The WORST episodes of Veronica Mars

Every episode of Veronica Mars ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Veronica Mars!

In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

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Losing Streak
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7.66
472 votes

#1 - Losing Streak

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/19/2019

Veronica discovers Keith has been hiding something scary from her. The real reason for Penn's latest theory on the bomber comes to light. Veronica loses confidence in new friend, Nicole, owner of Comrade Quacks.

Directors: Scott Winant
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Years, Continents, Bloodshed
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7.70
483 votes

#2 - Years, Continents, Bloodshed

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/19/2019

Veronica and Keith follow a new lead, and discover another victim. Matty follows her own instincts, landing herself dangerously close to a killer. Veronica has a tragic epiphany as the clock is ticking.

Directors: Scott Winant
Writer: Rob Thomas
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Spring Break Forever
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7.70
559 votes

#3 - Spring Break Forever

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/2019

Panic spreads through Neptune when a bomb goes off during spring break. Veronica and Keith are hired by the wealthy family of one victim injured in the bombing to find out who is responsible.

Directors: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Rob Thomas
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Entering a World of Pain
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7.71
455 votes

#4 - Entering a World of Pain

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2019

As Veronica learns more about Nicole’s past, her suspicion deepens. A frantic phone call from Paris leads to a search for Matty. Veronica unwittingly does legwork for Leo.

Directors: Tessa Blake
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Heads You Lose
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7.72
463 votes

#5 - Heads You Lose

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/19/2019

Convinced the bomber is still at large, Veronica visits Chino to learn more about Clyde and Big Dick. Mayor Dobbins' request for help from the FBI brings an old flame to Neptune. Veronica confronts her mugger.

Directors: Rachel Goldberg
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Chino and the Man
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7.73
511 votes

#6 - Chino and the Man

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2019

Veronica and Keith launch their investigation. Their involvement puts Police Chief Langdon on edge. Penn goes public with his theory on who the bomber is. Meanwhile, local teen Matty Ross begins her own search for her father's killer.

Directors: Michael Fields
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Keep Calm and Party On
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7.83
475 votes

#7 - Keep Calm and Party On

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2019

Veronica and Keith's client, Daniel Maloof, makes a shocking confession. Sheriff Langdon closes in on her top suspect. Veronica and Matty join forces, just as the whole investigation is flipped on its head.

Directors: Joaquin Sedillo
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Gods of War
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7.83
457 votes

#8 - Gods of War

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2019

Veronica debates coming clean to Nicole. Veronica’s fidelity is tested. Veronica and Keith discover they aren’t the only ones who believe they’ve found the bomber. A surprising potential client tries to hire Mars Investigations.

Directors: Amanda Marsalis
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The Rapes of Graff
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7.93
1108 votes

#9 - The Rapes of Graff

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2006

While accompanying Wallace to Hearst College, she runs into her ex, Troy Vandergraff, who enlists her help when he is accused of date rape. Meanwhile, Keith helps Cliff with a personal problem involving a prostitute, and Logan makes a decision regarding his relationship with Hannah.

Directors: Michael Fields
Writer: John Enbom
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Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle
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7.94
1123 votes

#10 - Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/2006

Wallace's hopes of escaping his trouble in Chicago are dashed when Rashard's uncle accuses him in the press of a hit and run. Meanwhile, Weevil has Veronica bug a church confessional to smoke out the traitor in his bike gang.

Writer: John Enbom
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The Quick and the Wed
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7.95
1135 votes

#11 - The Quick and the Wed

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/22/2006

Wallace's new girlfriend Jane enlists Veronica's help when her older sister Heidi appears to be a "runaway bride," but the clues suggest something possibly more disturbing happened on the way to the altar. Meanwhile, Keith and Veronica decide that they have no choice but to go to Sheriff Lamb with the evidence they've uncovered about the bus crash. Later, Kendall has a tempting offer for Aaron Echolls.

Directors: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: John Serge
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My Mother, the Fiend
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7.96
1181 votes

#12 - My Mother, the Fiend

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2005

After Veronica gets busted for breaking into the school office and ordered in detention to reorganize the school's files, she stumbles on her mother's permanent record and learns that she was suspended for reasons that cause Veronica to further question e

Directors: Nick Marck
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The Girl Next Door
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7.96
1285 votes

#13 - The Girl Next Door

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2004

Veronica becomes suspicious when a young pregnant woman who lives in their apartment complex with her volatile boyfriend suddenly disappears; fearing the worst, Keith steps in to help his daughter investigate this case for the girl's estranged parents. Meanwhile, Logan and Weevil get thrown into detention together after arguing with a teacher, leading the rivals to discover some surprising things in common. Later, while working on an alumni photo project in her journalism class, Veronica is shocked to discover in the '79 yearbook that her mother and Jake Kane were high-school sweethearts.

Directors: Nick Marck
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Charlie Don't Surf
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7.98
1078 votes

#14 - Charlie Don't Surf

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2006

Logan gets a big surprise when he hires Veronica to find the source of his missing inheritance, which escalates from weird to worse. Meanwhile, Dick's fraternity asks Veronica to prove their innocence in the campus rapes, and Keith helps an old acquaintance prove her husband is cheating.

