Spit & Eggs

"Spit & Eggs"
Veronica Mars episode
Veronica grabs a plastic unicorn to attack the Hearst rapist. The scene featured 27 different camera angles, one of which was under the bed. In addition, the scene featured toy unicorns in various incarnations, which was based on an in-joke among the cast and crew.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 9
Directed by	Rob Thomas
Written by	Rob Thomas
Production code	3T5809
Original air date	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)
Guest appearance(s)
Ryan Devlin as Mercer Hayes David Tom as Chip Diller Andrew McClain as Moe Slater James Jordan as Tim Foyle Patrick Fabian as Professor Hank Landry Jaime Ray Newman as Mindy O'Dell Chastity Dotson as Nish Sweeney Jeremy Roberts as Mel Stoltz Krista Kalmus as Claire Nordhouse Charlie Koznick as Andrew "Drew" Barndale Ed Begley, Jr. as Dean Cyrus O'Dell
Episode chronology
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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 million 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."