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Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars third season title card.
Genre Teen drama
Noir
Mystery
Picture format HDTV
Running time 42 minutes (approx.)
Creator(s) Rob Thomas
Starring see below
Narrated by Veronica Mars
Opening theme "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols
Country of origin United States
Original channel UPN (2004-2006)
The CW (2006-)
Original run September 22, 2004–present
No. of episodes 53
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Veronica Mars is a critically acclaimed American teen drama/mystery-neo-noir series which premiered on UPN on September 22, 2004, airing its first two seasons on the network before changing to The CW Television Network on October 3, 2006. The show stars Kristen Bell as the title character— a student, progressing from high school to college during the series — who moonlights as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father. Said to be a little bit Buffy and a little bit Bogart,[1] the show balances murder mystery, high school and college drama, and social commentary with considerable sarcasm and offbeat humor.

The third season of the show premiered in the United States and Canada on October 3, 2006, at 9pm ET/PT on The CW and Sun TV (ET only) respectively. This is expected to remain the time slot.

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[edit] Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
See also: List of Veronica Mars episodes

Veronica Mars was living any teenage girl's dream life in the sunny fictional seaside town of Neptune, California in Balboa County, north of San Diego. Her life changed forever the night her best friend Lilly Kane was murdered. The town assumed that the case was closed after Abel Koontz, a former employee of Lilly's father, confessed to the murder. However, Veronica's father, Keith Mars, who was the county sheriff at the time, suggested the actual murderer was Lilly's father, software billionaire Jake Kane. As a consequence of Keith's accusing Jake Kane, Keith lost his job as sheriff in a recall election. Veronica's mother then left her and Keith soon after under mysterious circumstances.

The accusation started a ripple effect on Veronica's life as well. Until a short time before the murder, she had been dating Lilly's brother Duncan, which had made her a part of "the 09ers", Neptune High School's wealthy "in-crowd" that lives in the wealthy 90909 zip code. She was ostracized by this group once Keith's accusation came out, and most of Veronica's friends abandoned her. About two months after the murder, Veronica was drugged at an 09er party and woke up in a bedroom without her underwear. A heartbroken Veronica deduced that she was raped, but when she attempted to report the rape, her claim was not taken seriously by the new sheriff Don Lamb.

After losing his job as sheriff, Keith started a private detective agency, and Veronica started helping him out with his new job after school. As the series begins, Veronica is trying to balance her life between school and detective work, as well as struggle to make sense of all the unexplained events that have happened over the past year.

[edit] Season One

Veronica, due to finding new evidence, does not believe that Abel Koontz murdered Lilly, and resolves to find her true killer. As she furthers the murder investigation, she also works on unrelated cases each week, which are introduced and resolved in each episode. She becomes friends with Duncan again after a long period of alienation between them following their breakup and Lilly’s murder.

Veronica makes a friend in new kid Wallace Fennel, who she helps out after he got on the wrong side of Weevil and his gang of bikers. She also deals with Neptune High’s so-called ‘psychotic jack-ass’, Duncan’s best friend and Lilly’s boyfriend prior to her death, Logan Echolls. Logan blames Veronica for Lilly’s death and takes pleasure in making her life at Neptune High difficult. They eventually bury the hatchet and become closer. Near the end of the season, they start dating, much to the shock of the 09ers, especially Duncan. Veronica also searches for her wayward mother, discovering why it was that she left Neptune. Near the end of the season, she also works on finding out who raped her.

[edit] Season Two

The second season begins with the introduction of two on-going mysteries. Firstly, Logan, having drunkenly picked a fight with Weevil and the PCHers on the Coronado Bridge, is accused of having murdered one of them, Felix Toombs, which he vehemently denies. He and Weevil eventually team up to discover who the real killer is, with occasional help from Veronica. The second mystery is introduced in the final minutes of the first episode, when a school bus full of Neptune High students careens off of a cliff without explanation. Veronica, having narrowly escaped being one of those on the bus, makes it her mission to discover how and why the bus crashed.

