Mallory Dent

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Mallory Dent
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Mallory Dent
First appearance	Credit Where Credit’s Due (102)
Last appearance	The Girl Next Door (107)
Cause/Reason	Maternity Leave
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Teacher
Children	1
Portrayed by	Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Created by	Rob Thomas

Mallory Dent is a fictional character on The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season. She is portrayed by Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

She was formerly Veronica's journalism teacher, but left her job after becoming pregnant.

1 Background
2 Her departure
3 Appearances
- 3.1 Season 1
4 References

[edit] Background

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Ms. Dent, as she is commonly referred to, was Veronica's journalism teacher through the first half of the show's first season.

Because she was new to Neptune High, she did not know about the tangled history involving Veronica, and so was the only teacher who took Veronica at face value, not based on prejudices. Together with Veronica, she was responsible for uncovering the voting scam that led to Duncan Kane winning the elections illegally.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Her departure

Originally intended to be a surrogate maternal figure and role model, artistic concerns (a lack of storylines in which she could be significantly involved) and budgetary ones (a need for a large guest cast to serve the mystery format) led Rob Thomas, the series' creator, to phase the character out by having her become pregnant out of wedlock.

After the firing of the replacement journalism teacher (portrayed by Joey Lauren Adams in "Weapons of Class Destruction"), and the death of her successor (portrayed by Naima Mora in "Normal is the Watchword"), the Neptune Navigator is now apparently without a staff member in charge of it.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Season 1

[edit] References

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

Veronica Mars
Episode List \| Cast \| Official Website
Current Main Characters	Veronica Mars \| Logan Echolls \| Wallace Fennel \| Dick Casablancas Parker Lee \| Stosh "Piz" Piznarski \| Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie Eli “Weevil” Navarro \| Keith Mars
Former Main Characters	Mallory Dent \| Duncan Kane \| Cassidy Casablancas \| Jackie Cook \| Don Lamb
Family	Kendall Casablancas \| Terrence Cook \| Aaron Echolls \| Lynn Echolls \| Trina Echolls Alicia Fennel \| Celeste Kane \| Jake Kane \| Lilly Kane \| Lianne Mars \| Charlie Stone
Neptune High	Van Clemmons \| Vincent Clemmons \| Corny \| Gia Goodman \| Hannah Griffith Rebecca James \| Meg Manning \| Madison Sinclair \| Felix Toombs \| Troy Vandegraff
Hearst College	Tim Foyle \| Mercer Hayes \| Hank Landry \| Cyrus O'Dell \| Moe Slater
Residents of Neptune	Leo D'Amato \| Liam Fitzpatrick \| Woody Goodman \| Abel Koontz Cliff McCormack \| Mindy O'Dell \| Vinnie Van Lowe \| Clarence Wiedman
Places	Neptune, California \| Neptune Grand \| Camelot Motel Neptune High \| Hearst College