Donut Run

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“Donut Run”
Veronica Mars episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 11
Written by Rob Thomas
Directed by Rob Thomas
Guest stars Lucy Lawless
(Morris)
Michael Muhney
(Don Lamb)
Ken Marino
(Vinnie Van Lowe)
Lisa Thornhill
(Celeste Kane)
Daran Norris
(Cliff McCormack)
Kevin Sheridan
(Sean Friedrich)
James Molina
(Eduardo "Thumper" Orozco)
Marcello Thedford
(Super Huge Deputy)
Charisma Carpenter
(Kendall Casablancas)
Production no. 2T7211
Original airdate January 25, 2006
Episode chronology
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"One Angry Veronica" "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle"
List of Veronica Mars episodes

"Donut Run" is episode 11 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience size of 1.60 million US viewers on its first airing.

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[edit] Plot

Duncan decides to take his baby and run, not only making trouble for Veronica, but bringing in the FBI as well. Veronica seems to help with the search, but she's really helping Duncan to cross the border. When Keith finds this out, he says he can no longer trust her. And Weevil and Logan are having some trust issues, too, as they can't figure out which PCHer is in league with the Fitzpatricks.

[edit] Arc significance

  • Duncan kidnaps Meg's baby (her parents named her Faith, but Duncan later names her Lilly) and hides. Veronica plants evidence on a boat for the FBI to find and has a fake conversation with a recording of Duncan so that the FBI will go to Big Bear. Then Astrid, who is working with Veronica and Duncan, uses Veronica's credit card in Mexico, so Lamb will go there. Duncan hides in Lamb's trunk and successfully crosses the border, where he finds Vinnie Van Lowe, Astrid, and baby Lilly.
  • Weevil and Logan are working together. They think one of the PCHers must have killed Felix and be in league with the Fitzpatricks, so they set up a scenario to find out who it is, but it doesn't work. However, Weevil finds out that Felix was dating Molly Fitzpatrick.
  • Wallace left Chicago because he was in the car when his teammate Rashard Rucker accidentally ran over a drunken homeless person. A reporter for the Chicago Statesman finds Wallace though.
  • In the ending sequence, Duncan is seen holding his baby and looking out the window of Vinnie's truck; Veronica is in her room, looking at a strip of paper. When she places the slip of paper on her bedroom mirror we see that it is actually the fortune cookie that Duncan made for her that said "True Love Stories Never Have Endings."

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[edit] Quotes and trivia

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Dick: Logan told me what happened. You gotta let it go, Ronnie. Take a deep breath, let it go. If you're gonna date an heir to billions, the occasional afternoon quickie, you gotta let it slide. Cost of doing business, you know? Seriously, girls like Kendall, they let you do things that girls like you...well, let's just say you should be thankful. Vile stuff, you know. Really vile stuff.
Veronica: Move, Dick.
Dick: Just tryin' to be helpful.
Wallace: Oh, that's just pathetic. Up! Get up! I came over here to see Veronica Mars. Who's this...emo girl?
Veronica: Leave me alone, I'm wallowing.
Wallace: Not anymore. We're going out. We gotta go see a movie or get in a barfight or something.
Veronica: I don't wanna get in a barfight.
Wallace: Tough, 'cause you're goin' if I have to drag you. But, before we do, Veronica: shower. You smell bad.
Veronica: You're not helping. You think you're helping, but you're not.
[As they are playing Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]
Dick: Oh, no, honey. Bad set, bad set. Don't make daddy hose you down.
Logan: You're not real complicated, are you, Dick?
Dick: Try not to be.
  • When you see Wallace's basketball stats, you see that he went to Trevor Hale High School.
  • In the scene where Veronica is on the phone with the recording of Duncan, behind her you can see a flyer for "Teenage Women of Propriety," a shout-out to Television Without Pity.
  • When Sheriff Lamb puts away his little game in his drawer, it later reappears from his on his desk, seen from his perspective while talking to the FBI.
  • On the fortune cookie, underneath the message, are the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42. This is a shout-out to Lost.
  • The title of the episode refers to Lilly Kane's pet name for Duncan, "Donut," most likely a reference itself to the bakery chain "Dunkin' Donuts."
  • When Logan and Dick are playing Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, the score changes from "2-3" to "1-1" when Logan asks Dick to buy ecstasy from the PCHers

[edit] References

Ratings are based on Nielsen Media Research data and are obtained from Mediaweek.[1]

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