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I'm never getting married.

You want an absolute?
Well, there it is.

Veronica Mars, spinster.
I mean, what's the point?

Sure, there's the initial primal drive.
Ride it out.

Better yet, ignore it. Sooner or later,
the people you love let you down.

And here's where it ends up:
Sleazy men, cocktail waitresses...

...cheap motels
on the wrong side of town...

...and a soon-to-be ex-spouse wanting
a bigger piece of the settlement pie.

That's where I come in.

Forty dollars an hour is cheap
compared to the financial security...

...sordid photography
can secure for you...

...your offspring, your next lover.

But do us a favor if it's you in there,
dispense with the cuddling.

This motel tryst, it is what it is.
Make it quick.

The person sitting in the car across the
street might have a calculus exam in five...

Make that four hours, and she can't leave
until she gets the money shot.

Well, this can't be good.

Car trouble, miss?

This is my school. If you go here...

...your parents are either millionaires
or they work for millionaires.

Neptune, California,
a town without a middle class.

So how does a girl end up surrounded
by a motorcycle gang...

...at 4 in the morning
on the wrong side of town?

For that answer, we'll have to
rewind to yesterday.

- Who put him there?
- Bikers did it.

- Why doesn't somebody cut him down?
- I'll do it.

I wanna be the guy
up there tomorrow.

All right, say "cheese. " Smile.

- Move.
- Who died and made you the...?

You are a freak.

You're new here, huh?

Welcome to Neptune High.

Go Pirates.

This is advance placement.
We expect more.

It's called "An Essay on Man"...

...but what Pope's really talking about
is faith, right?

Anybody?

Did anybody complete the reading?

Veronica. Veronica Mars.

Congratulations,
you're my volunteer.

Pope, "An Essay on Man,"
epistle one.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Man never is, but always to be blest

The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home

Rests and expatiates in a life to come

And what do you suppose
Pope meant by that?

- Life's a bitch until you die.
- Okay, thank you, Ms. Mars...

...for that succinct
and somewhat inappropriate response.

I think what Pope's saying is that
the thing that keeps us powering...

...through life's defeats is our faith
in a better life yet to come.

Random locker searches.

It's the latest tactic the administration
has adopted in their losing war on drugs.

Except the searches aren't really random.

I know when they're gonna happen
before Vice Principal Clemmons does.

Veronica Mars.
This should be good.

Veronica, will you please
open your locker?

Buster.

This is a little embarrassing.

I used to sit there, at that table.

It's not like my family met
the minimum net-worth requirement.

My dad didn't own his own airline
like John Enbon's...

...or serve as ambassador to Belgium,
like Shelly Pomroy's...

...but my dad used to be the sheriff,
and that had a certain cachet.

Let's be honest, though. The only reason
I was allowed past the velvet ropes...

...was Duncan Kane,
son of software billionaire Jake Kane.

He used to be my boyfriend.

Then one day, with no warning,
he ended things.

And let's not forget Logan Echolls.

His dad makes 20 million a picture.

You probably own his action figure.

Every school has an obligatory
psychotic jackass.

He's ours.

- You okay?
- What?

- You look, I don't know, hypnotized.
- Did I say you could sit here?

Wait a minute.

Of course you can sit here.
Sit wherever you want.

That was cool, what you did.
Cutting me off of that pole.

- Well...
- My bitch.

Weren't you supposed to wait for me
at the flagpole?

Not sure I could have made that
any clearer.

- Okay, I get it. Very funny.
- Yeah.

I guess we're even now, right?

You get what? You get
that you're a dead man walking?

- Is that what you get?
- Leave him alone.

Sister. The only time I care
what a woman has to say...

...is when she's riding my big old hog.
Even then, it's not so much words...

...just "oohs" and "ahs," you know?

- So it's big, huh?
- Legendary.

Well, let's see it. I mean, if it's
as big as you say, I'll be your girlfriend.

We could go to prom together.

What seems to be the problem?

- I'm on a schedule here, vato.
- Weevil, don't let blondie talk like that.

Sounds like your buddy here
wants to see it too.

- Oh, hell, I'll show you mine!
- Felix Toombs.

What on God's green earth
is going on?

All right, move along.

Veronica, why does trouble
follow you around?

- So, what did you do?
- What?

Why are you a dead man walking?

Oh, yeah.
I work at Sac-n-Pac.

Last night I was working by myself.
Couple of those guys came in.

- Yo, man, happy birthday.
- Thanks, man.

They walked right to the back,
and started stuffing...

...all these 40s into their pockets.
So I hit the silent alarm.