This season shows Veronica’s life returning almost to how it had been prior to Lilly’s death, with her and Duncan getting back together and the 09ers generally accepting her again. Having broken up with Logan during the summer because of his reckless behavior, Veronica is once more on the receiving end of his bad attitude. Dick and Cassidy “Beaver” Casabalancas also become regulars, and the season shows them dealing with a gold-digging step-mother, Kendall Casablancas, whom they are left with when their father leaves the country, on the lam from the IRS. Wallace also discovers that his real father is actually alive, and moves away to live with him briefly, before returning halfway through the season, much to Veronica's delight.

[edit] Season Three

The third season begins with Veronica starting her freshman year at Hearst College alongside Logan, whom she got back together with over the summer. Wallace, Mac and Dick also attend the college. Two new regulars are introduced: Stosh “Piz” Piznarski, Wallace’s roommate, and Parker Lee, Mac’s roommate. The season is separated into three mysteries, which are introduced and resolved one after another, instead of at the same time. The first mystery was introduced in the second season episode "The Rapes of Graff", and follows Veronica’s attempts to find out who it is that has been raping girls on the campus and shaving their heads afterwards. This mystery was solved in the ninth episode, “Spit & Eggs”. The next mystery, a murder, was introduced in the same episode.

So far, the season has chronicled Veronica and Logan’s attempts to maintain their relationship, which comes under threat because of Veronica’s lack of trust. Wallace also struggles to balance school and sports, and Piz develops a crush on Veronica. Dick goes off the rails and appeals to Logan for help, but is soon back on form and joins a frat house on campus. Keith also begins an extramarital affair with a client of his, Harmony Chase.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

[edit] Current

Season three cast
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Season three cast

[edit] Former

[edit] Recurring characters

[edit] Family

[edit] Residents of Neptune

[edit] Neptune High
  • Van Clemmons (Duane Daniels) — Vice Principal, and then Principal of Neptune High. Often enlists Veronica's help on various matters.
  • Vincent "Butters" Clemmons (Adam Hendershott) — A student at Neptune High, and Van Clemmons' son.
  • Corny (Jonathan Chesner) — Stoner, occasional ally of Veronica's.
  • Hector Cortez (Patrick Wolff) — A P.C.H. biker.
  • Tommy "Lucky" Dohanic (James Jordan) — Was wounded in Iraq and became a janitor at Neptune High after returning. Used to be a bat boy on Woody Goodman's Little League team.
  • Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter) — Woody Goodman's daughter, a student at Neptune High.
  • Hannah Griffith (Jessy Schram) — An '09er student at Neptune High, Logan's girlfriend for a short time.
  • Rebecca James (Paula Marshall) — School guidance counselor who also dated Keith briefly.
  • Meg Manning (Alona Tal) — An 09er cheerleader who remained friends with Veronica after everyone else turned against her. She dated Duncan and is the mother of his daughter, Lilly.
  • Eduardo "Thumper" Orozco (James Molina) — P.C.H. biker who betrayed Weevil and started dealing for the Fitzpatricks.
  • Madison Sinclair (Amanda Noret) — Dick's ex-girlfriend and Neptune High's resident bitch. Also had an illicit affair with Sheriff Lamb.
  • Felix Toombs (Brad Bufanda) — Weevil's former right-hand man.
  • Troy Vandegraff (Aaron Ashmore) — Childhood friend of Duncan's, and Veronica's one-time boyfriend, who betrayed her and skipped town. When they meet again on a visit to Hearst College he is a changed man, remorseful for how he treated her.

[edit] Hearst College
  • Chip Diller (David Tom) — President of the Pi Sig frat house.
  • Moe Flater (Andrew McClain) — R.A. of the Hearst College dorms.
  • Tim Foyle (James Jordan) — Teaching Assistant in Professor Landry's class and Veronica's self-confessed rival.
  • Mercer Hayes (Ryan Devlin) — Friend of Logan and Dick's, who runs an illegal casino out of his dorm room.
  • Hank Landry (Patrick Fabian) — Professor of Veronica's Criminology class, who favors Veronica. He is having an affair with Dean O'Dell's wife.
  • Nish (Chastity Dotson) — Editor of the Hearst Free Press.
  • Cyrus O'Dell (Ed Begley Jr.) — Dean of Hearst College. Deceased. Initially Veronica's adversary, gradually her ally. Employs Keith to help him out on a few occasions.
Spoilers end here.

