<P> Stephanie Zacharek of Salon felt positively about the episode itself but ambivalent about the lack of resolution, stating, "I'm not sure if Tuesday night's finale is a deeply unsatisfying way to close out a series that's ending before its time or the only way to end such a series ." However, she blamed the network for this ending . She also commented on the tone and themes of the episode, arguing that one of the series's main takeaways was that the rich would always be in charge . However, she did not view the finale as being spiteful and pessimistic: "' Veronica Mars' has always been a clear - eyed show, never a bitter one ." Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly felt unsatisfied with the episode's conclusion, partially because Veronica and Logan did not resume dating . However, he praised the sex - tape mystery and the plot involving the Castle because of their similarities to earlier seasons . He also praised Keith's actions, stating, "Okay, maybe I'm a sap, but this tugged at my heartstrings a bit and left me relieved there wasn't a dreaded Veronica--Keith battle at the end ." Stransky concluded by saying that "the end is fine". Sydney Bucksbaum of Zap2it felt disappointed because of the ambiguous endings of Keith's arc and Veronica's love triangle . Although she was positive towards "The Bitch Is Back" as a standalone episode, she found herself hoping that there were another episode to the season: "Watching Veronica walk out into the pouring rain all alone after casting a probably insignificant vote for her dad was depressing, symbolic (rain in SoCal?), and just downright unsatisfying ." </P> <P> Roger Holland of PopMatters praised the episode . He wrote that the finale "took us all the way back to the heart of Veronica Mars". Although he also commented on the lack of closure in "The Bitch Is Back", he still believed that the finale highlighted some of the main themes of the series . "The final scenes of Veronica Mars offered no sense of closure . Rather, we were left with the sense (that) we'd been denied a genuinely thrilling fourth season". The TV Addict lauded the episode for returning to the tone and themes of the first season, calling it "the perfect mix of mystery, excitement, romance and snappy one - liners". The publication also praised Bell and Colantoni's performances . Jesse Hastenger of PopMatters graded the episode an 8 out of 10 . Kath Skerry of Give Me My Remote expressed dissatisfaction with The CW for cancelling the series, but she praised the episode as a standalone installment: "As for the final two episodes themselves, they would have been magnificent season finales . It was classic Veronica Mars . Drama, comedy, inside jokes (...) and callbacks to yesteryear ." On his blog, Cultural Learnings, critic Myles McNutt said that Colantoni should have been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the episode, saying that "this final sacrifice is Colantoni's strongest character arc all season and is the proper episode selection for the actor ." On a ranking of all 64 Veronica Mars episodes, BuzzFeed ranked the episode 54th, declaring that it was "extremely disappointing" and "pretty dull". </P>

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