Previously on "Veronica Mars"...
Hi, I'm Mercer.
Oh, that guy Mercer, his cologne,
it's burned into my brain.
I'm here about rapes at Hearst.
Mercer Hayes.
We found two vials of GHB.
It's Mercer. Lamb just arrested him for the rapes on campus.
He didn't do it, I was with him the night of the rape this summer.
It's completely innocent. We're just friends.
Unless your friend is an unhappily married woman.
Where are you staying these days...
if I can be so bold?
You didn't come home last night.
I called Logan's room at the Grand.
He said he didn't know where you were.
The thing is, I think he was telling the truth.
I didn't come home last night.
You didn't come home the night before that.
That's what this is about?
- Don't you think we should talk? - Do you?
Wallace is letting me stay in his dorm room
until he and his roommate get back from their weekend.
They're cramming "paper chase" style at some motel out in Twentynine Palms.
Come on, dad. I thought you'd be happy.
Happy?
Now you can have your new...
married girlfriend over, and you two can, I don't know, go crazy.
Don't make a joke out of this.
It's my life, Veronica, my choice.
And this is mine.
What does a girl do when it seem every male in her life has let her down?
She seeks sanctuary, a place where no one can find her...
a place where...
How long have you been standing there, Piz?
- I might expect a tip. - Just like two seconds.
What are you doing here?
Oh, that. Yeah. Uh, I live here.
This is my room. That's my bed.
You remember my guitar.
That's where it gently weeps.
You're supposed to be cramming in a motel, like in "The Paper Chase".
You mean "The Shining"?
All work and no play makes Wallace psychotic.
I coughed. He told me to take it outside.
I asked him if he wanted a pizza, and he was all like,
"Did we come here to eat or study?!"
Better question... What are you doing here?
Wallace said I could crash here while you boys were out of town.
Yeah, but why?
Um, you know what?
I'm gonna get out of your way.
Wait, you're welcome to stay.
Um...
can I help you?
This is my boyfriend's room.
He's supposed to be here, but...
could I get you some tea while you wait?
- Hey. - Oh. What's up?
Not what it looks like.
Not one to judge.
You haven't seen your next-door neighbor around, have you?
- Sully or Glen? - Sully. This is his girlfriend.
Hi.
He knew you were coming, right, Meryl?
Yeah. I mean, I flew down from Sacramento.
Sully said he would pick me up at the airport.
It's not like him to flake. He's in trouble.
Something's happened to him. I'm positive.
Fine. I'll see what I can do.
A long time ago
We used to be friends, but I
Haven't thought of you lately at all.
Come on, now, sugar!
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah!
Just remember me when
We used to be friends
A long time ago
We used to be friends
Veronica Mars 3x07 "Of Vice and Men"
- Keys to all our rooms? - All R.A.S do...
for just such occasions.
Well, I guess you never have to wonder if your boyfriend is straight.
Those aren't Sully's.
His roommate must have put them up.
Ah.
So, you do this, like, a lot...
Find people?
People, stuff.
Really? That's interesting.
Hey, check this out.
Toothbrush is here. Razor's here.
He's really not supposed to have beer.
Do you know who Scarlett Reyes is?
No. Why?
Any idea why Sully might be circling hotties in the freshman facebook?
Oh, that's not Sully's circle. His circle is more perfect.
He's had all these drafting classes.
Listen, I appreciate the help, you guys, but...
I think I'm just gonna wait here till Sully shows.
Well, I've got class right now. I'll check back with you after.
A year of finishing school... What are you gonna do?
A credit-card receipt.
I'll check to see if he's out spending money.
And one final item of business...
Your end-of-term research paper.
Oh, yes. Your assignment... To plan the perfect murder.
From the guy who couldn't plan an affair with the dean's wife.
Yes, miss Starr?
Does it matter who the victim is?
That is entirely at the killer's discretion.
Though I may say, in years past, I've made a popular target.
The man who would be my mentor... Mr. Popular...
Just another on the list of men who disappoint.
Good luck. See you all tuesday.
And, miss Mars, you mind sticking around? I need to speak to you.
