I watched a few more episodes of Veronica Mars with the thought that the I'd warm up to the sassy detective. How could I not like a smart, wise-cracking, taser-toting chick? Since my childhood when Nancy Drew books kept me absorbed for hours, I've always liked crime-solving and/or butt-kicking girls. Alas, in spite of EW's praise, Veronica just doesn't cut it.

The problem for me with Veronica is that I just don't buy her transformation from fun-loving and popular sweetheart into a cynical outsider. When watching the show, I find myself thinking that she was wearing mask when playing one of the roles. It's possible to be the high school prom queen with a heart of darkness as Wynona Ryder showed us in Heathers, but I don't see it happening in Veronica Mars.