Drinking the Kool-Aid (30 Nov. 2004)

Against her father's wishes, Veronica infiltrates what she believes to be a cult in order to investigate a classmate's sudden change in personality. But after meeting the people in the cult... See full summary »

Director:

Marcos Siega

Writers:

Rob Thomas (creator), Russell Smith (teleplay),

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Bell	...	Veronica Mars
Percy Daggs III	...	Wallace Fennel
Teddy Dunn	...	Duncan Kane
Jason Dohring	...	Logan Echolls (credit only)
Francis Capra	...	Eli 'Weevil' Navarro
Enrico Colantoni	...	Keith Mars
Jonathan Bennett	...	Casey Gant
Amy Laughlin	...	Holly Mills
Chris William Martin	...	Josh
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Rain
Rebecca Kitt	...	Juanita Gant
Farhang Pernoon	...	Django
Courtnee Draper	...	Darcy
Inger Tudor	...	Restaurant Manager
Linda Castro	...	Mrs. Murphy

Storyline

Against her father's wishes, Veronica infiltrates what she believes to be a cult in order to investigate a classmate's sudden change in personality. But after meeting the people in the cult, she begins feel like she is making a mistake. Meanwhile, her investigations into Abel Koontz's claims about her family continue.

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Plot Keywords:

heroine | rape victim

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Genres:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

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Details

Release Date:

30 November 2004 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stu Segall Studios, San Diego, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rob Thomas Productions, Silver Pictures Television, Stu Segall Productions

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode title is a nod to the widely-used phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid," which refers generally to the act of buying wholeheartedly into a belief, preference, or idea, and specifically to the 1978 Jonestown cult suicides in Guyana, in which cult leader Jim Jones poisoned (or convinced to self-poison) over 900 of his followers with a mixture of grape Flavor Aid, Valium, chloral hydrate, and probably cyanide.

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Goofs

Throughout the early scenes of this episode, Veronica's nail color inexplicably changes between shots. In the street outside the prison gates, her hands rest on the steering wheel as she cries; her nails are painted a light white or heavy clear coat. In the next scene as she drives home from the prison, her nails are unchanged, but when she stops to vomit and later when she continues driving, her nails are suddenly dark red, brown or black. When she arrives home and her hands are seen in closeup, her nails are unpainted. In subsequent scenes, although she is wearing the same costume, her nails are black.

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Quotes

Veronica Mars: I knew I should have included a few discrete lesbian overtones in that poem.

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Connections

References The Brady Bunch (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Oh! Sweet Nuthin'"
The Velvet Underground (performed by the musician at the Mooncalf Collective)

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