Wallace.

I guess he thought
a one-dollar bill would cover it.

Keep the change.

That's when the police came.

We don't have the police here.
We have a sheriff's department.

You, come on.

Check it out. Here he comes.

What's up, snitch?

Come here.

They say they paid.

- Well, did they?
- Yeah.

Like I said.

Shut up.

- But you pressed the alarm anyway.
- It was an accident.

Sacks, get them out of here.
Get them out of here. We got enough.

You need to go see the wizard.

Ask him for some guts.

- "Go see the wizard"? He said that?
- Yeah.

Congratulations, sport.
In your short time here...

...you've managed to piss off
a motorcycle gang and the local sheriff.

Hey, baby.

It's our song.

Happy birthday, Veronica.

- Are you surprised?
- Mom?

- Veronica.
- Mom?

Veronica, it's me.

Honey, can you give me a hand?

Who's a good boy?

Who's a good boy?

Good boy.

I was shocked to discover Celeste Kane's
car outside Dad's office. Duncan's mom.

She hates me almost as much
as she adores her son.

Veronica Mars.

- My dad's with a client.
- Apparently.

That's okay.
I'm happy chatting with you.

- Like I said, my dad's with a client.
- I heard you.

Your dad's tracking
bail jumpers half the time...

...and yet, somehow, all the cases
that come in here still get handled.

- How is that?
- We're efficient.

Very efficient.

Look, I'm just gonna leave this file here
open on your desk...

...and if you decide
to take a look at it, cool.

One of my clients, Loretta Cancun,
dances at The Seventh Veil.

- Classy.
- These are my people, V.

She was busted for vandalism,
taking a baseball bat...

...to the washing machine
that stole her quarters.

- And Johnnie Cochran was booked?
- I make no apologies.

I like this case. It's tawdry.

Cancun says The Seventh Veil
has an interesting way...

...of keeping their liquor license,
despite their rather lax ID policy.

She wants to make a deal.

If your dad has time,
he should look into it.

Don't get the wrong idea, Mr. Mars.
I don't like you.

I hate the fact that I'm here.

But I do know if anyone
will be dogged and resourceful...

...in this matter, it'll be you.

Don't call me at home.
I'll call you.

And I'll need it right away.

Hi.

Sure, she's a bitch,
but can you blame her?

After all, Dad did try to send
her husband to jail for life.

- How was school?
- If you think we're gonna talk...

...about my day and not the fact
that Celeste Kane was in your office...

...you're deluded.
- You're making good grades?

Kane's got something
on the side, doesn't he?

Say what you want about real cheese.

I am a fan of
the orange-powder packet stuff.

My grades are fine,
and I like the orange powder too...

...but can we talk about Mrs. Kane?

Yes, she thinks he's seeing someone.
Late nights, motel matches, the usual.

Sexual appetite?

- Gone.
- Did you take the case?

- We need the money.
- Good.

- I would've been pissed if you hadn't.
- I wouldn't have cared.

Give me some of that apple.

- Oh, don't...
- Mars Investigations.

Just a sec.

It's Andy.

Keith Mars.

How long ago?

What's he driving?

I'll get the 7:30 out of San Diego...

...and I'll meet you by the thing
by the fountain. Good work. Thanks.

My guy's on the move.
Andy picked him up in El Paso.

Another day, and he'll probably try to
cross the border. I gotta head out.

You go. I'll have the flight booked
by the time you get to the airport.

- Do you want a rental car in Texas?
- Nothing fancy this time, serious.

A Blazer is not fancy,
and we can bill it anyway.

Fine. I'll get you a Crown Vic.

- Once a cop...
- Don't do anything on the Kane case.

- I'll handle it.
- Okay.

Given our relationship with that family...

- Fine. I said, okay.
- Okay.

If all goes well,
I'll be back tomorrow night...

...and if not, the night after.

- I'll call, and I'll check in.
- You always do.

- And Veronica.
- Yes?

When you go after Jake Kane,
you take backup.

I always do.

By the time Dad's plane landed
in El Paso...

...I'd already picked up Jake Kane at his
house and followed him to his office.

Streaming video was invented
and perfected here at Kane Software.

The day the company went public,
Jake Kane made a billion dollars.

Everyone who worked for him...

...right down to the secretarial pool,
became millionaires.

He's beloved here.

Half the people in this town
owe their fortunes to him.

And I knew the family well.

Jake's son, Duncan,
was my first and only love.

His daughter, Lilly, was my best friend.

God, Lilly, I see the Prozac's working.

High on life, Veronica Mars.

I've got a secret. A good one.

