Veronica Mars 2014

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Nine years have elapsed since Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) traded in her sleuthing skills for a life of relative normalcy in New York City. Now, she’s ensconced in a stable relationship with Stosh “Piz” Piznarski (Chris Lowell), and a lucrative job offer from Truman-Mann and Associates hangs tantalizingly in the balance. However, her tranquility is shattered when Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), her former flame and now a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, reaches out for help. Accused of murdering his girlfriend Carrie Bishop (Andrea Estella), aka the pop star Bonnie DeVille, Logan finds himself besieged by lawyers vying for his representation. Veronica agrees to return to Neptune, California, her hometown, to assist Logan in finding the right attorney to champion his cause. Upon her return, she’s reunited with her father Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni), now a private investigator, who reveals that corruption and class discrimination have become rampant under Sheriff Dan Lamb.

As Veronica initially claims she’ll be a short-term visitor and won’t get involved in local affairs, she finds herself drawn into the circumstances surrounding Carrie’s death. Her investigation takes her back to her high school days, where she reunites with old friends Wallace Fennell (Percy Daggs III) and Cindy “Mac” MacKenzie (Tina Majorino). The duo drags Veronica to their ten-year high school reunion, where she encounters Eli “Weevil” Navarro (Francis Capra), the former outlaw biker turned reformed family man. It’s during this reunion that Veronica uncovers a web of connections between Carrie’s murder and the mysterious disappearance of her best friend Susan Knight at sea nine years prior. The case also seems linked to Carrie’s confessional album, released mere weeks before her death, which is riddled with guilt-inducing lyrics. Moreover, Carrie had obtained a new tattoo featuring the name of the boat where Susan vanished - a haunting coincidence that deepens Veronica’s determination to unravel the truth behind Carrie’s untimely demise.

The reunion at Piz’s (played by) alma mater quickly turns sour when Veronica’s arch-nemesis Madison Sinclair (Amanda Noret) decides to play a college sex tape featuring Veronica for her ex-boyfriend Piz. The ensuing fight is abruptly halted when Veronica activates the sprinkler system, leading to a physical confrontation that leaves Madison reeling. As the drama unfolds, Veronica takes a moment to mingle with Dick Casablancas (Ryan Hansen), Luke Haldeman (Sam Huntington) and his fiancée Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter), as well as Stu “Cobb” Cobbler (Martin Starr). The conversation is tense, as all of these individuals were present on the ill-fated boat where Susan (Christine Lakin) disappeared nine years prior.

Meanwhile, Weevil’s (played by) attempt to help a driver being harassed by bikers takes a deadly turn when he gets shot by Celeste Kane. The authorities swiftly cover up the incident by planting a gun and allowing Celeste to claim self-defense, prompting Keith to take matters into his own hands and prove Weevil’s innocence.

As Veronica delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Susan’s death, she begins to suspect that those on the boat nine years ago were complicit in covering up the circumstances of her demise. Moreover, she believes Carrie was murdered because she threatened to reveal the truth about her own killing. To add insult to injury, compromising videos of Carrie are posted online, and Veronica is determined to uncover their source.

A surprising lead takes Veronica to Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino), who has been secretly recording celebrities using spyware and selling the footage. Veronica uses this information to implicate Gia in luring Logan out to Carrie’s home on the night of her murder, suggesting that Gia and Luke were behind Carrie’s killing and framed Logan for it. However, Sheriff Lamb (Jerry O’Connell) is either unwilling or unable to take action, leaving Veronica no choice but to record their conversation and continue her investigation.

As the stakes grow higher, Veronica finds herself struggling to maintain a connection with Piz in New York while simultaneously dealing with her own personal demons back in Neptune. The tension culminates in an argument between Keith and Veronica about the direction of her life.

In the midst of all this chaos, Keith has a clandestine meeting with Deputy Sacks (Brandon Hillock) regarding Weevil’s case, but their investigation is cut short when they are ambushed by an unknown driver who slams into Sacks’ car, resulting in his death and leaving Keith fighting for his life.

As Veronica navigates the treacherous landscape of Neptune, she finds herself rekindling a romance with Logan while also seeking to bring Gia to justice. In a bold move, Veronica sends bugged flowers to Gia’s apartment, accompanied by a phone call featuring recordings of Carrie’s voice, in the hopes of terrifying Gia into confessing her involvement in Carrie’s murder. Gia panics and reaches out to Cobb, inadvertently revealing his own complicity in the crime.

As Veronica descends upon Gia’s apartment, armed with a determination to uncover the truth, she is met with a shocking revelation that sends her world spinning out of control. Gia’s confession reveals that Cobb, the mastermind behind Carrie’s demise and Logan’s subsequent frame-up, has been manipulating events from the shadows. It transpires that Susan overdosed, and Cobb seized the opportunity to snap photographs of a distraught Carrie, Gia, and Luke as they futilely attempted to dispose of her lifeless body. This chilling evidence has been leveraged by Cobb to blackmail his unwitting accomplices, with Carrie’s own threats to expose the truth mere days away from unraveling the tangled web.

Unbeknownst to Veronica, she inadvertently broadcasts their heated conversation via a seemingly unused radio frequency, which in reality belongs to a local radio station. The unsuspecting target of her transmission is none other than Cobb himself, who happens to be residing in the apartment directly opposite Gia’s building. As he tunes in to the unfolding drama, his malevolent intentions come into sharp focus. With Gia’s life hanging precariously in the balance, Cobb takes matters into his own hands, dispatching a fatal shot through the window before setting his sights on Veronica.

Veronica’s quick thinking and resourcefulness prompt her to call the authorities, expertly luring Cobb down to the basement where she exacts a measure of justice with a well-placed golf club. As the dust settles, Logan returns to active duty in the Navy, but not before offering Veronica a promise to reclaim his place beside her.

Meanwhile, the fallout from Cobb’s ill-fated endeavors is far-reaching. His compromising photo and incriminating recording of Lamb’s refusal to investigate Veronica’s claims are leaked online, triggering a firestorm of public outcry that ultimately forces Lamb’s resignation. Keith and Weevil, both recovering from their injuries, must come to terms with the fragility of life and the allure of their respective vices.

In the aftermath, Veronica assumes control of her father’s private investigation firm, Mac by her side as trusted partner. Together, they vow to combat Neptune’s entrenched corruption, forging a new path forward in a city forever scarred by the ghosts of its troubled past.