Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 3 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Is This Betty Ford We're Talking About?
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.28.2005
Cut back to Veronica continuing to bake as Wallace enters. He samples her wares, and upon recognizing them as snickerdoodles, realizes she's the one who's been making his spirit boxes. Veronica: "I used to be on pep squad, remember?" I do, as a matter of fact. And it's a good thing that continuity is calorie-free, or I'd have to go on a serious diet after recapping this episode. Wallace says that Veronica thinks all the school spirit stuff is stupid, but Veronica somewhat meekly counters that Wallace doesn't. Aw. And stuffing my face with yet more continuity, didn't Wallace predict way back in the pilot that Veronica was dying to bake him something? Whatever else I may say about this show, I so appreciate the effort that goes into it. Veronica lets Wallace take a cookie, and then asks him to do "a weird favor without asking any questions." In the spirit of warmth and camaraderie pervading this scene, I'm just going to let that one go. Wallace: "Isn't that the bedrock on which our friendship was founded?" Hee. Veronica hoists what looks like a big rubber tree plant, and asks Wallace to, when he picks up his mom at Kane Software, put the plant on Clarence Wiedman's assistant's desk: "It's from her secret admirer." Good for you, Veronica. Is she hot?
Veronica applies lip gloss as she now listens to her dad interrogate Celeste. Long-haired Celeste petulantly says that she and Jake were there together, but the details of her story don't match up with Jake's: she says they had champagne, didn't watch TV, and were there for a special occasion. Also, obviously, she doesn't mention Lianne's being there, not that Jake did either. Back in the present, Keith does a Joe Friday-like impression as he genially tells Veronica that her date's there. I knew saving Keith's life would help Leo in the nookie department.
Veronica and Leo walk into a restaurant as Leo tells Veronica that, in his culture, "Chinese food is always followed by gelato." It's also followed by a pretty hot kiss, if what unfolds on screen is any indication. Unfortunately, when they're led to their table, they bump smack into the Kane parents, Duncan, and Meg. I think you'll agree that though I said this in the recaplet, it bears repeating: Un! Comfortable! Meg tries to make the best of things, getting up and giving Veronica a hug and greeting Leo and reintroducing him to Duncan. I should add that Duncan has seemed blissfully unaware of any awkwardness throughout this entire episode and, as is often the case with his character's actions, I have no idea what that's all about. Everyone sits back down, but the cold stares of the Kane parents in Veronica's direction prove that sometimes teenagers can be more mature than their parents. Take that, Mom, and if you try to present a rebuttal, I'll stick my fingers in my ears and hum. Leo sensitively wonders if they should relocate, but Veronica says that where they are is perfect, which sends us into another flashback...