Directors: Jason Bloom
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Versatile Toppings
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7.98
1101 votes

#15 - Versatile Toppings

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/2006

When a private website for Neptune High's gay students is hacked, and the members blackmailed, Veronica finds it difficult to track down the culprit when the victims want to remain anonymous. Meanwhile, Hannah finds out Logan's true intentions, and Keith believes he has found an alibi for Terrence.

Writer: Phil Klemmer
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Blast from the Past
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7.98
1170 votes

#16 - Blast from the Past

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2005

Deciding to give Jackie the benefit of the doubt since she's dating Wallace, Veronica tries to help Jackie determine who stole her credit card, leading Veronica to appear on a psychic's community access show to pursue a lead. Meanwhile, Wallace confronts his mother Alicia about who his real father is. Later, Veronica learns of a voice mail recording from one of the students that died, made at the moment the bus crash.

Directors: Harry Winer
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My Big Fat Greek Rush Week
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7.99
1183 votes

#17 - My Big Fat Greek Rush Week

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2006

The campus newspaper hires Veronica for an undercover expose on the Zeta Theta sorority sisters during rush week to investigate Parker’s rape. Veronica begins to realize though that not everything is as it appears in the sorority house. Logan and Wallace take part in a challenging Sociology class role-playing experiment as prisoner and prison guard, and Keith treks through the desert after escaping from the scene of a crime.

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Meet John Smith
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7.99
1498 votes

#18 - Meet John Smith

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2004

With only a commonplace name, an old address and dim memories as leads, Veronica and Wallace attempt to help classmate Justin Smith find his father John, who disappeared 10 years earlier. Meanwhile, as Veronica faces some complicated feelings towards ex-boyfriend Duncan and new romantic interest Troy, guidance counselor Rebecca James calls Keith to the school to discuss the recent, dramatic changes in his daughter's life. Later, Duncan struggles with ways to cope with his sister's death as the anniversary of her murder approaches.

Directors: Harry Winer
Writer: Jed Seidel
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Lord of the Bling
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7.99
1199 votes

#19 - Lord of the Bling

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2005

After being hired by hip-hop heavyweight Percy "Bone" Hamilton to find his kidnapped daughter, Veronica and Keith look to the music mogul's long list of enemies, family members and the girl's Neptune High social circle for clues on her whereabouts. Meanwhile, following Lynn Echolls' apparent suicide, Logan cynically endures his father Aaron's effusive displays of grief as they prepare for her memorial ceremony.

Directors: Steve Gomer
Writer: John Enbom
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Un-American Graffiti
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8.00
1114 votes

#20 - Un-American Graffiti

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/1/2007

With Keith acting-sheriff, Veronica goes solo on a case involving a local restaurant whose owners are the targets of hate crimes. Meanwhile, Keith is disturbed by the lack of professionalism in his deputies when he orders them to fine bars serving alcohol to underage patrons. Logan throws a birthday party for Parker, and Piz decides to finally confront Veronica about his feelings.

Writer: Robert Hull
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There's Got to Be a Morning-After Pill
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8.01
1116 votes

#21 - There's Got to Be a Morning-After Pill

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/6/2007

Veronica is hired to find out who slipped a classmate a drug causing her to have a miscarriage against her will, but is distracted by Logan who admits to sleeping with Madison Sinclair. Meanwhile, Keith helps Mindy O'Dell when her ex-husband breaks into their house.

Directors: Tricia Brock
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Mars, Bars
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8.01
1120 votes

#22 - Mars, Bars

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/20/2007

When Veronica is released from jail, she is contacted by Josh Barry who is desperate to prove his innocence in his father's murder. Meanwhile, Keith gets bittersweet news from the county commissioner, and Logan helps Mac and Parker on a scavenger hunt.

Directors: Harry Winer
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I Am God
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8.02
1074 votes

#23 - I Am God

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2006

Veronica begins having dreams involving the dead students from the bus crash, who drop clues along the way. Meanwhile, Logan and Wallace become unlikely lab partners in Mr. Wu's class, and Keith helps Clemmons expose a doctor's scam.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
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Credit Where Credit's Due
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8.02
1576 votes

#24 - Credit Where Credit's Due

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2004

Veronica doesn't believe the evidence adds up against Weevil, who has confessed to stealing credit card applications from Logan's family, and launches an investigation to help her new ally. Meanwhile, after joining Ms. Mallory Dent's newspaper class, Veronica clashes with socialite Caitlin Ford, Logan's bombshell girlfriend, but is intrigued by the attention shown to her by another wealthy student, Troy Vandegraff, a friend of ex-boyfriend Duncan. Later, Veronica learns that Lilly got a ticket driving her car on the day she died -- two hours after her supposed time of death.

Directors: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Rob Thomas
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Return of the Kane
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8.02
1201 votes

#25 - Return of the Kane

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2004

Veronica investigates possible fraud in the election of student council president at school after Duncan wins, beating a more popular, but less affluent student who promised to eliminate the wealthy students' on-campus perks. Meanwhile, Logan causes a public relations nightmare for his movie star parents Aaron and Lynn Echolls when footage of him organizing boxing matches between homeless men is posted on the internet and leaked to the media. Later, Veronica and Keith learn that the man who admitted to murdering Lilly is set to be executed...

Writer: Phil Klemmer
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