Veronica Mars

Previously on "Veronica Mars.."

I need you to do something for me.

It's important.

Kendall!

I'll come and pick up your carcass in the mornin'.

- I'm Parker. - Veronica.

She's a one woman red light district.

Parker's in there with some guy.

Don't mind me.

Someone raped me.

The last thing I remember..

I was at the Zeta Theta rush party.

I don't even remember how I got here.

I just..

I woke up and I was all like..

Out of it.

And I didn't have clothes on.

The thing about being roofied and raped..

You may not remember the who, when, where, why

but you know the what.

I have "There's Got To Be A Morning After" stuck in my head.

If I start singing, kill me.

The rapist was there when I came into the room.

I could have stopped it.

But you didn't because I told you she was a floozy.

It's a proud, proud day for both of us.

Tell me I'm here because of you.

Not that I'm counting or anything

but isn't this wolf cry number two?

She's in here, sheriff.

Same as the others. Head shaved.

She doesn't remember anything.

They always say that.

'How you doing? Rough night, huh?'

So, um, around what time did you get back to the dorm?

Nine, ten, eleven?

Just give me a window.

I don't know.

It..

The rape..

Occurred at 11:45, give or take a couple minutes.

We had these movie passes.

I... came in the room to get them.

You were here? You saw her?

The light was off. I didn't see much.

Well, why the hell didn't you turn 'em on?

Because I heard noises.

- Noises. - Like breathing.

And buzzing.

Buzzing. Like an electric razor?

Yeah, I guess but at the time.

I... thought it was something else.

It turned off a second after I came in the room.

What exactly did you think the buzzing was?

Something else, okay?

Just..

Something else.

Oh, my God.

You thought..

I thought it was just sex.

It, it didn't occur to me

that it was against your will.

'Thanks, Veronica.'

Thanks for thinking I'm the slut

of the world.

You let this happen!

Parker, I can't even..

I'm s..

So sorry.

As long as there has been war and prisons

and soldiers and orders, there has been torture.

'You don't think it was invented by a handful'

of Rednecks on the fly in Iraq.

It's always been here.

I guarantee the great George Washington

and his continental army

indulged in this sort of behavior

with the British redcoats.

'We just had to sit around a couple hundred years'

for someone to invent the digital camera

to show us what we're really capable of.

'Show of hands..'

Who of you saw this photo from Abu Ghraib and thought

"I would never do that to another human being?"

'You think it's cruel and awful and unconscionable.'

But guess what.

Of all of you who have your hands up

only two, maybe three of you are right.

'In other dreary news'

you have a 20-page research project

due at the end of the term

'about the effects of imprisonment and torture.'

There's an alternative.

I'm conducting an intensive study

on the prisoner-guard relationship

'in which volunteers are assigned those roles.'

'If, during the 48-hour experiment'

'the guards are able to extract from the prisoners'

some arbitrary piece of information, they are exempt.

But if the prisoners manage to keep their secret

they are exempt.

Fine. I'll sweeten the pot.

The losing team still must do the paper..

Only ten pages.

Any takers?

Got your message.

What you up to?

Turning my unbearable guilt

into steely resolve.

I think it's workin'.

Well, you've had plenty of practice.

Yeah.

Good. Done.

I'm gonna catch the rapist

see him crucified.

Don't think they do that anymore.

First things first. I have an interview with the newspaper.

Word is, they actually pay for photos in college.

New safety rules for the dorm.

You guys heard about last night?

'The rape?' - Yeah, we did.

I really thought things were gonna to be better

after the last incident, you know.

Like how the safest time to fly is the day after a plane crash?

There's a floor meeting tonight, FYI.

I'm not gonna be around, I'm doing this experiment

for Sociology.

Dr. Kinny?

I did the experiment last year.

It's pretty intense.

It's, like..

Life-changing.

She's a great writer, but can you see her blending

in at a sorority?

Uh, they're not big on Doc Martens and unibrows.

Call me back.

These..

Are great.

This other freshman gave me like a 100 pictures

of his grandmother sleeping.

- Was she hot? - No.

I'd take any assignment.

If I don't get this job

the fine people in financial aid

have a completely undesirable position

in the library all picked out for me.

Yeah, she's picking a wedgie. And she ain't got no alibi.

Can I tell you how happy this makes me?

She TPed my house in the tenth grade.

Makes me happy too.

Welcome to the home of Theta Beta.

What do you think?

I think it's the gateway to hell

and I don't wanna keep looking directly at it.

Veronica, I have the perfect assignment for you.

You've probably heard about the rape spree on campus.

There was another last night, a freshman girl.

Her name's Parker something.

She was at a sorority party at the Theta Beta house.

You think the sorority had something to do with it?

You wouldn't believe the rumors

about what goes on in that house.

I've been trying to find someone

who could get inside Theta Beta during rush week

do a "Behind the Greek curtain" expose.

And you want me to take pictures?

I want you to do the story.

You are exactly the type they would love to have here.

Intelligent, cute.

Uh, combative, independent-thinking

smart-mouthed, believe me I'm not their type.

You'd be perfect.

Trust me, Veronica, you'll blend right in.

"Tasteful floral dresses?"

All my florals are trampy.

Seriously, I don't have a thing with a flower

that's not in the tube-top or hot-pant family.

Couple things about Theta Beta..

Their parties are notorious

of nothing but free-flowing booze and boys.

They're totally against school policy.

Alcohol at a sorority party?

Doesn't exactly sound like news.

According to reliable sources, four of them.

The Theta Betas get pledges all liquored up

take them to a secret room, and have them undress

while the guys from their brother fraternity

watch the show through a two-way mirror.

Now, if this Parker girl was there..

You had me at "secret room."

Looks like you'll have a room all to yourself.

I will?

My parents are driving in