A necklace given to Veronica by Lilly Kane is stolen from her when two thieves break into an underground campus casino on Halloween night, and Veronica suspects Weevil is one of the robbers. Also, Dean O'Dell asks Keith to find his dying stepson's biological father before the boy dies so the child can say good-bye to him; and Wallace considers cheating on an exam after he learns he's failing mechanical engineering.
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.