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, after finding out about Abel Koontz's (Christian Clemenson) daughter, Amelia DeLongpre (Erin Chambers), Veronica tracks her down and tells her that the Kanes are paying off her father.
After the revelation in the previous episode, Veronica researches Amelia DeLongpre and finds out that she lives in L.A and that all the payout money is coming to her.
Veronica meets another student, Sabrina, who is dealing with harassment, supposedly from an ex-boyfriend, Caz Truman (Zachery Ty Bryan).
A rival detective, Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino), offers to give Veronica and Keith some of his cases.
Keith says that he believes that Jake Kane (Kyle Secor) called Clarence Wiedman after he discovered Lilly's body.
Veronica begins to suspect that Vinnie Van Lowe is behind the Sabrina case as she has tracked the car alarm to his ex-wife.
Keith flashes back to his first interview with Jake and Celeste (Lisa Thornhill), where he found out that they were going through a load of laundry, despite the fact that the pair have two full-time housekeepers.
"Kanes and Abel's" marks Marck's third directing credit (after "The Girl Next Door" and "An Echolls Family Christmas").
[2] The episode features the first appearance by recurring character Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino), who later starred in The State and Party Down, the latter of which series creator Rob Thomas co-created.
"The result to take away here is that no matter what, the structures of power are set up that our perky blonde detective heroine can't really win.