History Recap / VeronicaMarsS01E13LordOfTheBling

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bone Hamilton is a clear allusion to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suge_Knight Suge Knight]], who allegedly performed a RealLife HighAltitudeInterrogation on Creator/VanillaIce to obtain the rights to "Ice Ice Baby," which used samples from a Creator/DeathRowRecords song.

-->'''Logan:''' Hey, I judge not by the color of their skin but by the content of their [[SweaterGirl sweater]].

!!!This episode contains examples of:

This episode contains examples of:

* ThemeTuneCameo: Veronica's first line about Yolanda is "We used to be friends, a long time ago". The first line of the theme song of the show (by the Dandy Warhols) is "A long time ago/We used to be friends".

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bone Hamilton is a clear allusion to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suge_Knight Suge Knight]], who allegedly performed a RealLife HighAltitudeInterrogation on Creator/VanillaIce to obtain the rights to "Ice Ice Baby," which used samples from a Death Row Records song.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Bernard]] was a rap mogul before joining the force, and he's married to [[Film/ComingToAmerica Lisa [=McDowell=].]]
** Their son is Film/FatAlbert and he's gonna sing a song for you.

* StealthPun: As Veronica is getting the ducks ready, she tells Keith to "get those things in a row". Getting your ducks in a row...get it?

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This was when webcams were new enough that Keith has to explain how they work.

Bone Hamilton (Creator/AnthonyAnderson), a music mogul, is relaxing in the backyard of his house while on the phone. After he hangs up, his wife Vanessa (Shari Headley) comes up to him with a waiver so their son Bryce (Jermaine Williams) can drop P.E., which Bone grumbles about. He also complains about Yolanda, their daughter, taking riding lessons. At that point, Bryce, a shy and studious boy, comes up to tell them something's happened to Yolanda.

Mars Investigations. Wallace and Veronica are talking about Lynn's suicide (and the fact she left a suicide note on her Blackberry) when Keith walks in, limping. Veronica reminds to take his pills, which she gives to him, and he unenthusiastically takes them as he goes into his office. A few seconds later, Bone comes in, asking to see Keith. Veronica directs him to the office (after yelling to let Keith know a customer is there), and turns around to find Wallace staring at him. She wonders what's up, and Wallace has to inform her who Bone is - "the gangster rap impresario beside whom all gangster rap impresarios measure themselves. When Wallace finally says Bone's name, Veronica recognizes him as Yolanda's father - she says of Yolanda, "[[InJoke We used to be friends, a long time ago]]."

In Keith's office, Bone tells Keith Yolanda's gone missing; she was studying at her friend Gabrielle's until midnight, but she never came home, and Bryce found her car down the block with the doors open and signs of a struggle. Keith thinks this is more of a police matter, but Bone doesn't like the police. When Keith asks if Bone has any enemies, Bone pulls out a list of names, and that's just Southern California - he has more lists if Keith finds anything having to do with other cities such as New York or Detroit. He does suggest Keith start with Sam Bloom, and leaves.

At high school the next day, Veronica is walking in the hall as she remembers first meeting Yolanda...and then we're in a {{Flashback}} as Veronica, Duncan, Lily and Logan are at the lockers when Duncan spots Yolanda (Jowhahrah Jones), and he and Logan stare. Veronica introduces herself to Yolanda, and volunteers to show her where her next class is. As they walk by, we go back to the present day as Veronica continues to stare.

Keith is at Sam Bloom's. Turns out Bloom was Bone's lawyer, and everything was fine between them when they were making money - Bloom's kids and Bone's kids were friends growing up - until the IRS prosecuted Bone for income tax evasion. When Bloom cooperated to save his practice, Bone went to prison, and Bloom was shot several times while leaving work, leaving him paralyzed.

...we go to another {{Flashback}}, as Yolanda sits at lunch with Veronica, Duncan, Lily and Logan, along with Dick Casablancas. Dick tries to ask Yolanda who her father is, but she only tells him he's richer than Dick's father is. Logan mentions his parents are going to Nepal for the holidays, and Lily and Veronica invite Yolanda to the party Logan's having at his house. Back in the present, we see Veronica still on the phone.

That night, at the Mars apartment, Keith tells Veronica he's going to the club because the bouncer is someone on Bone's enemies list. Veronica, however, tells Keith he's in no condition to drive because of the painkillers he's on, and volunteers herself as a driver. Reluctantly, Keith goes along with this, as long as she stays inside the car.

At the club, Keith interviews the bouncer, who swears he only let Yolanda in, and actually thinks Bone did him a favor by telling him to stay away from her. He does tell Keith Dime Bag (Sam Sarpong), a rap star also on Bone's enemies list (Bone allegedly hung Dime Bag out of a window when he wouldn't sign a contract), was at the club that night. Keith goes back to the car and tells Veronica to drive to the Duke Hotel, where Dime Bag is staying. Keith is none too pleased, however, to see Veronica has taken valet parking stubs from the club.

