The Best Episodes Written By Rob Thomas

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Kiss

   S1:E32/3/1998

   While working on the film class's movies, team player Dawson has a hard time being stuck in the background. Meanwhile as he plots to give Jen the "perfect kiss", Joey is swept away by a handsome stranger and Pacey tries to graduate to manhood.

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   8.7/10(15 votes)

   #2 - Leave It to Beaver

   S1:E225/10/2005

   In the shocking, action-packed season finale, a determined Veronica must betray someone she cares deeply about in order to solve the season-long mystery of who murdered her best friend Lilly Kane, but what she discovers puts her life in serious danger. Meanwhile, on the eve of a reception for the Governor of Calif., Jake Kane asks Duncan if he really wants to know what happened on the night Lilly died. Later, Keith awaits the results of a paternity test.

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   8.6/10(18 votes)

   #3 - Salivation Army

   S2:E194/12/2016

   Working together on a mission, Liv, Detective Babineaux and Major crash Vaughn’s Super Max Rager party, where Rob Thomas performs a song from his solo career. Meanwhile, Blaine reaches out to Peyton for help, which does not sit well with Ravi.

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   8.5/10(11 votes)

   #4 - Investors Dinner

   S1:E44/10/2009

   A land tycoon expects flawless service from the Party Down crew, but Ron's dreams of success threaten to ruin everything. Kyle makes a friend whose lifestyle he hopes to emulate.

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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Spit & Eggs

   S3:E911/28/2006

   After the campus rapist anonymously announces the location of his next rape, Veronica hires her friends to help her track him down, but is shocked when she discovers the rapist's identity. Meanwhile, Logan makes a drastic decision about his future with Veronica, and Dean O'Dell hires Keith to prove that his wife is unfaithful.

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   8.2/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Mars vs. Mars

   S1:E142/15/2005

   When one of Neptune High's haughtier students brings a sexual harassment suit against a favorite teacher, Veronica finds herself pitted against her father when the girl's parents hire Keith to help in their case. Meanwhile, with the tabloids claiming his mom is still alive, Logan turns to Veronica to help him track down the truth. Later, Veronica discovers more unsettling information about Duncan's hidden medical condition.

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   8.1/10(28 votes)

   #7 - Blaine's World

   S1:E136/9/2015

   As Liv and Clive try to track down Cameron and determine his connection to Max Rager, Blaine interrogates Major about the missing brains.

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   8.1/10(11 votes)

   #8 - Donut Run

   S2:E111/25/2006

   When Duncan disappears with Meg's baby, Lamb must work with two FBI agents to extract as much information as possible from an uncooperative Veronica. Meanwhile, Wallace reveals the real reason he returned to Neptune, and Weevil and Logan make a breakthrough in their hunt for the rogue gang member.

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   8.1/10(14 votes)

   #9 - Return of the Kane

   S1:E611/2/2004

   Veronica investigates possible fraud in the election of student council president at school after Duncan wins, beating a more popular, but less affluent student who promised to eliminate the wealthy students' on-campus perks. Meanwhile, Logan causes a public relations nightmare for his movie star parents Aaron and Lynn Echolls when footage of him organizing boxing matches between homeless men is posted on the internet and leaked to the media. Later, Veronica and Keith learn that the man who admitted to murdering Lilly is set to be executed, but a second look at crime scene photographs puts his confession in question.

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    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Looking for Mr. Goodbrain (2)

    S3:E136/27/2017

    Liv uncovers the shocking truth about the virus and the far-reaching consequences of the vaccine. Majors exams his future as a human. Blaine makes a business proposal.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - All's Well That Ends Well

    S5:E138/1/2019

    As Liv, Ravi and Clive race to finalize the cure, Peyton faces a showdown with Blaine, and Major takes a bold gamble to save Seattle once and for all.

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    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Not Pictured

    S2:E225/9/2006

    After discovering the true perpetrator of the bus crash, Veronica is desperate to warn others before it's too late. However, she inadvertently puts herself and her loved ones at risk in the process. Meanwhile, Keith tracks down Woody in hiding, Wallace leaves for Paris to be with Jackie, and Weevil again runs into trouble with the law.

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    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

    S2:E24/30/2010

    Having trouble letting go of his leadership position, Ron and Henry clash at a fundraiser where parents will do anything to get their kids into an exclusive elementary school.

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    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #14 - The Whopper

    S2:E132/16/2016

    Liv, Ravi, and Major get a lead on the Utopium-tainted corpses when the man who may have killed them turns up dead. Meanwhile, Blaine discovers that his father left his money to his maid in case he died due to foul play, and Clive and Dale realize that Major is involved with Blaine.

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    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #15 - And He Shall Be a Good Man

    S4:E135/28/2018

    The outside world further isolates Seattle while Peyton, Ravi, Clive and Major race to save Liv from execution for her work as Renegade.

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    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Credit Where Credit's Due

    S1:E29/28/2004

    Veronica doesn't believe the evidence adds up against Weevil, who has confessed to stealing credit card applications from Logan's family, and launches an investigation to help her new ally. Meanwhile, after joining Ms. Mallory Dent's newspaper class, Veronica clashes with socialite Caitlin Ford, Logan's bombshell girlfriend, but is intrigued by the attention shown to her by another wealthy student, Troy Vandegraff, a friend of ex-boyfriend Duncan. Later, Veronica learns that Lilly got a ticket driving her car on the day she died -- two hours after her supposed time of death.

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    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoother

    S3:E14/4/2017

    Liv has discovered there are more zombies living in Seattle than she previously believed. In fact, there’s a private military contractor employing a small zombie army, and that army is preparing for the day humans learn of their existence. Major was exonerated for the crimes of the Chaos Killer, but is still considered a pariah. He manages to land a job with the one and only place that will hire him. Meanwhile, Blaine is accused of lying.

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    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Thug Death

    S5:E15/2/2019

    While investigating a murder case with no body and no brain to eat, the only evidence Liv and Clive have to work with is a grainy video and a little bit of blood found at the crime scene. Meanwhile, Blaine is up to his old tricks.

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    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Spring Break Forever

    S4:E17/19/2019

    Panic spreads through Neptune when a bomb goes off during spring break. Veronica and Keith are hired by the wealthy family of one victim injured in the bombing to find out who is responsible.

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    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #20 - The Exterminator

    S1:E33/31/2015

    Liv's newest corpse is a sociopathic hitman, and she's apathetically shocked to discover that she no longer feels emotions. Meanwhile, Marcy turns up as a full zombie and Ravi hopes that he can restore her in the hopes that it will lead to a cure for Liv.

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    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Pilot

    S1:E19/22/2004

    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.

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    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #22 - The Bitch Is Back

    S3:E205/22/2007

    As the end of the first semester at Hearst College draws to an end, the election for sheriff in Neptune comes to a close and Veronica and Piz discuss the effect a summer apart will have on their relationship.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Sepulveda Basin High School Spring Play Opening Night

    S3:E63/31/2023

    Henry and the Party Down crew scheme to keep their latest party going all night.

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    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Grumpy Old Liv

    S2:E110/6/2015

    Liv consumes the brains of a cantankerous old man to help gain insight into his death. After receiving an anonymous call on the tipster hotline, Liv and Detective Babineax stop by the residence of Byron Thistlewaite, to question the mysterious caller. Meanwhile, Ravi suspects that Major might be experiencing a side effect of the cure, and Liv pays Blaine a surprise visit.

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    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Drinking the Kool-Aid

    S1:E911/30/2004

    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.

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