It's time to turn those tassels, for both our heroine and her friends and for Go Pirates!'s coverage of Season 2, as the evil mastermind behind the bus crash -- and other transportational demises -- is revealed. The less-evil mastermind behind another timely death is also uncovered, as the long arm of the Kane taps Aaron Echolls from Australia. And while Weevil does manage to get gowned, the graduation he promised his grandmother is not to be. Instead, we're given a pointless and baffling coda to Jackie's story, out-of-character blundering by Veronica, a LoVe reunion whose lead-up seems to have been left on the cutting-room floor, and an unexpected reward for Kendall.Were we as traumatized as Mac by the scrambled writing? Did the acting achieve summa status? And does nobody on the production understand how air travel works? All these questions, plus an announcement, in our podcast on Veronica Mars S02.E22, "Not Pictured."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucky finally cracks under the strain of his secret -- but Veronica Mars is on the case, with Keith, and while they haven't quite solved for X on the bus crash, they're getting closer to why (and Woody) thanks to a blackmail recording and a...health final exam? Meanwhile, Aaron Echolls's trial is dragging everyone through the sociopathic mud, and the chlamydia a pitiless universe saddled Veronica with in a previous episode comes back to haunt her -- but not only her -- in a big way. In the end, Aaron gets acquitted; Weevil gets the math B he needs to graduate for his gramma; Mac and Beaver get closer again; Terrence gets alibi'd by Leonard Lobo; and Wallace gets the rug pulled out from under him when Terrence is the worst at father.Is "Happy Go Lucky" the worst at set-up? Not really...but we're impatient to arrive at the fireworks factory in our podcast on S02.E21.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terrence Cook's secret is out, but he's still able to bond with Jackie. A secret of Woody's is out, too, and he tries to blame Keith for the passed-out lady he wakes up next to. And the secret of who's stalking Gia leads to a break in the bus-crash case at last! ...Just kidding; it doesn't, because Lamp soap-opera-ishly interrupts, but at least we get to see Former Deputy Leo again!And Veronica Mars could probably see a whole lot of Leo, but whether she's still mooning over Duncan, distracted by the anti-prom party Logan's throwing in his suite, or concerned that Kendall's going to get Keith arrested for stealing her hard drive, she lets Leo go -- again -- in favor of hearing Logan's slurry feels, then fleeing before he can kiss her. And she should have stayed fled, but a lot of things should have happened in this episode that didn't, and we still have a murder trial to get through before the season finale's big reveals.Wallace and Jackie are happy and cute, which is more than you can say for your co-hosts and/or this episode in an all-new Go Pirates!.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The search for a hit-and-run dog killer leads Veronica, annoyingly, to Weevil first, and then to the Fitzpatricks, who haven't responded to the recent leadership vacuum as graciously as one might hope. They're also not keen on Keith unearthing Kendall's true identity: Priscilla Banks, a grifter whose association with a senior Fitzpatrick puts her rahhhh-ther close to the bus crash case herself. And while it seems Mac isn't over Beaver yet, she's still over Butters's attempts to date her -- and Wallace isn't faring much better with Jackie, especially with his tactless assessment of her social situation. As the prom and the season's end both approach, there's a lot to get turned around, and Hector's acting may not be on the list as we run down S02.E19, "Never Mind The Buttocks."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veronica's struggling with insomnia and bad dreams in S02.E18, as nightmares about her dead classmates -- nightmares that, in our opinion, she should have started having a dozen eps ago -- haunt her at night, not to mention give her red-herring clues about the crash. Counselor Rebecca returns to help her sort through it, and to drag a red herring of her own through Keith's romantic life when Keith's "date outfit" confuses a separate case.Elsewhere, Veronica gets into Stanford, but can't count on the Kane scholarship as long as Madison-level 09er beeyotch (that's a compliment, actually) Angie is getting extensions and college credit for semesters at sea, and Logan and Wallace finally share enough screentime to try to take Angie down. And Dick is inserted (sorry) (kiiiind of?) into the bus-crash investigation. All this AND an omelet of problematic stereotypes in S02.E18, "I Am God."