My Big Fat Greek Rush Week

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“My Big Fat Greek Rush Week”
Veronica Mars episode

Veronica undercover.
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 2
Guest stars Andrew McClain
Rod Rowland
Jason Beghe
David Tom
Samm Levine
Rider Strong
Chastity Dotson
Keri Lynn Pratt
Rachelle Lefevre
Dan Castellaneta
Written by Diane Ruggiero
Directed by John T. Kretchmer
Production no. 3T5802
Original airdate October 10, 2006
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"My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" is episode 2 of season 3 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience of 2.96 million viewers.

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[edit] Plot

Feeling guilty over not having helped the latest victim, Veronica sets herself to catching the Hearst serial rapist and starts by going undercover at the Theta Zeta sorority during rush week. Parker's parents arrive and try to convince their daughter to come home. Wallace, Logan and others participate in a guard/prisoner experiment for sociology class. Keith is pursued by Cormac Fitzpatrick in the desert, and the contents of Kendall's briefcase are revealed.

[edit] Arc significance

  • Veronica discovers that Parker was attending a Theta Zeta party the night she was raped.
  • Parker and an unknown girl were driven back to Parker's dorm room by Wallace's RA because Parker was too intoxicated to get back herself. Another RA Teri Wells confirmed the story identifying herself as the unknown girl who help Parker to her room.
  • Someone from Theta Beta could have had access to the keys to Parker's dorm room the night she was raped.

[edit] Music

[edit] Production details

  • Writer Phil Klemmer was the one who wanted to use the Stanford Prison Experiment, but the episode ended up going to Diane Ruggiero.

[edit] Feedback and ratings

  • "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" had a viewership of approximately 2.96 million viewers, according to CalenderLive.com.

[edit] Quotes and trivia

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  • The title is a play on the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
  • After being dressed down by a professor played by Dan Castellaneta, a character utters a frustrated "D'oh!" This is the catch phrase of Castellaneta's most well-known character, Homer Simpson.
  • The experiment that Wallace and Logan participate in is modeled after the infamous Stanford prison experiment, although in the original, the experiment got much more out of hand, and was suspended early.

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