Jake Kane

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Jake Kane

Kyle Secor as Jake Kane
First appearance Pilot
Last appearance Leave it to Beaver
Statistics
Gender Male
Occupation Kane Software
Spouse Celeste Kane
Children Duncan Kane
Lilly Kane (Deceased)
Portrayed by Kyle Secor
Created by Rob Thomas

Jake Kane is a fictional character from The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the 2004-2005 season on UPN. He was portrayed during the series' first season by Kyle Secor, though has not appeared since.

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[edit] Family

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jake is the father of Veronica's ex-boyfriend Duncan Kane and dead best friend, Lilly Kane. He also invented streaming video, making Jake one of the most influential men in Neptune, California via his software company, Kane Software. His wife, Celeste Kane, is a philanthropist whose Kane Foundation offers an annual college scholarship.

[edit] Community influence

It is revealed that partially because of Jake's influence, he is able to deflect allegations of responsibility for his daughter's murder. The charges at the time of the killing came from then-sheriff Keith Mars, who was recalled from office by Balboa County citizens prior to the pilot episode.

While public opinion may be favorable towards Jake, it leads to Keith — and by extension, Veronica — seeking a new sort of life, one which viewers now see.

Over the course of the first season, Jake's role as a potential murder suspect would eventually be ruled out as evidence turned toward Aaron Echolls, the father of his daughter's boyfriend Logan Echolls and Lilly's secret lover.

[edit] Past relationships

Another revelation involving Jake more closely affects Veronica. From the pilot episode forward, Jake is linked with Lianne Mars through a handful of situations over several years. After Lianne has left her family and the state following Lilly's murder and Jake's investigation, her car is found to have been at the Neptune Grand Hotel, thereby suggesting a rendezvous between Jake and Lianne.

The reasons for such a meeting are unclear until Veronica interviews Abel Koontz, a onetime software technician at Kane Software who became implicated in and imprisoned for Lilly's murder. Abel suggests that Veronica is actually Jake's biological daughter rather than Keith's, owing to the fact the Jake and Lianne once dated while in high school and were voted king and queen of the prom.

The possibility, though unspoken until that point, had existed since the pilot episode. It caused Veronica to reexamine her own relationships with Duncan as well as with Keith.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Season 1

[edit] References

  • Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season, Warner Home Video, 2005, UPC 01256972774.

[edit] External links


Veronica Mars
Episode List | Official Website
Current Main Characters Veronica Mars | Logan Echolls | Wallace Fennel | Dick Casablancas
Parker Lee | Stosh "Piz" Piznarski | Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
Don Lamb | Eli “Weevil” Navarro | Keith Mars
Former Main Characters Duncan Kane | Cassidy Casablancas | Jackie Cook | Mallory Dent
Family Kendall Casablancas | Terrence Cook | Aaron Echolls | Lynn Echolls | Trina Echolls
Alicia Fennel | Celeste Kane | Jake Kane | Lilly Kane | Lianne Mars | Charlie Stone
Neptune High Van Clemmons | Vincent Clemmons | Corny | Gia Goodman | Hannah Griffith
Rebecca James | Meg Manning | Madison Sinclair | Felix Toombs | Troy Vandegraff
Hearst College Chip Diller | Moe Flater | Tim Foyle | Mercer Hayes | Hank Landry | Cyrus O'Dell
Residents of Neptune Leo D'Amato | Woody Goodman | Abel Koontz | Vinnie Van Lowe
Liam Fitzpatrick | Cliff McCormack | Clarence Wiedman
Places Neptune, California | Neptune Grand | Camelot Motel
Neptune High | Hearst College
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