Drinking the Kool-Aid

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“Drinking the Kool-Aid”
Veronica Mars episode

Veronica finding out who took pictures of her.
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 9
Guest stars Jonathan Bennett
Amy Laughlin
Chris William Martin
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Written by Russell Smith (teleplay)
Rob Thomas (story)
Directed by Marcos Siega
Production no. 2T5708
Original airdate November 30, 2004
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"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is episode 9 of season 1 of the television show Veronica Mars.

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[edit] Plot

Veronica simultaneously investigates Clarence Wiedman, the head of Kane Security, who took pictures of her and sent them to her mother and the Moon Calf Collective, a peace loving cult which '09er Casey joined.

[edit] Arc significance

  • Clarence Wiedman, head of Kane Security, took the pictures of her.
  • Veronica does a DNA test to find if Keith is her father, but she shreds the results before looking at them.

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[edit] Quotes and trivia

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Veronica: [to Keith] What is your deal? You're jacked up like some hillbilly kid who just stumbled into daddy's meth lab.

[Veronica muses about going undercover as an Emo girl.]
Veronica: The attributes and style of crap teen poetry. Must be written in a funky color of ink. Must include dominant themes of alienation, sexual ambivalence, self-loathing, death, et cetera.

[Veronica gets hugged by the leader of the Moon Calf Collective.]
Veronica: [voiceover] I knew I should have included a few discreet lesbian overtones in that poem.

Veronica: [voiceover] Do not roll your eyes, Veronica, you're undercover.

Josh: You gotta open up, let other people inside.
Veronica: [voiceover] Let other people inside.... Got anyone in particular in mind?

[Keith is upset about Veronica disobeying his request that she stay away from the collective.]
Keith: What the hell were you thinking! That’s got to be the worst decision I’ve ever seen by someone who wasn’t literally brain damaged.
  • The title Drinking the Kool-Aid is a reference to the idiom Drinking the Kool-Aid an expression closely associated with embracing the beliefs of a cult.

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