The Rapes of Graff

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Veronica Mars episode
“The Rapes of Graff”
Veronica runs into Troy on a visit to Hearst College.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 16
Guest star(s)	Michael Muhney Daran Norris Jessy Schram Rick Peters Aaron Ashmore Michael Cera David Tom Alia Shawkat Tayler Sheridan
Writer(s)	John Enbom
Director	Michael Fields
Production no.	2T7216
Original airdate	March 29, 2006
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"The Rapes of Graff" is episode 16 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience size of 2.07 million US viewers on its first airing.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Arc significance
3 Writing and acting
4 Production details
5 Quotes and trivia
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Plot synopsis

On a visit to Hearst College, Veronica encounters her former boyfriend Troy (last seen in You Think You Know Somebody). Troy has been accused of raping a fellow classmate and then shaving her head bald afterwords. Veronica clears Troy's name and in the process, tangles with a sex-obsessed group of frat boys and discovers that the rapist (who Veronica does not catch at the end of the episode) has been stalking victims on campus for quite a while, when she encounters a second victim of the rapist.

Meanwhile Keith follows up on the theft of Cliff McCormack's briefcase, which leads to Keith discovering that Sheriff Lamb is secretly dating Veronica's barely legal high school nemesis Madison Sinclair.

[edit] Arc significance

As part of his scheme to frame Duncan Kane for the death of Lilly Kane, Aaron arranges for an escort to be hired for the purpose of seducing Cliff and stealing his briefcase, which contained the Logan Echolls murder case files and keys to the storage locker containing Aaron Echoll's personal belongings, including an Oscar statue.

It's revealed that Madison's mystery "older boyfriend" is in fact Sheriff Lamb.

Veronica and Troy Vandergraff reconcile after their rather bitter split early on in season one of the series.

Though Troy is exonerated, we don't find out who really was responsible for the rapes until Spit & Eggs in season three.

Danny Boyd, Liam Fitzpatrick's cousin, works construction at Shark Stadium. He has access to the C4 explosives which will be used in the demolition.

[edit] Writing and acting

The episode sees the return of season one character (and former love interest of Veronica Mars) Troy Vandergraff, played by actor Aaron Ashmore

The episode also features guest stars Alia Shawkat and Michael Cera, who both starred in the Fox series Arrested Development.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about potential season 3 storylines follow.

It was revealed prior to the episode airing that Veronica would not discover the identity of the rapist at the episode and that the plotline would most likely resurface during season three of the series, when Veronica begins attending Hearst College.

Spoilers end here.

While the episode features references to Veronica's past sexual assault, no mention is made in the script regarding the infamous meeting between Veronica and Sheriff Lamb that occurred the morning after the assault.

Also the man who stole Cliff's briefcase is still out there. However since it is Aaron who hired him, he is not too important.

[edit] Production details

[edit] Quotes and trivia

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Veronica Mars#The Rapes of Graff

Veronica: Okay, I'm Veronica, I'm from Neptune, and I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

Dean: How'd that go?

Veronica: It was a bit of a letdown.

Troy: I'm not lying to you, Veronica. I just wanted you to know that.

Veronica: Do I care? Really, Troy, you're just water under the bridge. Duplicitous, evil water.

Veronica: I told you, Dad, I am going far, far away. It's a dealbreaker.

Keith: Hearst is 10 whole exits.

Veronica: What do you know about plastic explosives?

Keith: Well, that's what I like: a good segue.

The title The Rapes of Graff is a play on the book The Grapes of Wrath and the swapping around of the first sounds of the two words can be considered a Spoonerism. Graff is also part of Troy's last name, Vandergraff, and due to the fact that he is suspected of a rape on campus, the title is The Rapes of Graff.