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Previously on Veronica Mars.

I used to sit there. The only reason I was allowed past the velvet ropes was

Duncan Cain. He used to be my boyfriend.

I've got a secret.

A good one.

Duncan, what happened?

Where's Lily?

But you already know how this part of the story ends.

The murder of Lily Cain. And that bungling local sheriff you heard about

was my dad.

Your dad's out tracking down bail jumpers half the time, and yet somehow

all the cases that come in here still get handled.

How is that?

We're efficient.

Another big Friday night.

You got plans?

I don't know. I might take backup for a run. Or rent a movie, maybe.

Congratulations.

You're officially Neptune High's most boring person.

But did I mention the movie might be PG-13?

Oh, jump back, wild child.

What about you, Wallace?

Your life still a non-stop Nelly video?

Hey, at least I want my life to be a non-stop Nelly video.

What do you propose?

This. I found this on the floor in the gym.

You want to crash an O-Niner party?

Maybe. I don't know what an O-Niner is.

It's someone who lives in the prestigious 90909 zip code.

Look, you can't even tell who's throwing it. You don't know when it starts, where

it is, or nothing. It's because it's all in code.

The moons tell you it starts when it gets dark.

The hourglass indicates sand, which means it's the beach.

The K's and the 9's tell you it's more specifically dog beach.

And the little X?

Friday.

It's in code, so undesirables, which, by the way, is you and me, don't show up.

How do you know all this?

Because I used to be one of them.

What do you say, dog?

You ready to get this party started? You ready to burn this mother down, up, jump

the boogie?

My plan, and I haven't worked this out entirely yet, so bear with me, was to

raise the roof.

See, that is so you, man, Mr. Old School.

Me, Old School? You're the one who wanted to come down here and get jiggy

with it.

Yeah. So, uh, wanna go meet the locals or what? As long as they're humble.

God-fearing salt-of-the-earth types?

Every last one.

I think you look great in white.

Yo, G!

Hey, who's your date, man?

It's Troy Vandergaaf.

His father's an architect. He built the county museum.

Oh, cool. Aren't you the little social columnist? Troy, this is Logan.

I guess you already know Kate. Yeah,

from the marina, right? So, aren't you supposed to be going back east for

school? Change of plans.

Parents decided that we're going to stay in SoCal, so I am enrolling here on

Monday. Yay.

Well, lucky us, huh?

How's the party going, man?

Like this, huh?

What,

time for s'mores?

This is the good stuff.

Is this important?

This is a private party, man. Oh, is it? I'm sorry.

I must have been confused.

Hey, let me ask you something.

Have I ever asked you if I could come play through at Torrey Pines?

Have you ever run into me surfing down at Cape Crescent, bro?

Huh?

Have you ever even once come home to find us throwing a kegger in your

backyard?

No? Then what the hell do you think you're doing on our beach?

Am I supposed to apologize?

Am I supposed to shake in my boots?

Look around you, man. Name 15 on 4 tonight.

Hey, Caitlin.

You've been to my house a bunch, right?

Yeah. It's nice, right? It's clean, well-kept. Yeah.

Do you want to know why?

It's because Weevil's grandma keeps it that way.

She is a good little worker, your grandma. Yeah, spick and span.

It's a tough job, you know.

Grandma says you go through a box of tissue a day.

Your room alone.

What can I say?

She's a very sexy lady. Thank you.

This is the sheriff's department.

Don't want your high knees out.

Everyone remain where you are.

We gonna go after them?

Nah, let's get out, get the kegs.

Tell the guys, cook out of my place tomorrow night.

Yeah, yeah,

stay right there, stay right there. Move your ass, little man, come on.

Sheriff's department, open up.

Why didn't you boys do?

Don't worry about it, Grandma. We'll handle it, all right? Oh, yeah.

Guess you busted all those rich kids already, huh?

Boys?

Leticia Navarro, I got a warrant for your arrest. You need to come with us.

Oh, come on, what's your problem? You want me to be a man about it, huh? What

are the charges?

Credit card fraud.

Credit card?

She doesn't even have a... credit cards man not in her own name no but somebody

took credit card offers out of the echoes family trash they opened up

accounts they rang up charges you heard anything about that hey no i

didn't think so because it would take a major league loser to let a sweet old

lady like that do his time for him

Get them inside, man.

