Happy Go Lucky
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| Veronica Mars episode | |
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| “Happy Go Lucky” | |
 Lucky threatens the students of Neptune High. |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 21 |
| Guest star(s) | Harry Hamlin Jeffrey Sams Michael Muhney Krysten Ritter Tina Majorino James Jordan John Prosky Gil Birmingham Steve Guttenberg |
| Writer(s) | Diane Ruggiero |
| Director | Steve Gomer |
| Production no. | 2T7221 |
| Original airdate | May 2, 2006 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "Look Who's Stalking" | "Not Pictured" |
"Happy Go Lucky" is episode 21 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience size of 2.33 million US viewers on its first airing.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
After a school shooting by Lucky, Veronica and Keith finally investigate Woody Goodman and find out he's a child molester. Also, Aaron Echolls' trial comes to a close.
[edit] Arc significance
- Lucky shows up at Neptune High threatening Gia and is killed by security.
- Keith thinks that Lucky might have planted bombs in Woody's house and informs Sheriff Lamb. Lamb finds a bomb under Woody's car identical to the one that was on the bus.
- Veronica finds an anonymous email entitled "Kill incorporation or else" on Woody's computer that has a recording of two boys saying that Woody is a child molester. Veronica figures out that the two boys in the recording were Peter Ferrer and Marcos Oliveres, two boys who died in the bus crash and were also on Woody's Little League team.
- Lamb goes to arrest Woody, but he's already gone.
- Aaron Echolls is acquitted at his trial.
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[edit] Quotes and Trivia
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
- The episode was originally titled 'Manning the Ship' and is unknown why the name changed. Though one might guess that the title 'Manning the Ship' implies some relation to the Manning family in the story, the Mannings do not appear in this episode.
- Veronica: Do you know how long I've wanted to go to Stanford?
- Wallace: Since middle school?
- Veronica: Elementary, my dear Wallace. Do you have any idea how long I've waited to say that?
- Keith: I'm thinking about getting you some sort of...giant hamster ball, so you can roll everywhere in this protective sphere.
- Veronica: It'd just draw attention to me. Nobody likes a blonde in a hamster ball.
- Wallace: Well, I gotta go clean out my locker.
- Veronica: You got that salmon I left in there for you, right?
- Wallace: You better enjoy this, 'cause this is as nostalgic as I get. I just wanted to say...it was worth getting taped to a pole.
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Ratings are based on Nielsen Media Research data and are obtained from Mediaweek.[1]
