Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 2 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Summer Of Love And Hate
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.27.2005
Restaurant. Veronica greets a couple who are there to see the lab tech. She shows them to a table at which the other members of BoFC are sitting. The recriminations start to fly. Unfortunately for the BoFC people, Veronica has left a bug on the table, and she can hear everything they say. So, too, can Clemmons, who's sitting across the restaurant with his own earpiece, apparently having been briefed by Veronica. She asks if he's heard enough, and he answers in the affirmative. This is Veronica's co-worker's cue to tell her that her boyfriend is there. Calm down, Perky. She seems a lot more excited for this one, but maybe it's because he doesn't look like he just had to fill in for one of his bum fights. Veronica smiles, walks forward, and is swept up by...Duncan. Oh, I spoiled that for you earlier. Well, then I'll just inform you that while normal may be a watchword, the fact that Veronica tongues her boyfriends in front of her customers is fast becoming common knowledge.
Veronica waits by the school bus. VMVO tells us that her love life got complicated over the summer, as Duncan appears and they smile at each other. As Duncan happily walks over to her, Logan's voice cuts in from offscreen: "Ah, young love." Veronica turns to see him leaning against the school bus. Unintimidated, Veronica and Duncan hold hands, and Duncan makes a comment about Logan's Jets rumbling with the Sharks. Logan: "Cool it, Action." That's quite a riff. 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. Veronica and Duncan get on the bus, and Logan waves to her. A girl wearing a black bobbed wig that looks too fake even for Jennifer Garner passes Veronica as VMVO tells us that Logan didn't take the breakup that well. Another banner headline.
Flashback, chez Mars. Veronica holds Logan's hands as she tells him that she wanted to stick by him so that he could get past this "phase," but she can't anymore, because she's concluded that Logan and his "toadies" are the ones who set fire to the pool. She doesn't say that explicitly, but the meaning is there, as is the implication that that's not the only incident Logan has been a part of lately. Some people on the boards seem to think that Logan might have used the gas for something else, but I honestly don't think there's meant to be any question that he lit the pool fire. Logan asks if she's breaking up with him, and she confirms that, adding that someone will get killed if Logan continues with what he's been doing, but Logan tells her that someone already has. Well, considering that it was a PCHer, that's hardly a convincing argument for escalating the feud. Logan emotionally says that people think he killed Felix, and that the people Veronica calls toadies are Logan's friends, and have his back. Veronica, getting more emotional herself, says that what he's doing is not about protection but pride, and she's pretty sure that part of him is having fun with all this. Logan's aghast, because he would never promote violence against the disenfranchised without a financial stake and a beach full of cheering morons. He smashes a lamp and yells that his mom is dead, and so is his "girlfriend." Veronica wonders if this means she's going to have to go in the refrigerator again. No: as Logan says that the only person he still cares about is dumping him, Keith busts in and shoves Logan up against the wall, telling him he can't talk to Veronica that way, and that he's never coming back. The force might seem a little excessive, but maybe he really liked that lamp.
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