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The Worst Episodes of Veronica Mars

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In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 11 - Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves
    6.1/10(910 votes)

    #1 - Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves

    S3:E11

    Veronica is hired to track down a one-night-stand, but the situation becomes more complicated when she turns out to be a hooker. Meanwhile, Keith continues his investigation in Dean O'Dell's death, and a visit by Madison Sinclair causes trouble for Veronica and Logan.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Diane Ruggiero-Wright

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  2. Veronica Mars Season 4 Episode 7 - Gods of War
    6.1/10(747 votes)

    #2 - Gods of War

    S4:E7

    Veronica debates coming clean to Nicole. Veronica’s fidelity is tested. Veronica and Keith discover they aren’t the only ones who believe they’ve found the bomber. A surprising potential client tries to hire Mars Investigations.

    Director:Amanda Marsalis
    Writers:Diane Ruggiero-Wright, Heather V. Regnier

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  3. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 12 - Clash of the Tritons
    6.6/10(1196 votes)

    #3 - Clash of the Tritons

    S1:E12

    When a family accuses Veronica of providing a fake ID to their son, now in an alcohol-induced coma, and files suit, the search to find who's really responsible leads Veronica to a clandestine, exclusive organization operating on Neptune High's campus with a possible connection to Duncan. Meanwhile, Aaron Echolls hires Keith to find out who's been supplying pictures to the tabloids that have humiliated his wife Lynn. Later, Veronica bugs Ms. James' office to eavesdrop on grief counseling sessions, and learns some surprising information about her friends.

    Director:David Barrett
    Writers:Aury Wallington, Phil Klemmer

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  4. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 14 - Versatile Toppings
    6.8/10(993 votes)

    #4 - Versatile Toppings

    S2:E14

    When a private website for Neptune High's gay students is hacked, and the members blackmailed, Veronica finds it difficult to track down the culprit when the victims want to remain anonymous. Meanwhile, Hannah finds out Logan's true intentions, and Keith believes he has found an alibi for Terrence.

    Director:Sarah Pia Anderson
    Writer:Phil Klemmer

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  5. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 8 - Lord of the Pi’s
    6.9/10(864 votes)

    #5 - Lord of the Pi’s

    S3:E8

    Keith and Veronica are hired to help find the missing grand-daughter of the founder of Hearst College, whose swing vote could spell the end of fraternities and sororities at Hearst. Meanwhile, Logan fears for Veronica's safety as she gets closer to the truth regarding the campus rapes.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Diane Ruggiero-Wright

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  6. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 4 - Charlie Don’t Surf
    7.0/10(919 votes)

    #6 - Charlie Don’t Surf

    S3:E4

    Logan gets a big surprise when he hires Veronica to find the source of his missing inheritance, which escalates from weird to worse. Meanwhile, Dick's fraternity asks Veronica to prove their innocence in the campus rapes, and Keith helps an old acquaintance prove her husband is cheating.

    Director:Jason Bloom
    Writers:Diane Ruggiero-Wright, Jason Elen

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  7. Veronica Mars Season 4 Episode 8 - Years, Continents, Bloodshed
    7.0/10(1878 votes)

    #7 - Years, Continents, Bloodshed

    S4:E8

    Veronica and Keith follow a new lead, and discover another victim. Matty follows her own instincts, landing herself dangerously close to a killer. Veronica has a tragic epiphany as the clock is ticking.

    Director:Scott Winant
    Writer:Rob Thomas

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  8. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 1 - Welcome Wagon
    7.1/10(1100 votes)

    #8 - Welcome Wagon

    S3:E1

    Veronica begins college with Logan, Wallace and Mac, but is immediately drawn back into old detective habits when Piz, Wallace's new roommate, gets all his stuff stolen. Meanwhile, Keith helps reunite Kendall with an old love, recently released from prison.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Rob Thomas

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  9. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 16 - Un-American Graffiti
    7.1/10(786 votes)

    #9 - Un-American Graffiti

    S3:E16

    With Keith acting-sheriff, Veronica goes solo on a case involving a local restaurant whose owners are the targets of hate crimes. Meanwhile, Keith is disturbed by the lack of professionalism in his deputies when he orders them to fine bars serving alcohol to underage patrons. Logan throws a birthday party for Parker, and Piz decides to finally confront Veronica about his feelings.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Robert Hull

