Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 5 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Papa Was A Rollin' Stone...
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.25.2005
Homeroom. The nominees for King are announced, and Duncan and Wallace are among the five. Wallace can't help being pleased, and asks Veronica, "How many kneecaps did you break to make that happen?" Veronica answers, "Only, like, four," leaving Wallace to guess for himself how many she added for pure pleasure.
Other homeroom. The nominees for Queen are read, and Veronica doesn't make the cut, visibly deflating Mandy. Logan and Jackie make fun of Mandy and Veronica, and I'm not sure which is worse -- baiting a kick-ass blonde who owns a taser, or baiting a slightly psycho girl who doesn't look like she owns a mirror who owns a taser. Perhaps we can obviate the question by agreeing that the words "who owns a taser" are generally to be given a wide berth. Logan then notes that Jackie didn't get picked, and smarmily terms it an "oversight." Well, Don Juan, maybe you should have NOMINATED HER. Although you're probably off your game, if that fug-assed orange hoodie that looks like you dipped the bottom half in a barrel of black Rit is any indication. Nevertheless, Jackie looks pleased. Afterparty!
Veronica holds a copy of Cora's (last name "Briggs") class schedule. Veronica "accidentally" bumps into her outside a classroom and uses her name while complimenting her taste in clothes, especially the rather nice leather jacket she's wearing. Cora's surprised that Veronica knows who she is. Veronica: "Eighth-grade badminton partner? You never forget someone you've been in the foxhole with." Hee. Cora (did I mention how pretty she is?) lets it spill that she shops at an outlet mall, and that she's going there to get her Homecoming dress that afternoon. Veronica invites herself along, although her excuse of saving money on gas probably isn't going to ring false in my lifetime. Veronica walks off as VMVO notes she hasn't actually officially been asked to Homecoming. Don't worry, Veronica. Duncan may be thick, but as soon as something happens to remind him of the dance...oh, whoops.
Speaking of the Prince of Procrastination, he's in the parking lot. He takes kind of an adorable moment to steel himself, then ducks out from behind a car and launches into this spiel: "So I was thinking. You're an emancipated minor, I'm an emancipated minor. Maybe we should get together Thursday night." Considering he's talking to Logan, I'd say this could be the "beginning" of a beautiful "friend"ship. Duncan suggests room service and computer golf, and Logan, letting an inkling of how much this means to him come through, accepts. Nice moment there, especially from Duncan. It makes sense that he would be the one to reach out after Logan spilled his guts two episodes ago, and also that he would do so without mentioning any of the bad blood between them. Logan and Duncan disappear from the foreground, and farther across the lot, we focus in on Veronica and Jackie, the latter of whom is saying she guesses Cora has to be the thief. Veronica isn't sure yet, since Cora would have to be "pretty thick" to wear stolen merchandise to school. She says she should have an answer for Jackie the next day.