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Veronica Mars - The Complete Second Season 
Actors : Kristen Bell
Studio : Warner Home Video
by Warner Home Video
Release Date : 2006-08-22
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 6
EAN : 0012569769175
UPC : 012569769175
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 163 reviews)
List Price : $59.98
Our Price : $25.99
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In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator. In season two, the Mars family finds themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home, following a new local tragedy. Meanwhile, after a summer of surprises and sordid murder trials, Logan and best friend Duncan Kane find themselves at odds, while Veronica must deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year with familiar and surprising fresh faces. |
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The second season of Veronica Mars showcases the series' crackling-sharp writing and topnotch acting of star Kristen Bell and the rest of the cast. Veronica still struggles with the class wars in sunny Neptune, Calif., trying to find a balance between high school, love, helping her dad as a private eye, and doing the right thing. The ongoing thread of season 2 is the aftermath of a horrifying tragedy, and as Veronica and dad Keith try to find out what caused it, mysteries only compound. Shifty Sheriff Lamb, town powerbrokers, and various high-school cliques seem to undermine Veronica at every turn. Thankfully, Veronica has more chutzpah than Phillip Marlowe, and the side-of-the-mouth one-liners to match: "Well, actually," Veronica says dryly to a bad guy, "despite popular opinion, you really can't beat the truth out of someone." Some of the show's broad strokes echo the stellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer, yet Bell's Veronica doesn't need the supernatural to tackle a challenge. She's a real girl, conflicted, prickly, lovesick, yearning, sometimes even scared. As Veronica tries to solve the mystery, she must also handle her own heartbreaks, and the moral stumbles of those closest to her. Happily, she's got a great best pal, Wallace (the effervescent Percy Daggs III), and possibly the coolest, most understanding TV dad ever (Enrico Colantoni). The boxed set includes 22 episodes (many with deleted scenes), a behind-the-scenes mini-doc, a cute gag reel, and a short profile film, Veronica Mars: Not Your Average Teen Detective. You can say that again. --A.T. Hurley |
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Surprisingly GREAT |
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I bought the first season on sale long ago, only cause it was a great price...I always like Cold Case, Without a Trace kind of shows, as well as comedy and a bit of drama...I regreted buying VERONICA MARS cause I thought it was just another teens boring drama...one day I play it cause I didnt have anything else to watch...OMG!!! I watched the whole first season at once, I couldnt stop, every episode is so good, and the end is so unexpected and thrilling...I couldnt wait get my second and third season on the mail, although, I thought the might not been able to match such a great first season...I WAS WRONG AGAIN!!! It just got better...I don't understand why they stopped after the third season, maybe because they gave it all on these 3 seasons...I have recomend Veronica Mars to everybody i know, from teens to grand parents, very enjoyable. |
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Very Happy |
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My 13 year old daughter and I have watched this season together. It has been entertaining and it has helped us discuss some difficult topics. I think that this is a a great series for parents and young teens to watch together. |
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Totally Awesome |
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What more is there to say? I'm sure others will review this and give the pertinent information. I'll just say that it's a lot of fun, but nothing can live up to the first season. |
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I loved this Series. |
Who would expect such a great series out of UPN? Great dialogue: "Annoy little blond one, annoy like the wind" still being my favorite. And though it's a little older in themes, Veronica Mars never forgets that, yes, this is a high school show.
I also have to admit, I never watched the show on TV, I didn't get it until well after it had aired and I had the Third Season on TV. And being, that I LOVED the Third Season, the First and Second far surpassed my expectations.
If you're looking for a good detective show, or an even better teen show, I strongly advise this whole series. |
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Slightly Down From a Brilliant First Season; Still Wonderful Nonetheless |
Veronica Mars' sophomore effort (or, according to the series, her senior one) is excellent, if it doesn't quite achieve the heights of the first season.
It has a lot to live up to, after all, and the resolution of the bus accident just doesn't have the same punch as finding out who killed Lilly Kane. Also, we've moved past the unexplored romantic tensions between Veronica and Logan that provided so much kick to the mid-to-late parts of the first season, and are stuck instead in a bizarre love pentagon with Veronica, Logan, Meg, Duncan and Kendall.
Some characters, so central to the series initially, leave for a while and sometimes come back (and sometimes, not). While the final few episodes find a spark, again, and provide worthy thrills and chills, it isn't as fulfilling or meaningful as the season that came before it.
Not that this is a crime. The Second Season of Veronica Mars is still well-written, and beautifully acted by most of its regulars. The emergence of "Beaver" as a main character and his fledgling romance with always-endearing Mac is one of the highlights, as is the continued stunt-casting brilliance, finding roles (among others) for Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon.
On the whole, Veronica Mars is one of the recent bright spots in all of television, and these episodes are no exception to that. A four-and-a-half star season from a five star show: rounds up to five. |
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