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elizalavelleTWoP does Veronica Mars :D read on for some enjoyable quotes
(as always my stuff is bolded and this in no way belongs to me, go check out www.televisionwithoutpity for full recaps and more!)
...that's her cue to greet a "Kelvin Moore," who tells her that he needs her help: he got kicked out of "athletics" for his entire senior year for failing the mandatory drug test, despite having been clean for almost the past ten months. If that failure gets you out of Gym, I wouldn't ask too many questions, kid. Since Kelvin flunked the drug test the year before, Veronica makes him give her his hands and swear that he's clean, which he does, and then asks if she thinks he was lying. Veronica says she doesn't know: "I just wanted to see if you'd do it." Buffy goes on to say that she doesn't do that kind of work anymore and...oh, whoops. I confused this with another season premiere. (Which was my first recap! Aw, nostalgia!) I just have to add an "awww" for season three premier of Buffy, that was a good year :)
We see Keith being interviewed by Julie Chen in split-screen. Now, I'm sure you're all aware that Ms. Chen is married to Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS and thus overseer of UPN, so you don't need me to make any comments about people involved with this show knowing what side their split-screen is buttered on. I really dislike Les Moonves, not for the clear casting favourtism but just because he is at the top of a huge network and doesn't really know what he's talking about. Well at least whenever he speaks publicly he ends up sounding like an ass.
Too late. Knock knock knock. 3:07 AM. Veronica wakes up. "I was hoping it would be you." Well, me too, considering it still could be Jake Gyllenhaal, for all I know. We see a silhouette of a guy standing with his back to Veronica. Her smile fades as she realizes, "Logan?" There are two possible interpretations to this little moment. One is that she mistook Logan for Duncan, which isn't that much of a stretch. The other is that she saw or sensed that something wasn't right, which, given that a bloody and battered Logan can hardly stand before falling into her arms, also has something to it. I like the ambiguity, but if I had to pick an explanation, I'd go with the former. It's true that Veronica had business to discuss with both of them, but she had reason to think that Duncan would come see her, but would be delayed with his parents' arrest and all. She didn't know anything about Logan's whereabouts. Plus, I know I don't open the door for anyone with a serene smile when the first thing I have to tell him or her is "Your dad was boffing your girlfriend, killed her, and then almost killed me." hmmm I'm in the minority camp who thinks she thought it was Logan but was more confused by the fact he wasn't moving once she opened the door. She called looking for him when he was on the bridge so I'm making up the dialogue that she left him a message about needing to see him. As for her smiling when she opened the door... I dunno, I'm living in denial land.
Felix says that Logan doesn't know what he just did, and he and a couple other PCHers haul Logan down and toss him on the ground. The gang then reenacts the "beatdown" they gave Chardo, and I'm wondering if Logan was in a traffic accident on his way to Veronica's, because he sure didn't sustain those injuries from the PCHers zealously taking out their frustrations on the asphalt. lmao, so true, once I had a better copy of the episode (as opposed to my static filled first viewing) that was such a bad camera angle or something because clearly no one was near to kicking Logan.
They've updated all the cast shots, and added Ryan Hansen and Kyle Gallner (Dick and Beaver) to the main cast, along with some girl named Tessa Thompson. Well, a lot seems to be going on this season. I'd sleep with one eye open, New Girl. oh random new girl, I love how we didn't even see her this episode unless she was in some background shot or something. Also, where is Mac?
Wallace then asks where "your boyfriend" is, and is told that he's taking the first couple of days off school to visit his dad. Ooh, party foul, here. If you're going to misdirect, you have to do it seamlessly, and I can't imagine that Veronica wouldn't say Duncan [SPOILER!] was visiting his parents, unless Jake got sick of Celeste's crap and got Wiedman to shut her up in his own special way. Which...would be pretty cool, actually. In addition, Wallace asks why "he" would want to visit his dad, and Veronica agrees that it's crazy, and again...not so much, considering it's Duncan. This is a little cheap, I'm sorry to say. this I think was really the only noticible flaw with the episode. Usually this show is so great at throwing you off without flat out lying to you. Here clearly if it's Duncan he'd be visiting his parents Logan would visit his Dad. Also there's no real reason for Duncan to not visit his parents, they screwed up by intereferring with evidence but it was to protect thier son so WTF?
