Pilot (Veronica Mars)

Infobox Television episode


Caption = Veronica goes to cut down Wallace from a flagpole
Title = Pilot
Series = Veronica Mars
Season = 1
Episode = 1
Airdate = September 22, 2004
Writer = Rob Thomas
Director = Mark Piznarski
Guests = Michael Muhney
(Don Lamb)
Corinne Bohrer
(Lianne Mars)
Amanda Seyfried
(Lilly Kane)
Lisa Thornhill
(Celeste Kane)
Kyle Secor
(Jake Kane)
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Next = Credit Where Credit's Due"Pilot" is the first episode of season one and the pilot of the noir teen drama television series "Veronica Mars". The episode aired September 22, 2004 on the UPN network.

Plot

Veronica starts her Junior year at Neptune High by cutting down Wallace Fennel, the new kid, from the flag pole. He helps her as she helps get the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway (US)) bikers out of trouble and solve a case for her dad. Throughout, there are flashbacks showing how her best friend, Lilly Kane, was murdered, while revealing Veronica had been date-raped during a party.

Arc significance

* All the mysteries are set up and all the main characters are introduced, including Duncan Kane, Logan Echolls, Eli “Weevil” Navarro, Wallace Fennel, Keith Mars, and Veronica Mars herself.
* Veronica finds out that it was her mother, Lianne Mars, at the Camelot motel with Jake Kane, and that her father was still investigating Lilly Kane's murder.

Music

* "La Femme d'Argent" - Air " [DVD only - not in original broadcast] "
* "What You Want" - The Wayouts
* "Insincere Because I" - The Dandy Warhols
* "Sitt'n on Top of the World" - Botany Boyz
* "Just Another" - Pete Yorn
* "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash
* "Give You More" - Taxi Doll
* "Girls" - Death in Vegas
* "Bathroom Stall" - DAMe Lee
* "Weak Become Heroes" - The Streets
* "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
* "Pata Pata" - Miriam Makeba
* "Atomic Girl" - Wannabes
* "Butterflies" - Davíd Garza
* "All You Need Is Love" - The Beatles " [Played on music box.] "

Production

In the produced version of the "Pilot" episode, Lilly Kane is found by the pool in the same spot where she was murdered. However, series creator Rob Thomas indicated that this was not originally where Lilly's body was to be found, and the location was changed for plot consistency. [ [http://www.slaverats.com/files/DVD_Commentary.mp3 "Pilot" commentary] . Thomas, Rob. "SlaveRats.com".]

The original cut of the episode is considerably longer than the broadcast version. The original version appears in its entirety, featuring all of Piznarski and Thomas' original sequences on the DVD release of "Season One".

References

External links

* MI.net's [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/episodes/101/pilot/roundtable Roundtable Review] .
* Soulful Spike Society's [http://www.soulfulspike.com/vmars/VMep1.htm Open Case] .
* Television Without Pity [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Veronica-Mars/Stories/Pilot Recap]