[edit] Conventions

A company called Starfury in England are running a Veronica Mars and Prison Break convention from 18-20 May 2007. This is the UK's first Veronica Mars related convention and guests confirmed so far include Jason Dohring (Logan) and Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb). The convention will be held in Heathrow England and Tickets are priced at £75 for adults; £30 for children aged 15 and under at the time of the event; children aged 8 and under are free.

The more support shown for Veronica Mars by the British public the more the cast can argue for a 4th season! More guests will be announced depending on ticket sales.

[edit] Episodes and airings

Main article: List of Veronica Mars episodes

[edit] United States

The third season of the show currently airs at 9pm ET/PT on The CW. Because the show now airs as a lead-out following Gilmore Girls instead of various reruns of America's Next Top Model and UPN sitcoms as it did during its UPN tenure, it is expected that the program will draw stronger ratings now that it will be following a well-established series with a similar audience. Fox44 will also air Veronica Mars, Tuesdays at 11pm ET in the Burlington and Plattsburgh areas, picking up from they left last year with WB programming.

[edit] U.S. Television Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Veronica Mars on UPN and The CW.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Network Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1st Tuesday 9:00PM September 22, 2004 May 10, 2005 2004-2005 UPN #148 2.5 [2]
2nd Wednesday 9:00PM
(from September 28, 2005
to April 5, 2006)

Tuesday 9:00PM
(as of April 11, 2006)		 September 28, 2005 May 9, 2006 2005-2006 UPN #145 2.3 [3]
3rd Tuesday 9:00PM October 3, 2006  ??? 2006-2007 The CW ??? 3.27 (premiere)

During the first season the show aired Tuesdays at 9pm ET with low ratings; consistently last in its time slot behind The WB's One Tree Hill. However, its strong fan base, regular critical praise for its witty writing and strong female protagonist, and the fact that it fit UPN's desired young female viewer demographic, were enough to convince the network to renew the show for a second season. Veronica Mars is the only UPN drama series of the 2004–2005 season to survive into the 2005–2006 season, surviving the cancellation of higher-rated UPN series Kevin Hill and Star Trek: Enterprise.

In July 2005 - August 2005, UPN's corporate sibling CBS also aired repeats of the show on Fridays at 8pm ET, in efforts to increase exposure for the series. The series' pilot episode was originally tested at CBS and almost picked up by the television network. The ratings it scored during its summer 2005 run influenced more audience traction on its home network, and could be seen when the second season began on UPN the following September.

For season 2, the show was moved to Wednesdays at 9pm ET. Toward the end of the fifth cycle of Top Model in December 2005, the show garnered relatively high ratings, including one of its highest rated episodes of the season, "One Angry Veronica." However, the show's ratings fell because of the failure of South Beach, which ended up losing viewers and giving Veronica Mars a weak lead-in. Lost on ABC and FOX's American Idol results show were the dominant shows in the timeslot beginning in the same month, and also contributed to ratings woes for the show. Finally, several UPN stations regularly carried college and NBA basketball games in the winter which often air during the week, causing the show to be pre-empted and then moved to a timeslot by the station during the weekend that was inconvenient for viewers.

By early February, the damage done by all of these factors (mostly South Beach, which continued in a ratings free-fall) forced UPN to take drastic action in order to save Veronica Mars. On February 15, the scheduled new episode was "Versatile Toppings". Two days before, this new episode was substituted with a rerun, and shortly after it was announced that the show would go on hiatus until the beginning of Top Model's new cycle in mid-March. This development met with mixed reactions, with some afraid the show would lose momentum being pulled through February sweeps, and others thankful because the rest of the second season would air uninterrupted and with a much more solid lead-in. The show resumed new episodes on March 15, but still had some ratings struggles because of the domination of the American Idol results show.

