Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT So Bye, Bye, Miss Lillian Kane...
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.09.2005
Haaron grabs Veronica's keys out of her bag. I guess she keeps the keys to her own car, which are presumably still in the ignition, separate? Five minutes until summer vacation! Haaron rushes to Keith's car and gets in, but freezes when he hears growling. He looks into the back seat, and Backup 2.0 starts biting his arm. Very nice to see that Keith follows his own advice about always taking Backup, although I would have thought he'd use the dog to help find Veronica. Still, fun reveal. Haaron manages to rip his sleeve and escape the car, but as he stares balefully at Backup 2.0, a passing truck hits him. The truck is a florist's that says "Thomas" on it, complete with a picture of a lily. Hey, if you're going to go all out with the meta, couldn't you have had Diane Ruggiero driving the truck? Instead, it's some guy who apologizes for hitting Haaron, and then recognizes him. I so want him to ask for an autograph, but as he kneels down to help Haaron, Veronica's voice cuts in not to touch him. She's wielding what's presumably Keith's gun, and she instructs the guy to call an ambulance, the police, and the fire department...
...and later, representatives of those institutions have arrived. Veronica cries as she tells Keith, who's being wheeled along on a gurney, that he means the world to her. He asks, "Who's your daddy?" If that's just wrap-up symmetry that we'll never have to hear again, I'll allow it. If not, Rob, I think we're going to have to have another intervention...er, "interview." Veronica laughs through her tears that she hates it when he says that. We get a shot of the owner of the house being treated for his head wound, so that answers that. And I have little enough use for mullets, but I guess you could make the case that this guy's cushioned the blow. Haaron gets his rights read to him, although, between the oxygen mask and all the tape on him, it's not clear he can even hear them. Eh, at least they tried. That's more than I would expect these days. Jake and Duncan arrive on the scene. I guess what happened is that when Duncan didn't hear from Veronica, he assumed the worst, told his parents the real story, and they called the police and got the information about Haaron's arrest. Jake pushes Duncan back and has to be restrained as he yells that he'll destroy Haaron and anyone he ever loved. Well, that's redundant. Jake: "YOU KILLED MY DAUGHTER!" Haaron does appear to have heard that, which isn't surprising, since Jake's yelling loudly enough for even Lilly to pick up. Jake is also arrested, for obstruction of justice, although I wouldn't be surprised if they threw in a disturbing the peace charge as well. Duncan watches this agitatedly, and shares a disturbed look with Veronica. Yeah, a processing summit might be in order at some point soon.