We don't have to do this. It really doesn't matter to me.
Veronica, I am recommending you for a summer internship at the FBI.
1,500 words on why I'll benefit from the program?
Yeah. They take it seriously.
Fill that out and I'll accept that in lieu of your "plan a perfect murder" paper.
We both know that you can do that in your sleep, right?
The guy who runs the intern program in Quantico
is an old undergrad buddy.
I'll see that your application makes it into the small pile,
if you know what I mean.
Got it. Thanks.
No term paper, a dream internship,
and all I have to do is keep my mouth shut.
I'm on the case, okay? Don't worry.
The sheriff won't let me see Mercer until tomorrow morning.
Look, I'm not here to talk about Mercer.
I just... I don't know.
I want to make things right between us.
You tell me your friend couldn't have raped a girl
because he was with you this summer.
Then you won't tell me what you were doing
or why you can't come forward to provide an alibi.
So how exactly do you propose to make things right?
Are you gonna hypnotize me?
I was hoping your desire to find the real rapist
might outweigh your need to drag me over the coals.
- Who says I can't do both? - Hey, Veronica! Trust me.
Hey, it's better for everyone if this secret stays that way, okay?
Please, have a little faith.
How bad does your alibi have to be
if Mercer would rather stay in jail than divulge it?
Huh?
Maybe I don't want to know what you were up to.
When have you ever not wanted to know anything?
Your dad called me last night.
He woke me up, wanted to know where you were.
Is that so?
So, where are you staying these days?
It's better for everyone if that secret stays that way.
Is that how it works?
Did I get the inflection right?
Still no word, huh?
I think we should go to the police.
Not yet. It hasn't been 48 hours.
College boy isn't around when his high school girlfriend shows up?
The sheriff would laugh you out of there.
I don't get it. Why would he laugh?
'Cause the sheriff is a moron.
No activity on Sully's credit card,
but I had an idea walking over here.
Any chance you know his cellphone pin number?
Welcome to voice mail. You have 12 new messages.
Put it on speaker phone.
Sully, I'm here at the gate. Are we meeting at bag...
Sully, I'm at baggage.
Hey, there, Sully. It's Scarlett.
Are we still on for tomorrow night... Food court at 8:00?
You told your girlfriend, right?
Weird.
What do you make of that?
Nobody willing to spoon you?
Uh. No one volunteered.
Well, you know what they say in the big house...
If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair.
Let's rock.
What are you doing here, Veronica?
You.
Logan says he's got an alibi for the two of you.
The night of the third rape... August 13th?
- I suppose he does. - So you do remember.
That night? Yeah. It's memorable.
The night of the other three rapes...
Care to share what you two free-spirited lads were up to?
I'll give you a hint. It was squalid.
Logan has good reason to keep that to himself.
But you shouldn't worry. He's a solid guy.
I mean I'd want him to be my boyfriend if I swung that way.
Give it time. You just got here.
So, if there's anything you can tell me that could help clear you...
The sheriff seemed awfully interested in my cologne.
Uh, G.Q., had a sample of it in the back-to-school issue,
so I hardly think that's some huge clue.
Do you think I'm the only guy at Hearst who owns clippers
and subscribes to gentlemans quarterly?
And keeps a stockpile of GHB handy, from what I hear.
That wasn't mine.
I think someone's setting me up.
Okay, there... There are a couple guys who owe me big.
I'll bite. Who?
Pi sig president Chip Diller.
Not that shocked.
- Dean Cyrus O'Dell. - You're lying.
Big boxing fan, the dean. Unfortunately, he can't pick them.
He has a student aide, uh, place the bets for him,
but it's the dean's money.
He'd like to see me gone.
I'll look into it.
Thanks, Veronica.
Logan's bragged you up. I appreciate the help.
Hey, Meryl, any luck?
No. None. I called all the hospitals.
I talked to his professors, and
nobody has seen or heard from him. I...
Look, I was just thinking.
Sully told me that in his physics class,
they're working with lasers.
So what if Sully accidentally discovered some new technology,
You know, like some kind of laser cannon
That could assassinate people from space or something?
