Spit & Eggs
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"Spit & Eggs" is episode 9 of season 3 of the television show Veronica Mars
. It had an estimated audience of 3.5 million viewers on initial viewing. It was the highest rated episode of the third season.
uncovers the shocking identity of the rapist(s): Mercer Hayes and RA Moe.
Logan
dumps Veronica in order to salvage his friendship with her.
With help from her father
and Parker, Veronica busts Mercer and Moe. Logan arranges for his own arrest so he can inflict his own revenge upon the two for their attack on Veronica.
Dean O'Dell discovers his wife's adultery and is found dead in his office, setting the stage for the second mystery of season three.
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
. It had an estimated audience of 3.5 million viewers on initial viewing. It was the highest rated episode of the third season.
Plot
The vote comes in to rid Hearst of the Greek System but a last minute appeal from a wealthy alumnus leads Dean O'Dell to reinstate the Greeks. The Hearst Rapist then announces that he will choose his next victim at the party being thrown to celebrate the return of the Greek System. In the end, VeronicaVeronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
uncovers the shocking identity of the rapist(s): Mercer Hayes and RA Moe.
Logan
Logan Echolls
Logan Echolls is a fictional character on the UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN.He is portrayed by Jason Dohring.- Background :...
dumps Veronica in order to salvage his friendship with her.
With help from her father
Keith Mars
Keith Mars is a fictional character on UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN. He is portrayed by Enrico Colantoni....
and Parker, Veronica busts Mercer and Moe. Logan arranges for his own arrest so he can inflict his own revenge upon the two for their attack on Veronica.
Dean O'Dell discovers his wife's adultery and is found dead in his office, setting the stage for the second mystery of season three.
Arc significance
- Logan breaks up with Veronica.
- Dean O'Dell learns about his wife's affair with Professor Landry.
- Dean O'Dell goes to the hotel (with a loaded revolver) to confront his wife and Professor Landry. It is not revealed, in this episode, what happens afterward. It has, however, been confirmed that he did not kill either of them.
- The rapist is revealed to be Mercer, who was helped by Moe.
- It is revealed that Moe was Veronica's attacker in the parking garage, giving her a bald spot. Veronica speculates that this was done to throw suspicion off Mercer.
- The rapes Mercer was cleared of in "Of Vice and Men" were the ones faked by the girls of Lilith House.
- After being threatened by one of Hearst's 'benefactors', Dean O'Dell votes to allow the Greek System to remain on campus.
- During the night while sleeping in his office, the Dean was woken up by eggs being thrown at his office window. Then someone with whom the Dean seemed to be familiar entered his office.
- Weevil discovers Dean O'Dell's dead body next morning. The audience is shown a close-up of a supposed bullet hole, with powder burns, on his right temple.
- Logan vandalizes a police car in full view of two officers. He is placed in the same holding cell as Mercer and Moe. The audience is led to believe that Logan's actions were motivated by a desire to exact revenge on the two rapists.
- This finishes the Hearst Rapist arc and introduces the new arc: Who Killed Dean O'Dell?
Music
- "Right Here, Right Now" - Fatboy SlimFatboy SlimNorman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
- "Have You Never Been MellowHave You Never Been Mellow (song)"Have You Never Been Mellow" is a popular song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John as the title track for her album of the same name.-History and release:...
" - Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA... - "Can't Get Over YouCan't Get Over You"Can't Get Over You" is a 1989 single by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. The single was the first release the group had in almost three years, as well as being their debut release on the Warner Bros. Records label. "Can't Get Over You" was the group's second and final number one on the Hot Black...
" - The Digbees - "Sweet CarolineSweet Caroline"Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album. There are three distinct mixes of this song...
" - Diamond Smugglers
Writing and acting
- Mac appears in this episode after having last appeared seven episodes ago in "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week."
- Mercer being the rapist was foreshadowed in "President Evil" when he dressed up as AlexAlex (A Clockwork Orange)Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and the film adaptation, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In this film adaption, Alex's surname is DeLarge, in relation to Alex's reference to himself as "Alexander the Large" in the novel. This, in itself, is an...
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Feedback and ratings
Spit & Eggs marked a record for third season ratings with 3.44 million viewers, according to CalenderLive.com.Quotes and trivia
- Featured prominently in this episode is the song "Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy SlimFatboy SlimNorman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
. - The title of the episode refers to what is splattered all over Dean O'Dell's car after he announces that the Greeks will remain on campus.
- A photograph indicates that Mercer and Moe were past participants in the guard-prisoner sociology experiment like the one presented in "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week".
- Patty Hearst's guest appearance in the previous episode along with the guard-prisoner experiment and Moe's remark about "it changes you" was a reference to Stockholm syndromeStockholm syndromeIn psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them...
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External links
- "Spit & Eggs" at Mars Investigations