The first thing that pops into my mind about the news of this cancellation is my anger toward the CW. And no, I'm not talking about my anger over cancelling the greatest hope for quality TV in the media - I'm angry at the way they treated this show, advertising it as shallow teen fluff. I'm angry at the way they forced the creator and writers to make it more relationship-driven this current season to attract more viewers, when the viewers actually watching the show could not care less who is dating who on the show. I'm angry at the way the CW made this show into something it should never have become in its final, third season, and come tonight, its series finale.

I'll have more coherent thoughts in the next few blogs about this dreadful news - as well as my recap of the season finales for Brothers and Sisters, Heroes, and Lost - but for now, I pay tribute to the best-of-the-best moments of Veronica Mars, the third-best television series ever.

Five best episodes of Veronica Mars

A Trip to the Dentist: Season One, Episode 21. The reason why this is one of the five best episodes of Veronica Mars is because it perfectly encapsules the show's unique ability to juggle not one, not two, but three plot threads into one episode. We discover why Veronica was drugged and raped, we discover more about the murder of Lily Kane, and we get juicy relationship morsels from Duncan and Veronica, who may or may not be brother and sister. (Luckily, this gets cleared up sooner rather than later). Oh, and Madison's a bitch. Who could want more?

An Echolls Family Christmas: Season One, Episode 10. The one where Veronica confronts the Kanes on their involvement in the disappearance of Veronica's mother and Lily Kane's death. Oh, and Aaron Eckols gets stabbed by a mistress. And these are just the B and C plots.

I Am God: Season Two, Episode 18. The best use of flashbacks and the best cinematography of any Verinca Mars episode, Veronica investigates the lives of the bus crash victims as they haunt her dreams. The episode ends as creepily and ambiguously as it begins.

Weapons of Class Destruction: Season One, Episode 18. This is the episode where I officially fell in love with the show. And, yes, this may have a lot to do with a certain scene between Veronica and Logan.

Welcome Wagon: Season Three, Episode One. This episode, the best season premiere of the three, is one of the most energetic, wittiest episodes in the series, and really only the second episode you can realistically use to convert newbies. Extra points for featuring the most Mac-related screentime ever, the introduction of two excellent new characters, Piz and Parker, Dick's crying scene, and that shocking, emotional final 10 seconds when we discover a main character has been raped. This is why we love this show.

Five best characters of Veronica Mars.

Veronica Mars. The greatest female role model in popular culture. She inhabits all the qualities that are deemed "male" that lead to success in today's society - self-confidence, self-assurance, intelligence - and adds a few female ones, including quick-wittedness and scathing sarcasm. Played by Kristen Bell, TV's best actress, this is the reason why this show has generated so many fans.

Logan Eckols. Every television series has an obligatory psychotic jackass. And no TV series has ever had one as multi-layered and enjoyable to watch as this one.

"Mac." This chic nerd (yes, you read that right) is a perfect match for Veronica's scathing sarcasm with one-liners and a killer line delivery to match Kristen Bells'.

Wallace Fennel. Veronica's "side-kick," it's the incredibly likeable performance of Percy Diggs III that makes this character charming in every scene he's in. Unless that scene involved Don Lamb.

Keith Mars. He's in almost as many scenes as Veronica, so you'd better like him. And boy, do we - he is that great TV father, and man that understand and respects his daughter as an intelligent, adult woman.

More on the way.

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