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The <em>Veronica Mars</em> Twist That Undoes a Strong Season

Hulu’s revival of the detective drama ends with a curveball that cheapens the arc of one of the show’s most fascinating figures.
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This story contains major spoilers for the new season of Veronica Mars.

While previewing Hulu’s revival of Veronica Mars, the noir drama about the titular, once-teenage sleuth, the show’s star, Kristen Bell, dropped a grim clue. “This will be a controversial season, let me just say that,” she hesitantly told E! “I’m also going to probably stay off the internet once it airs … There’s some stuff that happens that people will have strong feelings about.”

She’s right. The fourth season, which arrived on the streaming platform in a surprise drop Friday afternoon, . The hero, now an adult, is investigating a series of bombings in her hometown of Neptune, California, and. What’s more, it’s a curveball that cheapens the evolution of one of the show’s most fascinating characters.

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