President Evil

Infobox Television episode


Caption = Casino thieves steal Lilly's necklace from Veronica.
Title = President Evil
Series = Veronica Mars
Season = 3
Episode = 5
Airdate = October 31, 2006
Production = 3T5805
Writer = Jonathan Moskin
David Mulei
Director = Nick Marck
Guests = Robert Ri'chard
(Mason)
Michael B. Silver
(David Winkler)
James Jordan
(Tim Foyle)
Ryan Devlin
(Mercer Hayes)
Daran Norris
(Cliff McCormack)
Blake Shields
(Harrison)
Ryan Pinkston
(Danny Rossow)
Krista Kalmus
(Claire Nordhouse)
Jaime Ray Newman
(Mindy O'Dell)
Richard Grieco
(Steve Batando)
Ed Begley, Jr.
(Cyrus O'Dell)
Episode list = List of Veronica Mars episodes
Prev = Charlie Don't Surf
Next = Hi, Infidelity

"President Evil" is episode 5 of season 3 of the television show "Veronica Mars". It had an estimated audience of 2.70 million viewers on initial viewing.

Plot

It's Halloween at Hearst and while Veronica is at a party with Logan at the underground campus casino, the place is robbed by men in U.S. President masks and the thieves take Veronica's necklace, given to her by Lilly Kane. Veronica suspects that Weevil was behind the robbery and soon after the robbery, Sheriff Don Lamb arrests Weevil. Lamb suspected Weevil because a pizza was delivered with a VISA card. Weevil insists to Veronica that he was framed and she goes on the case. After a lengthy investigation, Veronica discovers that the campus police were actually behind the robbery and they framed Weevil because he was the newest Hearst maintenance employee. Veronica gets her necklace back.

Meanwhile, Dean O'Dell and his wife Mindy seek Keith's help in tracking down Steve, the biological father of Mindy's son, who is deathly ill. Keith tracks Steve down, but Steve is unwilling to be the bone marrow donor. Soon after, Steve disappears and Keith becomes the leading suspect in his disappearance. Keith soon discovers that Steve was knocked out and taken to the hospital by Dean O'Dell so that they could take the bone marrow without Steve's consent. In the end, Steve is given Mindy's car in exchange for the bone marrow and Keith is cleared of all charges regarding Steve's disappearance.

Wallace, distracted by a new group of friends, struggles to pass his Mechanical Engineering class. One of his new friends directs him to a "tutor" who can give Wallace tests and answers in exchange for a fee. Wallace at first buys the tests and then succumbs to temptation and buys the answers. This does not work out well for Wallace, however, as he is caught cheating.

Arc significance

* The Asian man who was with Claire the night she was raped was her boyfriend. When Veronica showed Claire his picture, Claire claimed that she did not know him.

Music

* "Busted" - Johnny Cash

Feedback and ratings

* "President Evil" had a viewership of approximately 2.70 million viewers, according to [http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-tvratings8nov08,0,7358270.story?coll=cl-tvent CalendarLive.com] .

Quotes and trivia

* The title President Evil is a reference to the zombie video game "Resident Evil".
* This is the first and only "Veronica Mars" Halloween-themed episode.
* While working for a client, Keith uses the pseudonym Adrian Monk. Enrico Colantoni was a guest star on an episode of "Monk", playing a disgraced police officer who is a very astute detective, not unlike his character on "Veronica Mars".
* For Halloween Veronica and Logan are dressed as the members of the band The White Stripes, Veronica as Meg White and Logan as Jack White.
* Mercer, the host of the party, is dressed as Alex from the film adaptation of "A Clockwork Orange".
* The idea of robbers wearing masks of ex-Presidents also appeared in the film "Point Break".
* The robbers and Veronica quote the character Tony Montana from the film "Scarface" as played by Al Pacino.

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/305/president_evil/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Soulful Spike Society's [http://www.soulfulspike.com/vmars/VMep3-5.htm Open Case] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a12592/ Recap] .