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"Welcome Wagon" is the season premiere of the third season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars'', and the forty-fifth episode overall. Written by series creator Rob Thomas and directed by John T. Kretchmer, the episode premiered on The CW on October 3, 2006. 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, Veronica transitions to life at Hearst College, meeting several new people and reconnecting with several acquaintances from Neptune High. Meanwhile, a student named Piz (Chris Lowell) gets his belongings stolen, and Veronica helps him. In addition, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) trails Kendall Casablancas (Charisma Carpenter) in the aftermath of receiving a large sum of money from her in "Not Pictured" before learning that she is actually a target of the Fitzpatricks. At the end of the episode, one of Veronica's newfound friends, Parker Lee (Julie Gonzalo) becomes the next victim of the Hearst serial rapist. "Welcome Wagon" is the first episode of ''Veronica Mars'' to air on The CW as opposed to UPN. In order to attract new viewers, Thomas and the crew decided to make several changes to the show, including altering the theme song and the show's narrative structure, beginning with this episode. In contrast to previous seasons, which involved one major season-long mystery, the show's writers planned to have three consecutive mysteries play out over the course of the third season. The episode also sees the introduction of series regulars Stosh "Piz" Piznarski as Parker Lee as well as the promotion of Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie and Don Lamb to series regular status. Upon airing, the episode received 3.36 million viewers and received mixed to positive reviews. Eric Goldman of IGN thought that the episode "proves that the show is as clever and witty as ever",〔 while Rowan Kaiser of ''The A.V. Club'' was critical of the show's increasing focus on rape.〔 == Plot synopsis == Veronica starts her criminology class. Veronica solves a mystery given out in the class in six minutes. Logan (Jason Dohring), who is also at Hearst, is still dating Veronica. Dick (Ryan Hansen) has just returned, getting into Hearst, but he is shaken up from Beaver’s suicide. Vinnie (Ken Marino) approaches Keith (Enrico Colantoni) with a case, but he denies it. Keith is tracking a bail-jumper. Stosh “Piz” Piznarski becomes Wallace’s (Percy Daggs III) roommate, and Piz loses all his belongings. Veronica comes in to help. Keith’s bail-jumper, Cormac Fitzpatrick (Jason Beghe) and he gets into the car with Keith. Veronica and Mac listen to a rape victim protesting the university’s policies on the issue. Soon, Dick crashes the rally. Keith tells Cormac that he helped Kendall (Charisma Carpenter) get out of town, and Cormac is being targeted by the Fitzpatricks. Veronica and Piz visit the police department, and they say there have been other victims. Veronica learns that the Hearst “Welcome Wagon” is actually fake. Veronica meets Parker Lee (Julie Gonzalo), who annoys both Veronica and Mac. Veronica, Parker, Mac, Wallace, and Piz go to a concert. Veronica talks about Piz’s problem at the concert, and three kids say that they saw a white girl who was faking being fat. Dick shows up at Mac’s door and tells her that Beaver never cared about her. Veronica finds Piz’s guitar, and they visit the seller. The seller’s description matches that of other people. Veronica talks to Piz about a suspect, but he says that it doesn’t match the woman he saw. Keith and the bail-jumper’s car gets stranded. Veronica signs up for the mentoring program in criminology class, and she notices that one of the kids at the concert has a criminal record. Dick gets beaten up when he talks to another man’s girlfriend, but Logan tases the man. Veronica finds the Welcome Wagon girl, the seller’s husband. Piz asks Veronica if Logan is her boyfriend. Keith and the bail-jumper go to Kendall’s house, and Kendall is romantically involved with the Cormac. They have dinner, but Keith learns that Vinnie is working for Liam Fitzpatrick. When Keith returns, it is too late—Cormac has already killed Kendall and leaves Keith for dead in the cold night air. A disheveled Dick shows up at Logan’s door and cries. Veronica sleeps on Mac’s couch one night, and the next morning, they awaken to find that Parker has been raped, her head shaved. 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「Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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