"Not Pictured" is episode 22 and the season finale of the second season of Veronica Mars.
Plot
This is the graduation episode. Veronica, Wallace, Mac, Logan and the rest of their classmates all graduate with the exceptions of Weevil who was arrested by Sheriff Lamb just before walking across the stage at graduation and Dick who failed his science project in the episode "I Am God" and has to attend summer school in order to graduate. Keith catches Woody, who insists he didn't crash the bus; and Veronica proves him right when she finds that Cassidy was on his Little League team. She puts the pieces together and realizes that Cassidy blew up the bus to silence Peter and Marcos. Everything comes to a head at the Neptune Grand, where Cassidy threatens Veronica with a gun before secrets come out and he commits suicide. Also, Clarence Wiedman kills Aaron Echols under the orders of Duncan Kane.
Arc significance
- Weevil is arrested at graduation for the murder of Eduardo "Thumper" Orozco.
- Veronica finds a picture of Woody's Little League team and sees that Cassidy Casablancas' name was on it but was not on the picture. She calls Cassidy's friend Hart Hanson and finds out that when they filmed their war movies, Cassidy was in charge of explosives, which he got from his dad's mechanic, Curly Moran.
- Veronica texts Mac to stay away from Cassidy, but he intercepts it and texts back to Veronica as Mac to meet him on the roof. On the roof, Cassidy points a gun at Veronica and she figures out that he killed Curly Moran because Curly had figured out Cassidy had crashed the bus and then wrote Veronica's name on his hand to divert attention.
- Veronica also figures out that Cassidy raped her at Shelly Pomroy's party two years ago; she got chlamydia from him, and he got it from Woody Goodman.
- Cassidy detonates a bomb in Woody's plane, killing all on board. Veronica briefly thought Keith was on the plane, but Sheriff Lamb requested that Keith be removed at the last minute, saving his life.
- Veronica is able to send a text message to Logan and he arrives on the roof and tackles Cassidy. Veronica is able to get Cassidy's gun, but Logan talks her out of killing him.
- Logan tries to stop Cassidy from jumping from the roof of the hotel by shouting "Beaver, don't", but when Cassidy asks "Why not?" Logan cannot think of anything to say so Cassidy jumps off the roof, killing himself.
- Aaron goes to the Neptune Grand after his acquittal and has sex with Kendall. When she goes to take a shower, Aaron begins to watch one of his old movies. Clarence Wiedman appears and kills Aaron with a silenced pistol. Wiedman calls Duncan, who is hiding in Australia with Meg's baby, to tell him that "It's a done deal."
- Kendall gets more than $8 million from the Phoenix Land Trust. She shows up at Mars Investigations and tells Keith she wants to hire him. She opens up a briefcase to show him something.
- Veronica and Logan begin dating again.
- Veronica is left waiting at the airport for Keith. He never shows up.
Music
- "Pomp and Circumstance" - Edward Elgar
- "Virtual Booty Machine" - Lovewhip
- "Sparks" - The Waking Hours
- "G.L.S." - Salme Dahlstrom
- "Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent
- "See My Friends" - Gravenhurst
- "Time Flies Tomorrow" - Paul Westerberg
Writing and acting
- This episode is Teddy Dunn's, Kyle Gallner's, and Tessa Thompson's final episode as series regulars.
Production details
- Kristen Bell and Amanda Seyfried couldn't both be there to film their scene together at the same time. Amanda was busy filming Big Love during the weekdays and Kristen was filming Fanboys on the weekend. They both had to have stand-ins to film their parts.
Trivia
- When receiving the call from Clarence Wiedman, Duncan answers the phone asking, "C.W.?" Wiedman replies, "It's a done deal." At the time of this episode's airing, Veronica Mars had not yet been confirmed in most media outlets for its third season renewal. The dialogue prompted some fans, such as those on the Television Without Pity message board, to consider it a thinly-veiled reference that a fall pickup of the series on The CW was certain.
- The name of Cassidy's friend, Hart Hanson, may be a reference to the writer of Bones and Joan of Arcadia, also Hart Hanson.
- This episode had an estimated audience size of 2.42 million US viewers on its first airing.
References
Ratings are based on Nielsen Media Research data and are obtained from Mediaweek.[1]
External links
- MI.net's Roundtable Review.
- Soulful Spike Society's Open Case.
- Television Without Pity Recap.