Introduction
I always felt the main story arc of season 2 was out of left field. I know the writers have said that they have known Cassidy was Veronica's rapist since season 1, but I always felt like it never really worked for me. So I'm reconning season 2's arc. Cassidy was never a rapist and rather than Cassidy being the bus bomber, Woody Goodman was the bomber in an effort to silence the boys. That night on the top of the Neptune Grand was Veronica and Logan trying to talk Cassidy down from jumping off when he hears Woody has blown up the plane bringing him back to Neptune rather than face charges. Veronica breaks down when she thinks her father died in the explosion and in that moment, when Cassidy thinks no one is watching him, he jumps.