A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:
Something’s afoot at Neptune High - the bomb squad is sniffing around.
And there are two suspicious students: the one with a bedroom full of weapons…
…and the one who’s basically Christian Slater in Heathers, plus a car full of fertilizer and guns.
Also we meet another new Duncan: Disappearing Duncan. Where’s Duncan gone??
Meanwhile, there’s romance in the air: Keith and Wallace’s mom are dating!
Aaaand: there’s also the kiss that launched a thousand ’ships.
A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:
Veronica tracks down Abel Koontz’s daughter and hides her in a motel.
Veronica also grudgingly takes on the case of uppity student Sabrina, who is being harrassed to the detriment of her midterms.
Jake and Celeste Kane did some covering up on the night of Lilly’s death, with the help of Clarence Wiedman.
Who is all over the place spooking everybody in this episode, keeping it subtle and undercover by wearing a very noticeable hat.
And! There’s another PI in town - Vinnie Van Lowe. He has a fake moustache and no morals. But he sure can sing Hall and Oates like a champ.
A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:
The school mascot, Polly the parrot, is missing!
A rival school’s mascot, Billy the goat, is also missing!
No longer missing, though: Veronica’s mom. But she’s not in a good way…
One person’s having a good time, at least: Wallace! He’s the toast of the basketball team, he’s getting high fived wherever he goes, and someone’s leaving cookies in his locker.
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 16: Betty and Veronica, and consider such mysteries as when Veronica got good at baking, why Keith Mars has to say the phrase ‘making love’ a million times this episode, and which delivery company would handle an unstable box full of raw goat meat.
Read MoreA LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:
A Russian mail order bride wants Veronica to find her lost love, an actor named Tom Cruz. (Note: NOT Tom Cruise.)
Meg Manning wants Veronica to find the identity of her secret admirer - which rich white boy of Neptune could it be??
Logan’s on hotel stakeout in the hopes of finding his mom.
Keith is being tailed by two guys in terrible suits.
And could one of them lend Logan some pants?
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 15: Ruskie Business, and probe such mysteries as why Wallace is STILL unable to resist doing favours for Veronica when said favours earn him a reputation as a jockstrap-sniffer, whether Veronica just has a stack of bridezilla props ready to go, and whether we’d rather go to prom with “some kid with that high school kid look” or a trashcan with boobs.
Read MoreStudent Carrie Bishop claims that Mr Rooks, the best teacher at Neptune High, has had sex with her.
But Veronica is determined to prove Mr Rooks innocent! She doesn’t like Carrie, and she loves Mr Rooks’s wacky theatrical teacher tricks.
This puts her at odds with Keith all episode - we hate it when the Marses fight! But we love the very good prank he plays on Veronica.
Logan needs Veronica to prove that his mother is still alive.
And Veronica pays another visit to Abel Koontz on death row.
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 14: Mars vs Mars, and crack such mysteries as whether there’s only one cafe in Neptune, whether a Teacher With Wacky Fun Teaching Methods actually makes you learn anything, if you can pay a visit to Death Row just for a mic drop moment, and why Veronica is channelling Sheriff Lamb this episode.
Read MoreNeptune’s own gangsta rap record boss, Bone Hamilton, needs Keith to find his daughter Yolanda, who is missing, presumed kidnapped.
A long time ago, Yolanda and Veronica used to be friends - but they haven’t talked lately at all. What went wrong?
What went wrong is LOGAN, but that’s nothing compared to what he’s having to deal with this episode.
And Wallace has a new hairstyle, don’t touch it Veronica, please.
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 13: Lord of the Bling, and try to solve such mysteries as why you would dangle someone out of a window to get them to sign a contract when doing so voids a contract; how the Marses choose a bug from their vast collection; whether the world’s biggest blender counts as a blender when it does not contain blades; and why Logan is so well versed in Broadway hits of the 1890s.
Read MoreA LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:
There’s a secret society! Because where there are rich white boys, there are secret societies.
Someone is trying to pin a fake ID racket on Veronica. She didn’t do it!
What she is guilty of is being great at karaoke.
Duncan, however… not so much.
And even though you thought the Echolls family couldn’t get any bleaker, it gets a ton bleaker.
A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:
A serial killer is on the loose, strangling young women with guitar strings.
But because the victims are “party girls”, Sheriff Lamb’s not too bothered about investigating.
Luckily, Keith Mars IS bothered! He’s on the case! And he’s wearing a suit!
Meanwhile, Veronica is investigating high schoolers’ parents - and discovers shocking information about her friend Mac.
But to cheer her up, she’s got a new friend, Leo, to extract favours from - her favourite thing.
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 11: Silence of the Lamb, and get stuck into such mysteries as: why does this episode hate guitarists SO MUCH? What’s Jenny’s connection with Girls Gone Wild? And what’s so bad about nachos??
Read MoreIt’s the most wonderful time of the year - you know, when you get stabbed at your own Christmas party.
It’s also poker night at Logan’s - but where is all the money?
We meet a new BroNiner, we think - but is everything as it seems?
And someone AT LAST calls out Logan’s racist jokes. Merry Christmas everyone.
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 10: An Echolls Family Christmas, and get stuck into such mysteries as: what the heck is happening in this poker game? How much is a Fabergé egg these days? And how/why are Duncan and Logan wearing matching festive underwear??
Read MoreVeronica sends off a DNA test to find out who’s her daddy.
A rich white boy of Neptune has supposedly joined a cult - and become much nicer as a result!?
Veronica infiltrates the supposed cult - and starts getting sucked in herself…
And what’s happened to darling Keith’s poor precious face???
Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 9: Drinking the Kool-Aid, and get stuck into such mysteries as: can the Mooncalf Collective cult/commune be so bad if it has de-douchified a rich BroNiner? Should people kool it with the Kool-Aid jokes? Whatever happened to waterbeds? And why anyone would be so cagy about a load of poinsettias??
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