Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 4 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Shall We Play A Game?
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.25.2005
Sometime later, Carmen walks with Veronica and says she doesn't know how long she can keep it up, and Veronica advises her to form an "exit strategy." I'm going to spare you a gay innuendo here, but only because I'm hitting up against a quota here, and need to pace myself. Carmen says she's going to end up a "downloadable national joke, right up there with Paris Hilton." HA! That'll teach you to show up late on set, you nasty cooze. There's also a possible Arrested Development shout-out in there about a video of "a Star Wars kid," which is a completely different George Michael joke. Veronica counsels Carmen to find something that would ruin Tad, so that she can threaten "mutually assured destruction." And that's a concept with which she's well familiar, considering the relationship she's in at the moment. Carmen thinks Veronica won't find any dirt on Tad, but Veronica says it'll be no problem, as long as Carmen is willing to get her hands dirty. Considering what she did to the Popsicle stick, I'd say that's a decent bet. Veronica tells Carmen to invite Tad for a romantic afternoon on the Neptune boardwalk.
Veronica pulls into Weevil's uncle's auto shop. Veronica tells Weevil that the car's got alternator trouble. Weevil brings up the reward the Kanes are offering. Veronica's still slightly attitudinal about what happened at the end of the last episode, but Weevil points out that if Veronica really thought he'd hurt Lilly, she'd have a homing device "on his ass." Well, there are only so many asses she can keep track of at once, and I have a feeling Tad's is going to keep her pretty busy. Also, I neglected to point this out last week, but Weevil could have been after Lilly's pen just because the idea that Koontz wasn't actually the killer put the notion in his head that the pen might contain a clue to the killer's identity -- it doesn't necessarily mean he was covering his own actions. Veronica's smile confirms Weevil's analysis, and he takes advantage of the goodwill by offering her some information for 10% of the reward, namely that Duncan bought a "crapped-out Impala" from his uncle's friend "a few weeks back." Is that how much time has passed since Duncan took off? Seems like a lot, but then again, if he's substituting tequila for his epilepsy medication, he could be losing days at a time here. Most of us don't even need the medication factor to achieve that result when tequila is involved. Still, I would have thought the Kane parents would at least have put Wiedman on the case. Duncan's probably a major shareholder of Kane Software, after all. Veronica tells Weevil that if the information pans out, she'll give him 8%, if he throws in the alternator. Weevil agrees. Ironic that last week's dog-themed episode was the only one wherein he didn't heel when Veronica ordered him to.