He could be running from, I don't know, sinister forces!
Have you ever heard of Ockham's razor, Meryl?
Is that a space laser? Has it already been invented?
No, it's a theory.
Basically, the theory states
that when given a set of possible explanations
for a phenomenon,
we should embrace the least complicated.
So...
I guess I'm saying that if on the one hand,
you have Sully inventing a space laser,
and on the other, maybe he wants to break up
but is taking the coward's way out...
You're saying maybe he's breaking up with me?
I hope that's all it is.
At least then I'd know he's okay.
Oh. Hey.
I didn't see the sock, so I figured there was nothing nasty going down.
- Are you Glen? - The man, the myth, the legend.
Which one of you is Meryl?
That's me.
For real? And that makes you the hot friend.
So, where's Sully at?
Uh, we were hoping you might know.
Me? Man, he asked me to clear out for the weekend
'cause you were coming down.
When's the last time you saw him?
Yesterday morning. He was going surfing.
Sully doesn't surf. He's from Sacramento.
That's where he said he was heading.
Why are you back early?
'Cause my stepmom confiscated my Xbox.
The bitch is taking her life in her own hands. You know what I'm saying?
Plus, I figured maybe Sully didn't need the room
after the knock-down, drag-out you two had on the phone thursday night.
Wait.
You two had a fight?
Hey.
I just came by to make sure your phone was working okay.
It's fine.
I know because I've picked it up a dozen times
and listened to the dial tone...
wanting to call.
It's just...
Don't beat yourself up. What happened happened.
Yeah, but...
it doesn't make it right.
Keith, would it help you to know
that my husband and I haven't had sex for eight months?
We're just two people who share the same house.
And a child.
Yes, and a child.
I'm going to leave him, Keith, as soon as he gets back to town.
- That's crazy. - No, it's sensible.
Sticking out a loveless marriage, that's crazy.
I want to know...
this thing I'm feeling, do you feel it, too?
Yes.
Absolutely.
- But it's not that... - Simple. I know.
It's complicated, and we're not gonna figure it out in a day.
Let's just do one thing.
You, me, Palm Springs, this weekend.
Take some time away from Neptune. Just see?
Just say you'll go away with me.
Oh.
Excuse me.
No rush, mrs. Chase.
Nice-looking lady.
Vinnie...
to what do I owe this?
You know that show "let's make a deal",
where they make deals?
Well...
the Fitzpatrick boys have me on retainer.
I practically have an office down there.
And they got this crazy idea
that little miss Kendall Casablancas owes them money
and that you...
...know where the money's hidden.
A word of advice, Keith... Don't owe the fitzpatricks money.
So, what if instead of me expending a lot of energy tracking it down,
We split the retainer?
It's as easy as you whispering an address in my ear.
I don't know where Kendall is. Sorry, Vinnie.
No biggie. That's cool.
Let's peek behind door number two.
Now, this is not a value judgment, Keith,
'cause, believe me, I have been there.
I mean, there was this one married lady...
Smokin'-hot blonde.
Cried all day and ashed pall malls all over my couch, but...
man, could she lay the lumber.
This one you got, though...
I mean, a lady in the streets and a freak in the sheets.
What do you want?
Well, first...
You could acknowledge the artistry here.
I mean, do you remember how dark it was?
Open aperture, full zoom from across the street...
Steadiest hands in the biz.
Why are you here, Vinnie? Money?
The girl at the Fotomat used to call me the 'Human Tripod.'
Wait; that's something else...
How much?
Hmm?
Mmm.
Well, Mr. Chase is paying me $ two grand
to prove that his wife is having an affair.
So, I figure... You double that and we can ALL walk away winners.
...Except for Mr. Chase, of course.
Sound like a deal, Keith?
Over here.
You know...
You really should have told me about the fight you and Sully had.
It wasn't that big a deal.
It was just the long-distance thing getting to us.
You have a fight... And then he's not around when you fly in...
That doesn't make you the least bit suspicious?
No.
There. Scarlett- from the facebook.
Wait... Wait!
Aren't we talking to her?
