Veronica Mars Donut Run (2004–2007) Online
- Original Title :
- Donut Run
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 2004–2007
- Directror :
- Rob Thomas
- Cast :
- Kristen Bell,Percy Daggs III,Teddy Dunn
- Writer :
- Rob Thomas,Rob Thomas
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 41min
- Rating :
- 7.5/10
When Duncan disappears with Meg's baby, Lamb must work with two FBI agents to extract as much information as possible from an uncooperative Veronica. Meanwhile, Wallace reveals the real reason he returned to Neptune, and Weevil and Logan make a breakthrough in their hunt for the rogue gang member.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Kristen Bell | - | Veronica Mars |
 | Percy Daggs III | - | Wallace Fennel |
 | Teddy Dunn | - | Duncan Kane |
 | Jason Dohring | - | Logan Echolls |
 | Francis Capra | - | Eli 'Weevil' Navarro |
 | Ryan Hansen | - | Dick Casablancas |
 | Kyle Gallner | - | Cassidy 'Beaver' Casablancas (credit only) |
 | Tessa Thompson | - | Jackie Cook (credit only) |
 | Enrico Colantoni | - | Keith Mars |
 | Lucy Lawless | - | Agent Morris |
 | Michael Muhney | - | Sheriff Don Lamb |
 | Ken Marino | - | Vinnie Van Lowe |
 | Lisa Thornhill | - | Celeste Kane |
 | Daran Norris | - | Cliff McCormack |
 | Kevin Sheridan | - | Sean Friedrich |
This is the first episode to be directed by creator of the show, Rob Thomas .
When Veronica (Kristen Bell) is on the phone with Duncan (Teddy Dunn), she stands next to a flier for "Teenage Women Of Propriety", with the first letters of each word significantly larger than the rest. This is an in-joke referring to the web site Television Without Pity (TWoP for short).
When Veronica (Kristen Bell) finds Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino) in the van, she says, "Morning, Sam," and he responds, "Morning, Ralph." This refers to Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf in a series of Looney Tunes Cartoons.
At the end of the episode, Veronica (Kristen Bell) puts a fortune cookie fortune on her mirror. The numbers at the bottom of the fortune are the same "numbers" featured prominently on the show Lost (2004) (4 8 15 16 23 42)
The title of this episode refers to Lilly's (Amanda Seyfried) pet name for Duncan (Teddy Dunn), "Donut."
This episode had an estimated audience size of 1.60 million US viewers when it first aired.
Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino) tries to plant a bug on Veronica (Kristen Bell) in this episode but she doesn't fall for it. In episode 3.1, Veronica Mars: Welcome Wagon (2006), Vinnie drops a bug into Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) briefcase without his knowledge, and gets away with it.
Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2014), Party Down (2009), and an iZombie (2015) episode, [link=iZombie: Dead Beat (2016)]. Rob Thomas created all three productions.
Despite being credited, Kyle Gallner (Cassidy Casablancas) and Tessa Thompson (Jackie Cook) do not appear in this episode.
Wallace's (Percy Daggs III) basketball stats show that he went to Trevor Hale High School.
This episode was originally aired on January 14, 2006, at the Alamo Drafthouse.
Lisa Thornhill (Celeste Kane) also appeared in Play It Again, Dick: Episode #1.1 (2014) and Veronica Mars (2014). All three shows were created by Rob Thomas.
This episode marks the final appearance of the character Celeste Kane, played by Lisa Thornhill. She appeared in 11 episodes in total.