Veronica talks to Logan's witness, Dr. Griffith (Rick Peters), who is a plastic surgeon. Although he seems honest at first, Veronica trails him to a cigar shop. Veronica sees all the signs of emotional abuse when she goes to Gia's house. Gia "surprises" Veronica with a girl's night sleepover. Logan ends his friends-with-benefits relationship with Kendall. Kendall tries to seduce Duncan. Veronica meets Gia's little brother, Rodney, who is extremely anxious. Veronica overhears Woody telling Rodney that he'll have to tell his mother about him spilling a cup of water on the floor, and the mother leads Rodney to an unknown room. Dick and Beaver, drunk, raid Gia's sleepover. Veronica learns from Keith (Enrico Colantoni) that the cigar shop she went into is notorious for drug dealing. Logan tells Veronica that Kendall went into Duncan's room for a little while. Veronica and Duncan break into Meg's house. Duncan steals a letter without showing Veronica. Veronica figures out that Meg is actually covering for the child abuse of her sister. Veronica finds Grace Manning locked in a closet. However, Meg's dad (Geoff Pierson) goes in and fakes that Veronica and Duncan were just breaking in for no reason. Sheriff Lamb (Michael Muhney) arrests Veronica and Duncan but soon figures out that Meg's dad is the guilty one. After briefly driving away with Veronica and Duncan, he soon lets them go and waits menacingly outside of Meg's father's house. Many cultural references are made in the episode. They include:   The following songs are heard in the episode:  The episode was written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by Nick Marck, marking Ruggiero's ninth writing credit for "Veronica Mars" and Marck's sixth directing credit for the show. Despite being credited, Weevil (Francis Capra), Wallace, and Jackie (Tessa Thompson) do not appear in "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner." Among the episode's guest stars are important recurring characters, including Don Lamb (Michael Muhney), Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter), Woody Goodman (Steve Guttenberg), and Kendall Casablancas (Charisma Carpenter). Ritter noted that her scene in the episode was one of the favorite scenes she filmed." The episode's title refers to a famous line spoken by the character Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in the 1987 coming-of-age romantic drama "Dirty Dancing".