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  10. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 1 - Normal Is the Watchword
    7.2/10(1156 votes)

    #10 - Normal Is the Watchword

    S2:E1

    After the summer fireworks caused by a dangerous confrontation with Lilly Kane's murderer and a surprising visitor at her door, Veronica attempts to settle into "normal" life, complete with a new after-school job and a return to the popular fold at Neptune High, but she gets pulled back into the investigation business when Wallace is kicked off the basketball team for testing positive for drugs.Meanwhile, Keith sits down with reporter Julie Chen to discuss his new book on the Lilly Kane murder, "Big Murder, Small Town." Later, after seeing his father arrested for murder and being charged and tried for murder himself, Logan seeks refuge from the paparazzi and relaxes poolside at the Casablancas mansion with buddies Dick and "Beaver" and their sexy stepmother Kendall.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Rob Thomas

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  11. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 5 - Blast from the Past
    7.2/10(996 votes)

    #11 - Blast from the Past

    S2:E5

    Deciding to give Jackie the benefit of the doubt since she's dating Wallace, Veronica tries to help Jackie determine who stole her credit card, leading Veronica to appear on a psychic's community access show to pursue a lead. Meanwhile, Wallace confronts his mother Alicia about who his real father is. Later, Veronica learns of a voice mail recording from one of the students that died, made at the moment the bus crash.

    Director:Harry Winer
    Writers:Cathy Belben, Phil Klemmer

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  12. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 3 - Wichita Linebacker
    7.2/10(960 votes)

    #12 - Wichita Linebacker

    S3:E3

    Veronica's detective prowess is again used on campus when Piz's football friend loses the team playbook and Veronica must get it back before the game. The Dean threatens to expel Veronica if she doesn't reveal the source of her newspaper article. Meanwhile, Keith hires Weevil to work in the office, and Logan's antics catch up with him.

    Director:Harry Winer
    Writers:John Enbom, Phil Klemmer

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  13. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 13 - Lord of the Bling
    7.3/10(1157 votes)

    #13 - Lord of the Bling

    S1:E13

    After being hired by hip-hop heavyweight Percy "Bone" Hamilton to find his kidnapped daughter, Veronica and Keith look to the music mogul's long list of enemies, family members and the girl's Neptune High social circle for clues on her whereabouts. Meanwhile, following Lynn Echolls' apparent suicide, Logan cynically endures his father Aaron's effusive displays of grief as they prepare for her memorial ceremony.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:John Enbom

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  14. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 9 - Drinking the Kool-Aid
    7.4/10(1254 votes)

    #14 - Drinking the Kool-Aid

    S1:E9

    The wealthy parents of a Neptune High senior hire Keith and Veronica to investigate a cult-like group and its charismatic leader after their son Casey moves out to live on the collective farm. Meanwhile, Veronica attempts to get to the bottom of Abel Koontz' claim that her real father is Jake Kane.

    Director:Marcos Siega
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 8 - Ahoy, Mateys!
    7.4/10(982 votes)

    #15 - Ahoy, Mateys!

    S2:E8

    Veronica helps Keith determine who is haunting a school bus crash victim's parents, currently embroiled in a suit against the school district for negligence.Meanwhile, after Logan asks for help fighting the murder charge against him, Veronica stumbles

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writers:Cathy Belben, John Enbom

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  16. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 5 - President Evil
    7.4/10(901 votes)

    #16 - President Evil

    S3:E5

    When the illegal casino Veronica frequents is robbed, she must track down the thief to recover the necklace Lilly gave her years before. Meanwhile, Dean O'Dell's stepson is dying of cancer and needs Keith to track down his biological father for a transplant (with Cliff's help), and Wallace fears he may flunk out of his most important class.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writers:Jonathan Moskin, David Mulei

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  17. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 7 - Of Vice and Men
    7.4/10(901 votes)

    #17 - Of Vice and Men

    S3:E7

    Veronica helps a girl named Meryl who is certain that her boyfriend is in trouble, while a jaded Veronica tries to convince her that he is cheating. Meanwhile, Logan reluctantly tells Veronica why he is sure Mercer didn't commit the rapes, and Keith finds that there is a heavy price to pay for committing adultery.

