Veronica Mars
Meet John Smith
TV Flash files “Meet John Smith” as hour 3 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — Veronica Mars (2004–2007) on UPN/CW, season 1, episode 3, aired 2004-10-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 72 in the Veronica Mars guide, hour 3 of 22 in season 1. It aired 2004-10-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Credit Where Credit's Due” (S01E02). Next is “The Wrath of Con” (S01E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With only a commonplace name, an old address and dim memories as leads, Veronica and Wallace attempt to help classmate Justin Smith find his father John, who disappeared 10 years earlier.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Meet John Smith sit in the Veronica Mars guide?
S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 72 — hour 3 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.
When did Veronica Mars S01E03 air?
Meet John Smith aired 2004-10-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is season one of Veronica Mars the whole show?
Season one's central mystery is a high-water mark and the conversion. Two more UPN/CW seasons continue Neptune; a Kickstarter film and Hulu revival are afterlife with receipts.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Kristen Bell's teenage P.I. narrates a class war in sunny Neptune with hard-boiled snap. Veronica Mars is father-daughter detective shop as the real romance, a season-one mystery that still holds, and cancellation-to-Kickstarter lore with actual receipts.
Sunny Neptune is a lighting trick. Kristen Bell's teenage P.I. walks through California glare in a narration that cuts like a black dress at noon: hard-boiled snap, class war as the silhouette, a father-daughter detective shop as the real romance. Rob Thomas's Veronica Mars (2004–2007) ran UPN then The CW — Enrico Colantoni as Keith Mars, Jason Dohring, Percy Daggs III, Francis Capra, Tina Majorino — and proved young-adult television could look sharp, funny, and hard-boiled without borrowing a grown-up's trench.…
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- Percy Daggs III as Wallace Fennel
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