My Big Fat Greek Rush Week

Infobox Television episode


Caption = Veronica undercover.
Title = My Big Fat Greek Rush Week
Series = Veronica Mars
Season = 3
Episode = 2
Airdate = October 10, 2006
Production = 3T5802
Writer = Diane Ruggiero
Director = John T. Kretchmer
Guests = Andrew McClain
(Moe Slater)
Rod Rowland
(Liam Fitzpatrick)
Jason Beghe
(Cormac Fitzpatrick)
David Tom
(Chip Diller)
Samm Levine
(Samuel Horshack)
Rider Strong
(Rafe)
Chastity Dotson
(Nish Sweeney)
Keri Lynn Pratt
(Hallie Piatt)
Rachelle Lefèvre
(Marjorie)
Dan Castellaneta
(Mr. Kinny)
Episode list = List of Veronica Mars episodes
Prev = Welcome Wagon
Next = Witchita Linebacker

"My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" is episode 2 of season 3 of the television show "Veronica Mars". It had an estimated audience of 2.96 million viewers.

Plot

Feeling guilty over not having helped the latest victim, Veronica sets herself to catching the Hearst serial rapist and starts by going undercover at the Theta Zeta sorority during rush week. Parker's parents arrive and try to convince their daughter to come home. Wallace, Logan and others participate in a guard/prisoner experiment for sociology class. Keith is pursued by Cormac Fitzpatrick in the desert, and the contents of Kendall's briefcase are revealed.

Arc significance

* Veronica discovers that Parker was attending a Theta Zeta party the night she was raped.
* Parker and an unknown girl were driven back to Parker's dorm room by Wallace's RA because Parker was too intoxicated to get back herself. Another RA Teri Wells confirmed the story identifying herself as the unknown girl who helped Parker to her room.
* Someone from Theta Beta could have had access to the keys to Parker's dorm room the night she was raped.

Music

* "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - Maurice Chevalier
* "In Tha Den" - Brad Ormand
* "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes
* "First movement (Allegro vivace), Symphony No. 41 in C major ("Jupiter"), K. 551" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Production details

* Writer Phil Klemmer was the one who wanted to use the Stanford Prison Experiment, but the episode ended up going to Diane Ruggiero.

Feedback and ratings

* "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" had a viewership of approximately 2.96 million viewers, according to [http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-tvratingstext18oct18,0,4771545.htmlstory?coll=cl-tv-features CalenderLive.com] .

Quotes and trivia

* The title is a play on the title of the film, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".
* After being dressed down by a professor played by Dan Castellaneta, a character utters a frustrated "D'oh!" This is the catch phrase of Castellaneta's best-known character, Homer Simpson.
* The experiment that Wallace and Logan participate in for sociology is modeled after the infamous Stanford prison experiment, although in the original, the experiment got much more out of hand, and was suspended early.

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/302/my_big_fat_greek_rush_week/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Soulful Spike Society's [http://www.soulfulspike.com/vmars/VMep3-2.htm Open Case] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a12512/ Recap] .