    Director:Harry Winer
    Writer:Phil Klemmer

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  18. Veronica Mars Season 4 Episode 3 - Keep Calm and Party On
    7.4/10(800 votes)

    #18 - Keep Calm and Party On

    S4:E3

    Veronica and Keith’s client, Daniel Maloof, makes a shocking confession. Sheriff Langdon closes in on her top suspect. Veronica and Matty join forces, just as the whole investigation is flipped on its head.

    Director:Joaquin Sedillo
    Writer:Heather V. Regnier

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  19. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(1977 votes)

    #19 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    While trying to navigate the everyday drama of high school, the smart, fearless, 17-year-old Veronica Mars also moonlights as an apprentice private investigator out to solve her wealthy town of Neptune's toughest mysteries. After coming to the aid of the new kid, sophomore Wallace Fennel, who's been duct-taped to the school's flagpole, Veronica ends up incurring the wrath of the thugs who put him there, Eli "Weevil" Navarro and his P.C.H. Biker Boyz. To get Weevil and his gang off her and Wallace's case, Veronica devises an intricate plan that helps some of Weevil's cronies avoid trouble with the law. Meanwhile, defying her father, Keith Mars, the disgraced former sheriff turned private eye, Veronica pursues a late-night case of adultery against billionaire Jake Kane, only to make an unsettling discovery about her mother, who abandoned Veronica and Keith a year ago.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Rob Thomas

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  20. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 19 - Hot Dogs
    7.5/10(1177 votes)

    #20 - Hot Dogs

    S1:E19

    While helping her classmate Mandy search for her missing Jack Russell terrier, Veronica stumbles onto a bigger mystery, which affects pets all over Neptune. Meanwhile, tensions mount in the Echolls family as Trina tries to convince the now-retired Aaron to take a part in her new boyfriend's independent movie. Later, Weevil is arrested for breaking into the Kane residence and taking something from Lilly's room.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Dayna Lynne North

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  21. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 4 - Green-Eyed Monster
    7.5/10(992 votes)

    #21 - Green-Eyed Monster

    S2:E4

    While dealing with her own feelings of jealousy regarding Duncan, Veronica helps a young woman who believes that her new fiancée is secretly after her fortune by sifting through his background and even posing as a sexy, available coed to entrap the guy.

    Director:Jason Bloom
    Writer:Dayna Lynne North

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  22. Veronica Mars Season 2 Episode 12 - Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle
    7.5/10(963 votes)

    #22 - Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle

    S2:E12

    Wallace's hopes of escaping his trouble in Chicago are dashed when Rashard's uncle accuses him in the press of a hit and run. Meanwhile, Weevil has Veronica bug a church confessional to smoke out the traitor in his bike gang.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:John Enbom

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  23. Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 12 - There's Got to be a Morning After Pill
    7.5/10(847 votes)

    #23 - There's Got to be a Morning After Pill

    S3:E12

    Veronica is hired to find out who slipped a classmate a drug causing her to have a miscarriage against her will, but is distracted by Logan who admits to sleeping with Madison Sinclair. Meanwhile, Keith helps Mindy O'Dell when her ex-husband breaks into their house.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 7 - The Girl Next Door
    7.6/10(1292 votes)

    #24 - The Girl Next Door

    S1:E7

    Veronica becomes suspicious when a young pregnant woman who lives in their apartment complex with her volatile boyfriend suddenly disappears; fearing the worst, Keith steps in to help his daughter investigate this case for the girl's estranged parents. Meanwhile, Logan and Weevil get thrown into detention together after arguing with a teacher, leading the rivals to discover some surprising things in common. Later, while working on an alumni photo project in her journalism class, Veronica is shocked to discover in the '79 yearbook that her mother and Jake Kane were high-school sweethearts.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 15 - Ruskie Business
    7.6/10(1204 votes)

    #25 - Ruskie Business

    S1:E15

    Veronica surprisingly finds herself working as a "love detective" when she's asked to track down her friend Meg's secret admirer and a Russian bride's estranged fiancé. Meanwhile, after discovering that one of Lynn Echolls' credit cards is in use, Veronica and Logan go to a Los Angeles hotel in hopes of finding her or a clue.

    Director:Guy Norman Bee
    Writers:John Enbom, Phil Klemmer

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves" is the worst rated episode of "Veronica Mars". It scored 6.1/10 based on 910 votes. Directed by John T. Kretchmer and written by Diane Ruggiero-Wright, it aired on 1/30/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Gods of War".