Background
A member of Neptune, California's underclass, Weevil lives with his grandmother and younger siblings and for a time, his cousin. Weevil's grandmother was a maid who worked for the Echolls family; as a result, Logan Echolls delights in tormenting him. Weevil is 20 at the time of the final episode, a Gemini and his hometown is Neptune, California. (Weevil's age is in question here, though, since in the beginning of the first season Mrs. Navarro mentioned that Weevil was 17, though the series closed two years, both onscreen and in the series progression, after it is revealed in season 1 episode 19: Hot Dogs that he was 18).
As leader of the PCH Biker Gang, Weevil is often in trouble with the law. This led to his introduction in the series when he has the new transfer student Wallace Fennel duct-taped to the flag pole after Wallace reluctantly turned over a security camera tape showing several members of the PCH Biker Gang stealing from the mini-mart where Wallace worked. Vowing further punishment for Wallace, it was only the intervention of Veronica Mars who saved Wallace. She arranged for the video tape to be switched with a tape of a Neptune deputy receiving oral sex from an escort. The case against Weevil's underlings was subsequently dropped, and Weevil agreed to seek no further revenge against Wallace.
Weevil wants to make his grandmother proud and receives tutoring in order for her to be able to see him graduate. However during the second season finale, Weevil is arrested for Thumper's death during the graduation ceremony.
The third season begins with Weevil released early from jail on parole, on the condition that he get and keep a job which proves to be difficult for a man of his temperament. With Veronica's help Weevil is able to get a job working as a maintenance man at Hearst College. He was the primary suspect in a robbery of an on-campus underground casino, but Veronica was able to prove that he did not commit the crime.
Weevil endeavors to stay on the straight and narrow but is asked by Veronica to steal Madison Sinclair's car (in exchange for a tidy fee), and to arrange a meeting between her and the new leader of the PCHers. He agrees to both, despite the fact that, if caught, either offence would result in his parole being revoked. In the series' penultimate episode, he is accused of selling illegally manufactured Hearst student cards worth $1000 to students for $100. Veronica clears his name, but not before tipping him off to the location of a third machine that would manufacture the student cards. Weevil takes the machine, but it is uncertain whether he uses it or not.
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