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Recap / Veronica Mars S 02 E 20 Look Whos Stalking

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Veronica is at the doctor's office, and is stunned to learn she has chlamydia, especially since she doesn't have any symptoms. The doctor says that's not unusual, and then asks about her sexual history. She alludes to Duncan and says they were safe; the doctor prescribes her some medication.

In the hallway of Neptune High, Veronica walks up to Jackie and Wallace, who are totally excited about the upcoming prom. Less excited is Mac, who is still bitter about having to go with Vincent. Just then, Clemmons announces over the PA system that because of alcohol violations on the senior trip, the prom is cancelled. Everyone is upset except for Mac, who yells out, "Prayer works!"

Meanwhile, at the Mars apartment, Keith gets a call from Woody Goodman asking to meet him at the Camelot Motel. Keith shows up to find Woody with a campaign staffer in his bed; she's only wearing a bra and panties and has apparently OD'd. Woody begs for Keith to help him. Keith says it's not part of his job description, but agrees to discreetly take her to the hospital. He puts her in his car and takes off.

Back at Neptune High, in journalism class, Gia approaches Veronica and tells her she's got a stalker. She says she keeps seeing a "nondescript" car following her, and she mentions seeing creepy looking guys from the rival high school at karaoke night. Veronica, recognizing the value of helping the mayor's daughter, accepts.

At Mars Investigations, Keith notices a sketch picture on Veronica's desk. He's looking at it when he hears someone come in. It's Kendall, who wants her hard drive back, or she'll press charges. Keith plays coy, and brings up Kendall's past, which she plays coy about as well. Veronica comes in, and she and Kendall engage in some Snark-to-Snark Combat until Kendall leaves. Keith asks Veronica about the doctor, and Veronica tells him everything's fine. Veronica asks to borrow the remote cameras, and tells him about Gia being stalked (though she doesn't mention him by name). Keith agrees, but asks Veronica to make copies of the picture he has, which is of the person who hired the prostitute to steal Cliff's briefcase.

Later, at the Mars apartment, Veronica says she's set up the cameras to catch anyone who might have followed her and Gia to her place. Gia compliments Veronica, saying it sounds very "Mission: Impossible". As Veronica is scanning with the cameras, Gia notices the car, and when Veronica runs the license plate, she discovers it belongs to Leo, her ex.

The next day, in the Neptune High hallway, Veronica catches up to Logan and awkwardly asks if he knows whether Duncan was with anyone else besides her and Meg. Logan scoffs at this, but admits he doesn't know of anyone else. He then mentions "alterna-prom", which he's having for his friends. Veronica points out she's going to be with Jackie and Wallace, but Logan invites them as well.

Later, at Java the Hut, Veronica is having coffee with Leo, who says he now works for a private security firm. He's surprised to hear from her, since he thought he fell off her radar after he stole the Aaron/Lilly sex tapes. They console each other about their terrible love lives before Veronica brings up Gia, and Gia appears behind them. Leo is less surprised now about hearing from Veronica, and admits he's been hired by Woody - or rather, his firm has - to watch over Gia. He says goodbye to them and leaves. Gia is surprised she has security and asks if it has anything to do with Keith. This brings Veronica up short, especially when Gia shows her the newspaper article that blames Keith for the woman he brought to the hospital...

...and later, at Woody's office, Keith chews Woody out for the article. Woody tries to apologize, saying he didn't know the motel manager had a camera, but explains he needed to keep things quiet for the sake of the incorporation vote. Keith says he's not voting for incorporation, and storms out.

That night, at the Mars apartment, Gia shows up. She tells Veronica she got her dad to pull the private security detail because it was freaking her out (and her father assured her it was normal election precautions), but then she found a DVD. Veronica puts it on, and it's of Gia's brother playing soccer, with some closeups of Gia as well. Veronica agrees it's creepy.

The next day, in journalism class, Veronica shows her the footage again, and points out a woman with a camera. Gia identifies her as "Mrs. Harmon", and Veronica thinks she might have footage of whoever's stalking Gia, and asks Gia to find out.

Meanwhile, at Mars Investigations, Keith tells his side of the story to Lloyd Blankenship. Keith also tells Lloyd to talk to the staffer, but Lloyd says she's disappeared.

Back at Neptune High, during lunch, Wallace proposes going to a batting cage instead of prom, which Jackie is less than enthusiastic about. She mentions going to see her dad later, and says while things suck for him, she's finally getting along with him. Veronica comes over and tells them about Logan's plan for an "alterna-prom", and they both brighten up. Mac, who stops by the table, is less happy, but Corny, who has overheard, is thrilled.

Later, at the hospital, Keith visits Terrence. He asks Terrence about breaking into Ms. Dumass' father's house, and Terrence explains she claimed to have written a tell-all book that would finish him if it came out, so he wanted to get it before her parents saw it. Jackie comes in, with flowers and magazines, and she and Keith greet each other. Keith leaves, and Jackie starts to tell her father baseball gossip.

