LOL – Holder being the killer – that’s probably the most ridiculous yet plausible theory yet. I could totally see them doing that and ruining the show forever.

(I’m at the last episode now. Yes I know you already saw it and know who really is the killer. Still, I found this funny.)

Also, I really need to get line breaks working properly in these comments. Annoying.

Yeah, I think you’re right, it was a hit-and-run, actually. But maybe she was hit by a BOAT and she DROWNED! Or something.

I think you may also be right that a season-long mystery doesn’t work, at least not like this. The Wire had season-long cases but the only mystery was how they’d put the case together, while knowing exactly who the culprits were.

I could see a mystery maybe working for a season if the killer is caught (or killed) midway through, but the motive for the killing was murky and unknown until the end, but then cops and lawyers in the real world aren’t as concerned with motive as cops and lawyers on TV and movies are, so that might not work either.

My biggest fear is that it will somehow turn out to he Holder as the killer, simply for the sake of a twist that doesn’t really make sense. That would suck even more than Richmond being the killer.

If it is Richmond, that’s kinda lame. The only reason not to suspect him in the first place is that he’s too obvious – the girl was drowned in a Richmond campaign car.

I have no logical suspects. I can see it being Gwen from a writer’s perspective – they do love the IT WAS A WOMAN LOL curveball. For the same reason I hope it isn’t.

The whole thing just sort of suggests a single case doesn’t work as a season – if you want the ending to be a twist, you have to have the heroes get absolutely nowhere for 12 episodes.

Veronica Mars did a good job of sustaining season-long mysteries, but only by working in mysteries-of-the-week really neatly.