Mars vs. Mars

"**Mars vs. Mars**"
"Mars vs. Mars"
Veronica Mars episode
	Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) tells Abel Koontz (Christian Clemenson) that she knows he is dying and took the blame for Lilly Kane's (Amanda Seyfried) murder for payment.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 14
Directed by	Marcos Siega
Story by	Rob Thomas
Teleplay by	Jed Seidel; Diane Ruggiero
Production code	2T5713
Original air date	February 15, 2005
Guest appearances
	Daran Norris as Cliff McCormack; Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop; Max Greenfield as Leo D'Amato; Christian Clemenson as Abel Koontz; Christine Lakin as Susan Knight; Lisa Long as Jessica Fueller; Adam Scott as Chuck Rooks;
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"Mars vs. Mars" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Veronica Mars. The episode's teleplay was written by Jed Seidel and Diane Ruggiero, from a story by series creator Rob Thomas, and was directed by Marcos Siega. The episode premiered on UPN on February 15, 2005.

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, Veronica and her father Keith (Enrico Colantoni) take opposing sides when Veronica's world history teacher, Mr. Rooks (Adam Scott) is accused of sexual assault on a student.