If You Really Want to Know, These Are the Folks Who Die in Veronica Mars Season 4

There's no question that the Hulu-revived fourth season of Veronica Mars is grittier than the previous three. While Veronica and her rat pack were prone to wandering into some dangerous situations before, they've always stuck to their Neptune bubble. But when we return to the sleepy California town in season four, things have definitely taken a turn for the worst since the 2014 kickstarter-funded film, and tensions have boiled over in the community way just in time for a bomber to start taking the lives of residents and Spring breakers alike. So, who dies?

Although Veronica and Keith eventually get their culprit, it's not before the tangled web of crime, lies, and sin claim several lives — including one beloved character. Ahead, find out which unlucky few perish over the course of eight-episode season, and how they each go down.

The Bombing Victims
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The Bombing Victims

The Neptune Bombers (yes, there are two of them) claim several lives over the course of the season. Here's a list of the bombings notable victims:

  • Mr. Ross, the Motel Owner
  • Tawny Carr
  • Gabriel Flores
  • Jimmy Hadfield
  • Jillian
  • Perry Walsh
  • Don
The Carr Brothers
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The Carr Brothers

After their sister is murdered by the explosion at the Sea Sprite Motel, the Carr family accuses her fiancé's family, the Maloofs, of taking her engagement ring. Tawny's brothers, Taylor and Tyler, decide to take matters into their own hands and kidnap Daniel Maloof, Alex's older brother, to beat the ring out of him. In revenge, Daniel pays Mexican cartel hitmen, Dodie Mendoza and Alonzo Lozano (who are in Neptune "investigating" the bombing), to kill the brothers for him.

A few days later, Daniel attempts to back out of the deal, but the hitmen have already eliminated Taylor — though they believe they've killed both brothers. In episode six, Tyler returns to Neptune to enact revenge for his murdered brother, shooting Daniel as he's leaving his hotel room. Tyler is subsequently shot by Clarence Wiedman, Daniel's new bodyguard.

Richard Casablancas
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Richard Casablancas

Dick Casablancas Sr. dies as a result of his own shenanigans and petty crimes. He begins the season pushing forward his initiative to "better" Neptune, which really involves him buying local properties to develop high-end businesses and push out low-income residents. He hires Perry Walsh to plant a bomb at the Sea Sprite as a way to scare the Ross family into selling their property — but it winds up killing four people, including Gabriel Flores.

Gabriel is actually the nephew of a Mexican cartel boss, who sends two of his hitmen, Dodie Mendoza and Alonzo Lozano, to avenge his nephew's death. When Big Dick reneges on a deal with Clyde Prickett, an ex-con who works as his fixer, Clyde reveals his hand in the Sea Sprite bombing to the hitmen. Dodie and Alonzo confront Big Dick in his house and kill him by decapitation.

Logan Echolls
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Logan Echolls

Possibly the saddest goodbye Veronica Mars fans will have to face is to former 09er bad boy Logan Echolls. The US Navy Lieutenant returns home from a mission at the beginning of the season and seems pretty ready to settle down: he immediately pulls off a (surprisingly) subtle proposal to a stunned Veronica, who vehemently rejects him straight away. The rejection kicks off a bit of a stalemate between the two — Logan wants to move their relationship forward to a more mature level, suggesting Veronica join him during therapy sessions. She stalls on agreeing, feeling like his newfound zen has made him a "pod person" and is unsure of how to handle their relationship.

As the season progresses and Veronica gets sucked into the Neptune bombing case, Logan lands a job as the personal guard of Daniel Maloof. He alternates between helping Veronica and Keith out with the case and keeping Daniel safe. He gets called back from leave and upon his return several days later, Veronica agrees to marry him. But first she has to catch the bomber. After a wild goose chase and another bomb scare at the Kane High School dedication ceremony, the second bomber is revealed to be Penn Epner, and Veronica is free to marry her longtime love.

Though it momentarily seems like Logan is going to back out of the wedding because of some faulty text messages, he arrives fashionably late. The two get married outside the clerk's office with Keith and Wallace as their witnesses and head back home to prepare for their honeymoon in Sedona, AZ. As they quip back and forth about their impending vacation, Logan gets a text alert to move their car for street cleaning, a task that Veronica has put off several times before. As Veronica is packing her bag, she suddenly recalls Penn's limerick that teased the location of the final bomb. Realizing that Penn left a bomb in her car, she rushes to the window to warn Logan, but it detonates, causing an explosion that rocks her onto her bed and presumably kills her new husband instantly.

A year later, Veronica visits Logan's therapist Jane, revealing that the town has been completely taken over by high-end shops and she's been evicted from her beachfront home. She's leaving Neptune for a case, but before she goes, Jane sends her a recording of Logan from the day of their wedding. In it, he explains why he wants to marry Veronica, saying, "Is it weird to say you want to marry someone because you respect her? Because you want to be like her? Because you want children who will inherit her qualities? I want to marry Veronica because she's the toughest human being I've ever met. Blows that would destroy most people — she always picks herself back up."