History Recap / VeronicaMarsS01E18WeaponsOfClassDestruction

At lunch outside school the next day, Veronica and Wallace share an uncomfortable silence. Veronica tries to joke about how she always wanted a brother to dress up, but Wallace doesn't find it funny, and leaves, with Veronica giving him a sad look. She looks down at their table and notices someone has written "KillemAll.Net" on it.

The next day, Veronica walks past students reading the paper and freaking out over the bomb threat story. She also sees "KillemAll.Net" written on one of the lockers. Wallace catches up to her, telling her parents have been calling the school non-stop, and that Clemmons wants to see her; Veronica smiles at that.

In a classroom later, Veronica looks up "KillemAll.Net" on the computer, and discovers a countdown clock that is now at 46 hours and 15 minutes.

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Later, she's in journalism class, where [[PutOnABus Miss Dent]] has been replaced by Ms. Stafford (Joey Lauren Adams), the former pep squad adviser, who is full of pep. She shoots down Duncan's idea of a story on high school Oxycontin use, insisting on more upbeat stories such as writing about the school janitors, or Madame Rousseau, the French teacher who's been teaching for 40 years. Veronica, Duncan and Logan roll their eyes at each other, but before they can say anything, the fire alarm sounds, and an irritated Duncan notes it's the third drill they've had that week. Ms. Stafford asks the students to line up and walk out, and they do so. In the hallway, Ms. Stafford asks Veronica to write a story about the fire drills, and Veronica unenthusiastically says she'll get on it. She walks by Duncan, and they both wonder [[HandWave why Miss Dent had to get pregnant and be forced to drop teaching]].

When Veronica leaves the room, Logan asks if she's okay, and she says yes. She then leans up and kisses Logan briefly on the side of his mouth. They look at each other, and Veronica looks shocked at what she's done. She turns to leave, but Logan pulls her back, [[BigDamnKiss and they embrace each other and kiss passionately]]. Eventually, they break it off, they give each other a long look, and then Veronica breaks away and walks down to her car. Once there, she gives Logan one last look (he's been staring at her intently the entire time) before driving off.

* BigDamnKiss: The one that left hundreds of Logan/Veronica shippers across the country [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] in delight.

At the motel, Ben is leading Veronica up the steps to her room, telling her he wants to show her something, and warns her how much she's screwing things up. Just then, Logan appears out of nowhere and punches Ben. As they struggle, Ben's wallet comes loose, and Veronica calls off Duncan when the wallet reveals Ben is an ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agent.

Later that night, in journalism class, Veronica shows Ms. Stafford the story. She offers to take it somewhere else so Ms. Stafford won't get into trouble, but she replies, "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome What fun would that be?]]"

Veronica glances over at Ben and Norris, and muses how they look the type to blow up a school, and Norris is certainly a bully, but Veronica has seen another side. We briefly cut to a flashback, when [[PersonaNonGrata Veronica had just become an outcast to the other students]]. Some of those students spit at her with spitballs through their drink straws, and Norris responded by taking the straw from one of them and spitting in the student's face. He then smiled at Veronica, who smiled back. Back in the present, Veronica approaches the two, pretending to interview them for the paper about who they'd want to share their bomb shelter with if WWIII hit. Ben says no one, while Norris opts for BruceLee, [[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]] and Sam Kinison, even though they're all dead. Veronica takes the hint and leaves.

Veronica glances over at Ben and Norris, and muses how they look the type to blow up a school, and Norris is certainly a bully, but Veronica has seen another side. We briefly cut to a flashback, when [[PersonaNonGrata Veronica had just become an outcast to the other students]]. Some of those students spit at her with spitballs through their drink straws, and Norris responded by taking the straw from one of them and spitting in the student's face. He then smiled at Veronica, who smiled back. Back in the present, Veronica approaches the two, pretending to interview them for the paper about who they'd want to share their bomb shelter with if WWIII hit. Ben says no one, while Norris opts for BruceLee, [[TheClash Joe Strummer]] and Sam Kinison, even though they're all dead. Veronica takes the hint and leaves.

* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Norris mentions how he's seen {{Braveheart}} 50 times.

** When Veronica is looking at Norris' weapons, she calls one of them very {{Braveheart}}. Norris is pleased, as it's a replica of one of the weapons in the movie.

** Mac asks Veronica what Veronica would do without her, and Veronica says it was like the first 10 minutes of [[ASpaceOdyssey 2001]].

That night, at the Mars apartment, Alicia and Keith are cuddling together and watching an old RonaldReagan movie on TV. Veronica walks by them, and goes to her bedroom, where Wallace is. He asks if she thinks the relationship is serious. Veronica says this will only last until Lianne gets out of rehab and comes home. Wallace may not be comfortable with Alicia dating Keith, but he's more upset over the idea of Keith treating her like a placeholder, and tells Veronica Alicia hasn't found a decent guy since his father died. Veronica asks him not to tell Alicia, and Wallace snaps he's tired of doing favors for Veronica. He storms out, and tells Alicia they need to get going. She and Keith are startled, but they get up and Alicia leaves. Outside, she asks Wallace if there's anything wrong between him and Veronica, but he denies it. Wallace then tries to tell Alicia what Veronica said, but she doesn't want to hear it, and insists that Wallace respect her wishes about that and her relationship with Keith.

* HeyItsThatGuy: So [[Film/ChasingAmy Alyssa Jones]] became a teacher? And [[HomeImprovement Randy Taylor]] is an undercover ATF agent?

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Let the show tell you about the wonders of this mysterious new technology known as wifi!

