Deadly Manners is a 10 episode, dark comedy murder-mystery series set in the winter of 1954. It follows the events during the night of the affluent Billings family annual dinner party with their distinguished, eccentric guests. However, all is not fun and games as shortly after the party starts, a snowstorm begins to rage outside, trapping all the partygoers inside their host’s mansion. When a murderer starts killing off those in attendance, the guests must figure out who is responsible, or ...
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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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Season Three finale! When this aired, we had no idea we'd be getting a movie AND a fourth season years down the road. This episode has tons of season one flair and we can't wait to dig into it. Follow us on Twitter and IG. Check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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3.19 Weevils Wobble But They Don't Fall Down
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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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3.18 I Know What You're Going to do Next Summer
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We're nearing the end and Meg and Sam both have senioritis! We said fudge it, and decided to say spoilers!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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This is the one where Piz finally wins Sam over! Meg rejoices!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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Hey hey, we're back with Season 3, Episode 16, Un-American Graffiti! Spoiler alert, we haaaaaated it. Well, Sam hated it, and managed to peer pressure Meg into some negative feelings as well!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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This week we're talking Season 3, Episode 14 Mars, Bars, in which Veronica goes to jail, and honestly we're just surprised it didn't happen sooner.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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This week we’re talking Season 3, Episode 13 Postgame Mortem, and for an episode that’s about Wallace’s basketball coach getting murdered, we see surprisingly little of Wallace himself.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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3.12 There's Gotta Be a Morning After Pill
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This week we're talking Season 3, Episode 12, There's Gotta Be a Morning After Pill. We see the return of #1 Feminist Bonnie Capistrano, and we're asked to believe that Tim Foyle is a good person!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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3.11 Poughkeepsie, Tramps, and Thieves
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This week we’ve got Season 3, Episode 11, Poughkeepsie, Tramps, and Thieves, in which a mystery involving a prostitute makes Veronica lose her entire mind, and makes Sam consider her own feminist journey!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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We're back with Season 3, Episode 10, where the mystery is about a monkey and is very boring, and all we really care about is that Mac is back!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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We're back with Season 3, Episode 8, Lord of the Pi's! In which Sam hates everything and convinces Meg to hate it all too!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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Oh no this one has Keith Mars making BAD DECISIONS!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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This week on the pod, Veronica gets way too cozy with her frat brothers, Logan gets very, very sad, and Sam and Meg love Diane Ruggiero!By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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No Wallace this week - what?! Not cool. But we do get Armie Hammer and some questionable clues and investigations. Twitter, IG, WebsiteBy Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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Welcome to the world of The Oyster. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp and Hellofresh. The Oyster is created by Alex Aldea and Adrienne Schaeffler. This episode was written by Alex Aldea, Adrienne Schaeffler, and Jordan Cobb. Cast: Logan Browning as Hannah Ori Giancarlo Esposito as Luca Devlet Carla Gugino as Christian Keith David as Policeman…
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This week, we’ve got the third episode of Season Three, Wichita Lineman, or as Sam likes to call it, “Weevil’s back! Weevil’s back! Weevil’s back!” Orrrrr, as Meg likes to call it, “where the hell is my best friend Wallace???”By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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This week we're discussing the season two finale, “Not Pictured.” This episode is a lot, to say the absolute least. But you know we never say the absolute least, so let’s just get on with it. Visit our website. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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It's taking us a little longer than usual, butwe are bearing down on the conclusion of Season 2! This week we’re covering the penultimate episode of season 2, Happy Go Lucky, but unfortunately, Lucky did not seem happy.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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're talking Season 2, Episode 19, Never Mind the Buttocks, in which a mooning against a car window is referred to as a Pressed Ham, and we clutch our pearls in horror! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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I. Am. God. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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 week we've got a visit from the Arrested Development kids, the return of Troy Vandergraff, and the departure of preteen Hannah. And Sam and Meg missed each other so much, they talk about it all for a very long time! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And check out our website.
