Veronica Mars Investigations

VMI 2.02 Driver Ed

**A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:**

Veronica’s BUSY: serving coffee, investigating whether the driver crashed the bus deliberately, and ruining post-coital moments with Duncan.
So Detective Wallace handles a case all by himself, and guess what, it’s all in the hope of winning over the gorgeous but hostile Jackie - played by Tessa Thompson!
Logan fires guns with Mr Casablancas, and has sex with Mrs Casablancas - not at the same time.
Sheriff Lamb sucks SO much that Keith Mars decides to run for sheriff.
Kevin Smith shows up, as an opportunistic convenience store clerk selling bus crash souvenirs.
And a dead body washes up on the beach, on his palm is written VERONICA MARS - drink!

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars season 2 episode 2: Driver Ed, and to probe such mysteries as whether it’s legal for journalists to pose as high school students, whether it’s wise to go to a shooting range with someone if you’re sleeping with their spouse, how many styles they can make Jackie wear at once, and why Duncan would offer to put Veronica on a ‘strict Nelly diet’ because she’s been listening to Radiohead.

Season 2, audioVMI Pod29 March 2020Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Keith Mars, Logan Echolls, Jason Dohring, Wallace Fennel, Percy Daggs III, Neptune, California, Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman, VMI, television, TV, recap, review, drama, teen, teenage, school, high school, mystery, detective, PI, private detectives, Marshmallows, cases, crime, law, season 2, Kendall Casablancas, Charisma Carpenter, Cassidy Casablancas, Kyle Gallner, Dick Casablancas, Ryan Hansen, Duncan Kane, Teddy Dunn, Duncvonica, Tessa Thompson, Jackie Cook, Terrence Cook, Jeffrey Sams, Sheriff Lamb, Don Lamb, Michael Muhney, bus crash, cars, journalists, journalists in disguise, hacky sack, Never Been Kissed, sex, sex people, bus driver, Kevin Smith, Clerks, Wallace’s romances, Porsche, Detective Wallace, clerk, convenience store, Curly Moran, last meal, Ari Graynor, Jessie, Ed Doyle, depression, mental health, mental illness, payphone, phonecall, St Christopher, Duane, guns, shooting range, Deputy Sacks, The Shelby One, punching, apples, Granny Smith, Dawn Lamb, Cotters, affairs, sheriff, meerkat, meerkat meat, sexpeople, Neptune Grand, necktie belts, clothes made of ties, ties, costuming, costumes, clothes, Nelly

VMI 1.17 Kanes and Abel's

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.

Season 1, audioVMI Pod17 December 2019Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Keith Mars, Logan Echolls, Jason Dohring, Wallace Fennel, Percy Daggs III, Lilly Kane, Amanda Seyfried, Weevil Navarro, Francis Capra, Neptune, California, Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman, VMI, television, TV, recap, review, drama, teen, teenage, school, high school, mystery, detective, PI, private detectives, Marshmallows, cases, crime, law, season 1, Neptune High, Amelia DeLongpre, Clarence Wiedman, Abel Koontz, hats, Vinnie Van Lowe, Ken Marino, Hall and Oates, Private Eyes, Loyola Marymount, students, undergrad, wallpaper, dankness, motel, hair, midterms, Sabrina Fuller, Jessica Fuller, Hamilton Cho, James Cho, argyle, polo shirts, cardigans, tires, Caz Truman, Jake Kane, Celeste Kane, Lisa Thornhill, Kyle Secor, Clash of the Titans, Duncan Kane, Teddy Dunn, Italian, pram, car, ads, sex chat phonelines, pranks, sabotage, harassment, rave, ravers, speculative flashbacks, Lilly's murder, Leonard Wu, college, scholarships, academic, Quiet Power Keith, laptops, epilepsy, mental health, George Bush, Barbara Bush, Bill Clinton, costuming, set dressing, wealth inequality, laundry, evidence, coffee

VMI 1.14: Mars vs Mars

**A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:**

Student 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.

