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Bring Backup is a weekly rewatch podcast about California teen noir Veronica Mars. Longtime Veronica Mars fans Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay will be watching and discussing every episode of the show, beginning with the mystery that started it all, the murder of Veronica’s best friend Lilly Kane.
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Today we’re breaking down Season 3, Episode 19 - Weevils Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down. As the title foretells, Weevil is back, finally! And once again he’s facing a very accusatory tone from Veronica. She just loves to never believe him! It’s their thing! This episode is a fun one, I love the rich student thieves storyline and the side plot with…
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This week we’re talking Season 3, Episode 15 Papa’s Cabin. This is the one where the dean’s murder mystery is solved and yet we still have 5 episodes left! Let’s hope they’re all just friends shows with Wallace and Mac and all the buds just hanging out. No murder! No drama! Just good clean fun! Sam shares her radio call in experience and Meg imagin…
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FINALLY the end of this first mystery of season 3. We can move onto just some good old-fashioned murder. This episode has Sam perhaps coming around to Piz? And some great Mac lines. Oh, and Sam was right ab the Mercer and Moe thing! The prisoner/guard relationship... We'll cover that next week in an update, but we make a new revelation after record…
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Today, we are discussing Season 3, Episode 7, Of Vice and Men. And despite the mystery of the week being a little flat - the case of the missing sully - this episode features one of the more unforgettable scenes of the entire series. I can summon the feeling of watching drugged Veronica stumble around a parking garage in my sleep. This one keeps me…
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Today, we are discussing Season 3, Episode 5, President Evil and it’s a late Christmas gift for Sam because Weevil’s back! Sadly, Veronica treats him like trash this episode. And Wallace struggles with Mechanical Engineering. It's Halloween on the episode and Christmas at the time of recording – what a mind F! Check out our website! Follow us on Tw…
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Hey everyone! Welcome back to Bring Backup, the podcast where we’re watching and discussing every episode of Veronica Mars. We are back with a brand new season, Season 3! Veronica is off to college and we are both so excited to watch her show a whole new cast of characters how much smarter she is than them. We're also excited to see Duncan’s dorky …
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After a hiatus MJ & Alex are back! This episode is a real blast from the past as familiar faces trickle in to remind us of season 1 plots. We get unlikely buddy teams that we’d love to see spin offs of and we are sorely missing Wallace. Our show art is by Redd Spinks and our theme music is by Bret Eagleston.…
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This week, we’ve got Look Who’s Stalking, which is a reference to Look Who’s Talking, the 80s movie about the inner monologue of babies, which I thought starred Steve Guttenberg. I was really excited about that until I realized I was thinking of Three Men and a Baby, another 80s movie about babies that starred Steve Guttenberg. However, Look Who’s …
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This week, we’ve got Season 2, Episode 17 Plan B, and I tell you what, it is a classic Veronica Mars doozy! So much happens, and so many of our faves show up. We get Weevil, Mac and Cassidy, Woody and Gia Goodman, and even the real witness to Logan’s fight with the PCHers on the Coronado bridge! And we also get another contestant from the sixth cyc…
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This season’s second episode tackles a lot of complicated, nuanced topics—MJ and Alex break down which are successful and which miss the mark. Plus: Neptune provides more bad dads, Wallace solves a mystery on his own, and Alex and MJ weigh in on Neptune’s local political races. Our show art is by Redd Spinks and our theme music is by Bret Eagleston…
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Alex & MJ need to take a break from Veronica Mars—after that finale, can you blame them? They discuss a different kind of Rob Thomas masterpiece, Drive Me Crazy. Together they stan Dave at Wallace Fennel levels, criticize some character choices, and still can’t remember the name of that guy from Entourage. Our show art is by Redd Spinks and our the…
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[Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault and rape.] This is a really difficult episode for MJ & Alex to discuss, but they power through unreliable narrators, questionable choices, and an all around tone deaf plot. We do get to celebrate Wallace though, he’s pretty great. Our show art is by Redd Spinks and our theme music is by Bret E…
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Anna Grindrod-Feeny brings her big witch energy to RobCast as we discuss her and MJ’s favorite episode of the season! It’s a Heathers homage with a special appearance from JTT himself and a surprising turn! Our show art is by Christina Redd Spinks and our theme music is a piece of Crushing Crayons’ performance at KBOO Community Radio.…
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The best and only Meg Griffin is back to talk with us about Kanes and Abels. There’s a lot going on as Veronica hides the key to proving Abel’s innocence from Clarence, Keith and Veronica finally team up to share information, and Veronica tries to find out who’s responsible for harassing valedictorian candidate Sabrina Fuller. Our show art is by Ch…
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This week, we’re talking about Season 2, Episode 14 “Versatile Toppings,” aka, The Return of Corny! Our favorite stoner is back to help Veronica solve the mystery of the pizza boy muggings. But as much as we love Corny, the main mysteries of the episode are "who is blackmailing all the gay kids at Neptune High", and "will Kristin Cavallari's guest …
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This week, we’re talking about Season 2, Episode 13 “Ain’t No Magic Mountain High Enough.” We’ve got a super fun mystery-of-the-week, a little side bus crash development happening, and tons of appearances from some of our favorite series regulars. Meg's opinion of Ms. Hauser takes a huge turn for the worse, but her love for Wallace and Van Clemmons…
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The time is finally here-- Alex’s prediction from long ago has come true! Veronica is on the hunt for a stolen mascot as well as unpacking what happened with her mother in Barstow. We’re joined by Brett Cervantes (@thefoxbride4) for an in depth discussion of sports betting, failed pedagogy, and the sports ball. Our show art is by Christina Redd Spi…
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This episode has something for everyone! And by everyone, I mean us! We’ve got an investigation that focuses on my personal best friend Wallace Fennel, and we’ve got the Weevil/Logan best friendship front and center for Sam. And as a bonus, we get a Java the Hut karaoke performance by mid-2000s indie darling Britt Daniel. OMG, what an ep! Follow us…
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Veronica plays love doctor as she tries to help Meg with a secret admirer and a client with a lost love. Alex gets his heart broken in the process. Our show art is by Christina Redd Spinks and our theme music is a piece of Crushing Crayons’ performance at KBOO Community Radio.By The Rob Thomas (No, Not That One) RobCast
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Today we’re discussing Season 2, Episode 10, “One Angry Veronica,” which Sam was dreading watching because she thought she hated it, even though Meg assured her it is a very good episode. How could anyone hate an episode that includes both Leo D’Amato and Wallace Fennel??? Check out our website. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.…
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