Episodes
Veronica is still living at home with her father Keith, and Piz and Parker are introduced as the respective roommates of Veronica's friends Wallace and Mac. Weevil takes a job at Hearst as a maintenance man, while Lamb continues to serve as Sheriff. During the season, Keith begins an affair with a married client, Wallace struggles to balance academics and sports, Mac begins dating again after previous failed relationships, and Dick has a breakdown and appeals to Logan for help. The season chronicles Veronica and Logan's failing attempts to maintain their relationship in the face of Veronica's mistrust.
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "Welcome Wagon" | John Kretchmer | Rob Thomas | October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) | 3T5801 | 3.36 |
| The fall term at Hearst College starts and Veronica and Logan are dating. Veronica is still living at home, and Mac and Wallace each have roommates. Wallace's roommate Piz asks Veronica to recover his stolen possessions. Veronica sneaks into Parker and Mac's darkened room to retrieve an item, and successfully avoids disturbing what she thinks is consensual sex. Parker later awakens from her drugged stupor to find her head shaved—Veronica had missed the serial rapist in the act. | |||||||
| 46 | 2 | "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" | John Kretchmer | Diane Ruggiero | October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10) | 3T5802 | 2.96 |
| Guilty over not having helped Parker, Veronica pursues the Hearst serial rapist by going undercover at the Theta Beta sorority during rush week. Parker's parents arrive, intending to take her home. Wallace and Logan participate in a guard/prisoner experiment for sociology class. On the night she was raped, Parker was taken back to her dorm room by a resident assistant because she was too intoxicated to get back herself. Veronica also learns that someone from Theta Beta could have had access to the keys to Parker's dorm room. | |||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Wichita Linebacker" | Harry Winer | Phil Klemmer & John Enbom | October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17) | 3T5803 | 3.12 |
| To help Weevil stay out of prison, Veronica convinces her father to give him a job at Mars Investigations. A Hearst football player loses the team playbook and hires Veronica to find it. Veronica fights with Logan after she discovers that he chose to gamble with his friends instead of spending time with her. The Dean of Hearst threatens to expel Veronica unless she reveals her sources for a sorority article she wrote. Claire, one of the girls of Lilith House, a den of feminist activism, is raped. | |||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Charlie Don't Surf" | Jason Bloom | Diane Ruggiero & Jason Elen | October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24) | 3T5804 | 3.33 |
| Logan asks Veronica and Keith to discover why his trust fund money is disappearing. With a court hearing approaching, Dick and the Pi-Sigs hire Veronica to prove their innocence, to the chagrin of Parker and the other rape victims. Keith's friend Harmony hires him to prove her husband is cheating, and the two grow close. Veronica investigates Claire's rape, and learns that she was with a man the night that she was raped. | |||||||
| 49 | 5 | "President Evil" | Nick Marck | Jonathan Moskin & David Mulei | October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31) | 3T5805 | 2.70 |
| Veronica attends Mercer's Halloween party at the campus casino, but before Logan arrives, the party is robbed by armed men wearing masks modeled after past United States presidents. Weevil is arrested for the crime, but Veronica suspects he has been framed when it is revealed that the loot was dumped and the guns were not real. Keith looks for the ex-husband of the Dean's wife as a possible bone marrow donor for her critically ill son. Veronica finds out that the man Claire was with the night of her rape is her boyfriend; however, she claims that she does not know him. | |||||||
| 50 | 6 | "Hi, Infidelity" | Michael Fields | John Enbom | November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) | 3T5806 | 2.75 |