That night, at the Mars apartment, Gia has Mrs. Harmon's camera (she told Mrs. Harmon she thought her friend's boyfriend was with another girl at the game), and Veronica looks at the footage. They find the stalker; they don't see his face, but can tell he's wearing a Neptune letterman jacket and drives a red truck.

The next day, Keith goes out to get the paper, only to discover there is none. He comes into the kitchen and discovers Veronica has both of the papers. She alludes to the story, and says she has to run so she can vote on incorporation. Keith looks at the paper, which has his side of the story, and the paper also mentions how the scandal has hurt the chances of incorporation passing.

In a voting booth, Veronica votes against incorporation.

Later, at Neptune High, Logan asks Dick who he's taking to the prom. Dick says he's going stag, and Logan correctly guesses he was turned down, but Dick, unfazed, says he's ready for college girls now. Corny walks by and mentions how excited he is for the alterna-prom, to Logan's horror.

Later, in the parking lot, Veronica muses no student at Neptune High has a permit for a red pickup, and wonders if she's on the wrong trail. Gia appears, and Veronica starts to tell her what she's learned, but Gia is pissed about the story in the paper. Veronica tries to explain all the story said was Keith didn't get the woman drunk, but Gia isn't interested, and storms off.

That night, Keith and Veronica watch the news, and see the incorporation ballot measure was voted down. Veronica then puts the DVD of the soccer game on, and mentions Gia getting stalked. Keith then shows Veronica the DVD sent to Woody's office. He tells Veronica to stay away from the case, because it's about more than Gia, and he doesn't want Veronica to get hurt.

The next day, in study hall, Veronica is stuffing envelopes with the sketch picture Keith gave her earlier when Mr. Wu tells her to stop. Logan comes in, and chides Veronica for inviting Corny to the alterna-prom. He happens to see the picture, and says it looks like the same guy whom Aaron was sharing a cell with.

Later, Jackie is visiting Terrence, and shows him a magazine with a picture of the dress she wants to wear. Terrence tells her to be careful, and Jackie assures him she's already learned the hard way to do that. She's also indulgent about Terrence trying to give her fatherly advice, and says she has no illusions about where her and Wallace are going, relationship-wise, since she's off to Paris.

That night, Veronica and Gia are both working alone in the journalism room. Veronica tries to approach her but Gia shuns her. Veronica decides it's not worth it to wait, and leaves. She passes Lucky the janitor and greets him, but when she gets out to her car, she sees a red pickup truck like the one in the video, and realizes it belongs to Lucky. Veronica calls Keith and leaves a message for him.

Back inside the school, Veronica walks until she hears Lucky talking with Gia. They're in the janitor's closet, and Lucky is telling Gia about being in Iraq. Veronica tries but fails to catch Gia's attention as she says she'd be interested in doing a story on Lucky. As Lucky goes in his locker to get something, Gia sees Veronica and is not pleased. Lucky, however, doesn't mind Veronica being there, and offers to show them both something freaky. As he looks again in his locker, Veronica finally is able to tell Gia Lucky's her stalker, and Gia looks horrified. Lucky pulls out a large serrated knife, which scares both Veronica and Gia. Veronica tells him they have to go. Lucky seems to acquiesce, but plants himself in front of the door. He starts to tell Gia that he knows Woody, but Keith bursts in, tackles Lucky, and handcuffs him. Veronica grabs the knife, which has been knocked down, and helps Keith pin Lucky down. But when Keith starts to asks Lucky why he's been stalking Gia, and Lucky responds Woody deserved it, Lamb comes in. He tells Keith that he'll handle things, but Keith handcuffs himself to Lucky and throws the key down the drain of the sink, and tells Veronica to go to her party.

At the Neptune Grand, Dick gets into the elevator, which already has a few others going to prom. Just as the doors are about to close, Madison steps in. He tries coming on to her, but she ignores him. Just as the doors are about to close, Veronica comes in with Wallace, Jackie, Mac and Vincent. Veronica tries to compliment Mac, but she still wants to kill Veronica and make it look like an accident. Just as the doors are about to close, Corny comes in, along with another couple. Finally, the elevator closes and goes up. Vincent starts babbling about the space elevator that's being built while everyone looks at him like he's nuts. When the doors open at Logan's floor, Mac and Madison say simultaneously, "Thank God," and hurriedly walk out.

Inside Logan's room, the party is going on in full swing. Logan greets everybody, including Dick and Madison, who head off separately, Wallace, who greets him back, and Veronica. She tells Logan about Vincent taking Mac to dinner on a pirate ship, and he laughs. As she walks off, Logan looks after her.

Meanwhile, at the sheriff's department, Keith and Lucky are in a cell together, still cuffed together. Keith asks Lucky about what he was saying about Woody, but when Lucky seems he's about to answer, Lamb comes in, and tries but fails to open the cuffs with the keys he has, and storms off.

