History Recap / VeronicaMarsS03E08LordOfThePis

In the food court, Veronica is telling Wallace there were {{Scrabble}} tiles inside the egg, one that read "CXI" and the other reading "CMIII". After agreeing they're never going to hunt for Easter eggs or play {{Scrabble}} again, Veronica points out the tiles are Roman numerals - 111 and 903, respectively - and asks Wallace what they mean. Wallace doesn't know, but after ruling out phone numbers and student ID numbers, Veronica figures out it's a date - 11/19/03.

In the food court the next day, Veronica is telling Wallace what happened. They stop talking when they see Chip walking in, wearing a baseball cap. A few students at a table start singing ''HereComesPeterCottontail'', at which point Chip belts one of them. Soon, there's a free-for-all, and Wallace gets involved. One of the guys punches Wallace, which leads Veronica to taser the guy. Another guy grabs Veronica, but before he can do anything, a large man (Tim Sitarz) pulls the man off, grabs Veronica, and pulls her away from the fray, covering her mouth as she tries to scream. Once outside the food court, the man apologizes, telling her Logan hired him to keep an eye on her. Veronica is furious.

* {{Homage}}: The scene with Keith and Brant is a shot-for-shot homage to a similar scene in ''TheBigLebowski'', complete with Budd Rose being in an electric wheelchair.

* ShoutOut: When Veronica calls Keith to tell him Dean O'Dell is coming over, she says, "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Beer off your belly, hand out of your boxers. Put on some pants]]".

** Hallie claims Brant's feelings for Mr. Rose are a ''{{Swimfan}}'' kind of love.

** As she's climbing the gate in front of the Rose's house, Veronica says it's just like when Keith took her to [[DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. Also, when she jumps over the gate, she makes the noise [[Series/TheBionicWoman that plays whenever Jamie Sommers makes when she leaps or runs]]. Finally, when she's letting Keith in, she tells him, "[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation The park is closed. The walrus out front should have told you]]".

* ActorAllusion / StuntCasting: Probably the most meta casting on this show ''ever''.
** It also combines a StealthPun with a ShoutOut to TheSimpsons: ''Patty'' Hearst is playing ''Selma'' Hearst.

* TheDanza: Linda Bailey Walsh plays Linda.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Budd Rose is [[TheNanny Mr. Sheffield]].

* {{Homage}}: The scene with Keith and Brant is a shot-for-shot homage to a similar scene in ''TheBigLebowski'', complete with Budd rose being in an electric wheelchair.

** When Bonnie tells Dick about having sex with someone on a pinball machine, Veronica jokes, "[[Music/{{Tommy}} She always gets a replay. Never tilts at all]]".

** When Wallace says he doesn't want to be the "friend" who's the eyewitness, Veronica jokes, "Whatever happened to, '[[Music/CaroleKing winter, spring, summer, or fall; all I got to do is call, and you'll be there]]'?"

...[[DescriptionCut and the next day, in the reception room, Veronica asks Linda (Linda Bailey Walsh) who the waitresses were that night]]. Linda says there was only one, and so a little later, Veronica greets Fern, who's just out of literature class. Fern says all she did was tell Selma she had a phone call, and no, she doesn't know who it was. Veronica points out the coincidence of Fern being with the swing vote right before she disappeared, and Fern points out Veronica investigating is also a coincidence (Veronica denies she "helped save the Pi Sigs"). Fern brings up the fact Pi Sigs have started another [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS01E16TheRapesOfGraff "Sex Quest"]], and warns Veronica to watch what she drinks.

...[[DescriptionCut and the next day, in the reception room, Veronica asks Linda (Linda Bailey Walsh) who the waitresses were that night]]. Linda says there was only one, and so a little later, Veronica greets Fern, who's just out of literature class. Fern says all she did was tell Selma she had a phone call, and no, she doesn't know who it was. Veronica points out the coincidence of Fern being with the swing vote right before she disappeared, and Fern points out Veronica investigating is also a coincidence (Veronica denies she "helped save the Pi Sigs"). Fern brings up the fact Pi Sigs have started another [[Recap/VeronicaMarsTheRapesOfGraff "Sex Quest"]], and warns Veronica to watch what she drinks.

