Episode 2 begins with Mars in the backseat of a police car. Why is Mars in the backseat of a police car? *

Mars is in the backseat of the police car because he set off the alarm at Jonas' house while looking for Jonas and Aurora.

Explanation:

This is from a podcast titled "The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel".

It is about an eleven years old boy named Mars Patel who together with his friends Caddie, Toothpick and JP embarked on a quest in search of their two friends who were missing. Mars was very concerned about the disappearance of his friends but no one listened to him.

Episode 2 begins with Mars being in the backseat of a police car because he went into Jonas' house without permission, looking for Jonas and Aurora and set off the intruder alarm.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the answer should be the first one. "many people find his lyrics very moving."

it by far makes the most grammatical sense and is very objective, removing any first person from the original sentence and keeping with the sentence fluency.