"Veronica Mars" Drinking the Kool-Aid (2004)

Director:

Marcos Siega

Writers:

Rob Thomas (creator)
Russell Smith (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Veronica Mars" (2004)

Original Air Date:

30 November 2004 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Against her father's wishes, Veronica infiltrates what she believes to be a cult in order to investigate a classmate's sudden change in personality...

Plot Keywords:

Heroine | Rape Victim | Murder | Father Son Relationship | High School Student

Cast

Kristen Bell	...	Veronica Mars
Percy Daggs III	...	Wallace Fennel
Teddy Dunn	...	Duncan Kane
Jason Dohring	...	Logan Echolls (credit only)
Francis Capra	...	Eli "Weevil" Navarro
Enrico Colantoni	...	Keith Mars
Jonathan Bennett	...	Casey Gant
Amy Laughlin	...	Holly Mills
Chris William Martin	...	Josh
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Rain / Debbie
Rebecca Kitt	...	Juanita Gant
Farhang Pernoon	...	Django
Courtnee Draper	...	Darcy
Inger Tudor	...	Restaurant Manager
Linda Castro	...	Mrs. Murphy

Filming Locations:

Stu Segall Studios, San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Rob Thomas Productions

Trivia:

The episode title is a nod to the widely-used phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid," which refers generally to the act of buying wholeheartedly into a belief, preference, or idea, and specifically to the 1978 Jonestown cult suicides in Guyana, in which cult leader Jim Jones poisoned (or convinced to self-poison) over 900 of his followers with a mixture of grape Flavor Aid, Valium, chloral hydrate, and probably cyanide.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Veronica is taking a shower and jolts at the sudden loss of hot water, her waist is briefly visible, and she is clearly wearing a black swimsuit or some other garment on her lower body.

Movie Connections:

References "The Jerry Springer Show" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Make a Deal with the City