Veronica Mars
Drinking the Kool-Aid
TV Flash files “Drinking the Kool-Aid” as hour 9 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — Veronica Mars (2004–2007) on UPN/CW, season 1, episode 9, aired 2004-11-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 72 in the Veronica Mars guide, hour 9 of 22 in season 1. It aired 2004-11-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Like a Virgin” (S01E08). Next is “An Echolls' Family Christmas” (S01E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The wealthy parents of a Neptune High senior hire Keith and Veronica to investigate a cult-like group and its charismatic leader after their son Casey moves out to live on the collective farm.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Drinking the Kool-Aid sit in the Veronica Mars guide?
S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 72 — hour 9 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.
When did Veronica Mars S01E09 air?
Drinking the Kool-Aid aired 2004-11-30 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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