| Veronica is accused of plagiarizing her criminology research paper. Seeking to clear herself, she discovers that Professor Landry is having an affair with Dean O'Dell's wife. Wallace is pardoned by the Dean for cheating on his exam, but resigns from the basketball team to focus on his studies. Piz invites Veronica to a night of bowling and she decides to bring Logan and Parker, unaware Piz wanted the evening to be more of a date. Veronica learns that the Lilith House rape was faked, and no hair or DNA from the rapist had been found at the crime scenes. Mercer is arrested after Parker recognizes his cologne to be the rapist's, and Veronica finds clippers in his room. | |||||||
| 51 | 7 | "Of Vice and Men" | Harry Winer | Phil Klemmer | November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) | 3T5807 | 2.69 |
| Increasingly frustrated by what she sees as dishonesty by Keith, Logan, and Professor Landry, Veronica withdraws from all of them. While staying at Wallace and Piz's dorm room, she meets a girl trying to locate her missing boyfriend. Professor Landry offers Veronica an internship with the FBI, Keith breaks up with Harmony after being blackmailed by Vinnie Van Lowe, and Mercer is cleared of being the rapist by providing an alibi. After being drugged at the food court, Veronica almost becomes the rapist's latest victim, but he is frightened off at the last minute. | |||||||
| 52 | 8 | "Lord of the Pi's" | Steve Gomer | Diane Ruggiero | November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21) | 3T5808 | 2.57 |
| Keith and Veronica are hired to find the missing grand-daughter of the founder of Hearst College. They learn that the grand-daughter's swing vote could spell the end of fraternities and sororities at Hearst. Logan fears for Veronica's safety as she continues to investigate the campus rapes. Veronica discovers that Claire's rape was faked by the girls in Lilith House. The girls explain that they used Claire's rape to help shut down the Greek houses on campus, which they believed were responsible for the real rapes. Patty Hearst guest stars as a Hearst College trustee. | |||||||
| 53 | 9 | "Spit & Eggs" | Rob Thomas | Rob Thomas | November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) | 3T5809 | 3.44 |
| Logan offers Veronica a choice, but neither option is beneficial for their relationship. To salvage their friendship, Logan dumps Veronica as a girlfriend. Under pressure, Dean O'Dell reinstates the Greek system. Veronica discovers the identity of the Hearst rapist after a Pi Sig fraternity party, but also finds herself in trouble. Keith tells Dean O'Dell about his wife's affair, and Weevil finds him dead hours later from a gunshot wound. | |||||||
| 54 | 10 | "Show Me the Monkey" | Nick Marck | Story by: John Enbom Teleplay by: John Enbom & Robert Hull |
January 23, 2007 (2007-01-23) | 3T5810 | 3.23 |
| Six weeks later, Dean O'Dell's death has been ruled a suicide. Mindy O'Dell asks Keith to investigate the Dean's death because his insurance policy does not cover suicide. Mac and Veronica go undercover as animal rights activists to find a missing lab monkey. Veronica talks to Piz about not letting things slip by, not realizing that he is trying to ask her out. Logan is upset after breaking up with Veronica, and the pair decide to get back together. | |||||||
| 55 | 11 | "Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves" | John Kretchmer | Diane Ruggiero | January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30) | 3T5811 | 2.69 |
| A classmate asks Veronica to locate the woman he loves; she is later revealed to be a hooker. Keith continues his investigation of Dean O'Dell's murder by visiting the Lilith House girls. Veronica asks Logan some difficult relationship questions, and learns he had sex with someone else while they were split up. Keith learns that three of the Lilith House girls were in the area of the Dean's office around the time of his murder, which was egged by unknown assailants. | |||||||
| 56 | 12 | "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill" | Tricia Brock | Story by: Jonathan Moskin & David Mulei Teleplay by: Jonathan Moskin & Phil Klemmer & John Enbom |
February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06) | 3T5812 | 2.40 |
| A student asks Veronica to find out who slipped her RU-486, which caused a miscarriage. While searching through Tim Foyle's computer, Veronica discovers that he is also investigating Dean O'Dell's murder, which took place at around 2:20 am. Upon learning that Logan slept with Madison Sinclair after their first break up, Veronica breaks up with him. Keith discovers that Mindy's car was egged on the night of the Dean's murder, which suggests that she was lying about her whereabouts at the time. | |||||||