UPN had tested reruns on Tuesday night at 9pm ET for a few weeks before the show resumed new Wednesday episodes to see if ratings were stable in that slot. The former Mars timeslot had been a disaster for the network since fall, with both Sex, Love & Secrets and Get This Party Started undeniable failures; both shows ended up dead last in the Nielsen season ratings chart for the 2005-2006 season.[1] Knowing the show might continue to have problems on Wednesday nights, it was decided the series would return to its former Tuesday timeslot on April 11, 2006 to move away from the Lost/American Idol juggernaut. Ratings dropped in the first week, but by the end of the season, ratings stabilized. A slight improvement overall in ratings led to the show's renewal for a third season.

In its second season, the show would rank 145th out of 156 overall in the season ratings chart;[4] however, its fan base, and critical acclaim for the show outweighed the numbers and led to the show's renewal. Individual ratings for original episode broadcasts for season 2 can be found on the individual episode pages.

On May 16, 2006, it was confirmed that Veronica Mars would be part of the new The CW's Fall 2006–2007 lineup once The WB and UPN ceased operations in fall 2006. The show was initially given a 13 episode order, with the option for more if it did well in the Nielsen ratings. On November 16, 2006, a full season order was confirmed for the third season, although the number of episodes was scaled back to 20 instead of the traditional 22 for unknown reasons [2].

MTV had an encore run of the series through the first half of the first season, usually on an eight-day delay, airing Wednesdays at 7pm ET.

[edit] International

Since Canada's CTV began airing the series in June 2005 and Britain's LivingTV in October 2005, the show has expanded internationally to around twenty other countries who have joined them.

  • Australia: The show premiered on Channel Ten in 2005, at the start of the summer off-season (November 28), initially airing on Monday nights at 7:30pm, before being switched to 7:30pm on Friday nights. After 10 episodes had been aired, Ten advertised the 11th (as opposed to the 22nd) as the season finale, and the show was canceled, due to consistently low ratings. However, after many pleas and critical praise, the show returned to Friday nights at 9.30pm on June 16, 2006. During the credits of the preceding week's episode it was announced Veronica Mars would move back to the later timeslot of 10.30pm starting Friday August 4, 2006. This move heightened fears that the show would be canceled again due to low ratings. Ten began airing the second season on September 1, after the Friday night movie. It does not air every week, as it is taken off if a long movie or a special is airing earlier in the night.
  • Austria: The first season is currently airing on ATVplus. The pilot premiered on March 2, 2006.
  • Canada: Ratings on CTV were not good after the first season finished, and CTV elected not to continue showing the series. On June 12, 2006, it was announced that Toronto station Sun TV had picked up the rights from CTV to air the series in Canada. The second season premiered on July 18 and July 19, both at 8pm ET, and aired on these two days over the summer. The third season premiered in simulcast with the CW this fall. Fox 44 which used to air WB shows, will now air CW shows this fall, Fox 44 services the Montreal area. Canadian cable channels W Network and ASN started running the series, beginning with the first season, airing it Fridays at 9pm E/P and Sundays at 4:00pm ET (5:00pm AT), respectively.
  • France: 13eme Rue premiered the show on 8 March 2006. France 2 picked up the rights for the first season. It has still not be aired. Both versions are dubbed in French.
  • Germany: The first season is airing on ZDF on Saturdays at 2:00 pm. The pilot premiered on April 1, 2006. The ZDF announced that the last five episodes of season 1 will air Wednesday nights around 12:00 am, starting October 4, 2006. Season 2 will start in 2007.
  • Iceland: The 2nd season is currently being shown on the national television station, RÚV.
  • Ireland: The pilot episode premiered on July 10, 2006 and the first season is being shown on RTÉ One on weekdays at 2:30 pm. Unusually it is counterprogrammed against the usual more "youth oriented" afternoon schedule on RTÉ Two and before ER deliberately aiming the show at a much wider general audience as opposed to a teen audience. The second season was aired and cut short half way through the season. RTÉ One are putting it back on air on October 7, 2006 at 5pm.
  • Israel: The first season of the show aired on the cable channel Xtra HOT starting on January 1, 2005 and rerun on Israel's Channel 10 starting in January 2006. The second season started airing on Xtra HOT in March 2006.
  • Italy: The second season is currently airing on Italia1 on weekdays at 8:15 pm. The first episode premiered on April 12, 2006.
  • New Zealand: The first season of the show has been aired on TV2 (TVNZ) at 7:30pm on Friday Nights. The first season finale screened on December 9, 2005. Television New Zealand has indicated it will play the second season, but no broadcast details have been announced.
  • Norway: Finished airing the second season on TVNorge. Reruns airs every weekday. Season 3 scheduled to start spring 2007.
  • Russia: The second season is airing on NTV at 4:00 am four days a week: Monday-Thursday.
  • Singapore: The first season is airing on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, on Sundays at 06:00 PM. However, the channel frequently preempts regular programming schedules on occasions such as local television premieres of Hollywood blockbuster movies or other televised events; at the date of this edit (September 10, 2006), the next known airing of Veronica Mars will be on September 17 2006, at its regular timeslot.
  • Ukraine: The first and second season is now showing on Novy TV.
  • United Kingdom: The second season is now showing on LivingTV on Thursday nights at 8pm followed by a repeat on Sunday billed as the Veronica Mars Catch-up. There is also a Living TV+1 channel.

