Josh shows Veronica Mason’s gun, which turns out to be a. Cliff springs Veronica and after he drops her off, Josh grabs her and takes her to his car … where he has Mason tied up in the trunk. Wallace stops by the jail to tell Veronica that Mason has gone missing after telling the Sheriff he saw Josh arguing with his father.
Logan drops by the dorm to give Mac the wireless card and Parker asks him to do her a favour. At Hearst, Weevil gives Sacks O’Dell’s computer and stuff from his office. She did pick up the prescription but didn’t see her husband that night … but she did take a few of the Xanax after he died, so if Lamb finds the pills and some are missing, that’s why. Lamb grills Mindy about all her inconsistencies, but she keeps coming up with (somewhat) plausible answers. She asks him to get the wireless card she had when she was arrested and take it to Mac, since she needs it for something tonight. As Keith leaves, Logan arrives to visit Veronica (get a photo of her behind bars). Keith said she should’ve quizzed him about the Clippers game, since men always assume women know nothing about sports.
Keith mentions Landry knows she suspects him and she realizes Landry saw through her casual query about the movie he supposedly watched the night of O’Dell’s death. Keith goes to the jail to ask Veronica if she bugged Landry’s phone and she denies it. He sends Sacks to get all the Dean’s stuff from his office and tells him to bring in Mindy O’Dell. Keith tells Lamb about Mindy picking up the Xanax and since the Dean had Xanax in his system when he died, Lamb decides to do some actual police work for once. Landry reiterates his alibi for the night of the Dean’s death-watched a basketball game, banged Mindy, watched a movie-then tells Keith Veronica would be better off going into real criminology instead of slumming it in Keith’s office. Keith denies planting and says he doesn’t think Veronica did either.
Speaking of which, the guy she was cheating with (Professor Landry) shows up at Keith’s office to ask him about a bug he found in his cell phone. When Keith checks with the pharmacy, he finds out someone did pick up the Xanax … Mindy, the Dean’s wife (who was cheating on him). She called it in, but it was so busy that day neither she nor the Dean had time to go out and pick it up. She also mentions a Xanax prescription that the Dean needed refilled. At Hearst, Keith talks to Dean O’Dell’s assistant, who mentions the visit from Mel Stoltz the day the Dean died, which left the Dean kinda shook up.
Vinnie got photos of Coach Barry with a good-looking woman … who’s also married. Barry thought her husband might be screwing around a while back and hired Vinnie to tail him. On the way out, Keith runs into Vinnie and asks about the envelope he saw at the Barry’s house. He also says Veronica should be in the clear since Josh’s drunken cellmate ate all the remaining cookies, but Lamb’s going to hold her as long as he can just to be a dick. Cliff (Josh’s lawyer-and now Veronica’s too) says he believes Josh is innocent. At the jail, Veronica tells Keith what happened and they wonder if Josh really did kill his father, since he’s acting pretty guilty. While Keith is in the Barry house, he notices an envelope from slimy private detective Vinnie Van Lowe on the table. She calls her father, who’s with Josh’s mother she wants Keith to find Josh before the cops do in case he gets hurt. Of course, Veronica didn’t know Josh was allergic to peanuts (although Josh specifically asked for peanut butter cookies, so this must’ve been his plan all along), but Sheriff Lamb doesn’t believe her. Apparently, Josh was allergic to the peanut butter cookies Veronica brought him and when an EMT gave him an Epi shot, Josh overpowered him and jumped out of the ambulance. Last episode, Veronica was arrested for helping Josh Barry escape from jail, where he was being held for supposedly killing his father, Coach Tom Barry.