{"id":7391,"date":"2019-09-06T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2019-08-27T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:22:33","slug":"mark-watches-veronica-mars-s04e04-heads-you-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2019\/09\/mark-watches-veronica-mars-s04e04-heads-you-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches ‘Veronica Mars’: S04E04 – Heads You Lose"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fourth episode of the fourth season of Veronica Mars<\/i>, Veronica and Keith pursue their new theory, but it has disastrous results. Also, the title of this episode is EVIL. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Veronica Mars<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trigger Warning: For discussion of rape.<\/b><\/p>\n

Can I just say that the pacing of this season is incredible? There is not a slow moment this season, but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t introspective scenes that are also quieter. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just that the show is always moving in one direction, and I imagine only having eight episodes helps that. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a delight to experience.<\/p>\n

Blast from the Past<\/b><\/p>\n

I am still reeling from how many characters from past seasons showed up in just ONE episode. Max! Mercer! Tim! LEO. But the show doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trot these people out just to wink and nudge the fandom. Each of them contribute to the story in a meaningful way, even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just to push forward confirmation of a particular theory.<\/p>\n

Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start with Veronica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visit to Chino, part of her attempt to paint the truth of the portrait of Big Dick and Clyde. TIM FOYLE. Holy shit, Dean O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Dell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s murderer!!! I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect that, but I did<\/i> expect him to still be gross, and guess what? He was!!! How are you gonna try and dunk on Veronica WHEN YOU ARE IN PRISON. I feel like she won that contest, dude! I was even more disgusted by Mercer, the rapist at Hearst from season three. Lord, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d forgotten about how twisted his relationship with Moe was, so it was not exactly thrilling to hear him try and point a finger at all the other rapists who had been given lesser sentences. Yes, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve correctly identified a terrible misdeed of justice. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN PRISON. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so horrible!!!! I hope Veronica ruins his parole!!!!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, the point of all of this is that Veronica does<\/i> emerge from Chino prison with a better idea of who Clyde was and what his relationship with Big Dick looked like. That info seems to be what we saw in flashbacks, too: Clyde saw Big Dick as a means to extract a huge payday for himself. Once you combine that with the circumstantial evidence of the PCHers? Well, this is starting to feel damning. The Weevil\/Veronica reunion was just about as thorny as I expected it to be, given how they ended things in the film. One thing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still glad that the show is willing to do is to check Veronica through Weevil\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s character. His last line stings, and it should. Especially at this part in her life! She should know by know that the world is full of grays, that her outlook isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly helping the situation. But this is also Weevil we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talking about; he could have just been using the moment to criticize her and he has no idea what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talking about. Maybe someone else in the gang is responsible for working with the Casablancas?<\/p>\n

And then LEO SHOWS UP!!! Oh my god, thank you, friends, for not spoiling me for all these great appearances. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the past character who gets the most screentime here, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interesting how he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a glimpse of a life Veronica could have had. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the FBI now, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also been divorced, a fate that Veronica is absolutely worried about. The two still have chemistry after all these years, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like her relationship with Logan is threatened by this. Oh, Leo challenges<\/i> her on it, and I do wonder how much truth there is in what he says. What if Logan really just loved her so much that he proposed? What if it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t part of some mental game? She seems dead-set on accepting this narrative, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure I buy it yet. Plus, how will Leo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence in Neptune further push Veronica? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect that this is the last time his story will intersect with hers in such a personal way. AH, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M SO EXCITED.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also kinda accepted that we won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see Mac, despite that there have been a number of references to her. But Max!!! Holy shit, that was also a surprise. AS WAS VINNIE, who I suspect is only going to make everything worse<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Keith<\/b><\/p>\n

I do believe that Keith is trying to do his job by being friendly with Clyde, but\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 oh, I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust Clyde! For even a single second! I made that comment on video when Keith pulled out that bottle. Were they both trying to manipulate one another? Surely Keith wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that na\u00c3\u00afve, you know? He had to know that Clyde trying to be friends with him wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a genuine thing. So, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the case, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m putting this here less because I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible, and more because I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T TRUST CLYDE and I think he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s working a long con. GET HIM AWAY FROM MY KEITH.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Third<\/b><\/p>\n

Hi, that third bombing was fucked up<\/i>? Lord. But now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m confused about the bomber\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s motivation. I mean\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 is it possible that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unrelated to the first two? Why only target one person? Was it retaliation for his attempted date rapes? Was it meant as a larger commentary? Is this all a plan to sow terror on the Boardwalk and get as many people to leave and sell, as Keith and Veronica believe it is?<\/p>\n

Daniel Maloof<\/b><\/p>\n

THIS IS GOING IN AN INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AND DARK PLACE, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. One thing I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t comment on\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut is incredibly apparent here\u00e2\u20ac\u201dis that Daniel Maloof does not seem like the kind of man who would order the murder of anyone else. But the show has given us a convincing portrait of a man whose world is closing in him. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s his nicotine addiction and the cravings that are leaving him jittery and anxious; there are the blackmailing emails, urging him to put himself in the public spotlight again<\/i>. Then, the Carrs tormented him and very believably could have killed him. So I understood why, in the moment, he asked Alonso to murder the Carrs. But I also get why he has such guilt over it and asks Vinnie to track them down.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anticipate Alonzo filming<\/i> the execution and also name-checking Daniel in it, which makes the twist at the end so horrible. ONE OF THEM SURVIVED. He will most certainly<\/i> bring about a whole new layer of chaos to this story. How is that gonna look for Daniel?<\/p>\n

Penn<\/b><\/p>\n

OH MY GOD. What have you done<\/i>??? See, this is what Penn doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand: there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a process<\/i> to all of this. If Keith and Veronica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s working theory is correct, Penn just tipped off Big Dick and Clyde in public!!!<\/i> Do you know how easy it will be for someone with that much money to make any evidence disappear? But Penn didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t view the investigation as a slow, methodical process. His growing fame has gotten to his head, and now, he just wants to be the one spreading information, even if that information hurts others or even ends up being wrong<\/i>. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so self-righteous, and he may have ruined the case that the Mars family was building. UGGGGGH.<\/p>\n

The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Heads You Lose\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99.<\/p>\n

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