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U-S-A! U-S-A!

Oh-so good to have old friends back, even if they’re stuck in an episode splattered with 9th grade patriotic rah-rah nonsense. Outside of the can’t-we-all-just-get-along mini-mystery, there were some delicious developments involving Veronica, Piz, Logan and all the rest. Sure, if you think too hard about it and read too many trade publications you might think that the future of the show will ultimately render these romantic entanglements moot, but why throw cold water on otherwise spicy teen drama?

And speaking of all those teens, props must be given to the V-Mars casting department for finally getting everyone together in one episode. Season three has been void of many things and most of the time those things involved secondary cast-members. Wallace and Mac would disappear for weeks on end, which is what made last night’s buffet of familiar faces so charming. Add that to the numerous references to storylines from previous seasons and you “got yourself a stew goin’ on.”

The rest of the episodes from here on out all fit into the one-and-done mystery format. This is a good decision, especially if what we saw this week is an indication of how the narratives will be linked. Sure, the overarching mysteries are far more sophisticated, but good teen melodrama has its place as well.

This week was by no means classic Mars, but for a show that could very well be marching itself to the sea, it was a comfort to watch. That being said, my super secret source tells me that next week’s episode with Paul Rudd is the tits.

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