Veronica Mars 26

Green-Eyed Monster
Season 2 Episode 4

At Mars Investigation on a Sunday, Veronica calls the hospital to inquire about Meg’s condition. A woman, named Julie, comes in looking to hire an investigator to investigate her potential fiancé, Colin Nevis. He lives on a trust fund and she wants to know what he does with his free time. Veronica introduces her to Keith as she is leaving; alone he tells Veronica that he is too busy to take her case. Veronica says she could do the investigation and Keith tells her that she needs to concentrate on her work at the Java the Hut, her schoolwork and getting that Kane Scholarship. Veronica fake calls Julie that Keith can take the case. At Java the Hut, Veronica question Julie more about her suspicions. Alicia, Wallace’s mom, questions him about his day as he is leaving for school. As he driving down the street, Alicia coming out the house with Wallace’s brother sees the cop from Chicago driving pass Wallace and the house.

Veronica watches Colin run at the track, and gets a call from Julie for an update. Julie gives Veronica a number that has called Colin 6 times in 2 days. Alicia brings Keith a sandwich at Mar Investigations and asks him for a gun. She tells him that cop and her date 20 yrs again and that he was crazy, Keith agrees to be her bodyguard. The next morning at the Fennel residence Keith pretends to stop by in the morning with donuts. At their lockers, Veronica questions Wallace about her dad staying at his house, when Jackie shows up and they walk away, leaving a jealous Veronica behind. The cop tries break into the Fennel residence and Keith takes pictures of him in the process, when he makes a more toward Keith, Mr. Mars pulls his gun and tells him to leave and never come back. Veronica goes to see Meg and finds Duncan waiting. Meg’s parents go ballistic when they see Duncan and Veronica waiting. Veronica follows Colin to a house. She calls Julie to update her on the case, Julie freaks out over the phone, and Veronica calms her.

Veronica moves in for a closer look and realizes that he is taking Hebrew lesson, when Julie shows up and Veronica has to jump on Julie to stop her from entering the residence. At 2:27am While pondering why Duncan goes to see Meg every day, Veronica gets a call from Julie wondering the same thing about Colin and the girl in the photo on his mantel. Veronica upgrades Julie to the GOLD package and that it is a fine line in looking a problem and creating a problem. Keith goes to see Sheriff Lamb about the cop, Carl Morgan, whom he thinks, is a drug dealer. At school Weevil and his boys, approaches Veronica about being hauled in. Veronica realizes that its Weevil's earring that Lamb thought was hers. Weevil gives them privacy and discusses what Weevil knows about Curly Moran. Weevil tells her got his info from an anonymous source that called him and Veronica gets the number. Veronica calls Wallace in the middle of making out with Jackie. She offers him to help her with her investigation. As Wallace is preparing to leave, Jackie tells Wallace that she must have a talk with Veronica. Wallace warns Jackie that you do not want to get on Veronica’s bad side and Jackie replies the same.

Wallace meets Veronica and tells her that he needs to be paid tonight to smooth things over with Jackie. Veronica questions him about how serious they are, and Veronica seeing Jackie out with another guy. Outside Colin with Wallace secretly videotape, Veronica gets Colin outside to fix her flat tire. She displays her good and gives innuendo and he does not take the bait. She tells him that she needs to send in her paper and he invites her in. Inside she tempts him some more, as she uses his computer to copy his computer files. Colin realize that it is not his house but Nicholas Cage’s. Wallace impatiently comes to get Veronica and he poses as he is selling candy. She drag is Wallace away and thanks Colin for his hospitality. Veronica brings Duncan dinner. Duncan and Veronica get cozy when she asks him about seeing Meg, which abruptly ends their make out session. Later in Duncan bed, she looks over the files from Colin’s computer and realizes that Colin searched Julie’s genealogy.

In the middle of the night, there is a knock at Duncan’s hotel room. Veronica thinks it is her father, it turns out to be Meg’s sister and he makes Veronica hide in the bedroom. She needs help breaking into her sister extra computer, that her parents do not know about, and remove all the personal files. She needs to use the bathroom, comes into the bedroom, and finds Veronica. Veronica calls Mac over and she hacks the computer for them. The next morning as Duncan is in the other room Veronica begins to look at Meg’s files, when she gets a phone call from Julie, and changes her mind. At home, Keith comes out find boots on his car and Lamb tells him the truth about Carl Morgan. Veronica meets with Julie at Mars Investigation and tells her what the investigation found out: He is housesitting for Nicolas Cage and that Colin knows she is rich. Mr. Mars comes in and Julie leaves. He reprimands Veronica for taking the case and that he knows she stayed at Duncan’s all night. Veronica calls Julie with a revelation that Colin may have been looking up her father to ask his permission. Julie tells Veronica that she broke up with Colin over the phone. Keith goes to Alicia’s and takes her identification papers. Looking at a handkerchief that Colin gave Veronica comes to another conclusion. Veronica sends Julie a boxes explaining that Colin’s a trust fund billionaire, that his family has liquor company, that he does like to flaunt his wealth or his famous friends. At the office, Keith mixes up files and later he asks Veronica for help. In her room, Veronica finally searches the number Weevil gave her and it turns out to come from Logan’s house. She ask Logan about it and it turns out the night Weevil got the call was the same night of his ”Life’s Short” Party in honor of the victims of the bus accident. Carl approaches Wallace outside the Fennel house as he works on his car; he tells Wallace that he is his father.