History Recap / VeronicaMarsS02E11DonutRun

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The next day, outside of Neptune High, Dick approaches Veronica. He heard about what happened from Logan, and he tells Veronica to let it go, especially since Kendall is willing to do things Veronica wouldn't. Veronica brushes Dick off when she sees Duncan approaching. She asks Duncan where he was, and tells him about seeing Kendall in his shower. Duncan claims Kendall probably got his and Logan's rooms mixed up, but Veronica is not having any of it. Duncan brings up [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E10OneAngryVeronica Meg's baby, and not being able to see it]], and accuses Veronica of [[ItsAllAboutMe thinking only of herself]]. Both of them have been talking loudly enough to attract attention from other students, and Veronica shouts that she, not Meg, is Duncan's girlfriend. Duncan, letting out a breath, says, "Not anymore." He storms off, and Veronica looks gutted.

Later, at the Mars apartment, Veronica puts on the soundtrack to ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'' and lies down on her bed. Keith hears the music as he's making a sandwich, but doesn't say anything. A little bit later, Veronica listlessly walks into the kitchen, fixes a bowl of cereal for herself, and walks back to her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. Keith, who's reading the paper and sitting with Backup, watches but again doesn't say anything. Early the next morning, when Keith wakes up, he can still hear the music. He goes to Veronica's bedroom and knocks on her door. She apologizes for having the music on so loud, but doesn't say anything else. Keith comes into her bedroom and asks if everything's okay. Veronica admits she and Duncan broke up, which Keith already figured out, and he gently asks if there's anything he can do. Veronica says no and thanks him.

Meanwhile, one of the backpackers, who has a full beard and is wearing a cowboy hat, flags down a truck. It's Duncan, in disguise, and inside the truck are Vinnie and [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E09MyMotherTheFiend Astrid]], who's holding the baby. Duncan hands over $30 thousand to Vinnie, who chortles that Duncan pays better than Celeste, and Duncan takes off his disguise. Astrid mentions how the baby was clinging to her and didn't want to let go. Duncan tells her the baby likely thinks Astrid is Veronica. She replies, "So does the FBI." She gives Duncan the baby and smiles at her; Duncan greets the baby, whom he's renamed Lilly. They pass by Lamb on the road and Duncan puts on his cowboy hat.

Back at the Mars apartment, Veronica goes to her bedroom but stops when she sees Keith sitting at her desk. Keith emotionally tells her he wouldn't survive with Veronica in prison. Veronica, shaken, brings up the e-mails, and says she and Duncan had to do it. Keith, however, angrily tells Veronica she played him, and as much as he loves her, he doesn't think he can ever trust her again. As Veronica looks on, devastated, there's a knock on the door. It's the FBI; Morris tells Keith they have a warrant to search the apartment. Morris mentions they didn't find anyone in Big Bear, but a "cute young blonde" had been looking at a model unit apartment, and they found a mini-cassette player; Duncan's phone call with Veronica had been pre-recorded. Wills opens the cupboard in Veronica's bathroom, but tinfoil is covering the hole. Veronica gives Keith a grateful look, and Keith offers the agents coffee.

At a tattoo parlor, Weevil is getting work done when the tattoo artist remembers he had some pictures of work he was going to do on Felix. The picture shows Felix kissing a girl; Weevil recognizes her as Molly Fitzpatrick and becomes upset.

Back in Mexico, an American surfer tells Lamb he saw Duncan and directed him to a train station, but Duncan didn't have a baby. Lamb thanks him and leaves, even when the surfer says he's not sure it was Duncan. As Lamb is driving away, he passes three backpackers. He drives over some railroad tracks and the trunk door pops up. Lamb stops the car, gets out to close the trunk, and sees empty water bottles and food packets inside, along with a device that enabled the trunk to be opened from the inside. Lamb realizes he's been played and looks furious. Meanwhile, one of the backpackers, who has a full beard and is wearing a cowboy hat, flags down a truck. It's Duncan, in disguise, and inside the truck are Vinnie and [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E09MyMotherTheFiend Astrid]], who's holding the baby. Duncan hands over $30 thousand to Vinnie, who chortles that Duncan pays better than Celeste, and Duncan takes off his disguise. Duncan tells Astrid the baby thinks Astrid is Veronica, and she replies, "So does the FBI." She gives Duncan the baby and smiles at her; Duncan greets the baby, whom he's renamed Lily. They pass Lamb and Duncan puts on his cowboy hat so Lamb doesn't recognize him.

* WhatTheHellHero: Keith gives an emotional one of these to Veronica near the end.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Kendall tells Logan she won't be satisfied anymore by Logan calling to ask for her company, Logan points out, "You always come."

* ShoutOut: At the beginning in the elevator, when Logan sees Veronica has just come from work, he says, "Hi, ho." When Veronica bristles, he claims he meant, "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Heigh-ho, it's off to work you go]]." He then goes on to refer to Duncan as "Mopey", with Veronica calling Logan "Sleazy" in response.

** When Veronica is on the phone with "Duncan", she stands in front of a bulletin board, and you can see a poster behind her for [[FunWithAcronyms Teenage Women Of Propriety]]. TWOP also is the acronym for TelevisionWithoutPity.