Ah, out with the old, in with the new. The television season is dead, long live the next television season. And to prepare for it, I’m going to review new shows as the pilots become available.

Veronica Mars; UPN, Tuesday Nights 9:00 pm

After reading the promotional material for this show, I assumed it would be another of the many teen-angst-run-rampant shows we’re subjected to nowadays. And I suppose it could end up being one, but the pilot episode is a surprisingly strong story about interesting characters in an unforgiving town. If it weren’t for the punk hairstyles, I’d almost be tempted to use the term, “noir.”
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