Veronica Mars creator: Season 4 finale shocker gives our show the "best chance to survive"
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"Kristen (Bell) and I really want to keep doing more of these (limited, self-contained seasons), like the Sherlock and even Fargo templates," explained Rob Thomas in an interview with TVLine. "Something where, when we both have windows of availability, we can come back and do it. The thinking is that we need to survive as a noir detective show. And if we kept doing a show that was half teenage soap and half mystery show, the fear is it would start feeling like nostalgia. Going full mystery show gives us our best chance to survive. I think there’s a reason you don’t see many hard-boiled detective shows where the lead detective has a boyfriend or a girlfriend; it kind of limits your options. It was like we were cutting off a limb to save a life." He adds in an interview with EW: "Well, here’s the thing, I want to keep making Veronica Mars. Kristen and I have talked about making them until it’s Murder, She Wrote, and I think for the show to work that way it has to work as a noir detective show, and I think there is a reason that you don’t see many badass TV detectives with their boyfriend, or with their girlfriend. There is something romantic about that solitary P.I. figure out in the world and, also, I think there is a reason that shows tend to end when they get their romantic leads together. It’s hard to come up with interesting ways to make the relationship as vital as it was before they were together."
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