A LONG TIME AGO ON VERONICA MARS:

• Veronica tracks down Abel Koontz’s daughter and hides her in a motel.

• Veronica also grudgingly takes on the case of uppity student Sabrina, who is being harrassed to the detriment of her midterms.

• Jake and Celeste Kane did some covering up on the night of Lilly’s death, with the help of Clarence Wiedman…

• …Who is all over the place spooking everybody in this episode, keeping it subtle and undercover by wearing a very noticeable hat.

• And! There’s another PI in town - Vinnie Van Lowe. He has a fake moustache and no morals. But he sure can sing Hall and Oates like a champ.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 17 Kanes and Abel’s, and probe such mysteries as how the hell dinner at the Kanes’ house always manages to be soul-destroying, why if you’re supposed to be acting stealthily you’d go around wearing an outfit you stole from a 1940s gumshoe, and why you’d have such primped hair when you’re in hiding.

Content note: Veronica Mars contains heavy themes, and this episode includes storylines concerning violence, murder and mental health.

See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-17.

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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