Show Me the Monkey

Written by John Enbom and Robert Hull and directed by Nick Marck, the episode premiered on The CW on January 23, 2007.

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 is hired by researchers in the disappearance of a Capuchin monkey being used for animal testing on non-human primates.

Meanwhile, Piz (Chris Lowell) becomes increasingly friendly and gives her advice, but after a heartfelt talk about love, Veronica decides to start dating Logan again.

In addition, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) starts investigating Dean O'Dell's (Ed Begley, Jr.) mysterious death.

Club called "Show Me the Monkey" one of the best of the season, while Eric Goldman of IGN lauded Mac's new love interest.

At the PHAT meeting, Mac flirts with the group leader, Bronson (Michael Mitchell) but there is no reason to think that they're guilty.

Weevil (Francis Capra) invites Keith to investigate Dean O’Dell's office, and he finds a 40-year-old bottle of scotch unopened.

In order to impress the leader of the group, Veronica, Mac, and Parker (Julie Gonzalo) participate in a party.

While investigating the hard drive of the lab's computer, Mac finds leaves, which Veronica discovers are green tea.

[1] The character of rock star Ed Argent was initially supposed to be a cameo appearance from musician Ted Nugent, but when he did not appear on the show due to scheduling conflicts, the writers changed the character's name in order to make it a reference to the band Argent, best known for their song "Hold Your Head Up".

[4] When the episode's editor first received one take of the scene in which Veronica and Mac sarcastically dance in response to accusations of doing a poor job on a school project, the editor called the writing staff into the editing room; they proceeded to view the scene fifteen times because of its humorous nature.