The popular cult series builds awareness right before its second season launch on UPN

THE SKINNY: Mystery, scandal and drama surround Veronica Mars as she stakes out dark alleys and seedy motels searching for her best friend’s killer and a way to clear her father’s name. On October 11, uncover the edgy, cult hit from Executive Producer Joel Silver (of The Matrix Trilogy) with the release of VERONICA MARS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON on DVD, featuring a collectible six-disc set with all 22 ground-breaking episodes. Whether you want to relive the suspense with America’s favorite teenage private investigator or if you are looking to discover what critics are raving about, this is the ultimate DVD for the fall season. Veronica Mars features an unforgettable cast including Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Francis Capra, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn and Jason Dohring. Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season is timed for release on the tail of Season Two’s premiere on UPN. The DVD is priced to own at $59.98.

"In its pivotal first season, Veronica Mars received critical claim and garnered a cult fan following," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Executive Director, TV Marketing. "The timely release of Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season, complements WHV’s goal to provide quality television to the increasingly responsive TV on DVD marketplace."

Veronica Mars is set in the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, CA, where the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunatly for them, there’s Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell), a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town’s toughest mysteries. Veronica used to be one of the popular girls, but it all came crumbling down around her after her best friend, Lilly, was murdered. When her then-sheriff father, Keith (Enrico Colantoni), named Lilly’s rich father as the lead suspect, he was removed from his office and Veronica was ostracized by her friends including her boyfriend, Duncan Kane (Teddy Dunn), Lilly’s brother. Now, Veronica spends her days as an average high school teenage girl, but at night she helps her father’s struggling private investigator business-and what she discovers may tear the town of Neptune apart at the seams.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

* Creator’s Cut - Pilot episode with never-before-aired scenes * Unaired Scenes

EPISODE SYNOPSES:

1.) PILOT

In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there’s Veronica Mars (series star KRISTEN BELL), a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town’s toughest mysteries.

After coming to Wallace Fennel’s, (series star PERCY DAGGS III), aid when he is duct taped to the school’s flagpole, Veronica incurs the wrath of the perpetrator, Eli "Weevil" Navarro (series star FRANCIS CAPRA) and his P.C.H. Biker Boyz. To get him and his gang to stop bothering her and Wallace, Veronica devises an intricate plan that helps some of Weevil’s cronies avoid trouble with the law. Meanwhile, defying her father Keith Mars, (series star ENRICO COLANTONI), Veronica pursues Jake Kane, (recurring guest star KYLE SECOR), suspecting him of adultery. But she also makes an unsettling discovery about her mother, who abandoned Veronica and Keith a year ago.

2.) CREDIT WHERE CREDIT’S DUE

Veronica and Wallace don’t believe in the evidence against Weevil, who has been arrested for stealing credit card applications from Logan’s family, and launch an investigation to help their new ally. Meanwhile, after joining Ms. Mallory Dent’s (series star SYDNEY TAMIIA POITIER) journalism class, Veronica clashes with socialite Caitlin Ford (PARIS HILTON), Logan’s Echolls (series star JASON DOHRING) sexy new girlfriend. The young investigator is intrigued by the attention shown to her by another wealthy student, Troy Vandegraff (recurring guest star AARON ASHMORE), a friend of her ex-boyfriend Duncan (series star TEDDY DUNN). Later, Veronica learns that Lilly got a ticket while driving her car on the day she died—two hours after her supposed time of death.

3.) MEET JOHN SMITH

With only a commonplace name, an old address and dim memories as leads, Veronica and Wallace attempt to help classmate Justin Smith (BOBBY EDNER) find his father, who disappeared 10 years earlier. Meanwhile, as Veronica experiences some complicated feelings towards ex-boyfriend Duncan and new romantic interest Troy, guidance counselor Rebecca James (PAULA MARSHALL) calls Keith to the school to discuss the recent, dramatic changes in his daughter’s life. Later, Duncan struggles with ways to cope with his sister’s death as the anniversary of her murder approaches.

4.) THE WRATH OF CON

In an effort to help Wallace’s new friend, Georgia (KYLA PRATT), who was duped out of her money in an Internet scheme, Veronica must outwit a group of computer "thugs," known as the Silicon Mafia. Meanwhile, Keith makes Veronica introduce him to her new boyfriend Troy, before allowing her to go to the homecoming dance with him. Later, Logan helps Duncan edit together a memorial video for a school dedication ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of Lilly’s death.

