The Veronica Mars Season four Twist Left Jason Dohring “Crushed”

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Logan Echolls wasn’t kidding when he promised his relationship with Veronica Mars was epic. Simply how epic—and tragic—took Veronica Mars viewers without warning within the fourth season revival on Hulu.

Spoilers ahoy, Marshmallows!

Shortly after their marriage ceremony, Logan (Jason Dohring) and Veronica (Kristen Bell) returned dwelling, prepared to start their lives collectively…when a bomb supposed to take Veronica out went off as Logan moved her automotive. LoVe is lifeless.

The collection jumped to a yr later, revealing a grieving Veronica’s voiceover was actually her talking to Logan’s therapist (Mary McDonnell) the entire time. She buried her husband and left Neptune on a case.

“I used to be fairly crushed for like three days or so, simply because the side of what you set into it creatively and then you definitely suppose, ‘F—okay, I used to be so hooked up and dedicated to that function,'” Dohring informed E! Information about his character’s destiny. “On the similar time, [Rob Thomas] had defined to me the reasoning of it, which I utterly understood and was actually in favor of in that means when it comes to serving to the present go to a brand new route, to form of assist shed the teenage drama and the forwards and backwards side of the connection, which I perceive can get tiresome if carried out so many instances. And but, perhaps there’s no one on the market that may be as good for one another as these two characters could be. So, what do you do? You need to break up them up or one thing, you may’t simply be completely happy on a TV present, proper?”

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The actor, who has performed Logan because the present began in 2004, stated collection creator Rob Thomas knowledgeable him of his destiny earlier than they began manufacturing. “Yeah he was actually cool about that, defined all of the reasoning and that Veronica does finest because the underdog and had been going to place her again in that place,” Dohring stated. “On a private stage…I used to be bummed, however within the broader image scale I might perceive the reasoning for that.

Bell was additionally within the know, and the 2 would talk about it.

“Throughout it will come up a couple of instances like, ‘I’ll miss you, man’ and she or he could be like, ‘Oh, Jay’…and we might begin to cry. It was humorous, some folks I informed that did not even know, like Ryan Hansen, he was bummed,” Dohring stated. “And Percy was bummed. A day or two later, they’d be like, ‘Dude, I nonetheless cannot imagine that’…Yeah, yeah, it is brutal, man. You form of suppose that triangle between her dad and her and this character cannot actually be damaged…You form of assume that, after which when that occurs…”

Thomas informed E! Information he needed to unlock the character of Veronica and push the present away from the teenager drama and extra right into a hard-boiled thriller collection. Consider it like Gray’s Anatomy. Shonda Rhimes killed off Patrick Dempsey‘s McDreamy as an alternative of splitting him and Meredith up once more when Dempsey exited the collection. He could not be on the market as a what if.

“It provides her an opportunity to maneuver on, and I believe we informed that side, that they love one another and there is no one higher,” Dohring stated. “So, from there, there’s solely dying.”

Dohring stated that is simply the most recent hurdle for Veronica Mars to beat, and that is simply what the character does.

“I believe followers of the Veronica Mars world just like the story and her skill to struggle and have braveness and persevere it doesn’t matter what, and I believe that’s the character of Veronica Mars. She strikes ahead and goes into her personal life, to drag herself up by the bootstraps and actually pursue or dream, one thing she actually needs. I used to be completely happy to be part of that journey—or I am completely happy that the character was part of that, and I actually loved it over time,” he stated.

The actor stated he’d be open to returning for flashbacks if the story permits, however the present appears to be pushing the character of Veronica Mars in a brand new route. “I stay up for seeing the present anyway, ought to I not be part of it sooner or later,” he stated.

“This can be a present I grew up on and I am actually pleased with it,” Dohring stated. “I am proud to be related to the standard of the present and the folks concerned, each professionally and simply as folks, nearly as good folks.”

Learn what Veronica Mars boss Rob Thomas needed to say concerning the controversial ending right here. All episodes of Veronica Mars are actually streaming on Hulu.