VMI 1.04: The Wrath of Con

A Long Time Ago on Veronica Mars:

• Wallace is living his best life: crushing on a girl who just *happens* to need the services of a private detective, pretending to be a math nerd, and AT LONG LAST getting to go to a party.

• Gamer guys are running a massive scam from their college dorm room, with a complex front of dudes wearing baggy rumpled beige clothes.

• Veronica dug into her huge wardrobe of disguises! And a lot of those disguises are ‘hot girl’.

• Flashback limo party, present-day college party: which is cooler? A: any party with Lilly Kane at it would be way cooler than a culturally appropriative hat party.

• And Veronica swam amongst the memories of homecoming dances past before finally going skinnydipping IRL, in the present.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 4: The Wrath of Con, and delve into such mysteries as why you would let Veronica Mars anywhere near your big drawer of keys, whether Duncan’s denim blazer is formal or informal, how to pronounce ‘wrath’, and where on earth the Marses store their huge range of disguises and gadgets.

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There’s a transcript of this episode at VMIpod.com/transcripts/1-04.

Are you a yellow cotton dress or strapless red satin? Let us know at @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

TEAM VMI:

• Hear more Jenny Owen Youngs: music at jennyowenyoungs.com and Buffy the Vampire Slayer recapping at Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast. Tweet and Instagram @JennyOwenYoungs.

• Hear more Helen Zaltzman on The Allusionist, an entertainment podcast about language which is about to do live shows in London, the US and Canada - click here for listings - and she also makes the comedy show Answer Me This. Tweet and Instagram @HelenZaltzman.

• This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees.

• The music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs.

• Logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway.

• Lo Dodds brings us the LoDown.

[Keith Mars-style fake laughter echoing as your spine turns to cold water] - JOY & HZ

PS The Kyoto Kaleidoscope Museum is a million times more fun than the Culturally Appropriative Hat Party in this episode.

PPS If you’re not following @VMIpod on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook, you are missing some of Jenny’s best work, such as these collectable BRO9er cards: