JAKE KANE

'Jake Kane' is a fictional character from The CW television series ''Veronica Mars'', which debuted during the 2004-2005 season on UPN. He was portrayed during the series' first season by Kyle Secor, later returning during the third season episode "The Bitch Is Back."

Contents

Family

Community influence

Past relationships

Appearances

Season 1

Season 3

References

Family

Jake is the father of Veronica's ex-boyfriend Duncan Kane and dead best friend, Lilly Kane. He also invented streaming video, making Jake one of the most influential men in Neptune, California via his software company, Kane Software. His wife, Celeste Kane, is a philanthropist whose Kane Foundation offers an annual college scholarship.

Community influence

It is revealed that partially because of Jake's influence, he is able to deflect allegations of responsibility for his daughter's murder. The charges at the time of the killing came from then-sheriff Keith Mars, who was recalled from office by Balboa County citizens prior to the pilot episode.
While public opinion may be favorable towards Jake, it leads to Keith — and by extension, Veronica — seeking a new sort of life, one which viewers now see.
Over the course of the first season, Jake's role as a potential murder suspect would eventually be ruled out as evidence turned toward Aaron Echolls, the father of his daughter's boyfriend Logan Echolls and Lilly's secret lover.

Past relationships

Another revelation involving Jake more closely affects Veronica. From the pilot episode forward, Jake is linked with Lianne Mars through a handful of situations over several years. After Lianne has left her family and the state following Lilly's murder and Jake's investigation, her car is found to have been at the Neptune Grand Hotel, thereby suggesting a rendezvous between Jake and Lianne.
The reasons for such a meeting are unclear until Veronica interviews Abel Koontz, a onetime software technician at Kane Software who became implicated in and imprisoned for Lilly's murder. Abel suggests that Veronica is actually Jake's biological daughter rather than Keith's, owing to the fact the Jake and Lianne once dated while in high school and were voted king and queen of the prom.
The possibility, though unspoken until that point, had existed since the pilot episode. It caused Veronica to reexamine her own relationships with Duncan as well as with Keith.

Appearances

Season 1

★ 1x01 Pilot

★ 1x02 Credit Where Credit's Due

★ 1x03 Meet John Smith

★ 1x04 The Wrath of Con

★ 1x06 Return of the Kane

★ 1x10 An Echolls Family Christmas

★ 1x16 Betty and Veronica

★ 1x17 Kanes and Abel's

★ 1x22 Leave It to Beaver

Season 3

★ 3x20 The Bitch Is Back

References

★ ''Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season'', Warner Home Video, 2005, UPC 01256972774.