
Scripted series · The CW
Veronica Mars
Still fighting crime like a girl.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Veronica Mars actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Veronica Mars reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 72 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20071 episode

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200422 episodes
7.7IMDbThe season revolves around Veronica Mars, a high school student and private investigator in the fictional Southern California seaside town of Neptune. When Veronica's best friend, Lilly Kane, is murdered, her life falls apart. Her father, County Sheriff Keith Mars, accuses Lilly's father of being involved in the murder. This provokes Neptune's wrath and Keith's ousting as sheriff in a recall election. Veronica's mother, Lianne, develops a drinking problem and leaves town. Veronica's "09er" friends—wealthy students from the fictional 90909 ZIP code—force her to choose between them and her father; she chooses her father. Keith opens a private investigation agency, Mars Investigations, where Veronica works part-time.
Best episode · S01E22 Leave It to Beaver

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200522 episodes
7.6IMDbThe season begins with the introduction of two new cases: when a school bus full of Neptune High students plunges off a cliff, killing almost everyone on board, Veronica Mars makes it her mission to discover why the bus crashed. Logan Echolls is accused of killing a Pacific Coast Highway biker gang member after drunkenly picking a fight with Eli "Weevil" Navarro and the PCHers.
Best episode · S02E20 Look Who's Stalking

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200620 episodes
7.4IMDbThe season continues the story of Veronica Mars, now a freshman studying at Hearst College while moonlighting as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father.
Best episode · S03E09 Spit & Eggs

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20198 episodes
6.1IMDbMystery. Parties. Scandal. Corruption. Season 4 is going be the most explosive one yet. Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica is drawn into an epic mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach.
Best episode · S04E01 Spring Break Forever
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E22
Leave It to Beaver
In the shocking, action-packed season finale, a determined Veronica must betray someone she cares deeply about in order to solve the season-long mystery of who murdered her best friend Lilly Kane, but what she discovers puts her life in serious danger. Meanwhile, on the eve of a reception for the Governor of Calif., Jake Kane asks Duncan if he really wants to know what happened on the night Lilly died. Later, Keith awaits the results of a paternity test.
- Directed by Michael Fields

S01E21
A Trip to the Dentist
Determined to get to the truth behind who drugged and assaulted her at a party the year before, Veronica questions her friends and many rivals about the chain of events that night at Shelley Pomroy's house. Meanwhile, when one of Veronica and Wallace's stunts affects her job at Kane Software, Alicia confronts Keith about his daughter's behavior. Later, in an attempt to get closer to his son, Aaron throws a birthday party for Logan that inadvertently surprises everyone.
- Directed by Marcos Siega
- Written by Diane Ruggiero-Wright

S03E09
Spit & Eggs
After the campus rapist anonymously announces the location of his next rape, Veronica hires her friends to help her track him down, but is shocked when she discovers the rapist's identity. Meanwhile, Logan makes a drastic decision about his future with Veronica, and Dean O'Dell hires Keith to prove that his wife is unfaithful.
- Directed by Rob Thomas
- Written by Rob Thomas

S02E11
Donut Run
When Duncan disappears with Meg's baby, Lamb must work with two FBI agents to extract as much information as possible from an uncooperative Veronica. Meanwhile, Wallace reveals the real reason he returned to Neptune, and Weevil and Logan make a breakthrough in their hunt for the rogue gang member.
- Directed by Rob Thomas
- Written by Rob Thomas

S01E08
Like a Virgin
To help restore a cheerleader's ruined reputation, Veronica turns to funky computer geek Mac to find the hacker responsible for leaking the embarrassing, private results of a popular online "purity test" to all of Neptune High. Meanwhile, Keith helps Wallace and his mom with an unruly tenant in their building. Later, to get answers about Lilly's murder, Veronica attempts to visit Lilly's confessed, condemned killer Abel Koontz in prison.
- Directed by Guy Norman Bee
- Written by Aury Wallington

S01E14
Mars vs. Mars
When one of Neptune High's haughtier students brings a sexual harassment suit against a favorite teacher, Veronica finds herself pitted against her father when the girl's parents hire Keith to help in their case. Meanwhile, with the tabloids claiming his mom is still alive, Logan turns to Veronica to help him track down the truth. Later, Veronica discovers more unsettling information about Duncan's hidden medical condition.
- Directed by Marcos Siega
Recently aired
Latest Episodes


S04E02
Chino and the Man
- Directed by Michael Fields
- Written by Diane Ruggiero-Wright

S04E04
Heads You Lose
- Directed by Rachel Goldberg
- Written by David Walpert

S04E03
Keep Calm and Party On
- Directed by Joaquin Sedillo
- Written by Heather V. Regnier

S04E01
Spring Break Forever
- Directed by Michael Lehmann
- Written by Rob Thomas

S04E06
Entering a World of Pain
- Directed by Tessa Blake
- Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Rob Thomas
Showrunner

Joel Silver
Executive producer

Diane Ruggiero-Wright
Executive producer

Kristen Bell
Executive producer

Dan Etheridge
Executive producer
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Phil Klemmer
Writer

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Writer
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Joe Voci
Writer
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Cathy Belben
Writer
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Heather V. Regnier
Writer
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David Mulei
Writer
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Dayna Lynne North
Writer
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Russell Smith
Writer
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Carolyn Murray
Writer
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Jason Elen
Writer
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Jed Seidel
Writer

Robert Hull
Writer
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David Walpert
Writer
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Raymond Obstfeld
Writer
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Aury Wallington
Writer
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Jonathan Moskin
Writer
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John Enbom
Writer
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John Serge
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rob ThomasExecutive Producer
- Joel SilverExecutive Producer
- Diane Ruggiero-WrightExecutive Producer
- Diane Ruggiero-WrightProducer
- Kristen BellExecutive Producer
- Dan EtheridgeExecutive Producer
Writing
- Rob ThomasWriter
- Diane Ruggiero-WrightWriter
- Phil KlemmerWriter
- Kareem Abdul-JabbarWriter
- Joe VociWriter
- Cathy BelbenWriter
Direction
- Rob ThomasDirector
- Rachel GoldbergDirector
- Martha MitchellDirector
- Dan EtheridgeDirector
- Tessa BlakeDirector
- Guy Norman BeeDirector
Music
- Josh KramonOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
TCA Award for Outstanding New Program
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeTCA Award for Outstanding New Program2005
Veronica Mars · Veronica Mars
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