Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What Are You Doing With That Pepperoni?
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.14.2006
Jackie pulls her Bronco into an airplane hangar full of cars, saying that she's not driving seventy-five miles in that piece of crap. It's really unlucky for Lobo that Cook blew all his money on mint collectible cars. Those things have absolutely no resale value. Jackie exposits that The Woodman lets Cook use the hangar for "his toys."
Speaking of, Keith and Cook go in to see Lamb. Lamb's not wearing his tie and has his top button undone, so either it's the end of a very long day, or The Seventh Veil is putting a toe in the water again. Keith tells Lamb to announce that Cook has been cleared of suspicion in the bus crash. Lamb: "This some kind of Jedi mind trick?" If Keith had that talent, I think the Cook request would take a back seat to having Lamb make out with Sacks at a town meeting, and without sparing the tongue. Keith hands over the folder with the pictures, but Lamb is unimpressed even with the cell-reception-blocking revelation, saying that Cook could have used a pay phone. Keith challenges Lamb to subpoena the phone records, but Lamb yawns at that idea, and I really do wonder why Lamb is so set on Cook being the culprit here, given that he seems to have a motive but absolutely no evidence. (Okay, so it's not the first time.) Keith hands over a CD and says that Lamb's not going to press charges. Lamb plays the recording of him blackmailing Cook, and looks put out for a moment, but tells Cook that if he releases the recording, Lamb will only lose his job, but Cook will wave bye-bye to his endorsements and his Hall of Fame induction: "Where's the trade in that, Terrence?" Well, I can see why Cook owes so much money to the casino, because he just got schooled in that little game of poker.
Jackie is letting Veronica drive back as the two of them gush about how great Wallace played and how they can't let him know that so as not to inflate his ego. Jackie then says that Cook told her Veronica's helping out with his case, and that it means a lot. If they pull over to the curb and make out, it isn't shown, but that's only fitting with all the closet activity in this episode.
Hangar. Veronica parks, and Jackie notices that the top of the convertible is broken. Veronica thinks it's a blown fuse, and says she just needs a Phillips-head screwdriver. Jackie's all, "Philly who?" even though I don't think flat heads are any good for scraping derogatory descriptions of you off bathroom walls. She directs Veronica to a different part of the hangar, and I'm probably hallucinating since I didn't see anyone post about this, but the subtle shot of Jackie's smile fading suggests to me that she had an idea of what Veronica was going to find. Which is, when we cut to Veronica opening a cabinet, something that prompts some very dramatic music...