A Trip to the Dentist

"A Trip to the Dentist"
Veronica Mars episode
Veronica (Kristen Bell) finds the hidden cameras in the Echolls' pool house.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 21
Directed by	Marcos Siega
Written by	Diane Ruggiero
Production code	2T5720
Original air date	May 3, 2005
Guest appearance(s)
Jonathan Bennett as Casey Gant Alona Tal as Meg Manning Corinne Bohrer as Lianne Mars Lisa Thornhill as Celeste Kane Christopher B. Duncan as Clarence Wiedman Sam Huntington as Luke Kevin Sheridan as Sean Friedrich Erica Gimpel as Alicia Fennel Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop Kyle Gallner as Cassidy Casablancas Ryan Hansen as Dick Casablancas Daniel Bess as Cole Jennifer Gareis as Deborah Collins Harry Hamlin as Aaron Echolls
Episode chronology
← Previous "M.A.D." Next → "Leave It to Beaver"
List of Veronica Mars episodes

"A Trip to the Dentist" is the twenty-first and penultimate episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Veronica Mars. Written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by Marcos Siega, the episode premiered on UPN on May 3, 2005.

The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) as she deals with life as a high school student while moonlighting as a private detective. In this episode, Veronica resolves the mystery of her sexual assault a year earlier by talking to previous acquaintances and learning about the details of what happened at Shelly Pomroy's party a year earlier while she was under the influence of GHB. Meanwhile, Duncan (Teddy Dunn) returns from running away earlier, and Veronica and Logan's relationship matures as she reacts to the news that he had roofies the night of the party.

The episode, which resolved Veronica's date rape, one of the main story arcs of the first season, was critically acclaimed.

Although the first season primarily deals with the murder of Veronica's best friend, Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried), and the murder is resolved in "Leave It to Beaver", another arc running throughout the season is the story of Veronica's mysterious rape a year earlier. At that time, Veronica went to a party at a wealthy student, Shelly's, house. There, she was slipped a mysterious drink, and the next thing she knew, she woke up in an unidentified bed missing her underwear", indicating that she had been raped. The next day, she walked into the sheriff's department and reported the crime, where Sheriff Don Lamb (Michael Muhney) mocked her predicament and refused to conduct an investigation, leaving Veronica in tears.