Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT The Night Is Taken Back...
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.27.2006
Veronica is telling Dean Ed that he should require the Pi Sigs to make the coasters available to girls at the party. Dean Ed says he'll do just that, and barks at his assistant to track down Chip Diller for him. At least she knows she can skip the barber shop. Veronica says that she poked around at the FreePress office, but that they couldn't figure out how the ad made it into the paper, although they speculate it was changed at the printer. And this is a minor loose end that I'm not sure is ever tied up, but it does seem more likely that Veronica's supposition is correct and Nish planted the ad, given her experience at the paper. Dean Ed's all happy, which Veronica notices, and when she asks him about his giddy state, he says it's because Mindy is getting back from Sacramento, and he has something special planned. Veronica's face falls as she repeats, "Sacramento?" Geez, Veronica. I know it's inland, but it's not, like, Barstow. I'm kidding -- obviously she's suspicious of anything that's taking Mindy out of town. Also, though, this seems to show that Mindy's claim that she'd be back the next day was a script error.
Landry is telling his class that he's a little scared to see them after reading their "Plan A Perfect Murder" papers, and that it's not just because half a dozen of them offed him. Veronica looks taken with Landry's charm, which seems awfully odd, given how they last left things. Then again, she is single now. Landry mentions that someone killed the sheriff, and Veronica looks around guiltily. Hee. Landry adds that there were three "A" papers, and that he'll be posting them on the class website. Lucky Tim then hands Veronica her paper, which is one of the three, but also has a note for her to see him. Landry congratulates the three A students: "You can get away with murder." They'll have to answer for the foreshadowing, though.
Cut to Veronica entering Tim's office. He's not there yet, so VMVO tells us she's going to check out his "creepy rape-investigation board." She sees a Pi Sig faceboard with Dick's, Chip's, and some other dude's picture circled. Tim enters, and Veronica asks him what's up with the marked men. They establish that they will not be sharing any information with regard to the rape investigation, and insult each other with '80s TV, Tim referring to them as Starsky And Butch, with Veronica opting for Cagney And Pasty. Given Tim's outburst later on, I would have gone with MacGruder And Loud. Tim then tells Veronica that he wanted to give her an opportunity to fix some of her syntax and bookmarking errors before the paper went up on the website. Veronica's response would no doubt be both intentionally ungrammatical and equally profane, but before we hear it, Tim looks at the door and asks Veronica if she's met his girlfriend. Veronica turns to see Bonnie, whose curved spine paled in comparison to the bent of her legs. She asks Veronica if they've met, and Veronica, after a pause, says she doesn't think so. She might have made Tim suffer here, but given what she was up to when her path crossed with Bonnie's, keeping quiet does seem like the least, er, messy course of action.