There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill

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 aids a conservative Christian student named Bonnie Capistrano (Carlee Avers) in finding out who slipped her mifepristone, which caused a miscarriage.

Series creator Rob Thomas had planned this case of the week for "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill" since the beginning of the season as one of what he considered "college-age crimes".

The episode received 2.40 million viewers in its original broadcast and mixed reviews from television critics.

Eric Goldman of IGN thought it was indicative of a general upward trend in the show's quality,[1] while Rowan Kaiser of The A.V.

When she wakes up, she goes to the Hearst library, where Tim Foyle's (James Jordan) girlfriend, Bonnie, asks her to investigate who slipped her RU-486, which caused a miscarriage.

In the middle of the night, Mindy O'Dell (Jaime Ray Newman) calls Keith, telling him to hurry.

[7] The actor who played the witness to Dean O'Dell's death had previously appeared as an extra in "Spit & Eggs" during a party scene, nonverbally interacting with Piz (Chris Lowell).

Series creator Rob Thomas enjoyed the cameo so much that he cast the actor as the witness character in this episode.

[8] Thomas drew inspiration for his point of view about Veronica's character from his own life, stating, "I've sort of gotten past this, but I certainly lived in that space for a long time.

"[1] He thought that it was indicative of an overall upward trend in the quality of Veronica Mars and praised the episode's balance between the case-of-the-week and the Dean O'Dell story arc.

She thought that the case of the week was predictable, stating that it was clear that Bonnie's best friend was the culprit when the character was introduced.