Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT You Gogo, Girl
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.18.2004
Cut to Veronica taping a piece of paper to one of the monitors and heading to leave. She remembers to grab the bug, but while she's standing on a chair retrieving it, she notices some wiring going into the closet. She opens it to find a metal cabinet that's presumably housing another computer. It's got a lock on it, although I'm not clear why she can't cut this one off with the Jaws of Life. She grouses: "Wow. I really hate these guys." Uh...arguments? Veronica grabs a soda out of the refrigerator, and the sits down in front of the cabinet to figure out her next move.
The geeks finally arrive at their destination, which looks suspiciously like Gameland. I can't imagine they regularly go to this place if it takes them an hour and a half each way. Perhaps I am underestimating the power of the geek. Wallace makes a big show of saying how he feels "duped," like, I know Veronica said she was almost done, but you never know, so tipping the geeks off doesn't seem like the smartest idea. Wallace, you may be a social outcast, but it doesn't look like it's because you're a brain trust. Speaking of which, remarkably, the geeks don't pick up of the "duped" reference, but they only have a second to contemplate it before both their cell phones go off. It's the alarm on the backup drives, sending the geeks hurrying out. Wallace grins as he takes the nerd glasses off. Looked good on you, kid.
The geeks arrive at their room to find their empire in ruins. Checking on the backup drives, they discover that Veronica poured several cans of soda through a small air vent, ruining them. They both look all "Oh, cruel Fate, why do you mock me?" Well, where would you like Fate to start? Grrrant reads the note from Veronica, which starts, "Hey buddy, I was hoping you could help me," which is the way their fake email starts. Hee.
We're back at the park where Veronica met "Karl," at night. Grrrant continues in voice-over, "I'm coming into my trust fund next week and if you give me $7600 tomorrow night I'll give you your hard drives back." Ooh, so she's forcing them to double Kyla's money. But I don't know what the extra sixteen hundred is for, if she just wanted a ten percent commission. Maybe there's a bonus for ownage. Veronica, Kyla, and Wallace are waiting as the geeks arrive. Veronica: "Let me guess what you're thinking. Paybacks are a bitch." I'm guessing they're thinking paybacks aren't the only ones. The geeks hand over the cash and say that it's all there. Kyla: "Like we trust you." Yeah, you were certainly the queen of skepticism when you forked over three grand in cash, there, dear. Shut up, Kyla. Grrrant asks for their backups, and after some taunting from Veronica, she tells them they're in a nearby garbage can. As pointed out on the forums, this is a small gaffe, since the backup drives were the ones Veronica destroyed, while she took the main drives with her. The geeks start digging as Kyla says all the other people they scammed don't "have kick-ass friends." Veronica tells Kyla and Wallace that the FBI has an anti-fraud agency: "I was shocked to see how interested they were in the information I had on [the geeks]." Hee. Kyla kisses Wallace. Enjoy that, kid, because it's the last action you'll be getting for a while. Maybe Duncan can give you the girls' cheerleading schedule. Veronica takes out a flyer for the Lilly Kane dedication...