Pilot (Veronica Mars)

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Veronica Mars episode
“Pilot”
Veronica prepares to cut down Wallace from the flagpole
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Guest star(s)	Michael Muhney Corinne Bohrer Amanda Seyfried Lisa Thornhill Kyle Secor
Writer(s)	Rob Thomas
Director	Mark Piznarski
Production no.	475258
Original airdate	September 22, 2004
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"Pilot" is episode 1 of season 1 of the television show Veronica Mars.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Arc significance
3 Production details
4 Quotes
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Plot synopsis

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 and Veronica was date-raped during a party.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Production details

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. During the audio commentary (which can be found at Thomas's Web site, or a direct link: http://www.slaverats.com/files/DVD_Commentary.mp3) that Thomas recorded for the "Pilot" episode, he says the following (approx. 16 minutes in -- details edited to remove major plot spoilers):

Another bit of business: this 'Lilly dead by the pool' was re-shot later. Originally, Lilly was found in the ocean, and I had a plan for how everything went down. But when the series got ordered the network asked to hear my overall plan, and they just felt like it was too dark and creepy. It would have meant that {a character} actually disposed of {Lilly}s body in the ocean, {for a specific plot reason}. They decided that was too dark, and we came up with this compromise.

See the "Return of the Kane" episode page for further information.