The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) as she deals with life as a college student while moonlighting as a private detective.
In this episode, Veronica and her father, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) take on three cases—they figure out who is taking Logan's (Jason Dohring) trust fund money while Veronica gets involved in the accusing of the Pi Sigma fraternity in the rapist case and Keith helps a woman, Harmony Chase (Laura San Giacomo) track down her possibly cheating husband.
"Charlie Don't Surf" featured several notable guest stars, including Matt Czuchry, Ryan Eggold, and Laura San Giacomo, who plays Harmony Chase, a romantic interest for Keith.
Both actors enjoyed the guest appearance so much that they lobbied the show's production team to continue the characters' romantic storyline in the future.
Logan's family has been donating $10,000 a month to “Aaron’s Kids”, which Veronica learns is not actually a charity.
Matt Czuchry appears as Vanity Fair reporter Norman Phipps, who poses as Logan's half-brother for a story.
[8] In her first appearance, Laura San Giacomo plays Harmony Chase, a woman who hires Keith to investigate her cheating husband.
[10] The two actors had maintained a close friendship after their sitcom was cancelled, and when Rob Thomas brought up a romantic storyline for Keith to Colantoni, he suggested Giacomo for the role.
[13] On the advancing of the rapist plot, Goldman praised the increase in Veronica's personal involvement with the case, while continuing to criticize the portrayal of the feminists in the episode.
And yet, shouldn't we all naturally be able to connect more to a group of girls who are passionately seeking to stop a serial rapist on campus?
"[13] Price Peterson of TV.com gave the episode a very positive review, lauding the Logan's half-brother storyline, calling it "Top quality stuff.
In addition, he wrote that "The 'Just Shoot Me' reunion gave an interesting twist to the usual private eye infidelity case.
Club, gave a mostly positive review, writing that it struck a good balance in a storyline that could go wrong very quickly.
Mass public scapegoating is an all-too-human reaction, one studied by a bunch of social sciences (Salem Witch Trials, anyone?).