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"Spit & Eggs" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars'', and the fifty-third episode overall. Written and directed by series creator Rob Thomas, the episode premiered on November 28, 2006, on The CW. The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) as she deals with life as a college student while moonlighting as a private detective. In this episode, when the Greek system at Hearst College is suddenly reinstated, Veronica enlists the help of her friends in patrolling a party to look for date rape drugs. Eventually, she learns the identity of the Hearst serial rapist and puts herself in danger to catch him. In addition, Dean O'Dell (Ed Begley, Jr.) acts increasingly erratically before he mysteriously appears dead in his office with a gunshot wound to the head. Meanwhile, Veronica and Logan (Jason Dohring) both deal with the emotional aftereffects of O'Dell's death. "Spit & Eggs" was the second episode to be both written and directed by Thomas, who included several camera and prop changes that were not originally in the script. Series regular Tina Majorino returns to the series beginning in this episode after an absence since "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week", a hiatus which was due to her filming ''Big Love''. In addition, during production, the crew decided to change their narrative plan for the season, maintaining two of the shorter story arcs but removing the planned third. The episode was viewed by 3.44 viewers in its initial airing, a series high. The episode received critical acclaim, with many critics praising the return of Mac and the increased role of peripheral characters, the resolution to the rape mystery, and the setup of the next major story arc. Eric Goldman of IGN praised the various plotlines converging, while Rowan Kaiser of ''The A.V. Club'' wrote that the plot twist "plays on everyone's expectations." == Plot synopsis == Beginning in medias res, while Piz (Chris Lowell) and Mac (Tina Majorino) are at a party, a bloodied Veronica stumbles to Piz’s door and collapses. The episode flashes back to two days earlier. As the Lilith House celebrates the end of the Greek system, Logan (Jason Dohring) abruptly breaks up with Veronica. Weevil helps Dean O’Dell (Ed Begley, Jr.) fix his TV. A man comes into the Dean’s office and implicitly threatens to remove his funding if the Greek system stays closed. The Dean tells Keith (Enrico Colantoni) to track his wife, and Veronica sobs in the shower due to her breakup with Logan. The Dean unexpectedly reinstates the Greek system, to the delight of Dick (Ryan Hansen). The Dean and Veronica spot a classified ad that states that a mysterious person will find his next victim at a party. After receiving an A on her paper, she visits Tim Foyle (James Jordan) and sees an investigation board. Veronica enlists Wallace (Percy Daggs III), Piz, and Mac for help in investigating an upcoming Pi Sig party. At the party, Veronica notices that the “rape coasters” which test for date rape drugs do not actually work. Veronica, Mac, and Piz test various peoples’ cups and find nothing. After Keith tells Dean O’Dell that his wife is cheating on him with Veronica’s criminology professor, he pulls out a gun. Wallace and Piz find a drink that was tested positive for GHB, and Wallace and Piz dash to her dorm. Dean O’Dell finds and enters into the room in which his wife and the criminology professor are carrying on their affair as Veronica learns that they have tracked the wrong girl. Just as Mercer (Ryan Devlin) (the actual rapist) is about to rape his next victim, he abruptly learns that Veronica has changed places with his victim. Veronica tases Mercer, and they have a quick fight before Veronica escapes. She is let into Moe’s (Andrew McClain) room. Moe hands Veronica a drink. Immediately after discovering a picture of Mercer and Moe, Veronica experiences the effects of a date rape drug. She hides in the closet and struggles to remain conscious. Mercer and Moe enter the room and are about to miss her, but Veronica’s cell phone rings and they knock her out. Parker (Julie Gonzalo) calls attention to Mercer. In addition to a bomb threat against Hearst, Dean O’Dell notices his window being egged before a mysterious man enters and the Dean asks “What are you doing here?” Keith arrests Mercer and Moe. Logan intentionally gets himself arrested so he can go into the cell with Mercer and Moe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spit & Eggs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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