- Not yet. You might... Spook him. - Spook who?
If Sully sees us waiting for him, he might...
You know... Try to slip away.
Veronica, you just don't get it. Sully is in trouble...
And if this Scarlett girl could help us find him...?
Hi. I'm Meryl. I'm Sully's girlfriend.
Oh... Hi...
...And this is my friend Veronica.
So, you're supposed to meet Sully here, aren't you?
Right... To study.
When was the last time you saw him?
In Physics lab- on Thursday...
Wait... He's not around?
Is he all right?
- Actually... - Dig the outfit.
Is that from Dolce and Gabbana's study-buddy collection?
Veronica...
It's Friday; I'm going to a club after.
Scarlett, did you happen to notice
whether Sully invented a space laser of some sort?
You don't have to be mean.
I'm sorry, Meryl, but Scarlett here
Has either stolen your boyfriend or she wants to.
That's just the way it is.
You can choose to be a patsy, or you can choose not to be.
And if you'll excuse me,
I need to make this point elsewhere in the food court.
Talk amongst yourselves.
- Dr. Landry? - Veronica.
Have a seat. Share a rib.
I don't like to get my hands dirty.
- How's your application? - Well, here's the thing...
I thought about it, and I'm gonna pass on the FBI thing.
So you'll get my "plan a perfect murder" paper along with everyone else's.
I don't quite understand. Why?
Why? Because...
...because I'm not sure I'll get much
out of a special summer program if I feel I've been bought off.
Why would you feel bought off?
I was never gonna tell anyone about your...
situation with the dean's wife.
I guess I don't think any less of you as a professor.
I just don't feel right about taking this.
The internship feels like hush money.
Take the internship.
There's no quid pro quo here.
I'm not worried about what you might say about what you saw at the Grand.
This is about nothing more or less
than the fact that you are, by far, my strongest student.
Forget me, Veronica. Think about you.
Think about how this would look on your résumé.
My résumé?
Three more years, and that's all that's gonna matter about what happened here.
Think it over.
Okay. Consider my mind blown...
...and then put back together and blown again.
Yo, room dog. What up?
Big plans this friday night?
Work. You? Study night?
Planning the perfect murder.
Uh, oh.
There's a girl in my bed.
Yeah, buddy.
It took a double shot of nighttime cold medicine to get her down.
It also stopped her sniffling.
She's pretty worked up about her boyfriend.
Understandable, but, um, where am I sleeping?
Play your cards right...
the floor.
Keith Richards wouldn't sleep on the floor.
Probably true.
They still make vinyl records?
Uh, dance music still comes in vinyl.
I'm covering Mercer's slot.
His slot? What slot?
Club flush... Club and house music.
Hold on.
I'm coming with you.
Here it is.
Every show, every D.J. Shift is logged on this computer.
What happened on september 30th?
Parker was raped.
Mercer couldn't have raped Stacy, either.
Wait.
Unless he prerecorded his show so he knew he'd have an alibi.
- I seriously doubt it. - Why's that?
It's a call-in request show.
Something tells me this isn't a booty call.
I got what you need to get Mercer out of jail.
It's yours, Logan.
No one has to know where you were that night...
no one except me.
Can you leave it alone? Can you trust me?
No, I can't.
I'm not built that way.
Who gets blackmailed by his girlfriend?
Oh, I guess I do.
We were in Tijuana.
You know, we partied all night. It was no big deal.
When we got back to our rooms, he started making these drinks... Flaming D.P.s.
You know, you set a shot glass of rum and amaretto on fire,
and you drop it in a beer.
Hold on. Let me get a pen. I want to jot down this recipe.
He set the room on fire.
He did?
And where were you for all this fun?
Asleep in my room.
- Alone? - Yeah, alone.
Well, then, you're not really much of an alibi, are you?
We were in Mexico, Veronica.
We had adjoining rooms. I mean...
...the door between the rooms was open. I could hear them.
Them?
There were girls in his room. Is that what you want to know?
I am your boyfriend, and you're treating me like a criminal.
You could have told all this to Lamb.
By the time we got out of the room, the fire was spreading.
