Mars vs. Mars

"Mars vs. Mars"
Veronica Mars episode
Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) tells Abel Koontz (Christian Clemenson) that she knows he is dying and took the blame for Lilly Kane's (Amanda Seyfried) murder for payment.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 14
Directed by	Marcos Siega
Story by	Rob Thomas
Teleplay by	Jed Seidel Diane Ruggiero
Production code	2T5713
Original air date	February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15)
Guest appearance(s)
Daran Norris as Cliff McCormack Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop Max Greenfield as Leo D'Amato Christian Clemenson as Abel Koontz Christine Lakin as Susan Knight Lisa Long as Jessica Fueller Adam Scott as Mr. Rooks
Episode chronology
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"Mars vs. Mars" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Veronica Mars. The episode's teleplay was written by Jed Seidel and Diane Ruggiero, from a story by series creator Rob Thomas, and was directed by Marcos Siega. The episode premiered on UPN on February 15, 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 and her father Keith (Enrico Colantoni) take opposing sides when Veronica's world history teacher, Mr. Rooks (Adam Scott) is accused of sexual assault on a student.

Immediately after the previous episode, Logan (Jason Dohring) appears at Veronica's door and asks Veronica to help find his mother, Lynn (Lisa Rinna), whom he believes is alive. Veronica agrees to help out. The next day in class, Veronica participates in a fun and unorthodox world history review with a teacher, Mr. Rooks. However, the fun is disrupted when Carrie Bishop (Leighton Meester) tells the teacher that she's not pregnant and that he can "have [his] key back." Veronica talks to the teacher, but he denies that he ever touched Carrie. Meanwhile, Wallace Fennel (Percy Daggs III) steals Carrie's school file while Veronica asks Duncan (Teddy Dunn) for the name of his practitioner, wanting to find out what meds he was taking. Veronica angrily confronts Carrie about her lying. Veronica walks into Mars Investigations, when she learns that Keith has been hired by Carrie's parents, pitting father and daughter against each other. Later, Cliff McCormack (Daran Norris) fake interviews the woman who saw Lynn's suicide, and Logan blows up at her.