Drinking the Kool-Aid (Veronica Mars)

For the expression associated with uncritical belief, see Drinking the Kool-Aid.

"Drinking the Kool-Aid"
Veronica Mars episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 9
Directed by	Marcos Siega
Teleplay by	Russell Smith
Story by	Rob Thomas
Production code	2T5708
Original air date	November 30, 2004
Guest stars
Jonathan Bennett (Casey Gant) Amy Laughlin (Holly Mills) Chris William Martin (Josh) Megalyn Echikunwoke (Debbie Meyer) Albie Selznick (Bill Gant) Christopher B. Duncan (Clarence Wiedman)
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"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is episode 9 of season 1 of the television show Veronica Mars. The historic and cultural significance of drinking the Kool-Aid is derived from the mass suicide of Jim Jones' followers by their drinking Flavor Aid mixed with cyanide.

Plot

Veronica simultaneously investigates Clarence Wiedman, the head of Kane Security, who took pictures of her and sent them to her mother and the Moon Calf Collective, a peace loving cult which '09er Casey joined.

Arc significance

• Clarence Wiedman, head of Kane Security, is revealed to be the one who took the pictures of Veronica as a human target.
• Veronica does a DNA test to find if Keith is actually her biological father, but she shreds the results without looking at them.

Music

• "Make a Deal with the City" - East River Pipe
• "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" - Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
• "Have a Nice Day" - Stereophonics
• "Famous Lover" - The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem

Quotes

Veronica: [to Keith] What is your deal? You're jacked up like some hillbilly kid who just stumbled into daddy's meth lab.

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[Veronica muses about going undercover as an Emo girl.]

Veronica: The attributes and style of crap teen poetry. Must be written in a funky color of ink. Must include dominant themes of alienation, sexual ambivalence, self-loathing, death, et cetera.

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[Veronica gets hugged by the leader of the Moon Calf Collective.]

Veronica: [voiceover] I knew I should have included a few discreet lesbian overtones in that poem.

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Veronica: [voiceover] Do not roll your eyes, Veronica, you're undercover.

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Josh: You gotta open up, let other people inside.

Veronica: [voiceover] Let other people inside.... Got anyone in particular in mind?

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[Keith is upset about Veronica disobeying his request that she stay away from the collective.]

Keith: What the hell were you thinking! That’s got to be the worst decision I’ve ever seen by someone who wasn’t literally brain damaged.

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Veronica: So did you plant any bugs while you were out there?

Keith: Yup.

Veronica: Heard anything incriminating?

Keith: Nope. It's like listening to the Brady Bunch with a reggae soundtrack.

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Wallace: You better recognise.

Veronica: Thank you for being my own personal Springer audience. Should I check myself before I wreck myself?

External links

• Soulful Spike Society's Open Case.
• Television Without Pity Recap.