Girls, less talk, more scrub.

Later.

Those were the last words
Lilly and I ever shared.

Later that night, as I was driving home
from picking up dinner with Dad...

...a call came in over the radio.

All the dispatcher said was that there
was a disturbance at the Kane estate.

Dad gave me specific instructions
to stay in the car...

...but the moment I saw Duncan, I knew
that this was more than a disturbance.

What happened?

Duncan, what happened?

Where's Lilly?

But everyone knows this story,
the murder of Lilly Kane.

It was on the cover
of People magazine.

It made Entertainment Tonight.

The town flooded with journalists.

Duncan, talk to me. Please.

And, of course, everyone remembers
reading about the bungling local sheriff...

...the one who went after
the wrong man.

Oh, my God.

That bungling sheriff was my dad.

But if my dad wasn't right
about Jake Kane then...

...it looks like Mrs. Kane
is right about him now.

Not a lot of high-powered
business meetings taking place...

...at the Camelot at 1 in the morning.

They say the divorce rate is twice as high
for parents who lose a child.

"Lose a child. "
Now, there's a euphemism for you.

That hardly takes into account
the way she was found.

What? You guys find a way
to unlock the porn?

It's the Lilly Kane video.

How do you think the family feels?

Six weeks after Lilly's death,
someone from the sheriff's department...

...leaked the crime-scene video.
Within 24 hours, it was all over the Net.

Streaming video made it possible.

Someone made a fortune
while Dad took the blame.

So does your...? Does your dad
still think that Lilly's father did this?

That's my girlfriend.

Your friend.

Duncan's sister.

Your dad is destroying
the Kane family.

What's the matter with you people, huh?

What's the matter with you?

He did it, Lianne. The man is a liar.

My dad's belief that Jake Kane
was the murderer became a moot point.

An emergency recall election
removed him from office.

Mom wanted to move out of Neptune.

The loss of status, the loss of income
was too much for her.

We were gonna move, all right.
We couldn't afford our house.

But Dad wasn't gonna be run
out of town, neither was I.

Dad, come here.

The Neptune Sheriff's Department...

Hey, I'm sorry, honey.

Me and Mom are gonna
work this out, okay?

- Apprehended Abel Koontz, a disgruntled
former Kane Software employee.

Koontz, a software designer,
was fired during the development stage...

...of Kane Software's
streaming-video project.

Shoes and a backpack
belonging to the deceased...

...were discovered on Koontz's houseboat
by Sheriff Don Lamb, who said...

Well, this can't be good.

Car trouble, miss?

Yeah, as a matter of fact.
I think it might be a loose belt.

- If you check under the hood...
- Weevil, who gets the first dance?

Get off me! Get him off me!

Get him off me!

Girl, you best call off your dog!

Backup, chill.

I tell you what, we'll call it a draw.

- Baby, come on, it's too late for that.
- Here's the deal:

Leave that kid at school alone for a week,
and I'll make sure your boys walk.

Why you care so much
for that skinny Negro anyway?

Things I heard about you,
he must really lay the pipe right, huh?

Yeah, that's it.

All right. Felix, we get it.

You're a badass, okay?
But for once, don't be stupid.

Not bad advice.

All right, one week.
After that, we come for you...

...your boy,
and your little dog too.

Backup, be cool.

You get lonely out here, remember...

...Weevil love you long time.

Quite a reputation I've got, huh?

You wanna know how I lost my virginity?

So do I.

I went to a party at Shelly Pomroy's
just to show everyone...

...their whispers and backstabbing
didn't affect me.

It was a mistake.

I don't know who handed me the drink.
I wish I did.

It turns out it was your basic rum,
Coke and roofie.

I never told my dad.

I'm not sure what he would've done
with that information...

...but no good would have come of it.

And what does it matter?

I'm no longer that girl.

All right, lady, let's see you.

There's Veronica.

Hey, Ronnie.

Hey, we've decided
that we'd rather surf than study today.

You wanna come with?

Duncan will promise to take his shirt off
to sweeten the pot.

Does it make you horny?

- D.K., flex for your ex.
- Shut up, Logan.

All right, all right.

What do you say to a little hooch, huh?

What's the matter?
Aren't you your mother's daughter?

Now, there was a woman
who can drink.

What's she up to nowadays? Maybe she'll
join us. You know where she is? Any clue?

- Leave her alone, man.
- Chill pill, man.

All right.

Man, she used to be fun, man. Bye.

It's been eight months
since I've seen my mother.

A month after Dad lost his job,
Mom split for good.

All she left me was a unicorn music box
and a note...

