Jake Kane

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Jake Kane
First appearance Pilot (1x01)
Last appearance The Bitch Is Back (3x20)
Created by Rob Thomas
Portrayed by Kyle Secor
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Gender Male
Occupation Kane Software - Founder, CEO
Spouse(s) Celeste Kane (Wife)
Lianne Mars (Ex-girlfriend)
Children Duncan Kane
Lilly Kane (Deceased)

Jake Kane is a fictional character from The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the 2004-2005 season on UPN. He was portrayed during the series' first season by Kyle Secor, later returning for the series finale, "The Bitch Is Back."

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[edit] Family

Jake is the father of Veronica's ex-boyfriend Duncan Kane and dead best friend, Lilly Kane. He also invented streaming video, making Jake one of the most influential men in Neptune, California via his software company, Kane Software. His wife, Celeste Kane, is a philanthropist whose Kane Foundation offers an annual college scholarship.

[edit] Past relationships

Another revelation involving Jake more closely affects Veronica. From the pilot episode forward, Jake is linked with Lianne Mars through a handful of situations over several years. After Lianne has left her family and the state following Lilly's murder and Jake's investigation, her car is found to have been at the Neptune Grand Hotel, thereby suggesting a rendezvous between Jake and Lianne.

The reasons for such a meeting are unclear until Veronica interviews Abel Koontz, a onetime software technician at Kane Software who became implicated in and imprisoned for Lilly's murder. Abel suggests that Veronica is actually Jake's biological daughter rather than Keith's, owing to the fact the Jake and Lianne once dated while in high school and were voted king and queen of the prom.

The possibility, though unspoken until that point, had existed since the pilot episode. It caused Veronica to reexamine her own relationships with Duncan as well as with Keith.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Season 1

[edit] Season 3

[edit] References

  • Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season, Warner Home Video, 2005, UPC 01256972774.