Phil Jackson gave him the novel Siddhartha to read. Logan imitates Yoda. Hans references One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Weevil mentions Get Out of Jail Free cards from the board game Monopoly. Trina compares Aaron's would-be role in Dylan's film to John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction. After watching Aaron beat up Dylan, Logan says "Father knows best," a reference to the radio and television show of the same name. Arc significance Weevil breaks into Lilly's room and steals a pink "spy pen" that Lilly used to hold secret messages. He gives it back to Veronica, but it's empty. Keith discreetly takes hair samples from Veronica in order to test her DNA in relation to his. Aaron's violent nature is highlighted. Logan's claims of being abused by his father as a child are made more likely by Aaron's behaviour. Also, Aaron himself remembers being beaten and abused by his own father during childhood. Music In addition to the series's theme song, "We Used to Be Friends", by The Dandy Warhols, the following music can be heard in the episode: "Marc" by Louis XIV "That's Amore" by Dean Martin Production The episode features several recurring characters, including Trina Echolls (Alyson Hannigan), Celeste Kane (Lisa Thornhill), Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried), Leo D'Amato (Max Greenfield), and Aaron Echolls (Harry Hamlin). The episode was directed by Nick Marck and written by Dayna Lynne North and marks Marck's fourth directing credit and North's third writing credit. The title of "Hot Dogs" is a play on the kind of food, as the case-of-the-week of this episode deals with dogs. Two of the dogs seen on the noticeboard during the episode, named Shakes and Lola, are also the names of two of lead actress Kristen Bell's dogs, who are both Corgi mixes. Reception Ratings In its original broadcast, the episode received 2.48 million viewers, ranking 108th of 116 in the weekly rankings and marking an increase in 180,000 viewers from the previous episode, "Weapons of Class Destruction". Reviews The episode received critical acclaim. Price Peterson, writing for TV.com, gave the episode a glowing review, particularly praising the Echolls family subplot. "This was a real good episode, just chock-a-block with entertaining moments. Not only were things starting to get pretty tense in Veronica's life, some of the scenes between the Echollses were downright haunting…the amazing beatdown scene that concluded with Logan finding his father beating another man with