Over Christmas break Veronica finds herself on jury duty, deciding the future of the two affluent 09ers who are accused of assaulting a young Hispanic woman. Meanwhile,Mayor Woody Goodman turns to Keith to investigate the disappearance of the Aaron Echolls/Lilly Kane sex tapes that go missing from the police station evidence room.
Veronica Mars is set in the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, where the rich and powerful make the rules, own the town and the high school and desperately try to keep their dirty little secrets just that secret. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 18-year-old apprentice private investigator, who negotiates the halls of Neptune High each day like any average teenage girl, while at night helps her private-eye father uncover some of the California beach town's toughest mysteries.