page_title: Lord of the Pi's
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Lord of the Pi's / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Keri Lynn Pratt (born September 23, 1978) is an American actress of film and television.
context_page_description: "Lord of the Pi's" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American mystery television series Veronica Mars, and the fifty-second episode overall. Written by executive producer Diane Ruggiero and directed by Steve Gomer, the episode premiered on The CW on November 21, 2006. The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars as she deals with life as a college student while moonlighting as a private detective.
  In this episode, Veronica and Keith look into the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy heiress and college board trustee, Selma Rose. The pair eventually find her in hiding in order to avoid a complex scam in which her husband would cheat her out of money in a divorce settlement. Meanwhile, Veronica investigates and eventually finds out some startling information related to the radical feminist Lilith House—that they faked several of the rapes supposedly perpetrated by the Hearst serial rapist. In addition, Logan and Veronica's relationship becomes even more tumultuous, with Logan eventually coming to the realization that they need to break up.
  Patty Hearst guest stars in the episode, something that was planned since July 2006.
context_section_description: The episode was written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by Steve Gomer, marking Ruggiero's fifteenth writing credit, and Gomer's fourth and final directing credit for the series. The episode features a guest appearance by Patty Hearst, a wealthy heiress and famous kidnapping victim. Series creator Rob Thomas came up with the idea for Hearst's storyline in July 2006, stating, "If we can get Patty Hearst to play a board of trustees member – what if she got kidnapped? That would be a pretty great story to tell. It's not an idea we've broken, but it's up on the wall as a possibility." Hearst had recently appeared on single-episode parts on Boston Common and Son of the Beach. Due to a miscommunication between Thomas, Hearst, and her agent, Hearst was booked for Veronica Mars before she knew about the guest role, with Thomas telling TV Guide that she was playing a character that was similar to herself. Hearst described reacting to the casting news: "I was on the computer one day and read that I was going to be on Veronica Mars. Rob Thomas was giving an interview and happily saying, 'Oh yes, and we're very excited.' " After hearing this news, Hearst contacted her agent and jokingly asked her when the agent was planning on telling her that she would be appearing on the show.
  Hearst was reluctant to play a character similar to herself, commenting, "I'd never gone in and done as cameo as myself or anything, and I wouldn't do that. Yes, the college is called Hearst…which I thought was funny, and it's certainly not related to publishing." Hearst had never previously accepted roles where she was asked to play herself, stating that it was a "pathetic attempt to get attention" when other celebrities played themselves or characters similar to themselves. Hearst had heard of Veronica Mars and seen several episodes prior to her appearance; nevertheless, she still needed to talk to Thomas about the series and her character before agreeing to guest star, commenting that she discovered that the character's background was not exceedingly similar to her own life, as "Selma's situation is nothing like anything I've had to deal with." When reading the script for the first time, Hearst was amused by the fact that her character was the heiress to the "Hearst Mart fortune", comparing it to Walmart; she stated, "when I read that in the script, I burst out laughing. It was a spit-take kind of thing. I almost fell over." When asked whether or not the character would become a recurring one, she responded that the idea had not come up in discussions with the crew. However, she stated that she would accept if given the opportunity, and she particularly enjoyed working with Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, and Ed Begley, Jr..
   On the day of the episode's airing, Hearst expected that most Veronica Mars fans would not remember her kidnapping and the subsequent events, stating "I won't be a distraction for them. They can focus in on the juicy story line." Charles Shaughnessy appears as Selma Rose's husband, Budd. The episode was initially written to feature a lesbian kiss between Hearst's character and Keri Lynn Pratt's character, Hallie, when the two were discovered to be having an affair. However, The CW, the network the series aired on, stepped in and decided to cut the scene before it was filmed. Hearst reported, "I meet Keri and I'm like, 'Hello.' We didn't know until we were on the set we couldn't actually kiss. We were all set for that." AOL TV commented that the network might have made the choice to prevent "Lord of the Pi's" from becoming a lesbian kiss episode involving an older woman, while AfterEllen.com called the choice "bizarre".
caption: Hearst's character was slated to have a lesbian kiss with Keri Lynn Pratt's character, but the scene was vetoed by the network.[8]
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