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* This episode marks the first appearance of [[Cassidy Casablancas|Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas]]. |
* This episode marks the first appearance of [[Cassidy Casablancas|Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas]]. |
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| + | * [[Veronica]]'s threat to tell Tad's Naval Academy classmates that Tad is gay (even though he is not) is a potent one because of the US Military's policy, commonly known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," that prohibits any non-heterosexual military member from revealing his or her sexual orientation. This policy has been in place since 1993 and was a replacement for the previous policy on the matter, which was a total ban on all homosexual service people. |
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| − | * Logan wants to take Veronica out on his father's boat and asks her to meet him at The Albacore Club, a reference to the exclusive country club in the 1974 noir film Chinatown. |
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| + | * [[Logan]] mentions that the club at which his father's boat is docked is called The Albacore Club. That name, and the flag with the club logo that is seen briefly in the episode, are both references to the club with the same name and logo in Chinatown, and is thereby also a reference to that film's incest revelations (similar to the question throughout the first season about whether or not ex-couple [[Duncan]] and [[Veronica]] are really half-siblings). |
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| + | * Among the awards in the Echolls's house are Oscars and People Choice Awards. |
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| + | * This episode's title, "M.A.D.," refers to the military doctrine of "mutually assured destruction," in which it is assumed that neither one of two heavily armed military enemies (usually nuclear superpowers) will dare to attack the other first because both possess such large stockpiles of deadly weapons that there is no scenario in which a war between them would not spell destruction for them both. The doctrine was best known during the Cold War era, when military strategists hoped that it would prevent nuclear war between the US and Russia (or Russia's allies). |
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| + | * As [[Kristen Bell]] is getting out of the car, her shirt rides up and exposes a wireless microphone pack in the small of her back. |
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| + | * It is said that [[Shelly Promroy]]'s party was on Dec. 7, 2003. In season three [[Veronica]] tells [[Parker]] the party was an "end of the year bash, summer 2004". |
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| + | * When [[Veronica]] and [[Logan]] are talking in front of the fireplace, you can see the boom mic reflected in the mirror above the mantle, going back and forth between them as they say their lines. |
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| + | * [[Veronica]] drops her LeBaron off at [[Weevil]]'s uncle's shop to be fixed. But later that day, when she takes the pictures of Tad and Seth at the boardwalk, she is sitting in her LeBaron. Then the next day, [[Logan]] brings her car to her, saying he had someone pick it up from the shop that day. |
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| + | * When viewing the time stamp from the video from Shelly's party, [[Veronica]] sees that it says sometime in December. However, the party, as we learn in the next episode, was at the end of the last school year, not in December. |
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Revision as of 00:41, 4 July 2011
"M.A.D." is episode 20 of season 1.
Plot
When Carmen is blackmailed by her boyfriend Tad with an obscene video of her, she goes to Veronica who devises a scheme to solve her problems. Unfortunately, Tad's a little too obsessed and he has a secret that will shock Veronica.
Arc significance
- Keith discovers the Kanes are offering $50,000 to find Duncan.
- Mac finds out for Veronica and Keith that Duncan bought an Argentinian passport for himself.
- Keith runs a missing persons notice in the paper for Lianne Mars, so that he will be eligible for divorce, which Veronica notices.
- Clarence Weidman shows Alicia the bug Veronica planted in his office and tells her to break-up with Keith or she will be fired.
- Carmen can't remember the night of the party where Tad taped her. It wasn't the same night that Veronica was date-raped.
- Tad, while taped to the flagpole, admits that he used GHB on Carmen and that he got it from Logan.
Music
- "Gold Rush" - Kissinger
- "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" - Lobo
- "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" - Louis XIV
- "Tu Abandono" - X. Herrera
- "Let's Sail Away" - Josh Kramon and Jeff D'Agostino
- "Love Is Here to Stay" - Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
- "Crimson and Clover" - Tommy James & the Shondells
Production details
- This episode was originally called "Tit for Tad".
- "M.A.D." stands for Mutually Assured Destruction; a term used by Veronica throughout the episode.
Quotes and trivia
- Veronica: What? I blockaded the door. I hung an "Out of Order" sign.
- Logan: This is wrong. I mean, a boy in a girls' bathroom. It's just…
- Veronica: So wrong, it's right?
:Veronica: How long does it take you to create a highly incriminating, thoroughly libelous, sexually explicit website?
- Mac: Uh… forty-five minutes, give or take?
:[Cliff examines Loretta Cancun's initial police report.]
- Cliff: "Screw you, pig." Nice. Okay, like a big girl now?
Trivia
- This episode marks the first appearance of Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas.
- Veronica's threat to tell Tad's Naval Academy classmates that Tad is gay (even though he is not) is a potent one because of the US Military's policy, commonly known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," that prohibits any non-heterosexual military member from revealing his or her sexual orientation. This policy has been in place since 1993 and was a replacement for the previous policy on the matter, which was a total ban on all homosexual service people.
- Logan mentions that the club at which his father's boat is docked is called The Albacore Club. That name, and the flag with the club logo that is seen briefly in the episode, are both references to the club with the same name and logo in Chinatown, and is thereby also a reference to that film's incest revelations (similar to the question throughout the first season about whether or not ex-couple Duncan and Veronica are really half-siblings).
- Among the awards in the Echolls's house are Oscars and People Choice Awards.
- This episode's title, "M.A.D.," refers to the military doctrine of "mutually assured destruction," in which it is assumed that neither one of two heavily armed military enemies (usually nuclear superpowers) will dare to attack the other first because both possess such large stockpiles of deadly weapons that there is no scenario in which a war between them would not spell destruction for them both. The doctrine was best known during the Cold War era, when military strategists hoped that it would prevent nuclear war between the US and Russia (or Russia's allies).
- Carmen likens her tape problem to Paris Hilton's famous sex tape. Hilton actually guest starred earlier in the season.
Goofs
- As Kristen Bell is getting out of the car, her shirt rides up and exposes a wireless microphone pack in the small of her back.
- It is said that Shelly Promroy's party was on Dec. 7, 2003. In season three Veronica tells Parker the party was an "end of the year bash, summer 2004".
- When Veronica and Logan are talking in front of the fireplace, you can see the boom mic reflected in the mirror above the mantle, going back and forth between them as they say their lines.
- Veronica drops her LeBaron off at Weevil's uncle's shop to be fixed. But later that day, when she takes the pictures of Tad and Seth at the boardwalk, she is sitting in her LeBaron. Then the next day, Logan brings her car to her, saying he had someone pick it up from the shop that day.
- When viewing the time stamp from the video from Shelly's party, Veronica sees that it says sometime in December. However, the party, as we learn in the next episode, was at the end of the last school year, not in December.