Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 3 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT When You Assume...
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.17.2005
Mars Investigations. Julie enters with a doom face, and she and Veronica sit down on the couch. Veronica informs Julie that Col(l)in appears to be a great guy, and that his friends and exes speak very highly of him. I wonder if she tried to use this investigation to swing a set visit on The Wicker Man. Speaking of Nic Cage, Veronica tells Julie about the whole housesitting deal, and says that the photo on the bar is of Lisa Marie Presley. I'm surprised Alice Kim would put up with that, but I can believe that anyone who names her son "Kal-El" is probably a little unpredictable. Veronica drops the genealogy website bomb, prompting Julie to freak...
...but before we can get a full-on shriekfest, Keith enters the office with a stern look at Veronica. It's too bad you wasted that "Ruh roh" earlier, Veronica, because it would be a lot more fitting here. Keith dismisses a heartbroken Julie, snarks, "Another satisfied customer?," and then hands Veronica a folder with an instruction to "file this under Cases I Don't Have Time For That My Disobedient Daughter Can Take Behind My Back." First off, I hope you have a lot of filing room. Secondly, HA! Veronica apologizes, but Keith asks her if it's for taking the case or getting caught, and it's ABOUT TIME someone asked a question like that. Veronica says she's sorry for both, but that she thought it was crazy to pass up the money, and that she could handle it. Keith informs her that she can't handle everything at eighteen, and that she doesn't get away with everything either: "Whether it's playing I Spy after school or staying out all night at your boyfriend's hotel room. You're just not quite as clever as you think you are." I'm glad speeches don't have any calories, because I ate that one up with a spoon. Also, I think Keith knew all along that Veronica was working this case, because he does seem to enjoy letting Veronica believe she's getting away with things that she in fact isn't. The ruse with the phone was awfully thin to snow Keith, after all. I think most of his anger here is stemming from his own mistake with Alicia's case.
Anyway, Keith slams his office door as Veronica looks stunned at being called on her shit. She looks at her computer screen, and suddenly has a thought. She calls Julie, who's crying in her car and complaining that it turns out she was dating "Prince Charming's Kato." Well, at least Col(l)in has better hair. Also, is she implying that Nicolas Cage is a murdering psycho? Julie goes on to say that she broke up with Col(l)in, and that their relationship will be over as soon as he checks his messages. Veronica starts to latch onto that point, and then realizes that's a conversation she doesn't have time for. Heh. Veronica tells Julie that the internet search came after Col(l)in had bought the ring, which indicates that he was probably looking to find her father so that Col(l)in could ask his blessing before proposing. God, was Julie so psycho about her parents' money that she didn't even tell her boyfriend their names? She really is doing him a favor here. Julie thinks he lied about the house (although she then admits that it was only implied that it was his, and even that was likely only in her head), and that he probably lied about the trust fund too. Veronica points out that Julie herself has been about as forthright as John Poindexter, but Julie says it's one thing to lie and say you're not rich: "The other way around is way less cool." Veronica bites out that she gets it -- "Money matters." Well, I'm not sure why this is such a contentious revelation for her, considering THAT'S WHY SHE TOOK THE CASE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I know she's talking about it in the context of relationships, but still.