Veronica Mars

Previously on "Veronica Mars"...

Where did you hide the cashbox?

The two places you looked for it.

I had to go back later and add the incriminating $50 bill.

Do you think you can ever really leave gang life behind?

Yeah, I miss it. I miss having cash in my pocket.

The world doesn't stop because you decided to show up.

I can barely live with myself sometimes,

and it's so much easier when you're not around!

Take a look around. It's dead week.

Everyone's walking around half-Crazy.

Yeah, well, I just hope Piz isn't planning

on moping his way through the remainder of freshman year.

It's not like I'm taking an internship at a mister softee in wachuta.

It's the FBI.

The FBI.

At the very least, Piz should think it's hot.

Actually, he does think it's pretty hot.

He'd just think it was hotter if I were doing it in Neptune.

He wants to date you and be near you?

Greedy little bugger.

And if he didn't care, I'd probably be complaining about that...

to my girlfriend...

while waiting to pay for frozen yogurt.

I'm a girl.

- Have we moved in the last five minutes? - Uh, backwards, I think.

Have you considered letting Piz know you're...

bummed about the prospect of being apart from him this summer?

Simple, direct, honest?

Mac, that's almost crazy enough to work!

Just sharing my vast relationship wisdom.

Give me back my damn card!

No.

She's right here... The one with her mouth open.

What's with the food police?

She has the right to remain famished.

Stowe.

What?

It's Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Um, excuse me, can I sit down? My knee's killing me, man.

Oh, right. Your knee.

When did you say you injured it, mr. Navarro?

Uh, last wednesday.

And you did this on the job?

I only ask because a lot of you

maintenance fellows like to play basketball over lunch break.

That's why I didn't file for sportsman's comp, see,

'cause I hurt my knee moving a busted washing machine across the campus.

Says here you spent a little time in prison last year.

So did Martha Stewart.

Now, does that mean I don't get my benefits?

No, it just means...

How shall I put this?

A lot of people look at a thriving private institution like Hearst and they see...

Well, they see deep pockets.

I'm not trying to con you, man.

But you can appreciate why we have to be so thorough in these matters.

I will pass your claim along to the review board,

and you can expect a decision in the next month or so.

A month?

What am I supposed to do until then... Hop around on one leg?

Just... do your best.

Answer it.

Hello?

Hey.

What are you doing?

I'm calling you from FBI headquarters in Virginia

Because I miss you.

And I'm very sweet.

You miss me, huh?

I do.

- Who's that? - What?

Do you have a girl in your room?

This long-Distance thing is hard.

I mean, this internship is the opportunity of a lifetime,

and I couldn't be enjoying it more, but...

I so wish I could be with you right now.

Well, how about that?

It's like I never left.

Yeah, those 12 weeks just flew by.

No, they didn't. They took forever.

All those weeks of thinking about you, and...

and missing you...

and all those pent-up feelings.

What am I ever gonna do with all of them?

I have a couple...

- million suggestions. - Hmm.

Mmm.

So, what are these suggestions?

Oh, you know, you don't need them.

Does it involve me...

Doing a sort of dance-squad-like routine?

Perhaps a cheer?

Actually, it does.

- I was kidding. - Then no.

Did it involve me being naked?

It did.

If I'm understanding you correctly,

a student I.D. card is basically like money.

Exactly. Kids can buy stuff anywhere on campus...

The cateria, the bookstore, you name it.

So if they're using fake student I.D.s,

they're using fake money, which makes this fraud.

Right.

And if these students you've apprehended

made the fake I.D.s themselves, conspiracy to commit.

So, you want me to bring them in?

The studts have already been dealt with.

They've been placed on probation,

And the families have agreed to repay the stolen funds.

That sounds... lenient.

There's no dungeon in the ivory tower.

Both kids claim they bought the I.D.s from this man.

He's not a Hearst student,

and the Hearst police ain't in the business of prosecuting felons.

I'll take care of it.

Number four.

You sure?

I'm sure.

Hey, come on.

Step right in here, son. Take your time.

Number four.

- You'll testify to that fact? - Yeah. That's definitely him.

* A long time ago *

* We used to be friends, but I *

* Haven't thought of you lately at all *

* Come on, now, sugar! *

* Bring it on, bring it on, yeah! *

* Just remember me when *

* We used to be friends *

* A long time ago *

* We used to be friends *

Veronica Mars 3x19 Weevil's Wobble But They Don't Go Down

I wish you weren't sitting across from me right now, Eli.

I shouldn't be, sheriff.

Two dean's-list college students picked you out of a lineup.

Your being an ex-con isn't gonna help things.

Do I get a phone call?

Uh, what's Veronica's number?

Veronica, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up.

Where you at?

I tried you on your cell, but maybe you got it turned off or something.

Hey, lucky for me, your dad's a cool guy,

'cause he gave me another chance at this. Anyway...

reason I'm calling is...

I need a bail bondsman and a private investigator,

and you need a 21st-century answering machine!

Hey!

Weevil, you're wobbling.

Yeah, and I'm gonna take the fall...

Unless you can help me.

I've already lost my job 'cause of this.

Dad says it's a fraud case?

Exactly, and you know how I feel about white-collar crime.

They're saying I busted into the bursar's office

and made a couple fake I.D. cards

and stuck a bunch of cash on them.

And you're saying?

Damn, Veronica. I don't even know what a bursar is.

You know that office where you pick up your paycheck?

It says "bursar" on it? That's the bursar.

Who says it was you?

A couple college kids pulled me out of a lineup.

Why do you think they're fingering you?

'Cause I'm easy...

easy like sunday morning...

...ex-con and all.

Except they'd have to know you were an ex-con.

Have you been going around campus

sharing the story of your personal journey?

Only in your criminology class when you asked me to.

Oh, yeah, right.

Whoops.

Pell applications are on the right.

- Change of address cards are... - Actually, I'm a private investigator.

I'm working for Eli Navarro.

I'd like to ask you some questions about I.D.s.

I'm sorry. You're a what?

I'm a private investigator.

How old are you?

I'm 19.

So, can you tell me how student I.D.s work?

Oh, well, exactly like debit cards.

Each term, students can add money to their account

that can be drawn upon by any campus vendor.

I collect the cash and infuse the cards with their new limit.

And you've got the only machine on campus

- that can program the cards? - Yeah.

The company who makes them, magneta-corp,

only leases the machines to institutions like colleges.

If it breaks down or needs to be serviced,

we have to send it all the way back to Marietta, Georgia, to get it reprogrammed.

Thanks for holding my check, Karin.

Oh, no problem Ross.

For what it's worth, I happen to know

your client, mr. Navarro, has access to my office.

He let me in once when I locked myself out.

So, you're working for Eli Navarro.

You know him?

Yeah, he tried to feed me a bogus workman's comp claim.