Veronica glances over at Ben and Norris, and muses how they look the type to blow up a school, and Norris is certainly a bully, but Veronica has seen another side. We briefly cut to a flashback, when Veronica had just been declared persona non grata by the other students. Some of those students spit at her with spitballs through their drink straws, and Norris responded by taking the straw from one of them and spitting in the student's face. He then smiled at Veronica, who smiled back. Back in the present, Veronica approaches the two, pretending to interview them for the paper about who they'd want to share their bomb shelter with if WWIII hit. Ben says no one, while Norris opts for BruceLee, [[TheClash Joe Strummer]] and Sam Kinison, even though they're all dead. Veronica takes the hint and leaves.

In the hallway, Wallace asks why Veronica wasn't sitting with him; Veronica responds she thought Wallace was trying to make a point. He tells her Ben doesn't have a file - they both agree that's weird - but gives Veronica Norris' file. Veronica sees Norris had several suspensions for bullying in middle school, but nothing since; Wallace speculates he might be planning something big. Veronica sincerely thanks Wallace, and calls him her best friend, and Wallace tells her he's glad Lianne has gone into rehab.

...and as we cut to the garage, Veronica is throwing the star and imagining Vice-Principal Clemmons as the target. Norris says he'll let Veronica try a real one - this star was rubber - next time she comes by. She wonders where to put the star, to give her an excuse to look around, but Norris says he'll take it. He tells her about a trip to Japan his father will let him take if his grades are good enough, and he invites Veronica to a [[AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] film festival that weekend, just as friends. Veronica smiles and accepts.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Let the show tell you about the wonders of this mysterious new technology known as wireless Internet!

Inside an English class, Mrs. Murphy, the teacher, asks the class about ''TheBrothersKaramazov''. She calls on Ben (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), who claims he's waiting for the movie to come out, and furthermore says he has no use for the class. He's dressed in a camouflage outfit, and smiles at Norris (Theo Rossi), who's sitting next to him, and is dressed in a similar outfit.

* HeyItsThatGuy: So [[ChasingAmy Alyssa Jones]] became a teacher? And [[HomeImprovement Randy Taylor]] is an undercover ATF agent?

** Veronica jokes to Wallace that [[Film/{{Diner}} Keith has made a hole in the bottom of his popcorn box]].

** Mac asks Veronica what Veronica would do without her, and Veronica says it was like the first 10 minutes of [[ASpaceOdyssey 2001]].

* BigDamnKiss: The one that made hundreds of Logan/Veronica shippers across the country [[{{Squee}} squeeing in delight.

* CallBack: Duncan's medical condition, and Veronica's investigative files. Also, Keith and Alicia's relationship.

* SeenStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Norris mentions how he's seen {{Braveheart}} 50 times.

The next day, Wallace is reading Veronica's article. Wallace worries he'll be exposed as the one who gave Veronica the records, but Veronica, in her usual joking manner, assures him that won't be the case. Walking into journalism class, she sees Logan, and they look at each other for a second, until Logan looks away. Ms. Stafford comes in then and tells the class Norris has been released thanks to the article. She also says, however, it's her last day teaching, as she's been asked to leave. She tells everybody to work together. When Ms. Stafford leaves, we hear Veronica order the other students around, and Ms. Stafford laughs.

At school the next day, Norris greets Veronica in the parking lot, and apologizes for not getting back to her. Veronica tells Norris Ben isn't who he says he is and suspects him of the bomb threats. Just then, Ben and several other agents surround Norris and take him into custody. Ben opens the trunk of Norris' car and finds fertilizer and the rifle. Norris denies knowing anything about that, and Veronica claims Norris was set up, but Ben is having none of it, and leads Norris away.

Inside Ben's room, Ben tells Veronica he needs to speak with her alone, and Veronica convinces a reluctant Logan to stand outside the room with the door open. Ben tells Veronica about Norris' website and how it contained "red-flag" words (among them retribution, bomb and arsenal), which made him convinced Norris was leading a group of like-minded students to plan an attack, which the countdown clock on the website was indicating. Veronica asks why Ben hasn't brought Norris in yet, and brings up the cat-killing; Ben doesn't know about the cat-killing (though he says it's typical of sociopaths), but tells her they can only hold Norris for 48 hours because they don't have enough evidence to charge him.

At lunch, Veronica is sitting alone while Wallace is with his basketball teammates. Meg drags an very reluctant Duncan over to sit with Veronica. Meg asks Veronica about the bomb threats, and then about any case she might be working on. Veronica tells her of course the cases are confidential, but seeing how upset Duncan is, decides to throw Meg a bone. Without giving names, [[ChekhovsGun Veronica mentions an entertainment lawyer who skipped out on paying alimony and child support to his ex-wife by hoarding his cash, getting a pre-paid cellphone, paying for a rental car, driving down to Mexico, and even buying an old passport on e-Bay. Duncan can take no more and leaves. Meg tells Veronica he's been acting like that all day.

Veronica glances over at Ben and Norris, and muses how they look the type to blow up a school, and Norris is certainly a bully, but Veronica has seen another side. We briefly cut to a flashback, when Veronica had just been declared persona non grata by the other students. Some of those students spit at her with spitballs through their drink straws, and Norris responded by taking the straw from one of them and spitting in the student's face. He then smiled at Veronica, who smiled back. Back in the present, Veronica approaches the two, pretending to interview them for the paper about who they'd want to share their bomb shelter with if WWIII hit. Ben says no one, while Norris opts for BruceLee, [[TheClash Joe Strummer]] and Sam Kinison, even though they're all dead. Veronica takes the hint and leaves.