Blast from the Past (Veronica Mars)

"Blast from the Past" is episode 5 of season 2 of the television show Veronica Mars. It had an estimated audience size of 3.6 million US viewers on its first airing, garnering the highest audience of any episode in the series overall.^[1]

Plot

Wallace confronts his mother about Nathan Woods, his birth father. He spills the beans to Veronica, who is supportive, but preoccupied with the bus crash. When Jackie asks for her help, Veronica aids her but it turns out to all be a prank to humiliate her on television. This sets into motion a chain of events leading to Wallace leaving town with his father.

Arc significance

• Veronica bugs Sheriff Lamb's office and finds him blackmailing Terrence Cook, who has a lot of gambling debt.
• Veronica finds a voice mail message left by someone on the bus crash and confirms, after her father hears it, that there's a sound before the bus hits the rail that could be an explosion.
• Keith won't go public with the message, but instead gives it to Lamb.

Music

• "Press Record Then Play" - Lake Holiday
• "No Sleep Tonight" - The Faders
• "Whatever It Takes" - The Faders

References

External links

• "Blast from the Past" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Blast from the Past" at TV.com
• "Blast from the Past" at Mars Investigations
• "Blast from the Past" at Television Without Pity