Listen to this list of charges to the card. Half dozen video games, limo

rides, magic mountain tickets, motorcycle gear.

It goes on like that. I sincerely doubt my client, Mrs. Navarro, suddenly

decides to steal from the Eccles after ten years of loyal service just so she

can get herself a new piercing from putty tats. That's got to be the kid,

Eli Navarro.

What do they call him? Weevil.

Oh, clearly it's Weevil.

Lam doesn't even believe it's Mrs. Navarro, but the P.O. box where the

merchandise was sent is in her name.

Plus, she was wearing a diamond pendant purchased with one of the phony cards.

Lam could have set Weevil up. He hates him, you know. Honey, I started picking

up Eli Navarro when he was 12.

He just helped me out of a jam recently, that's all.

Look, I'm sure he's a real mensch, but I've got a grandma in jail, and I'd

really like to get her out. We'll dive in. Thanks, Cliff.

Honey.

He goes to your school. You mind taking point on this for a few days at least?

I'm working on something.

See what I can find?

The trouble with befriending the leader of a motorcycle gang is that at the end

of the day, he's still the leader of a motorcycle gang. And as much as I'd like

to believe differently, I doubt it's his grandmother who's buying video games and

paying for new motorcycle paint jobs.

I've hospitalized people for less than what you're doing right now.

What, admiring your paint job?

I know what you're doing, and admiring my paint job isn't it.

I'm just following up on a few things for the lawyer who's representing your

grandma. Yeah, I met the guy. He says I should confess.

You think you will?

I got nothing to say to you, man.

Weevil, your grandma's in jail.

Oh, are you reminding me? Because I almost forgot.

I'm just saying, with your reputation, you can't blame McCormick for thinking

that... My reputation?

Oh, well, then I guess what everybody says about you is true, too, huh?

Dad, you like it a little freaky, don't you?

That you spy on Duncan Cain?

That you send him pictures of yourself?

Be honest, Veronica.

You think you're this big outsider, but push comes to shove, you're still one of

them. You still think like one of them.

Take off.

I don't want you around here.

Are you gonna wear that cap inside?

At the table.

Do you think I'm offending someone?

In here?

Simple etiquette, that's all.

Well, look who's here.

If it isn't my predecessor and mentor.

How's the dirty picture, Biz Boss?

Looks like it's better than being sheriff, actually.

Yeah, you got a killer on the loose, Lamb.

In a daring daylight escape, Ray Lee Hempstead denied bail earlier this week

after his arrest for manslaughter.

Broke out the back windshield of a Balboa County Sheriff's Department

cruiser and fled on foot.

Meeks and Johnson lost him. I think those are two guys you hired. You know,

honey, that's leadership.

Way to stand up on your own two feet, Lamb, and say, hey, the buck stops

there. You know what's coming up? October 3rd.

Are you doing anything special to mark the...

One year anniversary of Lily Kane's murder.

I got it.

Dress like a sheriff and crucify some poor grieving father, just for old

time's sake, you know? Tell me again how you solved the crime of the century.

Now, wait a minute. I remember, I remember.

An anonymous tip leads you to the supposed killer's houseboat. Did anybody

show up to collect the $100,000 reward for that information?

Do you find that strange?

No. What about your theory?

Jake Kane murders his own daughter?

We've got an eyewitness and phone records that have him nowhere near the

house. And all the canes, in fact, were counted for at the time of the murder.

Hmm? What's that?

Nothing to say to that, right?

Sax, we got an order ready?

Good luck with that fugitive, Don.

Smell you later.

Smell you later?

I gotta run.

The council wants to see me before class. About what?

My schedule and my attitude.

Not necessarily in that order.

Her words.

Give us a smile, love.

Troy Vandegraaff?

Oh, hey, I signed up for diving, but there were only, like, four people in

the class.

So they canceled it, stuck me in here.

So don't you mess with me, all right?

I'm an office aide.

That's great.

Yeah, for who?

For me.

I need you to copy all of Weevil's attendance records from this past month

and get them to me.

Do I look like James Bond to you?

Am I asking you to retrieve a nuclear warhead? No.

Just copy the attendance records.

It's cake.

I'll see you.

Can I help you with something?

Uh, yeah, the counselor stuck me in here.

