History Recap / VeronicaMarsS02E22NotPictured

* BittersweetEnding - The good guys all lived and the bad guys all died but the bad guy was someone they used to like and trust, and his death is going to ''hurt.'' Additionally, just about the only other good thing to happen was that Logan and Veronica got back together. Mac is devastated, Wallace didn't get his girl, and Jackie didn't get her guy ''because'' she showed the moral fiber to deserve him.

* EvenEvilHasStandards - Woody confesses to molesting children, but says he could never kill the people on the bus.

* KickTheDog: Lamb arrests Weevil just before he walks across the stage during graduation, despite his pleas to waits. His grandmother and extended family watch as he is, instead, hauled off to jail.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Less noticeable in retrospect, but at the time this aired UPN and the WB were merging into a new channel, the CW. It hadn't yet been announced if ''Veronica Mars'' was one of the shows that would be moved to the new network, or if it would be cancelled. The lines after Clarence Weidman shoots Aaron ("CW?" "It's a done deal") were a nod to viewers about this situation.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Cassidy is unable to get it up while trying to have sex with Mac. (Some attribute it to him being AmbiguouslyGay, others chalk it up to his [[RapeAsBackstory traumatic experiences with sex]]).
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Aaron and his [[AmoralAttorney slimy lawyer]] get an unlikely acquittal, and he gloats for a while about loving freedom and having the purse strings over Logan again. As it turns out he's just dodged an official prison sentence and walked into an unofficial death sentence.

* ObviouslyEvil: Aaron's scene in the elavator, where he cheerfully and explicitly boasts to Veronica about having killed Lilly. It's a little out of character, but was also somewhat necessary as a large chunk of the fanbase were speculating (based on Aaron never ''actually'' confessing to the crime in ''Leave It To Beaver'', and the reasonably competent frame job he and his lawyers did on Duncan this season) that Aaron was actually innocent, and Duncan really ''was'' Lilly's killer.

* WhamEpisode - whatever you thought of the episode, ''nothing'' would be the same after this.

* WorldsSmallestViolin: Vinnie Van Lowe, in jail for trying to rob the mayor's house, offers Keith a 60/40 split on reward money. When Keith responds that it should be 50/50, Vinnie whines that he's the one in jail, and Keith does this to him:
-->'''Vinnie:''' I risk my life to bring a fugitive to justice and you're giving me world's tiniest violin.

* FridgeBrilliance: Intentional or not, the fact that Teddy Dunn was left in the credits even after being written out in the middle of the season means his cameo in this episode isn't spoiled at all.
** The reveal of Jackie's actual past resolves a mystery the show hadn't even flagged as a mystery, but pays off a number of subtle hints in previous episodes (including Jackie's apparently 'natural talent' for waitressing and a veiled remark to her dad about "learning the birds and the bees the hard way").

* UnfortunateImplications: Veronica strongly suggests that Cassidy is gay (hence his sexual issues with Mac). Taken with the other two victims we know of (Peter and Marcos) being gay and heavily questioning, respectively, there are some...questionable implications.

* {{Retcon}} - Cassidy being Veronica's rapist is a pretty obvious one, after people complained about the UnfortunateImplications of saying it wasn't really a rape last season.

Woody's medical records reveal that he has chlamydia, just like Veronica. They also find Woody has a heart condition, so he has to take a pill every day. Keith has Veronica impersonate Gia and make a phone call to Woody's lawyer concerning said heart medication; true to form, the lawyer calls Woody, and Keith intercepts the number.

At graduation, Keith says he'll call as soon as he catches Woody. Mac tells Veronica that Beaver got them a room at the Neptune Grand for tonight. As everyone walks, Weevil is intercepted by Sheriff Lamb, arresting him in connection with Thumper's murder. He is led out in cuffs, and Veronica herself is called - to a standing ovation. After graduation, Keith appears to present to tickets to New York, then runs off to catch Woody. Dick appears to slap Veronica on the ass and reference a party. Veronica walks to her car, but is approached by Alicia - according to a note he left on Alicia's windshield, Wallace is going to Paris to try and track down Jackie.

Cut to Brooklyn, where Jackie and her "little brother" enter somewhere where Jackie and her mother work as waitresses. They get a call, which is for Jackie - it's from Veronica, who tells Jackie she figured out she wasn't who she said she was a while ago, and about Wallace going to Paris. There's a 4-hour layover at JFK, so Jackie can stop him going to Paris.