* ShoutOut: The episode title is a play on ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
** When Veronica calls Keith to tell him Dean O'Dell is coming over, she says, "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Beer off your belly, hand out of your boxers. Put on some pants]]".

** As she's climbing the gate in front of the Rose's house, Veronica says it's just like when Keith took her to [[DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. Also, when she jumps over the gate, she makes the noise [[TheBionicWoman that plays whenever Jamie Sommers makes when she leaps or runs]]. Finally, when she's letting Keith in, she tells him, "[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation The park is closed. The walrus out front should have told you]]".

* ShoutOut: The episode title is a play on ''LordOfTheFlies''.

** [[CitizenKane Budd Rose]].
** When Bonnie tells Dick about having sex with someone on a pinball machine, Veronica jokes, "[[TheWho She always gets a replay. Never tilts at all]]".

** As she's climbing the gate in front of the Rose's house, Veronica says it's just like when Keith took her to {{Disneyland}}. Also, when she jumps over the gate, she makes the noise [[TheBionicWoman that plays whenever Jamie Sommers makes when she leaps or runs]]. Finally, when she's letting Keith in, she tells him, "[[NationalLampoonsVacation The park is closed. The walrus out front should have told you]]".
** When Wallace says he doesn't want to be the "friend" who's the eyewitness, Veronica jokes, "Whatever happened to, '[[CaroleKing winter, spring, summer, or fall; all I got to do is call, and you'll be there]]'?"

In the food court the next day, Veronica is telling Wallace what happened. They stop talking when they see Chip walking in, wearing a baseball cap. A few students at a table start singing ''PeterCottontail'', at which point Chip belts one of them. Soon, there's a free-for-all, and Wallace gets involved. One of the guys punches Wallace, which leads Veronica to taser the guy. Another guy grabs Veronica, but before he can do anything, a large man (Tim Sitarz) pulls the man off, grabs Veronica, and pulls her away from the fray, covering her mouth as she tries to scream. Once outside the food court, the man apologizes, telling her Logan hired him to keep an eye on her. Veronica is furious.

...[[DescriptionCut so that night, the two of them sneak into the Rose residence. There's a gate, and Veronica climbs over it and jumps down. She lets Keith in, and is dancing around until Keith tells her to calm down. Keith goes to the carriage house where he saw the dogs (named Ernest and Julio), and opens it with a skeleton key. Keith and Veronica walk in, and are surprised to see Selma watching TV. She turns the TV off and says she wishes Keith wouldn't try to rescue her. Keith introduces himself - Selma recognizes Veronica from the reception - and explains what he's doing there. Selma says to tell Cyrus not to worry, and reluctantly tells Keith Budd is blackmailing her about her "lover" and demanded she disappear until the anniversary, which is in two days. Veronica wants to know why Budd just doesn't have Selma sign the divorce papers after the two days, and Keith realizes because the Hearst-Mart stock price just went up, Budd will be entitled to more money. Veronica calls Budd a "bastard", and Selma agrees, saying Budd was okay until his accident, which led him to [[ReallyGetsAround sleep with as many women as he could]] to prove something to himself. Keith points out if she wanted, she could get a lawyer who could figure out another way, but Selma says she's already been a national punchline (she asks Keith if he can relate), and she doesn't want to be one again. She shows Keith and Veronica surveillance pictures of her and Hallie (which Veronica is surprised by), and also reveals Hallie was secretly working for Budd the entire time. Keith gets an idea, and asks Selma if she was wearing the earrings she's wearing the night she went missing - she was - and if she can access Budd's e-mail.

** When Wallace says he doesn't want to be the "friend" who's the eyewitness, Veronica jokes, "Whatever happened to, '[[JamesTaylor winter, spring, summer, or fall; all I got to do is call, and you'll be there]]'?"

Meanwhile, Veronica storms into Logan's hotel suite, furious.