VMVO says that the motorist who was there when Logan woke up left the scene before the police arrived this is fishy... and will probably be very very important later.
Anyway, Logan and Veronica assume a more comfortable and less vertical position to continue their spit-swapping, but they hear the sound of a motorcycle, and then one of the windows of Logan's car explodes in a shower of glass. I still think that was Keith. As a former cop, he certainly knows how to fire a warning shot. hee Logan and Veronica pop up and look after the cycle, shaken up. Perhaps driving a yellow Humvee isn't the best way to maintain a low profile in a town that hates you, Logan. Come to think of it, they'd probably hate you just for the Humvee alone, so it's just a bad idea on all counts. so true, but Logan has never been known to lay low at all really. He's the in your face type.
Back in the present, VMVO tells us that, the next day, the community pool at the city park caught on fire, and it had to be closed for the rest of the summer. ["How do you burn a pool? Was it full of grappa? I don't care, really -- I'm taking that as a Clone High reference, though it would have been cooler if they'd flipped the bitch." -- Wing Chun] I was wondering about this.... I figured if it was an outdoor pool they poured gasoline on the water (is it lighter than water?) and around the surrounding area of the pool, therefore it looks cool to light a pool but you also do a lot of damage to the deck etc, and probably to the locker rooms and such ergo no more pool
Dick asks what Logan's doing that night, and in turn Logan gives him the Shocker hand gesture. I won't explain what it looks like or what it means, but I will say one thing: from the reaction of many people on the boards who were previously unfamiliar with this gesture, to say it's aptly named is like saying the censors sometimes miss things on this show. Dick tells Logan he can respect that, and they toast each other's, er, hand gestures. I hope their hands are clean. I don't need to know that Dick and Logan are the Shocker equivalent of blood brothers. lol and ew all at once. Seriously, I didn't want to let the kids who were asking about what this was know, what if they were young, so not cool lol but they're a lot more informed now.
Veronica tries to lead Duncan around Logan, but Logan moves to block her and says, "I'm gonna miss you." There's been widespread speculation on the boards about that comment in light of what happens, but I don't really think it signaled any nefarious intent. It did signal Logan being a dick, but that's hardly news even to the non-journalism kids. Since I've picked on a lot of stuff this episode, I should say that I like Logan's return to violent tendencies, and also that he doesn't seem to think he should bear any responsibility for the breakup. Totally in character, I think. yes, this show does not Mary Sue anyone so Logan is still Logan, he's just back to acting like a total assnut for the moment. I still think that the 09ers had some idea that something was going to happen on that trip.... they just didn't know what really.]
Are we to believe that there's a private-school alternative in Neptune and all these bazillionaire parents send their kids to public school amid all this festering class tension that's now necessitating metal detectors? We are? Okay, just asking. I figure that there's no private school inside Neptune but that there's the option of boarding school. Which would explain why no one knows who Gia is.
Duncan rushes up, relieved that Veronica's alive, although not as relieved as, perhaps, he should have been. Maybe he's still gun-shy from his last experiment with crying. I wouldn't exactly blame him. Teddy Dunn to me is the Riley of this show, it's not the first time I've said it and it wont be the last. He's there, but he's not overly impressive in any way as of yet. He was relieved to see Veronica yes but not the freaking out kind of relieved one would expect of another person who just found out their girlfriend was alive after they just thought she had been killed.Duncan and Veronica hold each other as VMVO tells us, "This is Neptune. Nothing happens accidentally." In a spectacular shot, the camera pans over the cliff to reveal the bus and its contents floating in numerous pieces. Don't know if those pieces apply to the people therein, which is just as well. I loved this shot, beautiful!
this recap is hard to make commentary on because the show is so good so unlike the OC there's not as much snark to be had. But I'm using these as a way to go over the episdoe again in more detail.
