trip trip penultimate episode season american mystery television series mars written directed episode premiered upn series depicts adventures mars deals life high school student private detective episode resolves mystery sexual assault year earlier talking previous acquaintances learning details happened party year earlier influence duncan returns running away earlier logan relationship matures news night party episode resolved date rape main story arcs season critically acclaimed background season primarily deals murder best friend murder resolved leave beaver arc running season story mysterious rape year earlier time went party wealthy student house slipped mysterious drink thing knew unidentified bed missing underwear indicating raped day walked sheriff department reported crime sheriff mocked refused conduct investigation leaving tears synopsis episode opens havana cuba keith surprises duncan denies killing school avoids logan night logan shows door logan apologizes owning informs rape logan denies says punish logan talks party mentions seeing harassed boys left keith returns duncan threatening approaches luke trip pick admits getting drugs says gave luke states seen writing car party confronts madison says car dick boyfriend doesn remember incident effects drugs attempts barge fight keith wallace involvement case intervention situation talks confirms sessions dick forced boys amusement talks tells girl girl event dick beaver took bed argued sex talks dick presents different account events saying didn drug found beaver approaches beaver gives set events similar sean dick sean leave run away bring rape keith says leave engagement logan talks aaron aaron know logan birth date talks says saw having sex duncan confronts duncan denies rape accusations remembers state duncan says sex knew siblings confirming fears talks wallace events says content answers keith calls prostitute unknown reason apologizes logan tells situation duncan keith talks prostitute time murder logan house realize aaron throws surprise party meaning virtually entire high school knows dating duncan abruptly exits awkward party madison gives cocktail calls trip noticing strange talks madison says spit drunk giving duncan suddenly starts smashing car comes talks duncan criticizing logan making logan reveals important piece information duncan knowing going happen logan temporarily leaves notices camera ceiling investigates finds network cameras logan purpose calls pick enters house finding mother keith arc significance keith finds duncan cuba lengthy investigation concludes duncan sex believe duncan sister keith learns couldn killed goes public relationship logan finding series cameras bedroom production episode originally called referencing episode theme changed final title trip trip return guest stars previous single episode including luke think know somebody cole like virgin drinking aid family christmas mars mars context episode characters reappeared ask knew party raped episode resolves rape introduced earlier season largely ignored point series episode final episode series directed drinking aid mars mars addition episode marks regular writer sixth writing credit episode aired called episode high water mark commenting writing episode stated right hand writing series felt good knew voices comfort zone writing writing scene trip francis accuses logan having hit relationship series writers planning develop plot strand storyline eventually revealed duncan hit fit storyline abandoned order time story arcs thomas commented end day don want people thinking logan hit want believe concludes episode sex duncan influence information night later revealed second season finale pictured revealed beaver raped asked writers knew beaver eventually revealed writing trip thomas responded wish claim clever writers realized moment episode script beaver raped roughly month airing themes episode particularly treatment rape discussed books essays mars writing opined frequently distances rape noting scene pilot states longer girl regarded trip way heal rape writing healing tied finding raped simple solution complex issue choice mirror present day stigma lack support survivors sexual assault simply allow producers identity sexual assault survivor leading audience believe strength character tied rape investigating mars essays found episode portrayal rape wrote reasons ending problematic viewer familiar script women frequently told tell sexual situations missing cues leading men unclear lack consent furthermore episode leaves villain nailed wall rape writer went state instead placing blame single person trip blamed people rape whitney wrote despite official resolution rape narrative denies traditional ending makes statement raped class people james argued showed poor judgment episode blame rape instead dick logan sean dick beaver blame responsibility blame aren zero sum adding person blame automatically logan stated wouldn raped logan buying dick wrote dick didn intend drug intend drug pair argued choices related rape concluded deserve blame like makes bad choice causes harm maybe blame blame moral wrong result acted rights reception ratings original broadcast trip received million viewers marking decrease previous episode ranking 100th weekly rankings reviews episode received critical acclaim age commented trip complex confronting installment far series complex confronting reporter went praise scripted reveal thought command high school pretty spot resolution mystery fans talking like best resolutions suppose raises questions answers complex gave episode positive review writing overshadowed leave beaver good episode date rape mystery comes head penultimate episode puts emotional gets uncomfortable truth magazine praised guest stars makes episode special way supporting player case week guest star ign ranked episode 4th list mars episodes saying trip heavy episode shows different people remember situation fact threaten people party telling truth painful sad realize version believed truth actually wasn gave positive review stating reveal effective narrative creates satisfying resolution viewer character good job expectations regular basis requirements satisfying resolutions roundabout way saying wasn surprised reveal impressed worked point duncan totally irrelevant shocking television pity gave episode fourth rating series family christmas clash conversely writing gave mixed review heavily criticizing resolution rape case calling entertaining episode said message explained writing duncan having consent playing puppet girl party regardless comfort knowing lost liked remember kind psychological trauma goes away immediately roots line called episode huge reveal duncan unintentionally public love ain logan cliffhanger swings right season finale ranked episode 3rd complete ranking mars episodes comparing shows managed perfect balance high school drama gossip futile short lived extremely powerful dark themes rape harassment addiction domestic violence line ranked episode 2nd similar list pilot wired called episode necessary episode watched writing information heartbreaking way handled arc pays complex difficult confrontations
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