She says I'm disconnected and passionless.

Miss Dent?

Caitlin? I'm gonna go down to the gym to talk to people for the student poll.

Be back by the end of the period. And remember that we are a multicultural

school with a diverse population of students from a wide range of

socioeconomic backgrounds.

Meaning? Meaning, don't just interview your friends.

So, Veronica, welcome to newspaper class. I was thinking maybe I could just

take pictures.

Well, I'm not sure if you could just do that, but we can start you there.

Do you have any experience with a camera?

Yeah, some.

This is a 35mm camera. Now, my suggestion as you're starting out is

just to set it on auto, and that way you... I'd really be more comfortable if

I could just use my own camera.

Um... The swivel LCD really comes in handy when you're doing overhead

shooting or ground-level macro shooting.

The optical zoom actually goes up to 71.2 millimeters.

And it's good to have the raw file option because you can mess with the

images post-exposure without nearly the loss of image quality you'd get with a

JPEG file.

And when it's dark outside, you should use a flash.

I have your first assignment. Are you free after school tomorrow?

I guess.

We're doing a feature on Bodie Chang.

You know him?

Surfer. Up until 20 minutes ago, I was in study hall with him. That's the guy.

So he's winning all these competitions. He's got another one up at Gold Coast.

Let me introduce you to the guys doing the story.

Duncan Cain.

This is Veronica.

Veronica is going to be taking pictures tomorrow, and I arranged for you to ride

with Bodie's parents.

I'll drive.

Great. Maybe Veronica can... I can drive, too.

Okay. Oil crisis be damned.

Look at this.

Half of these credit card purchases are online orders, and the ones that were

made on school days were made between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

That's fourth period.

Yeah, you realize, don't you, that this guy you're trying to help out duct taped

me butt naked to a flagpole just last week? Man, you really hold a grudge.

Yeah, I'm funny that way.

And you're welcome for those records.

Wallace, King Kong ain't got nothing on me. Hell no.

But think about this.

How can a guy who, according to these records, was in auto shop seven of the

eight days these purchases were made, manage to make online orders?

Now, aren't you supposed to be trying to prove he did it so he can get his

grandma out of jail?

But it's impossible. There's no internet connection in auto shop. It can't be

hard for him to just slip out of there.

Seven times?

Yeah, but his arraignment isn't until Monday.

I don't think he did it.

Who didn't do what?

Weevil. Listen, I was looking through the attendance records at school, and I

just don't think it's possible.

Yeah? Cliff just got back from the courthouse. They released Letty Navarro

a couple hours ago.

That's great.

They released her because Eli Weevil Navarro came in and confessed to the

crime.

Seriously, how difficult is it to find good help these days? What are you going

to do about your housekeeper's situation?

We have to let her go.

If you can't trust your domestics, you'll feel safe in your own home.

I won't miss her.

She was totally rude to me every time I was over there.

Did you guys know that 90% of all identity theft is committed by relatives

of the victim?

That's an interesting fact.

At least I think so.

But you know what?

No one cares what you think, Veronica Mars.

Not anymore.

Not since you stabbed all your friends in the back. You seem to care a bit what

I think.

Tell the truth, Veronica.

Did you just sign up for newspapers so you could be around Duncan?

No. I'm here so I can be closer to you.

In fact, they're thinking of putting me in your fourth period government class.

We've got computer lab fourth period.

Oh, shoot.

My loss.

What you got there, V?

I printed out the entire browser history from Logan Eccles' computer in his

fourth period computer lab class.

So, is he guilty?

Well, of wanting desperately to see pictures of Alyssa Milano naked, yes.

But of making bogus credit card charges, I don't think so.

Wait, the Neptune Grand.

Logan visited the Neptune Grand Hotel website.

He didn't make reservations online, but... But?

But there's a charge on the credit card for the honeymoon suite.

Bummer.

Flat?

Just as God made me.

Are you always this persnickety? Sometimes I'm even persnicketier.

I'm supposed to be taking surf competition photos in Gold Coast in 30

minutes and...

This is my second mysterious flat since school started.

Well, here, let me help you.

I'm Troy, by the way.

I'm Veronica.

Really?

Veronica?

Okay, yeah, that does make a lot more sense.

Makes more sense how?

Eh, it's nothing.