(as always my stuff is bolded and this in no way belongs to me, go check out www.televisionwithoutpity for full recaps and more!)
...that's her cue to greet a "Kelvin Moore," who tells her that he needs her help: he got kicked out of "athletics" for his entire senior year for failing the mandatory drug test, despite having been clean for almost the past ten months. If that failure gets you out of Gym, I wouldn't ask too many questions, kid. Since Kelvin flunked the drug test the year before, Veronica makes him give her his hands and swear that he's clean, which he does, and then asks if she thinks he was lying. Veronica says she doesn't know: "I just wanted to see if you'd do it." Buffy goes on to say that she doesn't do that kind of work anymore and...oh, whoops. I confused this with another season premiere. (Which was my first recap! Aw, nostalgia!) I just have to add an "awww" for season three premier of Buffy, that was a good year :)
We see Keith being interviewed by Julie Chen in split-screen. Now, I'm sure you're all aware that Ms. Chen is married to Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS and thus overseer of UPN, so you don't need me to make any comments about people involved with this show knowing what side their split-screen is buttered on. I really dislike Les Moonves, not for the clear casting favourtism but just because he is at the top of a huge network and doesn't really know what he's talking about. Well at least whenever he speaks publicly he ends up sounding like an ass.
Too late. Knock knock knock. 3:07 AM. Veronica wakes up. "I was hoping it would be you." Well, me too, considering it still could be Jake Gyllenhaal, for all I know. We see a silhouette of a guy standing with his back to Veronica. Her smile fades as she realizes, "Logan?" There are two possible interpretations to this little moment. One is that she mistook Logan for Duncan, which isn't that much of a stretch. The other is that she saw or sensed that something wasn't right, which, given that a bloody and battered Logan can hardly stand before falling into her arms, also has something to it. I like the ambiguity, but if I had to pick an explanation, I'd go with the former. It's true that Veronica had business to discuss with both of them, but she had reason to think that Duncan would come see her, but would be delayed with his parents' arrest and all. She didn't know anything about Logan's whereabouts. Plus, I know I don't open the door for anyone with a serene smile when the first thing I have to tell him or her is "Your dad was boffing your girlfriend, killed her, and then almost killed me." hmmm I'm in the minority camp who thinks she thought it was Logan but was more confused by the fact he wasn't moving once she opened the door. She called looking for him when he was on the bridge so I'm making up the dialogue that she left him a message about needing to see him. As for her smiling when she opened the door... I dunno, I'm living in denial land.
Felix says that Logan doesn't know what he just did, and he and a couple other PCHers haul Logan down and toss him on the ground. The gang then reenacts the "beatdown" they gave Chardo, and I'm wondering if Logan was in a traffic accident on his way to Veronica's, because he sure didn't sustain those injuries from the PCHers zealously taking out their frustrations on the asphalt. lmao, so true, once I had a better copy of the episode (as opposed to my static filled first viewing) that was such a bad camera angle or something because clearly no one was near to kicking Logan.
They've updated all the cast shots, and added Ryan Hansen and Kyle Gallner (Dick and Beaver) to the main cast, along with some girl named Tessa Thompson. Well, a lot seems to be going on this season. I'd sleep with one eye open, New Girl. oh random new girl, I love how we didn't even see her this episode unless she was in some background shot or something. Also, where is Mac?
Wallace then asks where "your boyfriend" is, and is told that he's taking the first couple of days off school to visit his dad. Ooh, party foul, here. If you're going to misdirect, you have to do it seamlessly, and I can't imagine that Veronica wouldn't say Duncan [SPOILER!] was visiting his parents, unless Jake got sick of Celeste's crap and got Wiedman to shut her up in his own special way. Which...would be pretty cool, actually. In addition, Wallace asks why "he" would want to visit his dad, and Veronica agrees that it's crazy, and again...not so much, considering it's Duncan. This is a little cheap, I'm sorry to say. this I think was really the only noticible flaw with the episode. Usually this show is so great at throwing you off without flat out lying to you. Here clearly if it's Duncan he'd be visiting his parents Logan would visit his Dad. Also there's no real reason for Duncan to not visit his parents, they screwed up by intereferring with evidence but it was to protect thier son so WTF?
