Veronica Mars Season 3 Episode 7

I'm not sure how exactly to start talking about this episode, which was another fantastic Veronica installment with a "wow" at the end. But I'll get to that.





First of all, Veronica's mad at Keith for his relationship with Harmony, and it takes him about half the episode to realize why: he's always been her moral compass, and her proof that there are good men in the world. When that person starts an affair with a married woman, it's gotta be disillusioning. Then there's the fact Keith seems to have forgotten, that he's doing the same thing to Mr. Chase that Jake Kane did to him.





Veronica's also mad at Logan for telling her he can account for Mercer's whereabouts on the night of the third rape, but won't say why. In true Veronica style, she helps him and "rakes him over the coals" at the same time. Since she doesn't want to stay in the apartment or with Logan, she starts camping out in Wallace and Piz's room (one thing that's pretty true to dorm life--how many people have reluctantly adopted third roommates?) Piz doesn't mind having Veronica in the room, considering his crush on her, even though she's still with Logan. But when Veronica puts Meryl in his bed and sleeps in Wallace's, the poor guy sleeps on the floor of his own room! Then he comes through and helps Veronica exonerate her boyfriend's shady friend.





The revelation of Mercer and Logan's exact alibi was a little terrifying, though. They were in a hotel in Mexico when Mercer's flaming alcoholic concoctions caught the entire hotel on fire. The two ran. Logan didn't want to tell Veronica because he knew she'd be upset, as well she should be. Maybe she was particularly dissapointed because she knows that Logan's capable of heroics (especially when it comes to her).





And speaking of Logan's heroics, the end of the episode was a stunner--Logan saw her car alarm going off and, even though he didn't catch the rapist, did prevent him from further attacking Veronica (also, was I the only one hoping Logan would catch the guy and pummel the snot out of him? Probably not. Then again, if he caught him, that could seriously mess up the story arc. Oh, well). We also now have a glimpse into the rapist's modus operandi--it seems he shaves the victim's heads after roofying them, but before raping them. This fact will probably have important implications within the case.





In the end, Keith and Logan came through for Veronica, as they always do. (And so did Vinnie Van Lowe, even!) And now our girl has even more motivation than before to catch the serial rapist--not that she ever needs much motivation to go after a bad guy.