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only on TV do this many Sadie Hawkins dances happen -- or cause this much trouble for our teenage heroes, as Wallace struggles with his feelings for two ladies, Mac struggles with Cassidy's lack of R-rated actions with HER, and Logan struggles with liking Gia? Because he's...a monster?But Logan's on the case as Woody's winning-essay intern, and unearths a creepy stalker video taken inside Woody's house. Keith is detailed to figure out who took it and why, but when Woody "cracks the case," it's clear there's more to the story.Not to Thumper's story, though. Weevil finagles some help with the real bridge witness from Veronica, then sets his former lieutenant up to take an explosive Fitzpatrick fall. And through it all, John and Sarah are sourcing fashion in the latest Go Pirates! podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Veronica and Wallace head to Hearst for a prospectives' weekend, we're thrilled to see Troy Vandegraff amongst their fellow future frosh...but Veronica is not, and she's even less stoked when he asks for her help in clearing his name when he's accused of raping a student, then shaving her head. The dumbest, frattiest dumb frat in California doesn't cover itself with glory, but unfortunately, the investigation doesn't end with their shitty behavior.Speaking of which, Keith has to get Cliff out of cuffs after an encounter at an OBGYN conference goes an unexpected way. Trying to figure out why Cliff's special lady friend stole his briefcase, they acquire some leverage on Lamb, but he's even less capable of shame than we thought when confronted with his Madison make-out sesh.And another make-out sesh blows up in Logan's face when he tries to renege on his deal with Griffith and keep seeing Hannah. Too bad Griffith grows a spine at last, and Hannah's just one of the characters we'll neeeeever see again in the latest Go Pirates! podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Jane's sister goes missing days before her wedding to a Richie Rich, Veronica is tasked with tracking her down...and while everyone's kinda casual vis-a-vis the possibility that Heidi came to a bad end, what she does find out about her fye-ance isn't great. Neither is Sheriff Lamb's reaction when Keith and Veronica decide they have to share their bus-crash intel with local law "enforcement," but in the decidedly-great department, "The Quick The Wed"'s got priceless Vinnie bowling faces; Hamlin doing Echolls doing Lecter; Lamb getting his smug on; and a so-called "expensive" engagement ring that steals the all-time-hiddy crown from Jackie Taylor's uggo setting on Beverly Hills, 90210.Will Logan's dating-blackmail scheme work on Dr. G? Why was Terrence Cook shot offscreen? The answers to all these questions and...fewer? In the latest Go Pirates! podcast.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It looks like a string of pizza-delivery muggings and the blackmailing of a group of Neptune High's LGBTQ+ community are related, but as Kristen Cavallari joins the list of VM characters who are bad actors in more than one sense, it turns out there's both more and less to these crimes than meets the eye. That said, it's a welcome cavalcade of past case-of-the-week characters, and a VERY welcome shout-out to our own John Ramos.Terrence's attempt to clear his name in the bus crash doesn't go so well, as Native Americans get impugned once again via a gangster casino owner who has Terrence's number, and a Lamb who doesn't respond to Terrence and Keith's blackmail -- involving, well, Lamb's blackmail of Terrence -- the way they'd hoped. Veronica's friend-date with Jackie ends with an UN-welcome discovery, and Logan's hard-won movie hang with Hannah isn't really a victory for anyone in the Griffith household. It's getting Corny in an all-new deep-dish episode of Go Pirates!.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the NHS senior-trip fund goes missing at Winter Carnival, Veronica is tasked -- sort of, and to Ms. Hauser's dismay -- with tracking it down, a chore that puts her at odds with academic rival JB; nemesis Madison; Ms. Hauser herself; and Weevil, except not really, except maybe? But she's on Jackie's side, which is nice, and so is Wallace, which ditto.While justice is getting served on Ms. Hauser (and her student aide), Keith is serving some T to Terrence Cook about his case, including how excellent his motive is for causing the bus crash, and how disappointing his gambling issues are for super-fan Keith. Almost as disappointing, in fact, as the show's take on sex-worker-related revenge, as Beav gets back at Dick for teasing him by hiring a trans pro to gay-panic him. Poorly played, especially in comparison to Weevil's Thumper-framing shell game -- and Logan's possibly nefarious meet-cute -- in an all-new Go Pirates! on S02.E13, "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices