Other Titles in the Smart Pop Series -- Title Page -- Introduction -- Welcome to Camp Noir -- Story Structure and Veronica Mars -- Story Structure -- The Teaser: Establishing the Status Quo -- Act One: Arresting Logan Echolls -- Act Two: Clearing Logan Echolls -- Act Three: Revealing Aaron Echolls -- Act Four: Capturing Aaron Echolls -- References -- Veronica Mars: Girl. Detective. -- Girl Talk -- Tough Talk -- References -- Daddy's Girl -- Daddy Dualities -- Aaron Echolls -- Jake Kane and Abel Koontz -- Woody Goodman -- Duncan Kane -- On the Down-Low -- A Long Time ago, We Used to Be Friends . . . -- . . . But I Haven't Thought of You Lately at All . . . -- Come on Now, Sugar, Bring It On, Bring It On . . . -- Just Remember Me When . . . -- The Noir of Neptune -- Neptune, 90909 -- Mexico -- References -- Reality on Mars and Neptune -- References -- "I Cannot Tell a Lie. And If You Believe That..." -- References -- Lawless Neptune -- The New Normal -- The Duck and the Detective -- "A Working Class Hero Is Something to Be. . . ." -- To the Right of What? -- The System Is Broken -- Right Is Right -- Veronica Gets Even -- Self Defense -- References -- The United States of Veronica -- "Tensions in Neptune Are the Highest They've Ever Been." -- "There Is No Santa Claus, Veronica." -- "You Know, No One Seems to Care. I'm Practically an Orphan." -- "The Getting Even Part? You Might Want to Rethink That One." -- "I'm Asking You to Let It Go." -- "Can You Feel the Love?" -- References -- I'm in Love with My Car -- Boom Goes the Dynamite -- Chemistry -- Body Language -- Psychological Complexity -- Growth -- Because They're Epic -- Innocence Lost -- The First Wave: A So-Called Experiment -- The Second Wave: A Formula That Works -- The Third Wave: Enter Veronica -- References -- From Golden Girl to Rich Dude Kryptonite -- The Importance of Not Being Earnest.

Acknowledgements -- Copyright Page.