...saying she would be back
for me someday.

Girl, you should hear
what people say about you.

- So then what are you doing sitting here?
- You sat next to me.

- This is my table.
- And what a fine table it is.

What do you suppose
this is made of? Oak?

- If people are saying such awful things...
- I figure I've got a choice.

I can either go hang out with the punks
who laughed at me...

...took pictures of me
while I was taped to that flagpole...

...or I can hang out with the chick
who cut me down.

So you wanna get
the P.C.H. Bike Club off your ass?

- This is so twisted. I love it.
- Well, can you do it? We need it fast.

Oh, hell, yeah.
For you? Oh, anything.

I'll even throw in the glazing gratis.

Go to town. Thanks, Corny.

Oh, my God.

While Corny did his thing, I downloaded
the pictures from the Camelot.

Every girl's gotta have a hobby,
photography's mine.

And?

- Who's your daddy?
- I hate it when you say that.

You know what, this is important.
You remember this. I used to be cool.

- When?
- '77.

Trans Am, Blue Oyster Cult
in the eight-track...

...a foxy, stacked blonde riding shotgun,
racing for pink slips.

Wait a minute, I'm thinking
about a Springsteen song.

Scratch it. I was never cool.

I don't know which bothers me more,
"foxy" or "stacked. "

I nailed our bail jumper 100 yards
from Mexico.

Twenty-five hundred bucks.
No sack dinners tonight.

Tonight, we eat like the lower
middle class to which we aspire.

Fire up the hibachi!

For real, steaks.

So Jake Kane went to the Camelot last
night and hooked up with some hussy.

Didn't I say something about you
not getting involved in that?

I remember you saying something
about taking Backup.

You get pictures?

No money shot. The woman
in question never stepped foot outside.

But I did get pictures of license plates.
I figured you could run them.

Let me see them.

You stay away from Jake Kane.

I don't want you doing anything else
on this case.

We're gonna drop it anyway.
I'll let his wife know.

What? We're dropping the case?
Why? What's wrong?

Who is it?

- Why don't you just tell me?
- Veronica, no.

It's done, it's over with.
You just stay away from him.

I had another case to occupy my brain.

Loretta Cancun says The Seventh Veil
has an interesting way...

...of keeping their liquor license.

This was phase one of my plan
to save Wallace.

Phase two would begin
the next day.

- Let's go.
- Hey, Flo Jo, slow your ass down.

There you go.

Well, what's this, Logan?

This appears to be a device used
for marijuana.

- That's exactly what it looks like.
- All right, to the office.

- Oh, man, Logan's busted.
- It was you.

Listen, I know it was you.
This isn't over, okay?

You're so cute. I'll get you.

- I will!
- Come on, let's go.

Solid.

- You're right, that was funny.
- Meet me at my car after school.

Let's see if you've done your part.

After school, I drove Wallace to the sheriff's
department. This was phase three.

We could get in trouble for this.

- Give it here.
- Wait.

I'm gonna do it. I just thought
one of us should state the obvious.

I wonder if it worked.

A fire!

It worked.

Hey, Adam. Hey, Eddie,
is the chief around?

Well, if it isn't
Smokey the barely legal.

I saw you in action today, Billy.
You were very brave.

- Did you make the switch?
- Fait accompli.

Thank you.

Plenty of people in this town
still love Dad.

That comes in handy sometimes.

Other times, you rely
on your own devices.

- San Juan Capistrano PD.
- Tony, it's Inga.

Guess what,
our computers is down again.

Inga, upgrade already.
This must be the tenth time.

Preach to the choir, Tony.
Listen, we had a hit and run last night.

Victim got the plates,
but we need to run them.

No problem. Hit me.

Arizona, four, victor, golf,
zero, zero, zero.

- I'll be damned. Some families.
- What is it?

That car is registered to one Lianne Mars.

Bored.

Call it a day,
maybe catch a movie or something?

Explain to me again
why we're dropping the Kane case?

Look...

I did...

...run those plates...

...and it's what I thought,
corporate espionage stuff.

It's dangerous,
and we don't get paid enough, so...

Let's just drop it, okay?

Okay.

- Movie?
- Can't.

Well, maybe we can rent something.
What are you in the mood for?

Veronica. Oh, little Veronica,
how are you?

- How's your father?
- Fine, Inga. We're both fine.

I haven't seen you since...

- Since...
- Been a while.

Where is the Cortez/Nguyen prelim?

- Courtroom three.
- Thanks.

The last time I was here?

Come on, Inga, that's easy.

Veronica, what happened to you?