I just never listen to those guys.

I mean, really, who names a daughter Trampium and Bitch?

How much? How are you doing? Good.

You're two miles away.

I know. It's new.

What's Troy doing talking to Veronica?

What do you care?

I don't. It's just... Has anyone told him?

Hey, Veronica, you need a ride?

If we don't go now, we'll miss it.

Go ahead.

Finish this up. Throw tools in the trunk.

Chevalier not dead. Good to know.

I'm right over here.

I should have walked to Gold

Coast. It's only 30 miles, but with the awkward silence, it feels like 300.

In five seconds, I'm just going to do the Charlie's Angel roll right out of

the moving car.

Five, four, three...

Lily loved this song.

Yeah.

Why'd you join pep squad, Veronica?

Um, the P.E. credit.

You?

Veronica, I suffer from too much pep.

I needed a pep outlet.

Plus, sassy's those girls who join the clubs really get the fellas.

Because you really need a lot of help on that front.

Well, you know what my mom says.

You have to kiss a few toads.

That's it. That's her entire philosophy.

All your mom ever says to me is, Veronica, shouldn't you be getting home

soon? That sounds like her.

Why does she hate me?

It's not your fault.

She'd hate anyone she thought that Duncan might love as much as her.

Friendly advice?

Watch her.

She'll break the two of you up if she can.

Slow down.

Why do tomorrow what you could never do?

Something's coming over me.

I'm so tired I can't see.

The face is all the same when you're wasted.

Every day is like the last.

That you're always moving fast.

The colors in the air are amazing

Wonderful

License and registration.

Can I have the two if you step out of the car?

Is there a problem?

Got an impound notice on this vehicle?

Bunch of parking tickets and a moving violation dated October 3rd.

They want to impound the car.

I guess they're a bunch of tickets.

No, not mine Bullies just outside of town on the PCH about

a mile from the real inn It's a long story I'll tell you when you get here

around in front with the action.

Yeah.

Officer.

Officer, have you called this into the sheriff?

No, sir. We generally don't call in routine traffic violations.

Well, why don't you give him a shout?

Ducking.

Get everything out of.

Oh, Veronica.

Mr. Kane.

The last time my dad and Jake Kane were in the same place at the same time was

in a sheriff's department interrogation room.

When Jake finished his story, dad told the most powerful man in town

that he was sure he was somehow involved in his own daughter's death.

Jake went to the press, the adoring press, tears in his eyes, and told the

world how much he missed his baby.

and how he was wrongfully accused.

The fine people of Neptune gathered their pitchforks and torches, stormed

the county commissioner's office, and ran Dad out of office.

My friends got on the bandwagon as well.

They gave me a choice.

I could stand by my Dad, or stand by Duncan and my dead best friend's family.

I chose Dad.

It's a decision I live with every day.

And you want to know the kicker?

I don't even know what's true anymore.

Maybe everyone else is right.

Maybe Dad screwed up the investigation.

Maybe I gave up my circle of friends, my life, over an error in Dad's judgment.

Hold on.

We're not going to move the car, okay?

So sorry, Mr. Kane. I had no idea.

Thank you.

So?

What's up?

You and Duncan starting to hang out again?

Yeah, I'll tell you the details of my personal life if you'll tell me why you

went after Jake Kane when to everyone else he was a heartbroken father.

Honey, you and Duncan started... No.

School assignment, that's all.

Can we stop by the Neptune Grand?

What for?

The Navarro case.

I need a little help.

It's not already solved. I thought they had the confessed criminal in jail.

What do you need me to do?

We need to talk to somebody in security right now.

Right now! Dad, will you just back off and let me handle it?

You handle it, or I handle it, or we're gonna get to the bottom of this right

now! Will, would you just stand over there? You're scaring people.

Hi.

I'm really hoping you can help me with this. What seems to be the problem?

I came in here about a month ago with a guy.

Long story short, I'm pregnant.

Okay.

Here's the thing. The next part's a little embarrassing.

I don't remember the guy's name.

Or what he looks like.

Tequila? Never again.

My dad's wondering if there's any sort of surveillance video we could take a

look at.

Here's the credit card bill.

He had me pay for the room.

Let me go talk to a manager.

What? A little bit of time. Think it'll work? A little bit?