VMVO says that the motorist who was there when Logan woke up left the scene before the police arrived this is fishy... and will probably be very very important later.
Anyway, Logan and Veronica assume a more comfortable and less vertical position to continue their spit-swapping, but they hear the sound of a motorcycle, and then one of the windows of Logan's car explodes in a shower of glass. I still think that was Keith. As a former cop, he certainly knows how to fire a warning shot. hee Logan and Veronica pop up and look after the cycle, shaken up. Perhaps driving a yellow Humvee isn't the best way to maintain a low profile in a town that hates you, Logan. Come to think of it, they'd probably hate you just for the Humvee alone, so it's just a bad idea on all counts. so true, but Logan has never been known to lay low at all really. He's the in your face type.
Back in the present, VMVO tells us that, the next day, the community pool at the city park caught on fire, and it had to be closed for the rest of the summer. ["How do you burn a pool? Was it full of grappa? I don't care, really -- I'm taking that as a Clone High reference, though it would have been cooler if they'd flipped the bitch." -- Wing Chun] I was wondering about this.... I figured if it was an outdoor pool they poured gasoline on the water (is it lighter than water?) and around the surrounding area of the pool, therefore it looks cool to light a pool but you also do a lot of damage to the deck etc, and probably to the locker rooms and such ergo no more pool
Dick asks what Logan's doing that night, and in turn Logan gives him the Shocker hand gesture. I won't explain what it looks like or what it means, but I will say one thing: from the reaction of many people on the boards who were previously unfamiliar with this gesture, to say it's aptly named is like saying the censors sometimes miss things on this show. Dick tells Logan he can respect that, and they toast each other's, er, hand gestures. I hope their hands are clean. I don't need to know that Dick and Logan are the Shocker equivalent of blood brothers. lol and ew all at once. Seriously, I didn't want to let the kids who were asking about what this was know, what if they were young, so not cool lol but they're a lot more informed now.
Veronica tries to lead Duncan around Logan, but Logan moves to block her and says, "I'm gonna miss you." There's been widespread speculation on the boards about that comment in light of what happens, but I don't really think it signaled any nefarious intent. It did signal Logan being a dick, but that's hardly news even to the non-journalism kids. Since I've picked on a lot of stuff this episode, I should say that I like Logan's return to violent tendencies, and also that he doesn't seem to think he should bear any responsibility for the breakup. Totally in character, I think. yes, this show does not Mary Sue anyone so Logan is still Logan, he's just back to acting like a total assnut for the moment. I still think that the 09ers had some idea that something was going to happen on that trip.... they just didn't know what really.]
Are we to believe that there's a private-school alternative in Neptune and all these bazillionaire parents send their kids to public school amid all this festering class tension that's now necessitating metal detectors? We are? Okay, just asking. I figure that there's no private school inside Neptune but that there's the option of boarding school. Which would explain why no one knows who Gia is.
Duncan rushes up, relieved that Veronica's alive, although not as relieved as, perhaps, he should have been. Maybe he's still gun-shy from his last experiment with crying. I wouldn't exactly blame him. Teddy Dunn to me is the Riley of this show, it's not the first time I've said it and it wont be the last. He's there, but he's not overly impressive in any way as of yet. He was relieved to see Veronica yes but not the freaking out kind of relieved one would expect of another person who just found out their girlfriend was alive after they just thought she had been killed.Duncan and Veronica hold each other as VMVO tells us, "This is Neptune. Nothing happens accidentally." In a spectacular shot, the camera pans over the cliff to reveal the bus and its contents floating in numerous pieces. Don't know if those pieces apply to the people therein, which is just as well. I loved this shot, beautiful!
this recap is hard to make commentary on because the show is so good so unlike the OC there's not as much snark to be had. But I'm using these as a way to go over the episdoe again in more detail.
