A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• Logan and Weevil are stuck in detention together - and honestly, that’s all we need for this episode.

• But there is more - Veronica’s (beautiful) pregnant neighbour Jessica Chastain disappears.

• And her (scraggly) boyfriend doesn’t seem upset about it…

• Veronica discovers some shocking information about her mom.

• And the school flagpole is back causing trouble.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 7: The Girl Next Door, and probe such mysteries as whether to book ourselves in for a stay at the motel that plays the Mars apartment, how many crimes it is to impale a teacher’s car on a flagpole, and why hot teens might be compelled to wear garments in a shade we can only describe as ‘light liver’.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-07.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning rape, family abuse and violence.

This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown.

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