I was talking with Bri (who got me into Veronica Mars to begin with) and he was somewhat surprised I was able to follow this season without having seen the first two. The premiere kind of confused me, but I was able to pick up things that occurred in prior seasons without much explanation while still being able to enjoy the current episodes. As for the mini-finale on Tuesday, it was definitely the best episode out of the season thus far. The part where Logan intentionally bashes the hell out of the police cruiser in order to intentionally bash Mercer in jail was a great payoff. Maybe now might be a good opportunity to catch up on the first and second seasons before the show returns from hiatus in late January.