History Recap / VeronicaMarsS02E10OneAngryVeronica

Back in the jury room, though the yuppie businessman thinks they don't need to deliberate at all, Veronica thinks it wouldn't hurt to summarize the case. The yuppie businessman hands a file to an elderly Latino woman on his left, and briefly outlines the case. The two defendants, Robbie and Hunter (both 21 and both from rich families), are charged with the aggravated assault of Anissa, a 25-year-old woman who works at a car wash. She got a ride from the two defendants, who smoked some marijuana with her, invited her back to their hotel room and, once there, beat her when she wouldn't have sex with them. Apparently, they also had a gun, and when Anissa fought back, she managed to get ahold of the gun and fire it twice into the ceiling, scaring the defendants off. Veronica then summarizes the defendant's case; they claim the woman was a hooker who offered them sex, but an African-American man, whom they think was her pimp, showed up, fired the two shots, and ordered the defendants out of the room. They also claim it was her pimp who beat her up. An older man brings up the face Anissa has a criminal record, while, as Veronica points out, neither of the defendants do, and Anissa and a young black man were seen fleeing the scene. Finally, Veronica brings up the fact a man named Carnell, who identified himself as Anissa's pimp, confirmed the defendants' story. Veronica suggests they put it to a vote, paper-ballot style. As the others vote, [[InnerMonologue Veronica muses while she can't stand the yuppie businessman, he was right that it seemed to be an open-and-shut case]]. Then the vote is revealed; one person voted for the defendant's guilty, while the other 11 voted not guilty. Veronica tells the disgruntled jurors she'll see them the next morning.

* JuryDuty: Veronica is pretty upset that she has jury duty during her Christmas break. Once she's there though, a RogueJuror votes guilty while Veronica and the rest want to acquit ([[InvertedTrope inverting]] the usual formula. Veronica and the rest then sides with the rogue, thanks to Veronica's detective skills revealing the defendant's guilt in the episode "[[Film/TwelveAngryMen One Angry Veronica]]".
* NWordPrivileges: Subverted, when discussing the identity of the african american man seen getting away from the hotel, the likeness of the both likely men is pointed out by the only african american memeber of the jury, since a white person saying it would seem racist.

Day one of deliberations. Veronica and the other jurors are in the jury room. [[SmugSnake A yuppie businessman]] calls everyone to order and suggests they elect a foreman, and since he thinks it's an open-and-shut case, suggests they give the job to Veronica so it can be a learning experience for her. Veronica isn't thrilled, but everyone else agrees.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The yuppie businessman accuses the Latino grandmother of this.

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At the hospital, Duncan and Veronica visit Meg's room. Meg tells Duncan her parents want to send the baby to a foster home that indoctrinates children, and they also don't want Duncan anywhere near the baby, as their lawyers are digging up Duncan's past history. A nurse comes in and tells Duncan and Veronica to leave. Duncan leaves, but after hesitating for a long time, Meg asks Veronica to stay. When Duncan and the nurse leave, [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E01NormalIsTheWatchword Meg apologizes to Veronica for acting so bitchy towards her]], saying it was the combination of being pregnant and seeing Veronica with Duncan. Veronica tells her it's okay. Meg then begs Veronica not to let the baby go to her parents or be sent to the foster home.

Back in the jury room, though the yuppie businessman thinks they don't need to deliberate at all, Veronica thinks it wouldn't hurt to summarize the case. The yuppie businessman hands a file to an elderly Latino woman on his left, and briefly outlines the case. The two defendants, Robbie and Hunter (both 21 and both from rich families), are charged with the aggravated assault of Anissa, a 25 year old woman who works at a car wash. She got a ride from the two defendants, who smoked some marijuana with her, invited her back to their hotel room and, once there, beat her when she wouldn't have sex with them. Apparently, they also had a gun, and when Anissa fought back, she managed to get ahold of the gun and fire it twice into the ceiling, scaring the defendants off. Veronica then summarizes the defendant's case; they claim the woman was a hooker who offered them sex, but an African-American man, whom they think was her pimp, showed up, fired the two shots, and ordered the defendants out of the room. They also claim it was her pimp who beat her up. An older man brings up the face Anissa has a criminal record, while, as Veronica points out, neither of the defendants do, and Anissa and a young black man were seen fleeing the scene. Finally, Veronica brings up the fact a man named Carnell, who identified himself as Anissa's pimp, confirmed the defendants' story. Veronica suggests they put it to a vote, paper-ballot style. As the others vote, [[InnerMonologue Veronica muses while she can't stand the yuppie businessman, he was right that it seemed to be an open-and-shut case]]. Then the vote is revealed; one person voted for the defendant's guilty, while the other 11 voted not guilty. Veronica tells the disgruntled jurors she'll see them the next morning.

That night, Veronica makes Keith a Christmas dinner of game hens. Keith points out they can afford bigger birds, but Veronica counters they won't stuck with leftovers this way. Keith sincerely thanks her for making the dinner. A little later, after they've finished, Keith takes her to her bedroom to give her one of her Christmas presents; he had Mac update Veronica's laptop. Veronica thanks Keith and high-fives him. She turns the computer back on and finds pictures of Carnell, the man who identified himself as the pimp, except he was actually a former star football player in college until his career was cut short by a knee injury. Veronica looks at Keith, who walks out without looking at her, and [[InnerMonologue wonders if everyone in Neptune knows she's involved in the trial]].

-->'''Keith:''' Yeah, I was gonna get to that, but the crime fighting kept getting in the way.

Veronica is outside eating a piece of cake at Neptune High when Duncan approaches her. Veronica tells Duncan [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E09MyMotherTheFiend Meg is pregnant]]; after a long pause, Duncan confirms he knows, and tells Veronica about [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E08AhoyMateys the letter from Meg's vent that he opened]]. Turns out it was a letter Meg received from her aunt, since she wrote her aunt asking if she could raise her baby. Veronica can't believe Duncan didn't tell her any of this, and starts to yell at him when Dick interrupts them. He invites them to his New Year's Eve party, but Duncan passes, saying he's going on vacation with his family. Dick picks up on the tension between Duncan and Veronica, and mentions Meg is awake, which is news to both of them. When Dick leaves, Duncan mentions he should go see Meg, and Veronica reveals she has a visitor's pass to the hospital and is willing to copy it for Duncan.

** When Dick says his New Year's Eve party will be the "party of the century", Veronica snarks, "Does TrumanCapote know?"