My Mother, the Fiend

Season 2, Episode 9, Aired
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After finding her mother's old permanent record, Veronica wonders how well she knew her mother at all, and decides to investigate her old school friends.''''Meanwhile, Trina takes the role of director in the school play, and has a confrontation with Kendall.
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  • Not A Very Strong Episode

    8.0
    "Great"
    By cavanagh15, Jan 12, 2009 Report Abuse
    After finding her mother's old permanent record, Veronica wonders how well she knew her mother at all, and decides to investigate her old school friends. Meanwhile, Trina takes the role of director in the school play, and has a confrontation with Kendall.

    The only really compelling part of this episode that should carry over into any long-term story arch is the very final scene of the episode where Veronica walks into Meg's room and finds out that she is with child. Meg then slowly opens her eyes as the screen cuts out. This is what happens when you watch the first five episodes and then stop watching for four months and try to pick back up again. I assumed that Meg was dead - but she's not. She is in fact alive and well and looking to start some drama soon I will assume. The entire rest of the episode wasn't as entertaining however. Veronica goes digging into her mother's past in a plan put forth by the Vice Principal to try and remove the Principal from his office. His plan worked as Veronica exposes the truth to the Kane's adopted older daughter and is removed from his principal duties. Other then that - what is there really to talk about this episode? Nothing new with the bus. Wallace is still MIA. They're trying to dumb Cassidy on us as a main character. Nothing from Weidman.moreless

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  • What difference a letter can make...

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    By PabloExobar, Aug 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    So, hmm, where do I start.

    Okay, well, I didn't see any of the twists coming to be honest. The episode was nicely constructed and there was a nice conclusion too, so all in all, it was superb.

    Liked Veronica and Duncan carrying the baby all the time during the episode, was rather funny and a cool connection with the episode's ending.

    Also liked Cassidy making a deal with Kendall. Oh, and there's some obvious chemistry between Cassidy and Mac, which was nice too. Loved Logan beating up and then humiliating Weevil. And the bathroom scene was a classic. They agreed to team up just so they can beat up each other up... pretty bad and for pretty long.

    2 recurring character reappared: Celeste and Trina. Well, they were good, especially Trina and her hunger for fame. Though the end when she hugs her real mother was really emotional which I liked.

    Clemmons playing Veronica into getting the principal fired was clever and I totalyl didn't see it coming... I guess I keep saying that, but honestly, this show never ceases to surprise me.

    Surely, the biggest punch was the ending with Meg being pregnant and waking up - now finally Duncan's behaviour makes sense.moreless

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  • I feel like I'm running out of great things to say about this show and especially this season. This episode looks into Veronica's Mom's high school life as the main plot line.moreless

    9.1
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    By Cali_girl_213, Jul 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    While V is being punished for being caught with school keys, she stumbles upon her mom's old permanent file at Neptune High. She looks into the case of why her mom was suspended. It leads her to a case of a "prom baby" that she believes belonged to Celeste Kane. Veronica also discovers the Rat that Keith found on the bus, so he must explain to her why there is a dead rat in their freezer.
    Weevil confronts Logan that they both need to find who killed Felix and "team up." But before they can do this they get into a (too long) fight in the bathroom.
    The episode ends with Veronica gathering Abel Koontz's things and decides to check on Meg. The real version of the show has her discovering Meg's Pregnancy but in the alternate ending on the DVD she discovers Meg with a pillow over her head that her mom placed there, but saves her from suffocating. I am glad they kept the original.moreless

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  • After finding her mother's old permanent record, Veronica wonders how well she knew her mother at all, and decides to investigate her old school friends. Meanwhile, Trina takes the role of director in the school play, and has a confrontation with Kendall.moreless

    8.0
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    By andrada_charmed, Feb 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    After finding her mother's old permanent record, Veronica wonders how well she knew her mother at all, and decides to investigate her old school friends.

    Meanwhile, Trina takes the role of director in the school play, and has a confrontation with Kendall. oh trina & kendall are adorable..and celeste is so..ughhhh

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  • Wow, I think this is the funniest episode of Veronica ever

    9.3
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    By oldreliable, Jan 06, 2007 Report Abuse
    I loved the storyline and I loved the jokes even more. Just the sassy oneliners from Veronica, the encounter between all-time favorites Alyson 'Wilow' Hannigan and Charisma 'Cordelia' Carpenter was brilliant and the fight between Veronica and Celeste even better. The story was also interesting and unexpected, except for the fiend-friend part that was pretty obvious.

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    • In the blacked out form where Lianne gets suspended, it declares that she will be suspended for three days. However, the dates listed for suspension are 11/05/79 - 11/10/79. Since November 5, 1979 was a Monday, this would have been a 5 day suspension. Edit
    • When Kendall arrives at the hotel room, the shadow of a boom mic is visible on the wall in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Edit
    • When Veronica asks Mary Mooney if she knew her mother, the answer (according to Veronica) was that Lianne was a fiend. But obviously she missed one letter in the word, as later we find out that Mary meant that Lianne was a friend. Edit

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    • Percy Daggs III (Wallace), Ryan Hansen (Dick) and Tessa Thompson (Jackie) don't appear in this episode despite being in the opening credits. Edit
    • Music: "Caliente Como Fuego" by Honda "Sail Into The Sun" by the Funky Lowlives "Walk Idiot Walk" by The Hives "Stumble" by Calla "Bright Morning Stars" by unknown Edit
    • An alternate ending to this episode was featured in AOL.com. Rob Thomas described this ending as a crazy thing he could put out there but never have to follow up or explain. Edit

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    • Principal Moorehead: Veronica. I see that Mr. Clemmons is failing in his prime directive. Veronica: What's that? Principal Moorehead: Keeping you out of my face. Edit
    • Principal Moorehead: Neptune Players will be holding open audition for Hamlet all week... and I am especially proud to announce this year's special celebrity director, television and screen star, not to mention NHS alum, Miss Trina Echolls... Veronica: (voiceover) Principal Moorehead, you old star-stroker. If Logan's sister is back in Neptune, that must mean she was the first one booted off The Surreal Life this season. Edit
    • Veronica: Trina, I was lying. That whole bit about wanting to try out for the play, a lie. The truth is... as a baby, you were left in a Neptune High girl's bathroom on prom night twenty-five years ago. Trina: No way. Ashton Kutcher is hiding somewhere, right? Ashton, come out! You can't get me that easy. Veronica: Trina, I'm dead serious. Trina: Okay. If you're joking, you really can act, you're a natural. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Trina: Look, it's Lunchlady Doris. Doris was so nice to me when I went here. Used to always give me extra cake. Lunchlady Doris is a character from the Simpsons but, considering it's Alyson Hannigan who says this, it seems more likely that it's an allusion on the lunchlady who tried to kill everyone a Sunnydale High on Buffy the Vampre Slayer. Edit
    • Vice-Principal Clemmons: More alphabetising, less cold-casing. After sentencing Veronica to archiving old school files, Clemmons gives this less than subtle reference to the TV show Cold Case starring Kathryn Morris as Lilly Rush. Rush being the, equally to Veronica, blond and energetic lead detective designated all old and unsolved murder cases stored away in boxes awaiting new evidence or witnesses coming forward. Edit
    • Veronica: You read Machiavelli this summer, didn't you? Veronica is referring to Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), author of The Prince, a book about ways for a leader to stay in power and regain lost power. Edit

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