most blatant case. […] Once again, I am intrigued by the decisions to make Veronica less than pure, but this time, I'm not as disappointed by the followthrough." Television Without Pity gave the episode a "B". Alan Sepinwall singled out the scene between Carpenter and Hannigan and the Weevil and Logan subplot as particular points of praise. Sepinwall also called the alternate ending "an interesting little feature" while going on to state that he was "glad the real show didn't go in that direction." BuzzFeed ranked the episode 48th on its ranking of Veronica Mars episodes, writing that it made the viewer "bored." On a similar list, TV Line ranked the episode 19th. References External links "My Mother, the Fiend" at Mars Investigations 2005 American television episodes Veronica Mars (season 2) episodes