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This week we're discussing Season 2, Episode 15, The Quick and the Wed. Spoiler alert, Sam and Meg hate it. Join us! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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Meg and Sam have been on maternity leave, but Meg's been handling the hard part of that leave! The world is in quarantine! Meg and Sam can't be in the same room with each other! Join us for this bonus ep, as we catch up on life and try to remember how to podcast. Weirdly, there's not much talk about Veronica Mars here.…
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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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2.12 Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle
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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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This week we've got Season 2, Episode 11, Donut Run, in which we bid fond farewells to Duncan and his love child who gestated in the comatose body of his ex-girlfriend. Donut let the door hit ya on the way out! Check out our website. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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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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This week's episode is My Mother, The Fiend, and Veronica is absolutely overwhelmed with babies of both the robot and human variety. And you know what? So are we! Visit our website. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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This week we’re on Season 2, Episode 8 - Ahoy, Mateys! This is the one where Veronica helps her dad solve a case involving her classmate no one has ever heard of - Marcos Oliveros. We also get to hang out with Mac again! And Meg returns to us too in Duncan's creepy dreams which we are *not* fans of. Visit our website. Follow us on Twitter and Insta…
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Join us this week as we discuss Season 2, Episode 7, Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner. This one actually has nothing to do with Dirty Dancing, and a lot to do with Veronica taking on an investigation involving child abuse. So, if that's a sensitive topic for you, take care while listening. Check out our website. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.…
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This week we’re discussing “Rat Saw God,” which marks the return of SO. MANY. PEOPLE. - Abel Koontz, Aaron Echolls, and even Clarence Wiedman - but the only person I really want to see is my best friend Wallace, and he wasn't in this episode! But we was comforted by two things - getting to see Cliff and Logan banter, and knowing that middle schoole…
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This week we're talking Season 2, Episode 5, Blast From the Past. There's a lot happening, but you should mostly listen to hear Sam and Meg repeatedly say the phrase "gravy train with biscuit wheels." It's a great time! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Check out our website.
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This week's episode is Season 2, Episode 4, "Green-Eyed Monster." We see Veronica dealing with her jealousy issues, and Sam and Meg dealing with being an adult watching a teen show, and disapproving of several of Veronica's choices. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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This week’s episode is Cheatty Cheatty Bang Band, and it’s mostly about how everyone in the Casablancas household is running some kind of scam. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Check out our website.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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This week we've got Season 2, Episode 2, Driver Ed. Veronica digs into the bus crash investigation, and hangs out in a convenience store with Kevin Smith, while Walllace gets to hang out with Tessa Thompson! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Check our website for schedule.By Sam NeSmith and Meg Lindsay
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We're back with Season Two! This season premiere starts off with the beginning of Veronica's senior year of high school. We get to talk about new cast members: Steve Guttenberg, Tessa Thompson, Krysten Ritter - We discuss Dick and Beaver's addition to the credits - We rag on teenage PDA - And we get a new BUFFY WATCH! Follow us on Twitter and Insta…
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Now that we’ve reached the final episode of Season 4, there are no spoilers left to keep! That is, until we go back to recap Seasons 2 and 3, but for now it’s open season on every shocking thing that ever happened in Neptune, CA, and y’all, it’s all VERY shocking. There’s more severed heads, the fakeout and eventual reveal of Penn Epner as the seri…
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We are nearing the end of Season 4 y’all, and things are coming together! All the various metaphorical threads V and Keith have been chasing around the mad bomber come together in the very literal threads of Matty’s string art, and now they’ve got a theory there are actually two bombers! A whole bunch of other stuff happens, but it’s mostly about f…
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In this episode, Logan finds Maloof’s hacker and teaches him what happens when you fight a stranger in the alps, the bombing investigation takes a million turns, and we see the triumphant return of both the Bring Backup Buffy Watch, AND Clarence Freaking Weidman. And Claudia refers to Veronica as Weevil’s crush! I would like to talk about that. Fol…
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In this week’s episode, Veronica fights with Weevil, Leo only shows up via text message, the Mayor is a tripod, and V and Keith both make new friends, but there’s a chance that either or both friends are mass murderers. God, Neptune really is the worst! Check our our website! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.…
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This week we discuss more Dick Casablancas, selfie murder videos, we get - or excuse me, we HAVE - to see Mercer and Tim again, ew. But all of this is boring because the real reason to watch his episode is to see Leo D’Amato, fully grown up suit wearin FBI hottie. And also Vinny Van Lowe! Check out our website! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.…
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