5.) YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOMEBODY

Veronica tries to help her new boyfriend Troy find his father’s stolen car and turns to Weevil for assistance. But the situation becomes dangerous when she discovers that Logan and Troy’s buddy might have left more than a piñata in the car after their night in Tijuana. While Keith has accepted that his wife is gone and begins dating school guidance counselor Rebecca Jam), Veronica continues to secretly investigate her mother’s whereabouts, leading her to stumble on a secret her mom was keeping.

6.) RETURN OF THE KANE

Veronica investigates possible fraud at school in the election of student council president after Duncan wins, defeating a more popular but less affluent student who promised to eliminate the wealthy students’ on-campus perquisites. Meanwhile, Logan causes a public relations nightmare for his movie star parents Aaron and Lynn Echolls (recurring guest stars and real-life couple HARRY HAMLIN and LISA RINNA) when footage of him organizing boxing matches between homeless men is posted on the Internet and leaked to the media. Later, Veronica and Keith learn that the man who admitted to murdering Lilly is set to be executed, but a second look at crime scene photographs puts his confession in question.

7.) THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

Veronica becomes suspicious when her pregnant upstairs neighbor suddenly goes missing, prompting both Keith and Veronica to investigate the girl’s disappearance. Veronica is also shocked to learn that her mother and Duncan’s father were high school sweethearts. Meanwhile, it appears that Weevil and the late Lilly Kane once had a romantic relationship.

8.) LIKE A VIRGIN

A popular online "purity test" provides the students of Neptune High School with entertainment until someone makes public everyone’s private results, humiliating and embarrassing several students, including Meg (recurring guest star ALONA TAL), a nice girl with whom Veronica sympathizes. Veronica searches for the culprit along with computer geek Mac (recurring guest star TINA MAJORINO). Meanwhile, Keith helps Wallace and his mom with their unruly tenant. Later, Veronica meets with condemned killer Abel Koontz (CHRISTIAN CLEMENSON) to get answers about Lilly’s murder.

9.) DRINKING THE KOOL-AID

The wealthy parents of a Neptune High senior hire Mars Investigations to look into a cultish group their son, Casey (JONATHAN BENNETT), has joined. Veronica cozies up to Casey and infiltrates "The Farm" to learn more about its operation and its charismatic leader. Meanwhile, Veronica attempts to dispel a condemned killer’s contention that her real father is Jake Kane.

10.) AN ECHOLLS’ FAMILY CHRISTMAS

When Weevil’s poker winnings are missing after a game at Logan’s house, Veronica questions each player to piece together the evening’s events and catch the thief. Meanwhile, on the eve of the Echolls’ annual Christmas party extravaganza, Keith is hired by Lynn Echolls to track down one of the potential stalkers of her husband, Aaron.

11.) SILENCE OF THE LAMB

A serial killer who targets college girls has struck again, and the town of Neptune is terrified. Keith, who previously worked on the case, temporarily returns to the sheriff’s department to help catch the killer. Meanwhile, Veronica’s own investigative caseload (and income) increases as she conducts background checks to get the "dirt" on her schoolmates’ parents. But for her computer geek friend, Mac, the information Veronica learns may have life-altering consequences.

12.) CLASH OF THE TRITONS

When parents accuse Veronica of providing a fake ID to their son, who’s now in an alcohol-induced coma, and files suit, the search to find who’s responsible leads Veronica to a clandestine, exclusive organization operating on Neptune High’s campus with a possible connection to Duncan. Meanwhile, Aaron Echolls hires Keith to find out who’s supplying pictures to the tabloids that humiliate his wife, Lynn. Later, Veronica hides an electronic device in the office of guidance counselor Rebecca James to eavesdrop on grief counseling sessions and learns some surprising information about her friends.

13.) LORD OF THE BLING

After being hired by hip-hop heavyweight Percy "Bone" Hamilton (ANTHONY ANDERSON) to find his kidnapped daughter, Veronica and Keith look to the music mogul’s long list of enemies and family members and the girl’s Neptune High social circle for clues to her whereabouts. Meanwhile, following his mother’s apparent suicide, Logan cynically endures the effusive displays of grief by his father, Aaron, as they prepare for the memorial ceremony.

