History Recap / VeronicaMarsS02E10OneAngryVeronica

...and back at the Mars apartment, Keith tells Veronica Meg died, but her baby girl survived. [[TearJerker Veronica is heartbroken, and she hugs her father]].

...[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and it's Wallace. He tells Veronica, "Happy new year", and she cries and hugs him]]. A little later, they're sitting on the couch watching the countdown.

At the Neptune Grand, Logan is watching the sex tapes and erasing them until there's nothing left, as well as destroying the labels, crying as he does it. Keith knocks on the door, and Logan lets him in. Logan admits he doesn't want the tapes out on the Internet, and when Keith points out what he did will hurt the case against Aaron, Logan says he can still testify against Aaron. Keith wants to arrest him, but Logan points out there's no evidence. Keith then asks how Logan managed to buy them for only $50 grand when they were being advertised for much more. Logan jokes, "[[AStreetcarNamedDesire Why, sir, I've always depended upon the kindness of strangers]]." Keith realizes who Logan is talking about.

** Logan jokes he thought he had the {{Daria}} marathon on his "blank" tapes.

** Veronica also carries it to a certain extent, so that the elderly Latina can look smart.

* {{Homage}}: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'', down to the RogueJuror trope (although reversed here) and the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's ([[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother"]] and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]]") and Madison, a sports announcer. Also lifted directly from the play is a racist VillainousBreakdown by one of the last holdouts, resulting in the juror being shamed into changing his vote.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen'', down to the RogueJuror trope (although reversed here) and the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's ([[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother"]] and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]]") and Madison, a sports announcer. Also lifted directly from the play is a racist VillainousBreakdown by one of the last holdouts, resulting in the juror being shamed into changing his vote.

** Madison calls the yuppie businessman [[LittleOrphanAnnie Daddy Warbucks]], while the businessman calls Veronica {{Franchise/Barbie}}.

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 innocence, while the other 11 voted guilty. Veronica tells the disgruntled jurors she'll see them the next morning.

Veronica is outside eating a piece of cake at Neptune High when Duncan approaches her. Veronica tells Duncan 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.

* TheBusCameBack: One of the most heartwarming examples of this trope *ever*.

* ConflictBall: Why wouldn't Leo just make copies of the tapes to sell them? Because the writers needed the tapes to be completely off the board.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Veronica's jury duty and Keith's investigation.

Veronica is outside eating a piece of cake at Neptune High when Duncan approaches her. Veronica tells Duncan 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. Duncan 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.

** Madison calls the yuppie businessman [[LittleOrphanAnnie Daddy Warbucks]], while the businessman calls Veronica {{Barbie}}.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen'', down to the RogueJuror trope (although reversed here) and the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's ([[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother"]] and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]]") and Madison, a sports announcer.

Meanwhile, at the sheriff's department, Keith is questioning Leo, who basically dismisses everything Lamb said about their security system. Leo also points out how much the tapes would probably be worth on the open market, and Keith kicks himself for not thinking of that. He calls Lloyd, [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E01NormalIsTheWatchword the reporter he co-wrote the book about Lily's murder with]], and asks if he's heard anything about the tapes being offered for sale to the tabloids. Lloyd agrees not only to not publicize the fact they've been stolen, but to call up an acquaintance of his at the tabloids to see if they've heard anything.

Back at the deliberations, a single mother waitress asks how long deliberations are going to take. The Latino grandmother says she wanted to make sure everyone was taking the job seriously, and since they have been, she's ready to change her vote to not guilty if everyone else votes the same way. The others are happy to agree with that, but when Veronica calls for a show of hands, she, the grandmother and an African-American woman vote in favor of continuing deliberations, the others groan loudly.

The next day, at the sheriff's, Keith is interrogating Leo, specifically about his sister. Leo admits while he loves his sister, she has Down's syndrome, and it's a struggle for them. He also admits he stole the tapes because he needed the money for his sister to send to a better school, but was ready to put them back until he saw Logan looking at e-mail addresses and Logan assured him he just wanted them destroyed. Keith tells Leo he can't slide on this, and Leo says he knows. Nevertheless, as Leo goes to Lamb to admit what he did and resign, Keith types out a report that says the tapes were improperly cared for (especially by Leo), but since the evidence was destroyed, no one can be prosecuted. Keith then gets a call on his cell phone.

Back at the Mars apartment, Keith tells Veronica Meg died, but her baby girl survived. Veronica is heartbroken, and she hugs her father.

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

* CallBack: Leo and Veronica's past relationship.

* HollywoodLaw: The deliberations.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen'', down to the RogueJuror trope (although reversed here) and the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's (here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother" and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]]." and Madison, a sports announcer.

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.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen'', down to the RogueJuror trope (although reversed here) and the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's (here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother" and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]].".
** When Dick says his New Year's Eve party will be the "party of the century", Veronica snarks, "Does TrumanCapote know?"

That night, at the Mars apartment, Keith sees Veronica's had a bad day and offers her [[ComfortFood lasagna]] and also [[HeartacheAndIceCream offers to get her ice cream]]. Veronica wants to know if there's any more bad news coming her way, and Keith admits there is; she's been called for JuryDuty.

That night, at the Mars apartment, Keith sees Veronica's had a bad day and offers her [[ComfortFood lasagna]] and also offers [[HeartacheAndIceCream offers to get her ice cream]]. Veronica wants to know if there's any more bad news coming her way, and Keith admits there is; she's been called for JuryDuty.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen'', down to the fact we don't know any of the juror's names except for Veronica's (here, they're identified as "Captain of Industry", "Knitting Grandmother" and "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders type]].".

=>''It's three hours until the start of Christmas break. And despite what I am sure are the sincere efforts of the school's pastry chef, my holiday spirit has yet to kindle''.

Veronica has to serve jury duty on an assault case involving two [=09er=] kids accused of beating up a Latino-American woman whom the defendants claim was a hooker, and the eventual verdict makes her fall out of favor with the [=09ers=]. Someone has stolen the tapes of [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS01E22LeaveItToBeaver Aaron having sex with Lily]], and Woody hires Keith to find out who did it and why; turns out Logan paid Leo to steal the tapes because he didn't want anyone to see them, and Leo took the money because he needed it for medical bills for his little sister. Meg tells Veronica and Duncan she doesn't want the baby to go to her parents; she ends up dying, though the baby, a girl, survives. On the plus side, Wallace returns!

* TheBusCameBack: One of the most heartwarming examples of this trope ever.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode, and the 'A' plot, are an homage to ''TwelveAngryMen''.