I can bring it down. You try it next time. You try being bad at comp.

It's easier being good comp than it is bad at comp.

I'm sorry, but we only keep video surveillance for two weeks.

But I did get your detailed bill summary.

Thanks. Guess who signed for room service in a room charged to the Eccles

family credit card?

Logan's girlfriend, Caitlin Ford.

I know it was you.

What was me?

You stole your mom's credit cards, but you made a mistake when you went to the

Hotel Neptune Grand.

Because you let Caitlin sign for the room service tab. Well, that's great.

Prove it.

Veronica.

I want to show you something.

What do you think?

Wow. Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah.

I believe you misplaced this.

Tommy, go on, get him the holding.

Right. Let's go.

You don't think we should alert the media?

I mean, take some pictures? I thought that was standard operating procedure

here now.

Hi, Inga.

How are Trixie and Bud?

Trixie just had puppies. There's still one left. That's all.

Now, do you plan on cutting the reward check personally, or should I talk to

Kathy down in accounts payable?

Should I follow you?

That's so typical.

Yep, yep.

How's that spare tire holding up?

Ah, there it is, the quid pro quo.

Hey, this great nation of ours was built on quid pro quo.

I am having a party on Saturday, and you should come.

Well, both of you.

Cool. But especially you.

Haven't you heard?

I'm not allowed in the first-class cabin.

Look, uh... I don't believe in much, but I do believe in this.

When sexy, sassy girls can't come to a shindig of mine, it's time for all

parties involved to stand up and just admit that, hey, maybe I was a little

bit wrong or sorry.

I mean, let bygones be bygones. Screw pride.

Let's dance, baby. Let's dance.

That was beautiful, man.

We'll see.

An open mind.

That's all I ask.

Is it that easy?

Say maybe I was wrong and get my old life back?

Where you off to? Superfly?

I'm gonna nail that sucker.

Hey, this guy Troy. How long have you known him?

Uh, a few years.

His family has a slip next to ours down at the marina.

Usually come in August, stay the month.

They move around a lot.

You know, wherever his dad has a project.

Hey, I'm gonna get a burrito. Want something?

Then you are in charge of your girlfriend's purse.

Yeah, hi this number appeared on my cell phone bill and I don't recognize it. Can

you tell me who this is?

Hey, baby, call me during the school day. That's Darren.

Dad, hey, can you run a cell phone number for me?

Baby?

Hello?

Baby?

Oh, you want to play the silent game?

All right, maybe later we'll play the tickle game if you want.

That's cool. I'll just talk.

I know you like it.

I miss you, Mama.

Can't wait to see you.

Hey, girl.

Confess. It's good for the soul.

What? Moron says what?

What? You're busted, Chardo. Do I have to spell it out for you?

Yeah. Why don't you?

All right.

So one day, you go to pick up your grandma at the Eccles house, and she

asks you to take out a bag of trash.

And there they are in front of you. Virgin high-limit pre-approved credit

card applications.

Just... Phone in the confirmation code and start spending. Then you use Logan

Eccles' family credit cards to take out Caitlin Ford in the manner to which

she's accustomed.

Gourmet meals, five-star hotels, limo rides. But the best part about it is

that your cousin Weevil takes the fall for you.

So you're promoted.

I didn't want that to happen.

Weevil's like my brother.

Your brother is out picking up trash on the highway.

What?

It's killing me, okay?

You see, I got a plan.

I'm all ears.

Caitlyn and me, we're going to run away.

We are. And once we're gone,

then I'll write a confession.

I'll send it back.

Like I let, we will go then.

Chardo, Caitlyn Ford is never going to run away with you.

You don't know her.

Oh, I know her.

She's a thrill seeker.

Doing you was like doing the do, and that's all it was.

You can't go out there because Logan knows and he wants your head on a stick.

I ain't hiding, am I? What are you gonna do when Weevil finds out?

How's Weevil gonna find out?

You should turn yourself in.

I ain't going nowhere without her.

Caitlyn and me.

We love each other.

So tell me why every time I see her, Logan Echols has his hands all over her.

I don't understand why you're doing it. You know that Charlo gave you that

pendant, but you're letting Weevil do the time for him?

Eli is still 17.

Charlo is 18, and he's got a record.

They'd send him to prison.

