Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough

Infobox Television episode


Caption = Veronica manning the slushie station at the Winter Carnival.
Title = Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough
Series = Veronica Mars
Season = 2
Episode = 13
Airdate = February 8, 2006
Production = 2T7213
Writer = Diane Ruggiero
Director = Guy Norman Bee
Guests = Jeffrey Sams
(Terrence Cook)
Tina Majorino
(Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie)
Kari Coleman
(Deborah Hauser)
Jessy Schram
(Hannah Griffith)
Jake Sandvig
(J.B. Riley)
Dana Davis
(Cora Briggs)
James Molina
(Eduardo "Thumper" Orozco)
Rick Peters
(Tom Griffith)
Episode list = List of Veronica Mars episodes
Prev = Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle
Next = Versatile Toppings

"Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough" is episode 13 of season 2 of the television show "Veronica Mars". It had an estimated audience size of 2.05 million US viewers on its first airing.

Plot

At the Winter Carnival, someone steals the senior class trip money right under Veronica's nose. Ms. Hauser blames Jackie, who is now ostracized because her dad was questioned in the bus crash, but Veronica is able to find the real culprit, while also solving some ancillary mysteries along the way.

Arc significance

* Sheriff Lamb thinks that Terrence Cook planted an explosive device on the bus and detonated it with a cell phone.
* Terrence asks Keith to take his case and prove that he didn't blow up the bus.
* Terrence admits that he was in a relationship with the journalism teacher, Ms. Dumas, but she turned into a stalker and told Terrence's fiancée about the affair, causing her to break off the engagement.
* Keith gets Terrence to also admit that he has a gambling problem and threw a very important ALCS game to pay off a million-dollar debt. Two of the Fitzpatricks broke into his house to talk to him about his debt to them and Ms. Dumas overheard them. She told Terrence that she would go public with the story if he ever left her.
* Logan meets and begins dating Hannah.
* Veronica finds a wooden paddle in Thumper's locker with what appear to be license plate numbers carved into it. She makes a copy of it.

Quotes and trivia

:Ms. Hauser: What wonderful mountains, Madison!:Madison: Thank you, Mrs. Hauser!:Veronica: Oh, Madison, you have a little... " [Rubs her own nose] ":Madison: What? Brown? Because I'm a brown-noser? " [Sarcastically] ":Veronica: No. Glitter. Because you're a fairy princess!

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:Veronica: Slushies! Get your ice cold frozen...sugar water.:Logan: You had me at "ice cold.":Veronica: What's your poison?:Logan: Oh, emotionally unavailable women. Let's see...uh, I want something that suits my mood.:Veronica: Oooh, I'm sorry. We're all out of liquid evil.

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:Dick: Dude. Am I drunk?:Logan: No, dude, you're just special.

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:Veronica: And for my next trick! I will take J.B. into the hallway, whisper a few magic words, and when we return, he'll confess.:J.B.: Yeah. Yeah, that'll happen.:" [A few minutes later when they return] ":J.B: I stole the test.:Veronica: TA DAAAA!

References

Ratings are based on Nielsen Media Research data and are obtained from Mediaweek. [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/index.jsp]

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/213/aint_no_magic_mountain_high_enough/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Soulful Spike Society's [http://www.soulfulspike.com/vmars/VMep2-13.htm Open Case] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a2324/ Recap.]