At the Neptune Grand, Logan sees Aaron, who is staying there now. Logan asks "Just because you beat a murder rap, you're suddenly my father again?" To which Aaron responds he never stops being Logan's father, and he never will. But he has the purse strings back.

At the Reno Hunting Lodge, Keith catches Woody, and calls the local sheriff. Woody tells Keith he didn't crash the bus. Keith brings up his abuse of children, and Woody tries to defend himself: "That's not how it was! If you knew those boys, knew their fathers... how they ignored them, mistreated them... I listened to them, I cared about them..." Keith tells Woody just to ''stop''.

Keith calls Veronica, saying they're loading Woody onto his own plane. Veronica decides she has to track down the 3rd boy on the tape, as there is only one kid on the photo she hasn't identified, and goes to Woody's Burgers, where the photo will have names. She sees the name of the unidentified boy, but is quickly distracted by the words down the bottom:

"Not Pictured: Cassidy Casablancas."

It falls into place for Veronica; how she got chlamydia, and she begins to suspect Cassidy for the crash. She calls Mac with a warning, but she and Beaver are walking through a party and the music drowns Mac's phone out. Veronica also calls Hart Hanson, who she saw with Beaver last week, who confirms her suspicions - Cassidy blew up the bus.

Back at the party, Dick encourages Cassidy to "chug", and then Cassidy asks Mac if she wants to go check out the room. She teases him about his "liquid courage", but he responds there is nothing up there he's afraid of.

On their way to their room, Corny interrupts Beaver and Mac to tell them that Keith caught Woody. Beaver looks uncomfortable.

In Beaver and Mac's room, Mac's phone buzzes uselessly, against the backdrop of activity in the bed.

At the party, Veronica walks in and asks Logan where Beaver and Mac are. She starts to explain, but they are interrupted by Dick, who tells her Beaver took Mac up to his room.

In Mac and Beaver room, she tells him [[TheLoinsSleepTonight "Don't worry about it... I'm having a good time and we've got all night.]]" She goes to take a shower.

In the lobby, Veronica tries to find out what room Mac and Beaver are in, but the hotel can't tell her. She keeps calling Mac, and sends a text message. In the room, Cassidy sees the text while Mac is showering: "Get away from Beaver. Now. He's a killer. I'm in the lobby." Cassidy's face changes, and he pulls out a gun.

Veronica gets a text message, allegedly from Mac: "Meet me on the roof. Now." While in the elevator, she sees Aaron, who taunts her about Lilly's murder. He leaves.

Veronica arrives at the roof, and calls out for Mac - instead she sees Cassidy, pointing the gun at her, who tells her Mac is in "a better place." He screams at her to throw him her bag, which she does. He takes the taser out of it, then pulls out Mac's phone with the "Beaver's a killer" message. He asks her what exactly she thinks she knows.

Veronica tells him he was on Woody's little league teams, with Marcos and Peter - the all fell victim to Woody's abuse, Marcos and Peter wanted to come forward. In flashback, we see Cassidy plead with them to leave him out of it, but they won't listen.

Veronica tells him what Hart told her: Cassidy worked on Hart's war movies, being in charge of blowing things up, which he had been taught to do by Curly Moran, his Dad's mechanic.

In flashback, we see the rich kids in the limo, behind the bus. Nobody notices when Beaver presses send, and an explosion sounds.

Veronica talks about Curly's murder: Curly figured it out, so Cassidy called the [=PCHers=] to convince them Curly blew up the bus, so they would kill him. The didn't finish the job, so Cassidy ran him down with his car. He wrote "Veronica Mars" on Curly's hand to focus investigation in a new direction.

Then Veronica asks Cassidy a question: how'd she get chlamydia? She yells that he ''raped'' her, but he laughs it off. She tells him that she's told her Dad everything, but he points out Keith's on Woody's plane - which Beaver has a bomb on.

Cassidy lets Veronica call her Dad before he blows it up, but Keith doesn't pick up. Beaver presses send and the plane explodes.

Veronica collapses with grief, and Cassidy tries to convince her to jump off the roof, including "persuading" her by torturing her with her own taser. She manages to forward the message "Meet me on the roof now" to Logan, who arrives just as Cassidy's about to shoot Veronica. A massive gun-taser-brawl breaks out, which ends when Veronica gets the gun. She shoots it in the air, then points it at Cassidy.

