An Echolls Family Christmas

Infobox Television episode


Caption = Logan enjoying a game of poker.
Title=An Echolls Family Christmas
Series = Veronica Mars
Season = 1
Episode = 10
Airdate = December 14, 2004
Production = 2T5710
Writer = Diane Ruggiero
Director = Nick Marck
Guests = Lisa Rinna
(Lynn Echolls)
Lisa Thornhill
(Celeste Kane)
Kevin Sheridan
(Sean Friedrich)
Travis Schuldt
(Connor Larkin)
Emmanuelle Vaugier
(Monica Hadwin)
Harry Hamlin
(Aaron Echolls)
Kyle Secor
(Jake Kane)
Episode list = List of Veronica Mars episodes
Prev = Drinking the Kool-Aid
Next = Silence of the Lamb

"An Echolls Family Christmas" is episode 10 of season 1 of the television show "Veronica Mars".

Plot

When the winnings of a poker game between Weevil, Duncan, Logan, and other 09ers goes missing, Veronica decides to investigate. Keith also investigates the apparent stalker that Aaron Echolls seems to have before it ruins his Christmas party.

Arc significance

* Veronica confronts Jake Kane at the party about the pictures sent to her mom. Jake denies knowing about them, but leaves while grabbing Celeste and saying, "What did you do?" to her.
* Aaron Echolls is stabbed by a jealous former lover, which results in his wife learning of her husband's infidelity with other women.

Music

* "Little Bit More" - Tony C. & the Truth
* "Slow Hands" - Interpol
* "Saturday Night" - Ozomatli
* "Camp-Fire" - Starling Electric
* "Carol of the Bells" - Rafael Padilla
* "Little Drummer Boy" - The Dandy Warhols

Production details

* This episode was originally supposed to air after "Silence of the Lamb".

Quotes and trivia

:Veronica: Hey.:Weevil: See, there you go with that head-tilt thing. You know, you think you're all badass, but whenever you need something it's all, "Hey.":Veronica: Just be glad I don't flip my hair. I'd own you.

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:Logan: This is why I suggested attack dogs. But no, my mother wanted an alpaca.

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:" [Veronica and Weevil load their plates at the elegant Echolls Christmas party.] ":Weevil: Seriously, don't I just blend right in? Come on. Where's Weevil?

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:Logan: Ho....Ho....:" [Looks at Veronica.] ":Logan: Ho.

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:" [Weevil stomps on Logan's books.] ":Logan: If you're asking me to the prom again, the answer is still no.

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:Weevil: You're concerned? I'm the one who's gotta go up into the hills, all by myself. What if I run into a pack of you white boys, eh, on some clean, well lit street. I could be bored to death.:Logan: Fine. It's a thousand dollars in ten crisp one hundred dollar bills. :" [Weevil starts to walk away] ":Logan: We don't take food stamps.:Weevil: Ouch, you got me.

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:Logan: Do you even know how to play poker?:Veronica: No. But it must be really hard if all you guys play it.

* The closing line, "No, Veronica, there is no Santa Claus" is a reference to the classic essay Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/110/an_echolls_family_christmas/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Soulful Spike Society's [http://www.soulfulspike.com/vmars/VMep10.htm Open Case] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a2295/ Recap] .