Happy Go Lucky (Veronica Mars)

The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) as she deals with life as a high school student while moonlighting as a private detective.

In this episode, Aaron Echolls (Harry Hamlin) is put on trial for the murder of Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried), and Veronica and Keith (Enrico Colantoni) have to testify.

Veronica bemoans her academic situation to Jackie (Tessa Thompson) and Wallace (Percy Daggs III).

Logan tells Veronica that Lucky acted weirdly in response to his time as a batboy for the sharks.

Veronica and Keith present their theory that Woody is the culprit to Sheriff Lamb, but he counters by saying that Lucky probably did it and that they are trying to make him look bad.

Keith tells Sheriff Lamb that Lucky was in a cell at a VA at the time of the bus crash.

Jackie leaves for France, and Veronica skips a test to hear the Aaron Echolls verdict.

[2] The following song can be heard in the episode:[3] "Happy Go Lucky" was written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by Steve Gomer, marking Ruggiero's twelfth writing credit[4] and Gomer's third writing credit for the show (after "Lord of the Bling" and "Ahoy, Mateys!").

The episode features an appearance by Harry Hamlin as Aaron Echolls, the main antagonist of season 1, as well as appearances by important recurring characters such as Terrence Cook (Jeffrey Sams), Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter) and Woody Goodman (Steve Guttenberg).

Price Peterson of TV.com gave a glowing review, writing that " 'Happy Go Lucky' also featured some truly touching moments, in particular Veronica and Wallace's heartfelt conversation about how much they'd miss each other next year.

[…] One of this show's biggest recurring themes was that no good deed went unpunished, so it was nice to see Veronica get at least a shred of credit for all the awesome things she'd done.

[…] But there are times when Veronica is brought back to reality, reminded that the rest of her world doesn't see her as special.