The local sheriff comes to a quick judgement when tragedy hits the town of Neptune when an accident occurs on a school outing. Veronica tries to give a grieving family member some solace when they feel that sleeping may have been a contributing factor in the accident, by ruling out that possibility. When the daughter of a professional baseball player shows up as a new student at Neptune High, Wallace offers to help her find the person who damaged her car in the school parking lot. Keith is surprised when mayoral candidate Woody Goodman asks him to consider running for sheriff.
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.