Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 8 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls...
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.26.2007
Sheriff's station. Keith is asking the woman how she remembers someone who gave her a cigarette so long ago, but the woman tells him that Landry reminded her of her boyfriend who had just dumped her: "What kind of loser breaks up with a girl two weeks before Christmas?" Perhaps a non-Gentile one? She goes on to say that she's pretty sure it was around 3:30, since she often goes to that store soon after her shift ends. Keith still looks skeptical, and the woman gets defensive, saying that she just came in because she was told the guy was in trouble. Keith considers that...
...and then we cut to Landry getting out of his cell and thanking Veronica and Tim. They break the news that Mindy took her insurance money and bailed, and that they think there's a chance she was working with Richard Grieco. You'd think that, with Landry's professional acumen, he'd know better than to react with a facial expression that so clearly translates to "I'm going to kill her." Tim uncomfortably starts to say that they could keep digging, but Landry recovers and affably says that they've done enough, thanks them again, and bails. When he's gone, Veronica speculates that her dad isn't going to leave it at that, and Tim agrees by way of saying that they have to find the recordings of the calls. He opines that Richard Grieco was probably the one who planted the bug in Landry's phone, and Veronica notes that Grieco's keys are still in evidence at the sheriff's station. Tim starts to ask if there's any way they could get them, and Veronica pooh-poohingly parrots him. Yes, let's make fun of him for wondering if Veronica might have any ethical issues with abusing her dad's day-old new position. How endearingly quaint of him! Veronica picks up a phone, and "surreptitiously" snags the keys to the evidence room. Wacky music plays, probably in celebration of Veronica's hundredth misdemeanor committed in this room alone. I'm only surprised streamers and confetti didn't drop from the ceiling.
Cut to Veronica and Tim in Grieco's apartment. After giving Tim shit for wearing latex gloves to handle the computer ("Use your sleeve! It's less creepy!"), Veronica asks where the recordings might be hidden. On cue, she finds a shelf full of CDs...
...and then she and Tim are going through them as she remarks, "I didn't know Night Ranger had this many albums!" And I'd appreciate it if you'd keep that information to yourself. Tim laughs, and then goes to check the DVDs. Veronica jokingly asks if he has A Bug's Life. Tim, down with the theme, says no, but -- he opens a case to reveal a CD full of recordings -- "he does have Taps." You have to admit Veronica set him up for that one. Just as well, because otherwise, we might have been here a while.