Logan tells her not to shoot him, at which Veronica screams: "He killed my father! He killed everyone on the bus! He raped me!" Logan tells her she's not a killer, and a sobbing Veronica gives him the gun, and collapses in his arms. Cassidy realizes it's ''over'' - he hoists himself over the small barrier between the most of the roof, and the edge.

Logan looks up to see Cassidy about to jump, and tells him "Beaver, don't!" Prompting this exchange.

--->'''Cassidy:''' My ''name'' is ''Cassidy!''
--->'''Logan:''' Cassidy don't.

--->''[Veronica just stares at him. Logan struggles, but cannot find any reason to live, to give Cassidy]''

And with a calm bravado, Cassidy steps off the roof. Veronica remembers Mac, and they go into her hotel roof - she is crying, wrapped in what appears to be a shower curatin, and slumped against the wall. Cassidy stole everything from the room, including Mac's clothes. Mac asks why, and Veronica hugs her.

Cut to Aaron's room. We see him and Kendall post-coital, but she wanders off. He puts on the TV, and sees one of his old movies on. What he doesn't see is Clarence Weidman standing behind him with a gun. Clarence fires two bullets into Aaron's head, then calls Duncan - who is on a beach with Baby Lilly. Clarence tells Duncan "it's a done deal."

* BittersweetEnding - The good guys all lived and the bad guys all died but the bad guy was someone they used to like and trust, and his death is going to ''hurt.''

Veronica and Keith stand outside the courthouse, watching Aaron go free. Aaron says how relieved he is to have his name "cleared" of this "horrible crime." Veronica voice-overs about how it doesn't make sense.

Back at the office, Keith tells Veronica that they cannot obsess about Aaron's acquittal. She then brings to his attention the bounty on Woody Goodman, but he says he can't go after Woody because of Veronica's graduation.

Then they get a phone call, from Vinnie Van Lowe, who thinks he and Keith should team up to catch Woody Goodman. Vinnie was caught breaking into Woody's house, but now has all his records, tax, medical, etc. Keith agrees, but says they can't moved until after Veronica's graduation.

At the dot, Veronica gives Wallace free cake, to comfort him after Jackie left. She then goes to a guy she asked to show up, promising free gelato - she then checks he was on Woody's Little League team.

Back at the office, Keith and Veronica go over Woody's medical records, where they find something disturbing - Woody had chlamydia, like Veronica has. They also find Woody has a heart condition, so he has to take a pill every day. Keith devises a plan for Veronica to impersonate Gia, make a phone call to Woody's lawyer/old college buddy, who will give the message to Woody, and then Keith will track the call.

We enter Veronica's dream-land, where a happy and sober Lianne wakes her up, and makes them all pancakes. Keith is still sheriff, and he and Lianne are very much in love. Lianne tells Veronica not to run off with "that boy" after graduation, because she and Keith want to take pictures.

At school, Veronica tells Logan and Duncan she has the wrong cap and gown, and Dick shows up to say "Guess who's going commando?" Veronica asks if anyone knows "Wallace Fennel" and Duncan says Wallace was in his PE class. Dick and Duncan play a stupid joke where they say Wallace was forced into the walk-in cooler at Sac-n-Pac when it was held it, got frostbite and lost 3 fingers. Veronica completely falls for it, at Logan says he loves her, but she's the most gullible girl he's ever met.

Duncan points out Wallace, and he and Veronica switch caps and gowns. He asks if she's looking forward to getting out this place, to which she responds "I don't know... high school was a blast." He calls her "one of those," but then tells her to forget it, and tells tells her "have a good life... I'm sure you will."

Wallace walks off, and Veronica sees Lilly - who talks a little about her college life at Vassar (including fooling around with her boyfriend's ex). Then Lilly calls attention to the Lilly Kane Memorial Fountain, and asks Veronica if she smells bacon. Veronica awakens.

