Meg Manning

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Meg Manning
First appearance Like a Virgin
Last appearance I Am God
Cause/Reason Died of a blood clot to the heart
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Gender Female
Occupation Student
Family Stewart Manning (Father)
Rose Manning (Mother)
Lizzie Manning (Sister)
Grace Manning (Sister)
Relationships Duncan Kane (Ex-boyfriend)
Children Lilly Kane/Faith Manning (Daughter)
Portrayed by Alona Tal
Created by Rob Thomas

Meg Manning is a fictional character on The CW television series Veronica Mars. She is portrayed by Alona Tal.

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[edit] Background

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

She was first introduced in the episode Like a Virgin. Despite being one of the popular 09er girls, Meg was kind to Veronica, lending her a spare cheerleading uniform when Veronica's clothes were thrown into a toilet as a prank. When Mac sent a purity test to the entire school, a girl jealous of Meg's success stole Meg's computer login and took the test for her, publishing her fake score for all to see. Veronica helped Meg find the person responsible, and the two became friends. In the episode Ruskie Business, Meg asked for Veronica's help to find a secret admirer. Veronica was initially keen to help, until she found out that the secret admirer was none other than Duncan Kane, Veronica's ex-boyfriend. Eventually, Veronica accepted Meg's and Duncan's relationship.

However, after finding out that he and Veronica were not in fact half-siblings, Duncan broke up with Meg, who blamed Veronica. In the opening episode of Season Two, Normal Is the Watchword, Meg's attitude towards Veronica was openly hostile. On the way back from a field trip to a baseball ground, while Veronica was talking to Weevil during a rest stop, Meg deliberately implied that Veronica had returned to the bus, causing it to leave without her. However, the bus subsequently careered off a cliff and into the ocean. Meg was the only survivor, but she remained in a coma for much of the second season.

Meg has two younger sisters, Lizzie and Grace. While Meg was in a coma, Lizzie brought Duncan Meg's laptop, asking him to remove Meg's personal files from the system before her parents were able to check them. Duncan and Veronica found that Meg had compiled information about a child whom she often babysat. The young boy was being abused by her parents. Soon, the two uncovered that the abused child (who was referred to by Meg as a boy) was actually Meg's youngest sister Grace. Meg's parents are religious zealots who lock Grace in a closet when they are out, and make her fill out exercise book after exercise book with the phrase: "The path of God is paved with righteousness." Duncan and Veronica found dozens of these books in Grace's room.

In the episode My Mother, the Fiend, Veronica visited Meg in the hospital and discovered that Meg was pregnant. Shortly after she left, Meg awoke from her coma. Meg apologized to Veronica in One Angry Veronica for her harsh treatment and then asked Veronica to make sure that her baby wouldn't fall into her parents' hands should anything happen to Meg.

Meg: Veronica? Can you stay a second? Veronica, I just hope you can forgive me for being such a b—
Veronica: Meg, you don't have to—
Meg: It's just that I knew that I was pregnant and seeing you with Duncan...
Veronica: You don't have to say anything.
Meg: And is it too much to ask for just one small favor?
Veronica: No.
Meg: (starting to cry) If anything happens to me, don't let them do it. Don't let them send the baby away. And no matter what, don't let them keep it.

Later that same episode, Meg died of a blood clot to the heart, but not before giving birth to her daughter Faith, who was later renamed Lilly by the child's father Duncan Kane.

Spoilers end here.

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Veronica Mars
Episode List | Cast | Official Website
Current Main Characters Veronica Mars | Logan Echolls | Wallace Fennel | Dick Casablancas
Parker Lee | Stosh "Piz" Piznarski | Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
Eli “Weevil” Navarro | Keith Mars
Former Main Characters Mallory Dent | Duncan Kane | Cassidy Casablancas | Jackie Cook | Don Lamb
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 Tim Foyle | Mercer Hayes | Hank Landry | Cyrus O'Dell | Moe Slater
Residents of Neptune Leo D'Amato | Liam Fitzpatrick | Woody Goodman | Abel Koontz
Cliff McCormack | Mindy O'Dell | Vinnie Van Lowe | Clarence Wiedman
Places Neptune, California | Neptune Grand | Camelot Motel
Neptune High | Hearst College