This story contains major spoilers for the entire fourth season of Veronica Mars, read at your own risk!
Warning: This story contains major spoilers for the finale of the fourth season ofVeronica Mars.
Read at your own risk!
Credit: Michael Desmond/Hulu
Rubbing salt in the wound, Logan was killed shortly after he and Veronica had tied the knot.
(Edited and condensed for clarity and length.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why???
?ROB THOMAS:Well, heres the thing, I want to keep makingVeronica Mars.
There is something romantic about that solitary P.I.
What was Jasons reaction?He was lovely about it.
Exactly like a breakup.
I had that moment of like choking on the words trying to get them out of my mouth.
Did you tell him before you started shooting?Oh, yeah.
It was part of the pitch when we took it out.
This was nothing that hadnt been decided long before we shot this.
It was in the pitch that Hulu heard.
I would not have done that to Jason without letting him know.
Some people will undoubtedly note that we didnt see the explosion and perhaps hold out hope.
Maybe hes in a coma?Yeah.
He could still be out there.
Im telling you, were not one of those kinds of shows.
Okay, how about flashbacks in the next season?It has crossed my mind.
Trust me, I have been mulling that.
Im a huge Jason Dohring fan.
Romance is typically something that you see in a hard-boiled detective show.
The possibility of it at least.
And you were comfortable with that?You know, its funny.
Those two dates mean very little to me.
But when they first told me, Were going to release them all at once.
My first reaction was, Oh, cool.
Ive never done that with a show.
I like binging shows.
Im just glad it wasnt Kirby Howell-Baptistes character.Im so happy that you were worried.
When youre doing eight episodes there are only, like, five people it could be.
And inVeronica Mars,we have always tried to write it as a play at home game.
You the viewer see the same clues that Veronica sees.
There isnt some bit of knowledge thats going to fly in offscreen.
Everyone talked about how great it was to get back together and the desire to do more.
I mean, we had a great working relationship with Hulu.
They were proud of the episodes.
They were happy with the reviews.
Theyre happy with the viewership of the first three seasons.
Have you already started thinking about what the mystery might be?
I thought about in this way: I want it to be heavy duty mystery.
Like thats our bread and butter.
Its a mystery and those people will still be in her life.
So you viewed season 4 as transitional?Yeah.
I mean, I think in the movie we Easter-egged away.
Thats part of the reason were here.
Were not sure if well ever get to see these characters again.
Lets have Corny pop through and say how hes doing!
Those were both talented actors and they were really good in those scenes.
It felt a bit like a callback to the outgoing his voicemail messages from the original show.
Was that an epiphany you had early on?Yeah.
A thing that was different about this season was that Veronicas voiceover was in the past tense.
In this one, we give her this very sort of maudlin, sad-sounding voiceover.
I wanted to hint that there was tragedy ahead.
I wanted that to be in the audiences mind.
I wanted the audience to think, Is she going to cheat on Logan with Leo?
I wanted them to bite on that [dream sequence].
I really wanted them to bite on Keith: His mind is going.
Wait a minute, hes not going to show up for the wedding.
That was just one last thing.
I wanted them to think some shoe is going to drop.
Well, you did, and it was gutting.I know.
