The Bitch Is Back (Veronica Mars)

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Bitch Is Back
Series = Veronica Mars


Caption =
Season = 3
Episode = 20
Airdate = May 22 2007
Production = 3T5820
Writer = Rob Thomas
Diane Ruggiero
Director = Michael Fields
Guests = Kyle Secor
(Jake Kane)
Max Greenfield
(Leo D'Amato)
Matthew Alan
(Gorya Sorokin)
Joaquin Perez Campbell
(Domonick Desante)
David Tom
(Chip Diller)
Chastity Dotson
(Nish Sweeney)
Christopher B. Duncan
(Clarence Wiedman)
KC Clyde
(Gills)
Episode list = List of Veronica Mars episodes
Prev = Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down"The Bitch Is Back" is the twentieth episode of the third season of "Veronica Mars", and the show's series finale. The episode gets its title from the popular Elton John song of the same name.

Plot

Furious that Logan attacked Piz, Veronica tells Logan she wants nothing to do with him. Parker confronts Logan about still having feelings for Veronica and breaks up with him. Meanwhile Piz assures Veronica that he had nothing to do with the sex video, so she tracks down the person who emailed the video - a former acquaintance, Chip Diller. But he's not the source of the video - Wallace's room was bugged by a secret organization called "The Castle". Veronica asks Wallace to go undercover since the Castle wants to recruit him. Veronica follows one of the pledges identified by Wallace to a party hosted by none other than Jake Kane, the father of Veronica's dead best friend Lilly and ex-boyfriend Duncan.

It turns out Jake Kane is a member of the secret society. Veronica manages to steal and hack into Jake's hard drive to get a list of members of the Castle, but this puts her at odds with her father who is called by Jake to investigate the theft. Despite the re-election campaign nearing, Keith steps in to protect Veronica by erasing surveillance footage showing her breaking into the Kane residence. Veronica returns the hard drive to Jake but lets him know that she has all the information about the Castle.

Logan attempts to apologize to Veronica for beating up Piz, but she tells him it's going to take time for her to forgive him. After the perpetrator sits down with Veronica, saying he feels no regret to posting the video of her and Piz, Logan beats him up despite Veronica's warning not to. Logan then turns around to see Piz staring at the commotion and apologizes for attacking him originally. Piz catches the exchange between the two and sends a look of disappointment towards Veronica as she looks away guiltily.

Keith finds charges filed against him for his part in letting Veronica escape and things look bleak for his election. In the final scene, Veronica casts her vote for Keith in the Sheriff election and walks off into a rainy street.

Arc significance

* Parker breaks up with Logan.
* Logan apologizes to both Veronica and Piz.
* Veronica discovers the existence of a secret society called "The Castle" headed by Jake Kane (last seen in Season 1).
* Keith protects Veronica by destroying evidence, likely costing him the election.
* Veronica ends the show where it started, as the social outcast of the school.

Music

* "It's a Curse" - Wolf Parade
* "Set Out Running" - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
* "It Never Rains in Southern California" - Albert Hammond
* "Inside Your Head" - Eberg

Quotes and Trivia

*When Dick shows the e-mail of the video, the FWD is "EMISSION TO MARS", reference of the film Mission to Mars.

*Despite being dead for the entire run of Veronica Mars, Lilly Kane makes an appearance in some way, shape, or form in each Season Finale.

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/320/the_bitch_is_back/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a13128/ Recap] .