A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS:

• Student Carrie Bishop claims that Mr Rooks, the best teacher at Neptune High, has had sex with her.

• But Veronica is determined to prove Mr Rooks innocent! She doesn’t like Carrie, and she loves Mr Rooks’s wacky theatrical teacher tricks.

• This puts her at odds with Keith all episode - we hate it when the Marses fight! But we love the very good prank he plays on Veronica.

• Logan needs Veronica to prove that his mother is still alive.

• And Veronica pays another visit to Abel Koontz on death row.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 14: Mars vs Mars, and crack such mysteries as whether there’s only one cafe in Neptune, whether a Teacher With Wacky Fun Teaching Methods actually makes you learn anything, if you can pay a visit to Death Row just for a mic drop moment, and why Veronica is channelling Sheriff Lamb this episode.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning suicide, statutory rape, and grooming.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-14. Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning family abuse and suicide.

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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