Back in reality, Keith's plan works perfectly, and Keith finds Woody is at a hunting lodge in Reno. At graduation, Keith says he'll call as soon as he catches Woody. Mac tells Veronica that Beaver got them a room at the Neptune Grand for tonight. Then the actual graduation starts, and just before Weevil is called, the sheriff appears to arrest him in connection with Thumper's murder. He is lead out in cuffs, and Veronica herself is called - to a standing ovation. After graduation, Keith appears to present to tickets to New York, then runs off to catch Woody. Dick appears to slap Veronica on the ass and reference a party. Veronica walks to her car, but is approached by Alicia - according to a note he left on Alicia's windshield, Wallace is going to Paris to try and track down Jackie.

Veronica talks about Curly's murder: Curly figured it out, so Cassidy called the PCHers to convince them Curly blew up the bus, so they would kill him. The didn't finish the job, so Cassidy ran him down with his car. He wrote "Veronica Mars" on Curly's hand to focus investigation in a new direction.

* DisneyDeath - Keith (who Veronica thinks was on the plane that blew up) ''and'' Mac (Who Cassidy said was "in a better place").

* WhatShot: Veronica reading the names of the boys on the Little League baseball team. "Not Pictured: Cassidy Casablancas".

* WhatShot: "Not Pictured: Cassidy Casablancas".

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Back in reality, Keith's plan works perfectly, and Keith finds Woody is at a hunting lodge in Reno. At graduation, Keith says he'll call as soon as he catches Woody. Mac tells Veronica that Beaver got them a room at the Neptune Grand for tonight. Then the actual graduation starts, and just before Weevil is called, the sheriff appears to arrest him in connection with Thumper's murder. He is lead out in cuffs, and Veronica herself is called - to a standing ovation. After graduation, Keith appears to present to tickets to New York, then runs off to catch Woody. Dick appears to slap Veronica and the ass and reference a party. Veronica walks to her car, but is approached by Alicia - according to a note he left on Alicia's windshield, Wallace is going to Paris to try and track down Jackie.

%%* EmotionalTorque

%%* TheLoinsSleepTonight

Veronica arrives at the roof, and calls out for Mac - instead she sees Cassidy, pointing the gun at her, who tells her Mac is in "a better place." He screams at her to through him her bag, which she does. He takes the taser out of it, then pulls out Mac's phone with the "Beaver's a killer" message. He asks her what exactly she thinks she knows.

%%* ArcWelding - To Veronica's rape.
%%* AxCrazy - Cassidy

%%* DisneyDeath - Keith ''and'' Mac.
%%* DrivenToSuicide - Cassidy

%%* PietaPlagiarism

%%* SoHappyTogether - Mac and Cassidy

* EvenEvilHasStandards - Woody confesses to molesting children, but says he could never kill the people on the bus.* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo - Jackie's brother.

* AccidentalInnuendo - A serious example; after this episode, a lot of people thought Cassidy had raped Mac. The writers never meant to imply that, but her naked and crying and saying "he took everything"... could throw people off.

* AlasPoorVillain
* ArcWelding - To Veronica's rape.
* AxCrazy - Cassidy
* BittersweetEnding - So, yes, the good guys all lived and the bad guys all died. But the bad guy was someone they used to like and trust, and his death is going to ''hurt.''
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Duncan's hit on Aaron. Even those who hated Duncan loved it.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny - “A PONY?”
** Also; "They're probably up there making ''love''. Or playing Dungeons and Dragons. Or both. At the same time."
* DisneyDeath - Keith ''and'' Mac.
* DrivenToSuicide - Cassidy
* EmotionalTorque
* EvenEvilHasStandards - Woody confesses to molesting children, but says he could never kill the people on the bus. Subverted in that fans generally find Woody FAR more reprehensible than Cassidy.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo - Jackie's brother.
* {{HSQ}} - the episode's known for an massive {{HSQ}}.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight
* PietaPlagiarism

* SoHappyTogether - Mac and Cassidy
* UnfortunateImplications - being molested ''will'' make you gay and/or evil.
* TearJerker

* XanatosRoulette - how did Cassidy ''do'' all that?
* YouKilledMyFather - [[spoiler: well, we all thought you did - thank goodness he didn't get on that plane!]]

* ActorAllusion - “I thought [Kendall] couldn't come out during [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer daylight]] [[{{Angel}} hours]].”

* YouKilledMyFather - [[spoiler: well, we all thought you did - thank goodness he didn't get on that plane!]]
* YourMileageMayVary - It's a... [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing]] episode, for fans.

* WallBanger - {{YMMV}}

* AreYouMyMummy - Jackie's brother.