normal normal season premiere second season american mystery television series mars episode overall written series creator directed episode premiered upn september series depicts adventures mars deals life high school student private detective episode reveals events summer resolution murder investigates involving students forged drug tests school bus mysteriously goes cliff normal featured casting changes including introduction promotion actors series regular status episode received positive reviews thomas nominated writing synopsis day senior year working job restaurant soon boy named comes restaurant says failed drug test clean months sees interview father keith revealed wrote book case episode flashes romantic cliffhanger end season revealed logan door logan reveals gang beat kicked face knife found gang members stabbed logan tells stab gang member believes leo comes arrests logan wallace says failed drug test wallace informs details drug test episode flashes details logan starting date summer talks students framed drug test people want harm estranged reveals logan released prison soon arrested connects people framed incident student publicly harassed gym class keith dating wallace spend night investigating students eventually wallace small illegal substance likely gift basket earlier year flashback logan car shoot car windows asks keith help finding names company shareholders believes lab assistants paid forge results previous summer logan involved arson crime logan dick beaver brothers sets parents listen revealed duncan dating flashback breaks logan logan starts angry keith barges makes leave logan carrying relationship field trip meets bus home talks time passive aggressive explains audience duncan dating rest stop sees debate stabbed gang member bus drives away instead takes motorcycle run duncan tell bus students drove cliff sea look crashed bus production renewed second season lowest rated network history renewed upn drama television season renewed starting second season moved wednesday nights placing direct competition abc popular lost said wish lost wasn direct competition time placed upn america model date airing episode bell thomas talked new_york_times thomas commented let things day think perfect episode originally titled trouble pun trouble episode title refers phrase said wallace indicating things supposedly normal episode written series creator directed episode marks thomas fourth writing credit series pilot leave beaver fourth directing credit series episode logan mentions producers wanted play casting film adaptation story casting role actually cast episode logan makes hand gesture known upn notice filming normal informed actor played planning remove character said upset news return season role season stated knew going finite episodes like job week week went merry way episode features brief cameo wife upn executive cast members know important plot information received script episode including door duncan resume dating ashes embrace plays bus crash scene casting normal introduces new characters series regulars casting new season thomas explained conceive year mystery decided needed introduce eliminate characters able create equally fascinating mystery series second season thomas felt bring involved new mystery needed new blood opening credits new actors given star billing actors beaver served recurring characters season addition episode marks credit played despite fact appear episode important recurring characters second season introduced normal portrayed best known role angel makes appearance episode casting considered role graham filming emily reasons carpenter said wanted play role spectacular episode introduces character played later known roles don trust apartment reprise role film continuation mars called role series big acting job fan mars role unsuccessfully auditioned guest role season producers enjoyed performance told point reception ratings original broadcast normal garnered million viewers ranked weekly rankings increase previous season finale leave beaver received million viewers previous season premiere pilot episode garnered million viewers time episode highest rated episode mars history ratings high surpassed angry reviews episode received positive reviews writing gave glowing review saying components season premiere praising aspects episode reviewer wrote ties storytelling form indicates complete confidence viewers deal half present day half flashback different halves combined combine present information fashion price gave positive review writing episode verdict frankly amazing information episode packed minutes feeling breezy funny episode ended ending multiple death served remind murder season television pity gave episode alan_sepinwall wrote season premiere little heavy exposition commenting said pilot episode sepinwall went state enjoying new storylines characters popmatters gave positive review noting new storylines characters especially handled new set events like understands mix doesn deal effective way don want pick sides bound assessed having labeled spend time fighting rumors finding alternative measures brilliantly aware alternatives makes familiar process worth time ranked episode 23rd ranking mars episodes writing close look episode answers right similar list ranked episode 18th writing notable introduction characters bus crash plot line accolades work episode received writers guild america award nomination thomas lost house episode autopsy
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