At the Duke Hotel, Keith tries but fails to get Dime Bag to talk to him or Bone (the latter will only happen if Bone begs), which leaves plan B - bugging the room. Keith takes a bugging device out of his car and disguises himself as a workman to go up and bug Dime Bag's hotel room. Veronica holds onto the other bugging device. As she waits into the hotel lobby...we go into another flashback, as Veronica and Lily are at Yolanda's house, as Lily admiringly notes the platinum records on Bone's walls. Bryce is skulking around, and Yolanda tells him to shoo. In Yolanda's room, the three of them talk about boys, specifically Logan, who's making Lily crazy with how jealous he's acting. Consequently, she's skipping Logan's party, but invites Yolanda to come along to Fleet Week with her and Veronica. Yolanda laughs and says she's glad she's met the two of them.

Back in the present, Dime Bag and his posse come to reception and complain about the room they have, which Veronica realizes will screw Keith over. As the receptionist gives Dime Bag a new room and room key, Veronica, thinking quickly, pretends to be a hospitality hostess and shows Dime Bag and the others to their new room so she can plant the other listening device in the room. After planting the device, Veronica promises to send up some champagne and beats a hasty exit.

Inside the car, Keith berates her for leaving; she lies and claims to have been on a bathroom break. Keith clicks on his laptop, but gets a couple talking instead; Veronica changes the setting so he's listening to the other device. As Keith [[DeathGlare stares daggers at her]], we hear Dime Bag and the others calling Veronica "scrawny" (which she objects to), but they don't say anything incriminating about Yolanda; Keith resolves to get Bone to beg.

...leading to another {{Flashback}}. We're at Logan's party, and Veronica, Duncan and Yolanda are all sitting with Logan. They're playing quarters, and Logan is complaining about Lily jerking him around. Duncan tells Veronica they should go, and Veronica says goodbye to Yolanda. As they leave, Duncan tells Veronica how cool he thinks Yolanda is, and Veronica happily concurs, before realizing she forgot her purse. When she goes to get it, however, she sees Logan kissing Yolanda. At school the next day, Veronica tells Lily about it, and Lily, predictably, is pissed. Back in the present, we see Bryce continuing to work on his experiment, and Veronica takes off.

At the Hamilton house, Bone reluctantly calls Dime Bag while Keith sets up the listening device. Once Dime Bag answers, Bone, again reluctantly, begs Dime Bag for any information he has, and Dime Bag says he doesn't know, and wouldn't tell Bone anything if he did. When Bone angrily hangs up, Keith turns on the device, and we hear Dime Bag and his cronies talking about Yolanda, but it's clear they don't know anything about her disappearance. Bryce has walked in during all of this, and Bone angrily yells at him.

Back at Aaron's house, the funeral reception is going full swing, and Logan is sarcastically thanking everyone in attendance, though he soon tires of it. Outside, Aaron is talking to his agent, who's trying to get Aaron to commit to a project, to no avail. Logan snarks on this, and walks away, and Aaron tells his agent he's quitting acting. A little later, Duncan finds Logan in his room, playing a video game. He tells Logan to stop acting strange, which is when Logan puts forth his theory; Lynn left her cigarette lighter, a family heirloom, behind, which she wouldn't do if she really meant to kill herself, and therefore, she must have faked her suicide. Duncan looks concerned.

Back at Sam Bloom's office, he denies Ben would go to Blender, even when Keith points out the traffic stub. Keith also brings up the fact a neighbor of Bone's called the police to complain about Sam being parked outside of Bone's house. Ben tells Keith Sam is in Mexico hiking, and can't be reached.

At Mars Investigations, Veronica, at Keith's request, calls Ben's residence (he goes to USC), and pretends to be a sorority girl who met Ben at a party. She finds out from Ben's roommate Ben didn't go to Mexico, but had a hotel confirmation number for Vegas. Keith calls a friend of his in Vegas and gives him Ben's information. After hanging up, he thanks Veronica for all the effort she's made, and asks if Yolanda was a friend. In another voiceover, Veronica emphasizes the "was" part...and in another {{Flashback}}, Yolanda tries to apologize to Veronica while Lily waits for her. Eventually, Veronica firmly tells Yolanda she should have known better, and walks off. Back in the present, Veronica [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone again looks regretful]], which is when Bone enters, saying they need to talk...