| 57 | 13 | "Postgame Mortem" | John Kretchmer | Joe Voci | February 13, 2007 (2007-02-13) | 3T5813 | 2.37 |
| Logan is upset after Veronica breaks up with him, so Dick invites two girls over to cheer him up, but Logan has to babysit an eleven-year-old girl instead. Keith and Veronica discover that the alibis given by Mindy O'Dell and Professor Landry do not match. Wallace rejoins the Hearst basketball team right before the coach is found dead. His widow hires Keith to investigate the murder and clear her son Josh. When Josh escapes from prison, Veronica is arrested for allegedly being his accomplice. | |||||||
| 58 | 14 | "Mars, Bars" | Harry Winer | Story by: Phil Klemmer & John Enbom & Joe Voci Teleplay by: Phil Klemmer & John Enbom |
February 20, 2007 (2007-02-20) | 3T5814 | 2.27 |
| Without any evidence to hold her, Sheriff Lamb releases Veronica from jail. Keith learns that the coach's wife hired Vinnie Van Lowe to find out if her husband was having an affair, while Josh makes contact with Veronica and insists that he is being framed for his father's murder. Logan joins Mac and Parker on a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt, and draws closer to Parker. Lamb attempts to apprehend a suspect without waiting for backup, and is killed. | |||||||
| 59 | 15 | "Papa's Cabin" | Michael Fields | John Enbom | February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | 3T5815 | 2.66 |
| Keith, again appointed sheriff after Lamb's death, interrogates Mindy O'Dell, who reveals that the third man in her hotel room the night of the Dean's murder was Dean O'Dell himself. Veronica and Tim set out to prove Professor Landry's innocence, and Veronica ends up uncovering the real murderer. | |||||||
| 60 | 16 | "Un-American Graffiti" | John Kretchmer | Robert Hull | May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) | 3T5816 | 2.35 |
| Veronica is hired by a Middle Eastern restaurant owner to find out who has been vandalizing his family business. When a drunken teenager stumbles from a bar and gets hit by a car, Keith orders his deputies to conduct surprise ID checks. While doing his own surprise search, Keith catches Piz and Wallace using fake ID's provided by Veronica. Logan decides to throw a birthday party for Parker, where Veronica and Piz kiss. | |||||||
| 61 | 17 | "Debasement Tapes" | Dan Etheridge | John Enbom | May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) | 3T5817 | 1.85 |
| Piz escorts aging rock star Desmond Fellows before a benefit concert for the radio station. When Fellows' irreplaceable backing tapes go missing, Piz recruits Veronica to locate them. Vinnie Van Lowe files to oppose Keith in the special election for sheriff. | |||||||
| 62 | 18 | "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer" | Nick Marck | Jonathan Moskin & David Mulei | May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) | 3T5818 | 2.10 |
| Veronica passes the Private Investigator license exam, while Piz interviews Apollo Bukenya, an African student at Hearst who wrote a book about his years as an orphan child-soldier. Veronica is hired by an African man to help prove that he is Apollo's father, but her investigation risks exposing Apollo as a fraud. Meanwhile, as the election nears, Keith fights a crime spree in Neptune. Parker consults Veronica for advice about Logan. | |||||||
| 63 | 19 | "Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down" | Jason Bloom | Phil Klemmer | May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22) | 3T5819 | 1.78 |
| Weevil is arrested for selling fake debit cards, but claims he is being framed and asks Veronica for help. On Piz's radio show, Keith debates Vinnie Van Lowe about the upcoming election, while Dick drunkenly apologizes to Mac for the way he has treated her. Veronica and Piz make up after their argument, and a sex tape of them is posted on the internet. | |||||||
| 64 | 20 | "The Bitch Is Back" | Michael Fields | Rob Thomas & Diane Ruggiero | May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22) | 3T5820 | 2.15 |
| Angry that Logan attacked Piz, Veronica tells him to leave her alone. Parker confronts Logan about his continuing feelings for Veronica, while Piz assures Veronica that he had nothing to do with the sex video. Veronica, with Weevil's help, investigates how the tape originated and discovers Jake Kane is linked to The Castle and pays him a visit. |
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