14.) MARS VS. MARS

After one of Neptune High’s haughtier students brings a sexual harassment suit against a favorite teacher, Veronica is pitted against her father when the girl’s parents hire Keith to help in their case. Meanwhile, with the tabloids claiming his mom is still alive, Logan turns to Veronica to help him track down the truth. Later, Veronica discovers more unsettling information about Duncan’s hidden medical condition. 15.) RUSKIE BUSINESS

To her surprise, Veronica works as a "love detective" when she’s asked to track down her friend Meg’s secret admirer and a Russian bride’s estranged fiancé. Meanwhile, after discovering that a credit card belonging to Lynn Echolls, who apparently committed suicide recently, is being used, Veronica and Logan go to a Los Angeles hotel in hopes of finding either her or a clue. Recurring guest star ALYSON HANNIGAN appears as Logan’s half sister Trina Echolls. 16.) BETTY AND VERONICA

Following an emotional reunion with her mother, Veronica is hired to track down Neptune High’s beloved mascot, Polly the Parrot, which was apparently kidnapped by a rival school on the eve of a big basketball game. Meanwhile, with her suspicions about the Kane family rekindled, Veronica attempts to gain access to her father’s original interrogation tapes. Later, Veronica’s relationship with Deputy Leo (recurring guest star MAX GREENFIELD) intensifies, as does Meg’s relationship with Duncan.

17.) KANES AND ABEL’S

As she continues investigating Lilly Kane’s murder, Veronica pursues a risky lead that could discredit Abel Koontz’s confession when she discovers that the convicted killer has a daughter, Amelia DeLongpre (ERIN CHAMBERS), who is about to receive a huge payoff from Jake Kane. Logan stumbles onto Veronica’s detailed computer files of everyone connected to Lilly’s death. At school, Veronica is hired by a senior student, Sabrina (MEGAN HENNING), to find the party responsible for tormenting her in an attempt to sabotage Sabrina’s chances at becoming valedictorian. Sabrina is not well liked by most of her peers, and the long list of suspects includes her ex-boyfriend and her closest competitor. Meanwhile, unsavory, rival private investigator Vinnie Vanlowe (KEN MARINO) makes Keith a business offer.

18.) WEAPONS OF CLASS DESTRUCTION

A series of fire drills leads Veronica to the discovery that Neptune High has been receiving bomb threats. She enlists Wallace and Mac’s help to investigate classmates who could pose a serious threat to the school, including new student Ben (JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS). Meanwhile, Keith stuns Veronica with the news of whom he’s been secretly dating. Later, Duncan confronts Veronica about her ongoing investigation into his sister’s death. JOEY LAUREN ADAMS guest stars as Ms. Stafford, a new substitute journalism teacher.

19.) HOT DOGS

While helping a classmate search for her missing terrier, Veronica stumbles onto a bigger mystery, which affects pets all over Neptune, California. Meanwhile, tensions mount in the Echolls family as Trina tries to convince the now retired Aaron to accept a role in her new boyfriend’s independent movie. Later, Weevil is arrested for breaking into the Kane residence and stealing something from the deceased Lilly’s room.

20.) M.A.D.

When a classmate’s boyfriend threatens to post a humiliating video of his girlfriend online if she breaks up with him, Veronica helps her concoct a vengeful scheme if he doesn’t allow the relationship to end peacefully. Meanwhile, Keith searches for Duncan after his parents post a huge reward for information on his whereabouts. Later, as her secret new relationship intensifies, Veronica learns a disturbing fact about the night that she was drugged and assaulted.

21.) A TRIP TO THE DENTIST

Determined to expose the person who drugged and assaulted her at a party the year before, Veronica questions her friends and many rivals about the events that occurred that night at Shelly Pomeroy’s (MELISSA HOOVER) house. Meanwhile, when one of Veronica and Wallace’s stunts affects Alicia’s (recurring guest star ERICA GIMPEL) job at Kane Software, she confronts Keith about his daughter’s behavior. Later, in an attempt to get closer to his son, Aaron hosts a birthday party for Logan that surprises everyone.

22.) LEAVE IT TO BEAVER

In the shocking, action-packed season finale, Veronica solves the mystery of who murdered her best friend, Lilly Kane—but she betrays someone she cares deeply about in the process. Meanwhile, on the eve of a reception for the Governor of Calif., Jake Kane asks Duncan if he really wants to know what happened on the night Lilly died. Later, Keith awaits the results of a paternity test.