audio, Season 1VMI Pod25 November 2019Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Keith Mars, Logan Echolls, Jason Dohring, Wallace Fennel, Percy Daggs III, Lilly Kane, Amanda Seyfried, Weevil Navarro, Francis Capra, Neptune, California, Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman, VMI, television, TV, recap, review, drama, teen, teenage, school, high school, mystery, detective, PI, private detectives, Marshmallows, cases, crime, law, legal, season 1, Neptune High, Adam Scott, Leighton Meester, Carrie Bishop, Susan Knight, Mr Rooks, teachers, Sting, The Police, Don't Stand So Close To Me, songs, singing, pregnancy, statutory rape, sex crime, lyrics, rhyming, rhymes, feminine rhymes, masculine rhymes, Lolita, Nabokov, Mars vs Mars, Gossip Girl, Duncan Kane, doctors, theft, medical records, Abel Koontz, kitten heels, mental health, Cliff!, Cliff McCormack, Deputy Leo, Leo D'Amato, lasagne, Rolling Stones, vinyl, MUN, mock United Nations, Model United Nations, text messages, Sweet Knees, sex offender registry, Max Greenfield

VMI 1.12: Clash of the Tritons

A 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.

Season 1, audioVMI Pod4 November 2019Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Keith Mars, Logan Echolls, Jason Dohring, Wallace Fennel, Percy Daggs III, Lilly Kane, Amanda Seyfried, Weevil Navarro, Francis Capra, Neptune, California, Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman, VMI, television, TV, recap, review, drama, teen, teenage, school, high school, mystery, detective, PI, private detectives, Marshmallows, cases, crime, law, season 1, Neptune High, secret society, secret societies, Triton, Tritons, rich white boy bullshit, wankers, secrets, pledges, hazing, karaoke, myths, Clash of the Titans, Harry Hamlin, Aaron Echolls, Lisa Rinna, Lynn Echolls, suicide, abuse, Miss James, Rebecca James, grief, therapy, staplers, counselling, spy equipment, spy office supplies, spy stationery, Rick, Tim, ID cards, fake ID, felonies, Detective Wallace, Singing Duncan, conch, conch shells, mental health, Burning Man, Sheriff Lamb, Don Lamb, Piers Gaveston, drinking societies, clubs, Oxford, David Cameron, Piggate, Blondie, One Way Or Another, Duncan Kane, Teddy Dunn, Black Mirror, Cliff!, Cliff McCormack, lockers, spycams, bugs, Hokey Cokey, Hokey Pokey, toilets, toilet offices, awful white boys of Neptune

VMI 1.03: Meet John Smith

**A Long Time Ago on Veronica Mars:**

A squeaky little freshman hired Veronica to help find his missing father;
Duncan threw his medication down the drain, with hallucinatory results;
Keith developed a crush on Veronica’s guidance counsellor;
and things heated up between Veronica and the supposedly sexy and charming Troy, but still aren’t as hot as her hot’n’heavy Duncan flashbacks.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 3: Meet John Smith, and ponder such mysteries as whether or not it’s creepy that Keith used his PI Powers to track down his crush to her regular coffee shop; how Veronica can even pretend to enjoy Troy’s prank tales; and whether the writers knew what they were doing with Duncan, or just threw dice at the beginning of each of his scenes to decide whether to go with ⚁ silent but helpful Duncan, ⚂ milky Duncan, ⚄ sardonically-toasting-the-former-family-dog Duncan, or ⚅ one-man production of Grease Duncan.

Season 1, audioVMI Pod2 September 2019Veronica Mars, Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Keith Mars, Logan Echolls, Jason Dohring, Wallace Fennel, Percy Daggs III, Lilly Kane, Amanda Seyfried, Neptune, California, Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman, VMI, television, TV, recap, review, drama, teen, teenage, school, high school, mystery, detective, PI, private detectives, Marshmallows, cases, crime, law, season 1, Meet John Smith, transgender, missing parent, Lianne Mars, Troy Vandegraff, video store, video rental, videos, Aaron Ashmore, dating, dates, cars, San Diego, toilet office, Celeste Kane, Duncan Kane, Teddy Dunn, mental health, problem parents, family, families, bleachers, Grease, head injuries, medication, antidepressants, Keith dating, Rebecca James, guidance counsellor, Body Heat, Kung Fu, Jake Kane, milk, not milk, outdated technologies, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Dana Point, Troy, Dick Casablancas