. :)

I agree, they aren't dumbing down the show, just making it easier to follow if they go on a three week break. Last season was great and I bet it's much better on DVD because you didn't suffer the long breaks between new episodes like the rest of us did. I remembered alot but not everything.

Everyone make sure you watch Tues night, lets get those ratings up for our girls.... GG and VM!

I wouldn't say they're dumbing down the show BGDC, its not like they're having a mystery with one suspect, but rather making it more accessible. If it works well and there are viewers galore, the bigger arcs may appear in season four.

Besides, theres only so many times a big year-long mystery can happen with it being believable. 24 is getting a bit silly; how often can one man have a very bad day?

Having seen the S3 Premier on MSN already, I am happy to say that I am completely optimistic about season 3. I wouldn't worry about it all.

>>>Cupid! Good grief, what's it gonna take to get that thing released on DVD?

I'm super pissed that they're dumbing down the show. Admittedly, I'm only 10 episodes into Season 2 but it's so much better than Season 1. The shere number of plots and subplots and references to the past are audacious and awesome. This is what TV can be: interesting, fun, engrossing.

My girlfriend and I are doing our best to keep VM viewing down to 1 to 1.5 episodes a week. We're going to Tivo Season 3. We figure at that rate we'll finish Season 2 and begin watching Season 3 before the end of the show's run (let's be frank Season 4 seems really iffy).

With the change to a simple 3 arc format the show loses much of its allure. Like other great shows that used the past to shape the future episodes (Freaks N Geeks, Arrested Development), part of what made Veronica special was that what happened mattered from episode to episode. Most shows - like all the brainless procedural shows (house, csi, law and order) - solved the issue of the week and moved on, the characters none-the-worse the next week. Sigh...