[edit] DVD releases

Photo DVD Name Release Date Additional Information
Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season October 11, 2005 The six-disc set includes all 22 episodes including an extended version of the Pilot Episode with an unaired opening sequence and over 20 minutes of unaired scenes.
Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season August 22, 2006 The six-disc set includes all 22 episodes, two behind-the-scenes featurettes, gag reel and deleted scenes, including the alternate ending to My Mother, the Fiend. Unlike the first season boxed set, it does not include episode recaps or English subtitles.

[edit] Critical opinion

"In this smart, engaging series about a former popular girl turned crime-solving high school outcast, the hard-boiled dialogue comes from its teen protagonist's mouth in a way that stabs any potential cutesiness in the heart with an ice pick"[5]
"On Veronica Mars, wholesome is out; gritty reality is in. The show never soft-pedals the timeless, fundamental truth that high school is hell" [6]
"Veronica Mars is a character study masquerading as a high-school drama"[7]
"Veronica Mars is a sharp teen noir in the making. Tinged with class resentment and nostalgia for Veronica's lost innocence, this series pulses with promise"[8]
"Equal parts intrigue, drama, and humor, Veronica Mars is also a lesson book for the disenfranchised. Few tv series aim so high; even fewer succeed so well"[9]
"One of the 6 best dramas on TV"[10]
"Best. Show. Ever. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those. (...) These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me. It's the Harry Potter of shows."[11]
"[Veronica Mars] is, hands-down, the best show on television right now, and proof that TV can be far better than cinema."[12]
"Nancy Drew meets Philip Marlowe, and the result is pure nitro."[13]
"[W]hy is Veronica Mars so good? It bears little resemblance to life as I know it, but I can't take my eyes off the damn thing."[14]
"The best mystery show ever made in America."[15]

[edit] Fan campaigns

Veronica Mars has attracted an extremely loyal and devoted fanbase that includes internet communities of Veronica Mars fans. Many of them have taken part in minor and major campaigns to bring more viewers and publicity to Veronica Mars in an effort to ensure the show's success.

A group of especially devoted fans on LiveJournal who call themselves Cloud Watchers have been dedicated to this effort since the spring of 2006 in light of the approaching merger of UPN and The WB into The CW. On May 9, 2006, the group hired a plane to fly between the UPN offices in Los Angeles and the future site of The CW headquarters in Burbank, pulling a banner that read "RENEW VERONICA MARS! CW 2006!" to get the attention of network executives, the press, and anyone else in the Los Angeles area. They had previously sent future CW executives, those in charge at the new network's parent companies, and influential people in the entertainment media care packages including binoculars, information regarding the plane's flight plan, and Veronica Mars-inspired gifts.[3]