The whole motel was going up in flames.
Okay, w... I don't know. We had to get out of there.
You didn't stick around to try to help?
You didn't see if everyone was okay?
It's because of the look on your face right now that I didn't want to tell you.
I did what 9 out of 10 guys in my situation would have done. I ran.
So either Mercer sits in jail here,
or he gives his alibi and sits on his ass in some mexican jail.
At least here he's innocent.
Tell Lamb to check the log at the campus radio station.
That should get your friend released.
Veronica!
Veronica! Hey! Hey!
You've got to listen to this.
At first I didn't recognize the voice 'cause it's kind of noisy.
But now I'm sure it's Sully.
First saved message.
I'm so sorry I missed you.
I can't wait to see you. I'll see you later.
The number Sully called you from...
You check your caller I.D.?
Yeah. He used his cell. I tried calling him back.
It just rings and rings, and it goes to voice mail.
That's great.
As long as he's got it turned on, we can track him.
I've just got to grab a gizmo from my dad's office.
Can you bring back an egg sandwich of some sort,
If it won't slow you down?
Egg sandwich.
Orange whip?
- You're up early. - Yeah, you too.
You don't have to go through all this trouble avoiding me.
I know you're disappointed.
But at least give me the opportunity to explain.
What's to explain? That's the way the world works.
You're an adult. I'm an adult.
What's her name's an adult.
But I want you to understand that this is not just some fling.
Veronica...
this is something special.
"This is something special".
Where have we heard that before?
Oh, yeah, from every John we've ever caught with his pants down.
Veronica.
So if Jake Kane thought he and mom had something special,
Would that have been okay?
Harmony is leaving her husband.
Listen to yourself.
Does her husband know this yet?
Yeah.
Look, dad, do what you got to do, okay?
I've seen too much working here to ever be surprised again.
I know you, Veronica. You're not that jaded.
I didn't used to be.
I had this one shining example that gave me some faith.
I ran Sully's cards again.
There were a bunch of charges from last night,
all in this neighborhood.
Charges from where?
Circus of liquors,
crazy girls, world of cigarettes.
At least he's okay, right?
I guess we can rule out kidnapping...
unless he was abducted by the insane clown posse.
This is it.
Of all the gin joints in all the cities in all the world.
Meryl.
We can't go in there. Let me call someone for help.
Last time I went in there, my boyfriend pulled a gun on the owner of the place.
That's Sully's cellphone, that blinking dot, right?
We'll get help. We'll call the sheriff.
You mean the moron?
He's a well-armed moron.
Fine.
Oh, crap.
The name's Billy Sullivan, huh?
About this tall, blond hair?
Huh. Let's see. Uh... hey.
Uh, irish lad, medium build, lost?
No, we don't get many of those in here.
Meryl, we need to go.
You said Sully's here somewhere.
I know you.
You're Keith Mars' little girl.
It's, um...
Veronica.
So, you're always dropping by here looking for people.
And what gives you the idea
Young billy sullivan stopped here?
You're sitting on it, potsie.
What? This? It just fell off a truck we were lucky enough to happen by.
- You mind getting this? - What?
Sully's cellphone.
Maybe he was in here last night, tending bar.
Uh, mind if we take you to him?
Let me down.
Are you here to lecture us on stealing now?
It's not enough your dad put half my family in jail.
Not that I hold a grudge... No!
Fair play, sheriff Mars.
Let go of her!
Patience, sister. You'll get your turn.
...and a-roving, a-roving
a-roving I'll go
for a pair of brown eyes
You see, now I got a real problem,
'Cause private investigator Mars
Sticks his nose into my business,
And he helps that casablancas bitch check out of Neptune
With millions in my cash. Huh?
I can't breathe.
Say "cheese"! Click!
Got it... And "send".
Hey, Keith Mars is gonna love this one, Liam!
Think of his face when he opens up this e-mail. Up high!
Oh right. Ooh, better yet, how about one of you licking her face?
Easy, big guy.
Hey!
What, are you just gonna cut out of there without so much as a "gracias, señor"?
Ooh, sweet new ride... Hybrid, right?
