Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Grand Misery
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.24.2006
Veronica. Voting booth. NVMVO. "No." See how easy recapping is?
Neptune High. Logan catches Dick in the hallway and asks him whom he's taking to the Alterna-Prom. Given that the name brings to mind an alternate universe, I'm thinking Dick should bring a date who likes him for him, with whom he can have deep conversations and long walks on the beach, and...okay, that will never happen. But in keeping with the alternate-universe idea, he should at least grow a goatee. Dick gamely tries to sell the idea that he's hot on going stag, but Logan sees through him like he's a very thin plate-glass door, guessing that he can't find a date: "Sounds like you've hit that point where every girl in school knows you." Hee. Corny reefers his way up and asks whether they need him to bring anything to "the big bash," since he knows how to do "pot luck." Since a lot of stereotypical stoner types are also aspiring musicians, I'll put this request in terms Corny might understand: learn a new note, kid. Anyway, despite Dick's rather convincing attempt to play dumb, Corny is clearly talking about the Alterna-Prom, causing Logan to look away and mentally calculate how much the Grand will charge for extra security to keep out poor people. Don't worry -- Weevil already knows the, um, back way.
Neptune High. Veronica is checking cars against a list as VMVO tells us some uninteresting stuff about kids and their rides. Get it in gear, VMVO; at this point in the season, we should be hanging on your every word. Anyway, Gia appears -- suddenly looking less like a high-school student and way, way more like a drag queen -- and bitches Veronica out for what her "stupid dad" is doing. Easy on the snark, there, Gia. That was commentary, not advice. Gia stomps off in an enormous snit, or in as enormous a snit as someone dressed entirely in mismatched pinks and purples can possibly manage.
Chez Mars. Keith watches as a newscaster announces the demise of the incorporation bill, citing The Woodman's ongoing scandals (...? I thought the settlement was a secret, and what else was there?) as a potential reason. It is a rather shocking defeat for a guy who was elected unopposed, but political turnarounds do seem to be the order of the year. (Squee-Meter: 8.) Veronica arrives home in a cute camo jacket, sees the story, and notes, "So Neptune has to keep us." It's just that time of year that I'm seeing renewal undertones everywhere. Veronica pops in the stalker DVD, prompting Keith to show Veronica the "it's taping from inside the house" footage that Logan revealed to him and The Woodman a few episodes ago. Keith orders Veronica to leave Gia's tape with him and drop the investigation: "This is more than just some obsessed schoolkid, and I don't want you sticking your nose in." Well, Veronica's nose could use the break, but I doubt it's getting its hopes up.