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The Best Episodes Written By Rob Thomas

Every TV Episode Written by Rob Thomas Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Rob Thomas Ratings Summary

"Investors Dinner" is the best rated episode written by Rob Thomas. It scored 8.8/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by Bryan Gordon. It aired on 4/10/2009 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Spit & Eggs".

  • Investors Dinner
    8.8/108 votes

    #1 - Investors Dinner

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/2009

    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.

    Director: Bryan Gordon

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Spit & Eggs
    8.3/108 votes

    #2 - Spit & Eggs

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2006

    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.

    Director: Rob Thomas

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Precious Lights Pre-School Auction
    8.2/106 votes

    #3 - Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2010

    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.

    Director: Fred Savage

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Donut Run
    8.1/1010 votes

    #4 - Donut Run

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/25/2006

    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.

    Director: Rob Thomas

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • We're Not in Kansas Anymore
    8.0/102 votes

    #5 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2008

    In part one of the series premiere, Harrison Wilson accepts the job position as principal of West Beverly Hills High, forcing the Wilson family to relocate from Kansas to California and adjust to new life in the city - all while keeping a close watch on their troubled grandmother Tabitha.

    Director: Mark Piznarski

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Blaine's World
    8.0/1024 votes

    #6 - Blaine's World

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/9/2015

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

    Director: Michael Fields

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • And He Shall Be a Good Man
    8.0/109 votes

    #7 - And He Shall Be a Good Man

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/28/2018

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

    Director: Dan Etheridge

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • All's Well That Ends Well
    8.0/106 votes

    #8 - All's Well That Ends Well

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 8/1/2019

    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.

    Director: Jason Bloom

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Credit Where Credit's Due
    7.9/1015 votes

    #9 - Credit Where Credit's Due

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2004

    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.

    Director: Mark Piznarski

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Looking for Mr. Goodbrain (2)
    7.9/1013 votes

    #10 - Looking for Mr. Goodbrain (2)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/27/2017

    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.

    Director: Dan Etheridge

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoother
    7.7/1016 votes

    #11 - Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoother

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2017

    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.

    Director: Dan Etheridge

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Thug Death
    7.7/106 votes

    #12 - Thug Death

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2019

    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.

    Director: Dan Etheridge

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Pilot
    7.6/1024 votes

    #13 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2004

    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.

    Director: Mark Piznarski

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Spring Break Forever
    7.6/1014 votes

    #14 - Spring Break Forever

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/2019

    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.

    Director: Michael Lehmann

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • The Exterminator
    7.6/1029 votes

    #15 - The Exterminator

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2015

    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.

    Director: Michael Fields

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • The Whopper
    7.6/1018 votes

    #16 - The Whopper

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2016

    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.

    Director: Michael Fields

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Grumpy Old Liv
    7.4/1019 votes

    #17 - Grumpy Old Liv

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2015

    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.

    Director: Michael Fields

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Pilot
    7.4/1036 votes

    #18 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2015

    Medical resident Liv Moore becomes a zombie and loses her ambition until she begins working at the city morgue to gain access to brains that give her sustenance and allow her to maintain her humanity. She also learns that her new diet enables her to experience a victim's memories that can be used to help solve the person's murder.

    Director: Rob Thomas

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • The Bitch Is Back
    7.4/108 votes

    #19 - The Bitch Is Back

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/2007

    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.

    Director: Michael Fields

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Willow Canyon Homeowners Annual Party
    7.3/109 votes

    #20 - Willow Canyon Homeowners Annual Party

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/20/2009

    Failed actor Henry Pollard returns to work at Party Down catering. He meets his fellow employees, led by his old coworker Ron, a clean-living team leader with big dreams.

    Director: Fred Savage

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Normal Is the Watchword
    7.3/1012 votes

    #21 - Normal Is the Watchword

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2005

    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

  • Are You Ready for Some Zombies?
    7.2/1015 votes

    #22 - Are You Ready for Some Zombies?

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/2018

    While investigating the murder of a Seattle Seahawk superfan, Liv has a surprising vision. Meanwhile, Major is assigned the task of mentoring young, homeless zombies, and Ravi is still carrying a torch for Peyton. Lastly, Blaine is dealing with a threat looming from his past.

    Director: Dan Etheridge

    Writer: Rob Thomas

  • Welcome Wagon
    7.1/109 votes

    #23 - Welcome Wagon

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2006

    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

  • Years, Continents, Bloodshed
    7.0/106 votes

    #24 - Years, Continents, Bloodshed

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/19/2019

    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