Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Actually, They're Neither, But Who's Keeping Score?
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.21.2006
Outside her house, Hannah calls Logan on hearing what her mom said, and tells him to ignore her, since she's bitter about the divorce and thinks all men are evil. Logan tries to play the "maybe she's right" card, causing Hannah to suggest a visit to his place. Logan jokingly turns around her line about hearing "let's have sex," but Hannah doesn't blink, causing Logan to stammer, "That sounds...good." I doubt it, in more ways than one.
Lamb enters the sheriff's station to find Keith waiting for him. After a little snark, Keith tells Lamb what he learned from the detailing guy, and asks why Cook would have kept the explosives around at all, much less in a place where they were sure to be found. Lamb breezes, "Valid questions. I'll be sure and ask him once he gets out of surgery." Turns out Miss Dumas's father shot Cook when he caught him breaking into the family home in San Francisco: "Strange behavior for an innocent man, doncha think?" I'll point out that it's stranger behavior for a guilty one on the lam, but only because Keith has lost every verbal round with Lamb this episode, and I'm starting to feel sorry for him.
Mr. Pope is telling his class that the latest poll shows 57% support for Neptune's incorporation. Pope asks what the effects will be, and responses include an actual police department, private beaches, and the rich getting richer. Those answers, by the way, belong to Dick, Veronica, and Beaver, and I've mixed up the order just in case you want to match the person to the response, which is a little puzzle that's only slightly easier than a three-letter jumble. Pope dims the lights, and as he does so, Hannah walks by and blows Logan a kiss, which he catches. Veronica expresses her disgust, and I'm with her. I mean, I try to keep an open mind about these things, but I'm really feeling the HetNay on this one. Pope uses Palo Alto as an example of a town that incorporated to the detriment of its population diversity, effectively "put[ting] up a wall between the economic classes." Hate to break it to you, Sam, but you're not exactly dissuading certain members of this crowd here. Pope says that the quick result was an "ultra-rich center surrounded by the crime capital of America," and the ultimate result was that property values in the city skyrocketed while land in the outlying areas became worthless. Beaver looks up inscrutably, so whether this is all part of his plan is unclear, but if not, Kendall's going to be working overtime with the investors on damage control. Especially since her tracts of land will be the only ones still worth anything. Pope then tells the class that Beaver has extended his lead in the stock-market game they're playing, and given the ironic music that accompanies Pope's statement that Beaver has "true business acumen," I'm going to guess that (a) no, Beaver did not see coming the effect incorporation would have on his land, and furthermore, (b) his side of the room suddenly doesn't smell very good.