I’m sure I’ve seen you someplace before
Posted by Maggie
March 16th, 2006 at 10:15am
In Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars returned last night to great fanfare, at least within my head (dun-nah-nah-NAH!). I enjoyed the episode, but I feel like I was tricked into enjoying it by all the creative casting. There were a whole host of kids we’ve seen in minor parts of other episodes (Carmen, Corny, etc), and there were some “special guest stars.”
Veronica Mars is no stranger to stunt casting. This is a show that featured, in its second episode, arguably the most stunt-y person of all time: Paris Hilton. Way to soil my favorite show by association, Hilton. Since then, the show has featured Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Steve Gutenberg, several former Buffy castmembers, and some competitor in America’s Next Top Model. But yesterday, all those choices were eclipsed by one Kristen Cavalleri, formerly of Laguna Beach, California.
If you’ve ever wondered whether or not Laguna Beach was staged, wonder no more, because Kristen is possibly one of the worst actresses I’ve ever seen — there’s no way she could have convincingly acted her way through LB. In Veronica Mars, she played a devious but good-hearted lesbian. I would try to tell you what she did in the episode, but I’m not entirely sure myself. There was some blackmail? Because she wanted to come out of the closet? And get out of Neptune? Maybe? I’m just not sure this episode made any sense, dramatically or for the characters. Will have to subject myself to KC again and watch it once more to be clear.
The other special guest star wasn’t so much “special” or a “star,” but I took great joy in recognizing him anyway: Lucas Grabeel. Who’s Lucas Grabeel? TiFauxers, you know him better as Ryan Evans, brother to Sharpay Evans, half of the fabulous and ineptly evil musical theatre duo in the unforgettable Disney Channel Original movie High School Musical. “Our rehearsal pianist did an arrangement,” he said with a sniff.
2 Comments Add your own
1. Katie | March 16th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
oh, i LOVED him in HSM. he was so great.
2. jesse | March 17th, 2006 at 11:46 am
I was kinda weirded out by that whole VM episode. I actually, I was kinda weirded out by the last new one, the carnival episode. I liked many parts of both episodes, but the individual-episode mysteries, which used to be pretty kickass, are getting convoluted.
Also, I’m getting distracted by weird main-cast issues. I read before S2 that Wallace might not be on as many episodes, though the reasons were vague — whether it was a salary thing, or a network-exec thing (seems weird that one of the only broadcast networks with actual Af-Am-cast series would want them to ditch the most prominent black character on the show, though)… or what. But when Wallace was gone for a few episodes with his father, I thought, OK, that’s the absence, maybe it ties into something later, but he’s back now.
And then last night… they pull a total off-camera thing! They’re “at” his basketball game but we don’t see it, and he’s mysteriously absent from any of the school scenes. WTF? If they needed the actor gone for (say) 6-8 episodes, couldn’t they just extend the stay with his dad? So when he’s “back,” they don’t have to shoot around him like he’s on maternity leave?
Also, why is Teddy Dunn still in the opening credits? Does that mean he, too, is just gone for a spell and will return (only to leave-without-leaving again)?
I know it’s a mystery show, but when you’re wondering about behind-the-scenes mysteries, it detracts from the show itself (and I think the first bunch of S2 was easily up to S1 in quality).
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