...and in Keith's office, Bone shows him a ransom note he received. Keith, of course, sees this as good news, though he allows how strange it is that the note gives details of the ransom drop. Bone vows he's going to be ready for it, and if Yolanda isn't back safe and sound, someone will pay. At Bone's house, he readies a briefcase full of money and a dye pack Keith planted. Keith once again tells Bone to involve the police, and says he can't be party to any violence, but Bone blows him off.

On the street near the ransom drop, in the rain, Keith tells Veronica he still needs to save Yolanda, and mentions the kidnapper must be either really smart or really dumb, because there's no way to get away with the money. Veronica notices the water rushing down the storm drain and gets an idea. She has Keith buy a bag of rubber ducks, one of which is planted with a tracking device, and drops them down the drain. Meanwhile, Bone gets a call from a mechanized voice, telling him to take a plastic football from a trash can (which he does), put his ring inside the football, and drop it down the drain. Bone does so, at which point the caller hangs up. Bone notices a cab around, and he and his bodyguards descend on the cab, only to find it empty.

At the beach, where the storm drain empties out, Bryce is waiting. He's puzzled by the ducks, but smiles when he sees the football, and startled when Veronica and Keith approach him. He admits he faked the kidnapping, and overheard Yolanda talking about meeting someone at the club, though he doesn't know who. Keith, meanwhile, is on his phone with his friend from Vegas, and mentions setting something up.

Back at Bone's, he and Vanessa are both inconsolable, until Keith walks in with Bryce and Veronica, and Bryce admits he made the whole thing up so Bone wouldn't accuse him of being "soft". When Vanessa asks about Yolanda, Keith pulls out his laptop. Turns out she and Sam are in Vegas - they're transmitting via a webcam - and they've just gotten married, and not coming back. Bone once again denies having anything to do with Sam getting shot, but Yolanda says she and Sam will only come back if Bone gives them his blessing. He's unwilling to do so, so Yolanda turns the camera off.

That night, Veronica gets on the computer and is able to contact Yolanda. She congratulates Yolanda for her wedding, and apologizes for what she did; Yolanda sincerely tells her she would have done the same thing. They're interrupted by a knock at the front door; Veronica goes to answer it, and it's Logan. He says, "[[WhamLine I want you to find my mother]]."

* AccidentalKiss: Yolanda claims what happened between her and Logan was this. Lily doesn't want to hear it, and neither does Veronica...at first.

-->'''Logan:''' Hey, I judge not by the color of their skin but by the content of their sweater.

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Veronica and Keith overhear Dime Bag and his posse refer to Veronica as a liar, as well as hot and scrawny. Veronica notes, "I'm not scrawny...I'm not."

Bone Hamilton (Anthony Anderson), a music mogul, is relaxing in the backyard of his house while on the phone. After he hangs up, his wife Vanessa (Shari Headley) comes up to him with a waiver so their son Bryce (Jermaine Williams) can drop P.E., which Bone grumbles about. He also complains about Yolanda, their daughter, taking riding lessons. At that point, Bryce, a shy and studious boy, comes up to tell them something's happened to Yolanda.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Bernard]] was a rap mogul before joining the force, and he's married to [[ComingToAmerica Lisa [=McDowell=].]]
** Their son is [[FatAlbertMovie Fat Albert]], and he's gonna sing a song for you.

* ShoutOut: Bone dismisses his children as being "[[NationalVelvet National Black Velvet]]" and "[[FamilyMatters Urkel]]."
** Also, at Bone's house, Lily jokes that Bone is [[TupacShakur Tupac]], except, secretly alive.

* InJoke: Veronica's first line about Yolanda is "We used to be friends, a long time ago". The first line of the theme song of the show (by the Dandy Warhols) is "A long time ago/We used to be friends".

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Bernard]] was a rap mogul before joining the force, and he's married to [[ComingToAmerica Lisa [=McDowell].]]

* ShoutOut: Bone dismisses his children as being "[[NationalVelvet National Black Velvet]]" and "[[FamilyMatter Urkel]]."

That night, Veronica gets on the computer and is able to contact Yolanda. She congratulates Yolanda for her wedding, and apologizes for what she did; Yolanda sincerely tells her she would have done the same thing. They're interrupted by a knock at the front door; Veronica goes to answer it, and it's Logan. He says, "[[WhamLine I want you to find my mother]]."

Back at Aaron's house, the funeral reception is going full swing, and Logan is sarcastically thanking everyone in attendance.

The next day is Lynn's funeral, and Aaron is having the reception at his house.

At the club,

That night, at the Mars apartment, as Veronica is cooking dinner, Keith tells her he hasn't come up with any information on Yolanda, but does call Bone "the scariest man alive who's also launching a line of casual wear." Veronica mentions Yolanda goes to Neptune High and volunteers to ask around; Keith agrees, but advises discretion.