Two great episodes of Veronica Mars tonight. The second one was especially fun, because we got to see that people who’re familiar with Veronica (e.g., Chip Diller) know better than to cross her… and then, we got the fun of watching while someone who wasn’t familiar with her got to find out why it’s best not to cross her.

Unfortunately, the second episode was the series finale, though they didn’t know that (for sure) when they wrote it, and it showed. We’re not left with a cliffhanger per se, but it’s bad enough that I was kind of upset that Rob Thomas didn’t at least write an alternate ending just in case things worked out this way.

Parts of this season were undeniably disappointing, but the first two seasons were tough acts to follow, and it was still better than most of what we get on other shows. This last stretch of episodes, though, has been excellent, and I’m really, really sorry to see this show leaving the air.