I need to report a crime.

Is there anyone in particular
you'd like me to arrest...

...or should I just round up the sons
of the most important families in town?

I've got no evidence to work with here...

...but that doesn't matter to your family,
now, does it?

Look at this.

She cries.

I'll tell you what, Veronica Mars,
why don't you go see the wizard.

Ask for a little backbone.

When we find them, they've still got
20 bottles stuffed in their pockets.

They said they bought the beers,
but we've got it all on tape.

- Your Honor, can we show the tape?
- Let's see it.

All right, what you're gonna see here
are the defendants.

They enter and...

- What are we seeing here, sheriff?
- Your Honor, I...

Sheriff Lamb, is this one of your officers?
Is this how you run your department?

Is this an appropriate time...

...to ask for a dismissal in
People v. Loretta Cancun?

Counsel?

Got a present for you.

I owe you bigtime.

- I had my own reasons for doing it, trust me.
- Oh, no, you don't.

You think I'll let you get away with that?

That might play with the masses...

...but underneath
that "angry young woman" shell...

...there's a slightly less angry
young woman...

...who's just dying
to bake me something.

You're a marshmallow, Veronica Mars.
A Twinkie.

Okay, how do I make it loop-the-loop?

- Veronica.
- Yeah?

Your car.

Hey, Veronica Mars.

Do you know what your joke cost me?

I'm pretty sure you won't
be getting your bong back.

Wrong answer.
Would you care to guess again?

Clearly, your sense of humor.

Nope. And you're usually so good
at pop quizzes.

No, the correct answer is my car.

That's right.
My daddy took my T-bird away.

And you know what I won't be having?

Fun, fun, fun.

Logan.

What do we have here?

Vandalism? No, no, no.

The only vandalism that happens
in this town goes through me.

Listen, man,
I don't have a problem with you.

That's where you're wrong.

Hey, yo, is this O-Town any good?
I mean, my little sister likes it...

...but, you know,
she likes ponies and juice boxes too.

I suddenly feel like I'm in a scene
from The Outsiders.

Be cool, Sodapop.

That's not his car.
That's my mom's car.

She can bill me.

Oh, yeah!

That's it. Head for the hills.

I'm not gonna say it twice.

Except for you.
You, say you're sorry.

Rub a lamp.

I said, say you're sorry.

Kiss my ass.

- Now...
- Let him go.

Are you sure?
I could do this for a while.

I don't want his apology.

I hope you guys are comfortable.

So that surveillance tape just...

That's fortunate.

My uncle has a body shop
on the highway.

If you come in,
I can make sure your body...

...gets the full-service treatment.
- Okay, now you apologize.

- I'm sorry. Was that too dirty...?
- Not to me, dork...

...to him.

- Right. No.
- Fine.

He has the only copy
of the Sac-n-Pac video.

- Wallace, let's go decide what to do with it.
- Okay, wait, wait. Look, look.

I'm sorry, man, for, you know,
taping you to the flagpole. I'm sorry.

All right.

Can I have the tape back now?

Nope.

This morning when I woke up, I had
one person in the world I could count on.

But if there's something I've learned
in this business...

...the people you love let you down.

Dad doesn't think I know where
he keeps the combination to the safe.

He's wrong.

Of course, I've never needed to use it.

Oh, my God, the Lilly Kane murder file.

What's Dad been up to?

Some of these notes
are less than a month old.

The confessed killer is already on death row,
but Dad still hasn't given up on the case.

My surveillance photo from the Camelot?
Why is it in the Lilly Kane file?

What was Mom doing there, and what
business did she have with Jake Kane?

And the million-dollar question:

Why did Dad lie to me?

What are you doing back here?
I saw the light.

- I forgot my books.
- Let's up and at them, Atom Ant.

It's family fun night.
I called out to Mama Leoni's.

- I rented the South Park movie.
- My favorite.

Hey, who's your daddy?

You are.

I have to make a stop,
so I'll meet you at home?

Okay, but hurry up.

I worry about you.

Yeah, you do.

Okay, so he lied to me...

...but I've gotta believe
he has his reasons.

He's probably trying to protect me.

That's what dads do.

Still, I've got too many questions
swirling around in my head...

...to wait until he's willing to share.
These questions need answers.

That's what I do.

Okay, it's a long shot,
but I can't help myself.

I used to think I knew
what tore our family apart.

Now I'm sure I don't.

But I promise this:

I will find out what really happened...

...and I will bring this family
back together again.

I'm sorry. Is that mushy?

Well, you know what they say:

"Veronica Mars, she's a marshmallow. "