...[[DescriptionCut so that night, the two of them sneak into the Rose residence. There's a gate, and Veronica climbs over it and jumps down. She lets Keith in, and is dancing around until Keith tells her to calm down. Keith goes to the carriage house where he saw the dogs (named Ernest and Julio), and opens it with a skeleton key. Keith and Veronica walk in, and are surprised to see Selma watching TV. She turns the TV off and says she wishes Keith wouldn't try to rescue her. Keith introduces himself - Selma recognizes Veronica from the reception - and explains what he's doing there. Selma says to tell Cyrus not to worry, and reluctantly tells Keith Budd is blackmailing her about her "lover" and demanded she disappear until the anniversary, which is in two days. Veronica wants to know why Budd just doesn't have Selma sign the divorce papers after the two days, and Keith realizes because the Hearst-Mart stock price just went up, Budd will be entitled to more money.

** When Veronica calls Keith to tell him Dean O'Dell is coming over, she says, "[[Beer off your belly, hand out of your boxers. Put on some pants]]".

At Mars Investigations, Keith and Veronica compare notes; Keith says Roger and the other board members of Hearst-Mart didn't want Selma's "Buy American" plan, while Veronica brings up Hallie and Brant's feelings for Budd Rose (she calls Brant [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Smithers and Budd Mr. Burns]]), especially when she brings up how Brant threw a teacup at the wall when Budd asked him to plan the Rose's 10th wedding anniversary. Keith realizes Budd might be trying to get a divorce because of the "dine-n-ditch" rule;

In the food court, Veronica is telling Wallace there were Scrabble tiles glued to the egg, one that read "CXI" and the other reading "CMIII". After agreeing they're never going to hunt for Easter eggs or play Scrabble again, Veronica points out the tiles are Roman numerals - 111 and 903, respectively - and asks Wallace what they mean. Wallace doesn't know, but after ruling out phone numbers and student ID numbers, Veronica figures out it's a date - 11/19/03.

** The scene with Keith and Brant is a shot-for-shot homage to a similar scene in ''TheBigLebowski''.

Veronica finds Dick eating lunch in the food court. She brings up the Sex Quest, and says it's in poor taste, but Dick, of course, is more concerned about whom he's going to score with. Veronica also points out Chip getting his head shaved might have been a warning to the rest of the Pi Sigs, and Dick admits that makes sense.

** [[CitizenKane Budd Rose]].

...[[DescriptionCut and the next day, in the reception room, Veronica asks Linda (Linda Bailey Walsh) who the waitresses were that night. Linda says there was only one, and so a little later, Veronica greets Fern, who's just out of literature class. Fern says all she did was tell Selma she had a phone call, and no, she doesn't know who it was.

** The scene with Keith and Brandt is a shot-for-shot homage to a similar scene in ''TheBigLebowski''.

That night, at the Mars apartment, Veronica gets ready to leave for the reception. Keith tells her Logan's called a few times, and Veronica says she'll call him back. When she opens the door, Logan is there. Veronica apologizes for not calling him back, as she's been too busy to have the serious talk he wants to have, so Logan gets to the point; he doesn't want her investigating the rapes anymore, because he doesn't want her to get hurt.

Selma Rose (PattyHearst), one of the trustees at Hearst College, disappears at a reception, and Keith and Veronica are hired to try and find her. Veronica and Logan's relationship reaches the breaking point, as he doesn't want her to investigate the rapes any longer [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS03E07OfViceAndMen because he's afraid she'll get hurt]], and she gets upset when it turns out he's hired someone to follow her without telling her. Finally, Veronica discovers the truth behind Lilith House's desire to take down the Pi Sigs.

Selma Rose (PattyHearst), one of the trustees at Hearst College, disappears at a reception, and Keith and Veronica are hired to try and find her. Veronica and Logan's relationship reaches the breaking point, as he doesn't want her to investigate the rapes any longer [[Recap/VeronicaMarsOfViceAndMen because he's afraid she'll get hurt]], and she gets upset when it turns out he's hired someone to follow her without telling her. Finally, Veronica discovers the truth behind Lilith House's desire to take down the Pi Sigs.