Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "'Veronica Mars' Just Rolls Off The Tongue"
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.08.2005
CB: One other thing that disappeared is all the references in the pilot to The Wizard Of Oz. Was that originally intended to be an ongoing theme? RT: [laughs] I was thinking yesterday of including a "better go see the wizard" moment in the season finale. In the original pilot script, Lamb tells Wallace to grow up and get some balls, which I couldn't air, but I had to write something that resonated, because Veronica was going to hear it later. It's an odd bit of dialogue -- it actually stems from my high-school football coach. He'd say, "You'd better go down to Albertson's and buy yourself some guts." It was inspired by that, and you might hear it again in the season finale, because it's fun for the people who've been there since the beginning. CB: One thing I really like is that the show keeps me guessing, both with the mysteries of the week and with the more seasonal arcs. For example, I loved the reveal in "You Think You Know Somebody," when first we learn Icetwin (Troy Vandergraff) isn't squeaky clean, but we think he might still be halfway decent, and then...not so much. I find myself having zigged when I should have zagged. RT: I'm glad you said that, because that was a moment that said to us -- well, I don't want to state this too grandly, but it said that nothing's sacred, that we'll do anything. I was so upset that week when the network teased with "Veronica's boyfriend: Is he bad?" We had presented him as this edgy but really nice guy, and what the hell's the network doing? Speaking of which, last night I went through the roof when I saw the teaser they did between the second and third act, when they show Veronica at Mr. Rooks's door and he's inviting her in, and they play the creaky music, and she kind of gets this frightened smile. CB: Heh. I watched that on DVR, so I blew right by it. RT: As I said, I about hit the roof, and I think they gave away our huge twist for next week's episode ["Ruskie Business"]. I am so angry with them today. It's been a constant battle, like, tease the red herring -- don't tease the actual ending. And it's embarrassing I'm going to admit this, but the way I learned about that promo was not originally from watching the episode, but from checking in on the Television Without Pity boards after the East Coast airing to see what people were saying. They were like, "Why did they give away the ending in the middle of the show?"