I'm waiting for the hybrid camaro.
You sobered up pretty quick.
What the hell are you thinking, Veronica?
You got no business being in a place like that. You got me?
It was... unintentional.
Hey, you didn't really send that picture message to my dad, did you?
No, if I did, it was a miracle. The phone didn't have a camera on it.
Hey, that kid you were looking for?
I saw him come in last night,
like he just came back from the beach, only wasted.
Couldn't remember his name.
Danny got his wallet, said he'd help him get back home,
then took him on some kind of wild shopping spree.
After that, the fitzpatricks got bored and kicked him out.
Any idea where he might be now?
Best guess - The drunk tank?
Yeah, we got him.
Picked him up last night, staggering around, wearing a wet suit.
Looked like just another dumbass on his way back from tearing up Mexico.
No I.D., too drunk to even give us his name.
Then this morning, we find he still can't remember his name.
Then we notice a big knot on the back of his head.
- Oh, god. - Figured he bumped his head surfing.
I'm gonna have Sacks take him to the hospital
as soon as he gets back with my bear claw.
Can I see him?
You got 10 bucks?
Whew! Kidding.
I'll have someone let you back there in a minute.
Meryl?
I'm so sorry that I, you know...
jumped to the wrong conclusions.
It's okay, Veronica.
I never would have found him without you. And...
I know what it looked like.
If I hadn't been in love before, I wouldn't have believed it, either.
Sully?
Sully!
Meryl?
I was looking for you.
Hey! No touching!
We're gonna take your boyfriend to the hospital now, so...
If you want to tag along.
Bye, Veronica. I'll see you next time I'm in town, okay?
Hey, what are you still doing here?
- Didn't Logan... - Yeah.
He came by and talked to the sheriff last night.
Thanks, by the way.
Why are you still here?
Oh, there's something about my attitude the sheriff has found lacking.
He's decided to keep me here as long as he's allowed under law.
Uh, Logan's picking me up for breakfast tomorrow, if you want to come with.
Doubtful.
All gassed up and ready to go!
Where's your bag?
Harmony.
We're not going, are we?
No.
I'm sorry, Keith.
I've fallen for you.
And I'm packed.
And I'm standing here.
And I'm asking you to come away with me.
Harmony...
I can't.
- Hello. - Hey, mr. Mars.
Logan, everything okay?
Yeah. Uh, I'm looking for Veronica.
I think she's trying to hide from me, actually.
Yeah, she's been keeping me out of the loop, too.
You might try Wallace's. She said she was staying with him.
Okay. Thanks. Bye.
This is KRFF, Hearst College radio.
And I'm your host, D.J. Hellfish.
Please don't touch that dial.
And for those of you in the food court,
You're listening to me whether you like it or not.
You might as well enjoy it.
[Shapes of Race Cars - Captain] That's all about you
Excuse me.
I ordered the capellini,
and I'm pretty sure that hair doesn't belong to an angel.
Never without you
Never with
You
Captain, take me to the real
Electric blonin summer feel
Hey, Veronica. It's me. Give me a buzz.
Veronica, is everything all right? Call me.
Hey Veronica, where are you? Give me a call.
Veronica, it's me.
I want you to come home.
I ended things with Harmony, and...
I'd... I'd just like to see you, okay?
Captain, where did you and I...
Logan.
Hey, I'm looking for Veronica.
She was around earlier, but I haven't...
Is she with Wallace?
He's out of town at a motel...
studying.
All right, 'cause Veronica's dad thought that, uh...
hmm.
Well, if you see her, ask her to call me?
Thanks.
I know this feeling.
I can't believe this is happening to me...
again.
It's him.
Veronica.
Hey, come here.
Take me home.
Oh my god.
Open up, honey.
Doctor said we should get more of this in you.
Oh, that's nasty.
Cowboy up, Mars.
So, what would Stan Marsh say in a situation like this?
I think we all learned a valuable lesson about faith:
You give it to the people you love.
...But the people who really deserve it?
...Are the ones who come through-- even when you don't love them enough.
Transcript: Raceman/Sync: BLue www.forom.com