My Mother, the Fiend

"My Mother, the Fiend"
Veronica Mars episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 9
Directed by	Nick Marck
Written by	Phil Klemmer Dayna Lynne North
Production code	2T7209
Original air date	November 30, 2005
Guest stars
Alyson Hannigan (Trina Echolls) Alona Tal (Meg Manning) Duane Daniels (Van Clemmons) Tina Majorino (Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie) Lisa Thornhill (Celeste Kane) Kari Coleman (Deborah Hauser) John Bennett Perry (Alan Moorehead) Charisma Carpenter (Kendall Casablancas)
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"My Mother, the Fiend" is episode 9 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience size of 3.01 million US viewers on its first airing.

Plot

When Clemmons sentences Veronica to hours of filing, she still manages to find something to investigate: a mysterious report about her mother spreading "malicious lies". It turns out that someone had given birth at school and the baby was none other than Trina Echolls. Now Veronica wants to know if her mother was being a fiend or a friend.

Arc significance

• Mary Mooney, the deaf lunchlady, had an affair when she was in school with then-vice principal Moorehead. She told Lianne Reynolds about it when she got pregnant and Lianne asked for advice from Deborah Philipina Hauser (now Veronica's health teacher), who spread the news across the school. Lianne said she made it all up, however, to protect Mary, who left the baby (who became Trina Echolls) at Moorehead's door. It was Principal Moorehead who left the baby in the bathroom during a school dance.
• Logan and other 09ers beat up Weevil and tape him to the flagpole. Later on, Weevil gets Logan alone and says he no longer believes he killed Felix, so they decide to work together. They fight to keep up appearances and keep their collaboration secret.
• Cassidy uses his trust fund money to start Phoenix Land Trust, with Kendall as the figurehead CEO.
• Keith tells Veronica about the dead rat and she thinks it's a message to her.
• Veronica is called to the hospital to get Abel Koontz's possessions. While she's there, she decides to visit Meg and finds that she's very visibly pregnant. After Veronica leaves, Meg opens her eyes.

Music

• "Caliente Como Fuego" - Honda
• "Sail Into the Sun" - The Funky Lowlives
• "Walk Idiot Walk" - The Hives
• "Stumble" - Calla

Trivia

• When Veronica is forced to sort permanent record files alphabetically as punishment, she says, "And I can't use magic, right?" referencing Harry Potter's usual punishments at Hogwarts in which he is forced to complete mundane tasks without any magical assistance.

Production details

This episode was advertised with an "alternate ending" that was only available online. The alternate ending begins with Veronica finding Meg pregnant; however, this time, Meg's mom decides to enter and Veronica hides in the bathroom. When she comes out, Meg is dead, a pillow over her face, and Veronica pulls it off just as a nurse comes in. This alternate ending is also available in the deleted scenes of the season two DVD.

References

Ratings are based on Nielsen Media Research data and are obtained from Mediaweek.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/index.jsp

External links

• Television Without Pity Recap.