Veronica Mars was officially renewed for a third season on May 18, 2006, to air on The CW Tuesdays at 9pm ET starting on October 3, 2006,[4] but the fans have not stopped campaigning for their favorite show. The Cloud Watchers have started a new campaign, this one to bring a larger viewership to Veronica Mars by donating DVD sets of the first season of the show to libraries all over the United States, with a goal of reaching the top 100 Nielsen markets, and each of the fifty states. As of August 14 they have reached their goal of all 50 states and the top 100 Nielsen markets. As of September 5, they have reached their new goal of 500 donated sets.[5]

[edit] Music

The theme song for the show is "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols. Starting with the third season, the theme song was remixed in a softer piano style with dark electronic beats to reflect the more noir-influenced opening credits. The composer for the show, Josh Kramon writes the original music heard in the background of most of the show. The sound, different from typical television scores, is constructed to convey the film noir themes of the show, highly reminiscent of Air and Zero 7, [6]. Air's music has been featured in certain episodes.

[edit] Soundtrack

Veronica Mars: Original Television Soundtrack, a song compilation from the series' first season, was released by Nettwerk Records on September 27, 2005, containing the following 14 songs:

[edit] Filming location

The first and second seasons' setting of Neptune High was located at Oceanside, California.

The show's third season setting of Hearst College is fictional, and scenes are primarily filmed on the campus of San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California (link). As of 2006, some scenes were filmed at the University of California, San Diego and at the private Academy of Our Lady of Peace, not far from SDSU.[citation needed] Filming on the (UCSD) campus took place in the Tenaya residence hall located on the John Muir College within UCSD.

[edit] References

  1. ^ USATODAY.com - 'Veronica Mars': Intelligent life
  2. ^ "Hollywood Reporter: Final audience and ratings figures for 2004-05", May 27, 2005.
  3. ^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2005-06 primetime wrap", May 26, 2006.
  4. ^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2005-06 primetime wrap", May 26, 2006.
  5. ^ Eyes of Veronica Mars. LA Weekly.
  6. ^ Weiser, Paige (2005, March 29). Reasons to Love Mrs. Mars. Chicago Sun-Times.
  7. ^ Smooth operators. The Boston Phoenix.
  8. ^ Screen Gems. The Village Voice.
  9. ^ Veronica Mars Television Review. PopMatters.
  10. ^ 6 Best Dramas On TV Now. Time Magazine.
  11. ^ Whedonesque. Joss Whedon.
  12. ^ My Boring Ass Life. Kevin Smith.
  13. ^ Confessions of a TV Slut. Stephen King.
  14. ^ Just Askin'. Stephen King.
  15. ^ Marvel Spotlight: Ed Brubaker/Billy Tan, Marvel Publishing, August 2006, p. 13.

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Veronica Mars
Episode List | Official Website
Current Main Characters Veronica Mars | Logan Echolls | Wallace Fennel | Dick Casablancas
Parker Lee | Stosh "Piz" Piznarski | Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
Don Lamb | Eli “Weevil” Navarro | Keith Mars
Former Main Characters Duncan Kane | Cassidy Casablancas | Jackie Cook | Mallory Dent
Family Kendall Casablancas | Terrence Cook | Aaron Echolls | Lynn Echolls | Trina Echolls
Alicia Fennel | Celeste Kane | Jake Kane | Lilly Kane | Lianne Mars | Charlie Stone
Neptune High Van Clemmons | Vincent Clemmons | Corny | Gia Goodman | Hannah Griffith
Rebecca James | Meg Manning | Madison Sinclair | Felix Toombs | Troy Vandegraff
Hearst College Chip Diller | Moe Flater | Tim Foyle | Mercer Hayes | Hank Landry | Cyrus O'Dell
Residents of Neptune Leo D'Amato | Woody Goodman | Abel Koontz | Vinnie Van Lowe
Liam Fitzpatrick | Cliff McCormack | Clarence Wiedman
Places Neptune, California | Neptune Grand | Camelot Motel
Neptune High | Hearst College
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