Weevil can do four months of juvie. Weevil thinks he's taking the fall for

you. I have dinner to fix, okay?

Do you know what he was doing with those credit cards?

He spent all that money, thousands of dollars, taking out a spoiled, rich,

white girl.

Logan Eccles' girlfriend.

You must have met her. Caitlin Ford.

No, not her.

She doesn't like her ice cubes made with tap water.

You lost your job, and now Weevil's doing time so that Chardo can take this

girl out in style?

Let me see those receipts

Veronica

Mars, I hear you're to thank for this Kodak moment.

Didn't you get the memo the bad guy was already in Jeff?

Give me some love

Neil, I want to make you something to eat.

Okay.

You should know.

The judge issued a warrant for Charter after authorizing your release.

They're out looking for him.

Yeah, well, they won't be the only ones.

Logan and the O-Niners are after Charter, too.

You should find them before they do.

We'll find them.

Baby, it's me.

I'm outside.

This is it.

It's time to go. It's what we talked about.

Caitlin, look outside your window. I'm here.

What's wrong, baby?

Is everything okay?

Well, if it isn't the bad

apple thinking he can steal my girl. I already stole your girlfriend.

You're just too dumb to know it.

Check it out, man.

Sweet music, huh?

Hold him.

Don't move.

Well, I guess this is what they call inevitable, huh?

Hey, look, we even got home court advantage.

Let's talk.

What's up with that, man?

Let him

go.

Logan. I said let him go.

Come on.

Let's go, man. Let's go.

You're the man. You know what I'm saying? You were there for me, boys. I

like that.

I appreciate it. You know what I'm saying?

Most of all, you, man.

I'm sorry you had to take the fall.

I was gonna get you out.

You and me, we're brothers.

You're out.

Out of the club.

Out of my life.

And you know what that means.

We will. Come on, cuz.

Hey, let me make it up to you.

Eli.

Eli.

Pull them off before they go too far.

Got it, boy.

What made you go after Jake Kane?

What makes you ask?

Other than that question defines our very existence.

I think if I knew more about the case and the evidence... Honey, it's ugly.

I want thoughts of Lily's death out of your head. I don't want to pour more

into it. I can handle it.

Let's forget it this way.

If I knew what would happen to us, your mom would leave, that school would get

tougher for you, I never would have pursued Jay Cain the way I did.

I still want to know.

I know you do.

Let's go home.

A couple weeks before Lily was murdered and Dad was still sheriff, she and I

snuck into the back room and made ourselves fake IDs so we could get into

clubs. I had them sent to my house.

They arrived days after her body was discovered.

I stuck them in a drawer and forgot about them until the deputy mentioned

Lily's October 3rd ticket.

The good thing about visiting Sheriff's Department on a Sunday is that most of

the people who work on weekends don't remember me. They're new.

Is there something I can help you with?

Yeah, the insurance company called my dad and said we have an outstanding

ticket. There's the license number.

Okay, and can I see your ID?

What are you doing here?

Just paying off a ticket.

Hey, any luck finding Charlo Navarro?

No? You should talk to my dad. He's really good at that sort of thing.

You got a smart mouth, kid.

Yeah, I don't think there's any wiggle room on this one.

Thanks. I'll mail in the payment.

All right, Miss Kane.

Sorry about the bad news.

I haven't gone more than 30 minutes without glancing at the ticket.

One of those automated intersection cameras caught Lily running a red light

at 6.02 p.m., almost two hours after her supposed time of death.

I don't know if it's the photo of Lily singing and smiling on the final day of

her life that's been haunting me, or the fact that suddenly, none of the Canes

have alibis that hold up. Jake, Celeste, even Duncan.

Dad was right.

The case doesn't add up.

I made a choice a long time ago.

Stand by dad or stand by the people tearing him down.

You didn't make it Saturday night.

I guess I didn't feel I was even a little bit wrong or sorry.

Well, a wise man once said that a no is like a yes.

Except with different letters and arranged in a different order and spoken

out loud. But, you know, it disappears on the way.

There goes the neighborhood.

They just put golden tea in a second pack. You need to go there because you

know I can get you free games.

Hate to be heard.

Yeah, that would suck.

I've never played Golden Tee, but I'm pretty sure I can kick both your asses.

I'm just saying.

I think we've got a competition going on.