Meanwhile, back at the Neptune Grand, while Wallace and Jackie slow-dance, Vincent confesses to Mac that he knows how awkward it is for her, but he just wants to be his own weird self, and he thinks Mac is weird as well. Mac still doesn't look convinced. Elsewhere, Dick again tries to come on to Madison, but she's not interested. Veronica walks by and starts alluding to Madison's relationship with Lamb, to Madison's horror. Madison, looking for an out, spots Gia and leaves. Dick tries to come on to Veronica, but Veronica dismisses him. She sees Madison giving Gia a drink, and and warns Gia not to drink it. Gia thanks Veronica for saving her life and apologizes for getting mad at her. Veronica accepts the apology. She walks over to Wallace and Jackie and teases them. Wallace says he and Jackie have reserved a room, which surprises Veronica, and they leave.

As "I Hear the Bells" plays, Logan joins Veronica as she leans against the wall, watching the others. Veronica says she likes the song, and jokes about Logan not finding any "bimbos" to dance with. Logan tells her he's given that up, and he's been carrying a broken heart. Veronica, somewhat sympathetically, asks if he's talking about Hannah, but Logan says he's talking about her. As Veronica starts to grow uncomfortable, Logan, who's getting drunk, mentions how he thought their story was "epic", and apologizes for how he acted the previous summer. Veronica, trying to deflect the tension, wonders if relationships should really be that hard, but Logan replies, "No one writes songs about the ones that come easy". He moves to kiss her, but Veronica, very uncomfortable, says she can't, and leaves.

In another hotel room, Jackie and Wallace start kissing each other and undressing.

Back at the sheriff's department, Lucky is again about to tell Keith about Woody when Lamb comes in with the key Keith threw down the drain (Sachs dug it out), and unlocks them. Keith asks for a couple of minutes, but Lamb says Meg's father posted bail for Lucky.

The next morning, at the Mars Apartment, Keith picks up the paper. He sees Veronica and asks how the prom went, but she brushes him off and leaves. Keith looks at the paper and sees the story about Terrence's gambling has come out...

...and outside Terrence's hospital room, Jackie has just read the same story. She looks gutted, but when the nurse tells her to go in, Jackie is able to smile, and throws the paper in the trash.

Meanwhile, at the Neptune Grand, Veronica knocks on Logan's door. When he answers, she apologizes for storming off and says while she's not ready for them to get back together, she does think they should see each other and take it from there. Unfortunately, Logan is hung over, and Veronica guesses he doesn't remember what he said the night before. Not only that, but Kendall, wearing nothing but a bathrobe, appears behind Logan, rubs his shoulder, and tells him to shower before walking back to the bedroom. Logan tries to apologize, but Veronica, who's crying, storms off.

This episode contains examples of:

  • Bait-and-Switch Comment: Lamb gets one of these when he tries to unlock the cuffs holding Keith and Lucky together:
    Lamb: What are you looking at, nutjob?
    Keith: Cut him some slack, Don.
    Lamb: I wasn't talking to him, Keith.
  • By "No", I Mean "Yes": When Keith first comes to the motel room where Woody is with the woman who's OD'd, Woody says it isn't what it looks like. When Keith just looks at him, Woody corrects himself, "Okay, it is what it looks like."
  • Call-Back: Lloyd Blankenship, the reporter Keith used before.
  • Contrived Coincidence: Keith takes exactly as long to convince Lucky to talk to him as Sacks takes to retrieve the handcuff key, down to the last second.
  • Country Matters: Played with:
    Veronica: Mrs C! I trust you're well.
    Kendall: Oh well, if it isn't little Miss Teen Getaway. Your dad and I were just dealing with a little trouble.
    Keith: (warning) Veronica!
  • Foreshadowing: Veronica's chlamydia and Lucky's hints about Woody's transgressions will become *very* important later. Also, Jackie's allusion to having learned the hard way to be careful.
  • Get a Room!: Veronica says this a couple of times to Jackie and Wallace. Unlike most examples of this trope, they actually do (get a room).
  • Literary Allusion Title: The episode title is a play on the John Travolta movie Look Who's Talking.
  • Sarcasm-Blind: Gia.
  • Ship Sinking: Let's just say the hearts of several thousand Logan/Veronica shippers broke near the end of this episode, and leave it at that.
  • Shout-Out: Gia mentions singing "Can't Get You Out of My Head" at karaoke night.
  • Waxing Lyrical: At the alterna-prom, Logan says, "Alone again", and Veronica responds, "Naturally", which is the name of a Gilbert O'Sullivan song.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: You'd think Meg's father bailing Lucky out was setting something up, but no.
  • When Life Gives You Lemons...:
    Veronica: So my Grandma Reynolds was always saying, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." I wish she was still alive because I'd really like to ask what she suggests for when life gives you chlamydia.

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