I’m not really down, I just tend to be a little tired and burned-out by the end of the day, which generally is when I post. Truth to tell, I enjoy this kind of life.

With one thing and another, I probably caught about half the Veronica Mars episodes the first time through; and I did like it from the beginning. I followed the same curve you described, but starting with immediate enthusiasm and then increasing from there.

I love the genealogy you quoted. Picket Fences got a little too self-congratulatory, and suffered from the lack of a central unifying theme, but it provided some fine moments. The chronicles of Veronica have no such deficits. And — glory, glory — VM actually is still on the air. Too many of my favorites are gone now, it’s a relief to have something I can enjoy while knowing there’s more to come.