Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Leave It To Beavil
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.08.2006
Veronica enters the party. She quickly finds Logan and asks about Beaver and Mac. She's about to spill the story when Dick butts in, and she chooses to clam up. I don't blame her -- Dick may have few conversational inhibitions, but the "your brother's a killer" speech is still going to be kind of awkward. Instead, Veronica simply asks Dick where Beaver is, and is somewhat drunkenly told that he and Mac are up in the room, possibly making love, or playing Dungeons And Dragons, or -- and hee -- both at the same time: "They're both, like, twelfth-level dorks." Yeah, but Beaver's alignment is going to prove to be just a little different than we thought. (I've got a few dork levels myself.)
Speaking of whom, a shirtless Beaver is forlornly staring at the ceiling as Mac tells him, "Don't worry about it." Poor, sweet girl -- absolutely fricking clueless to the end. She tells him that she's having a great time, and she does seem pretty chipper given that when he was on top of her, the weight of his issues must have made it kind of tough to breathe. Mac says that she just needs to take a shower and then they can head back down to the party. Beaver tilts his head her way....
...and then Veronica's at the front desk asking for Beaver's room number. The woman tells Veronica that she can't give out that information, and what's more, there's a "Do Not Disturb" notice on the room, so she's not allowed to call up there either. Veronica turns away and pulls out her phone....
...and Mac's phone buzzes. Beaver, still shirtless, but now wearing pants, goes over to grab it. Two things: One, water is running. And two, Kyle Gallner looks like he does crunches. I'm paid to report the details, here. Beaver checks the message from Veronica, which reads: "Get away from Beaver. Now. He's a killer. I'm in the lobby." The time is only 8:12, so that answers the question about the daylight, but it seems awfully early for the party to have been in such full swing for a while. Beaver's face contorts, and he goes to his bag and takes out a large pistol.
Veronica gets an answering text from "Mac" to meet her on the roof. Frankly, this whole setup is a big misstep on her part. For one, even if Mac got the message, tipping her off to Beaver's true nature seems hugely fraught with danger. I mean, if Mac can't pull off the acting necessary to get away from Beaver without arousing suspicion, she could end up dead, right? Better to try to find her, I think -- there have to be other ways Veronica could have tried to get that room number. Worse comes to worst, pull the fire alarm! I understand that the idea of Mac sleeping with Beaver is now nauseating to her (although not as much as it soon will be) but the chance of Beaver intercepting the message one way or the other makes that plan unacceptably risky to me -- which in turn means it smacks of the writers' need to get Beaver and Veronica up to the roof rather than being a logical plot point. And on top of that, Veronica's not the least bit suspicious that Mac wants to meet her on top of the building? Why wouldn't she just come back downstairs? Find a better way, is what I'm saying. Veronica rushes into the elevator, and is too distracted to notice Haaron in there, as well, until he greets her. He's laden down with a bottle of something that looks like cognac and two glasses (um, room service, HELLO) and smarmily says that they're going to be running into each other from time to time. Well, that seems unlikely on the surface, but on the other hand, I wouldn't put it past her to show up and spit on your grave at regular intervals. Haaron crows about his newfound freedom, and Veronica's not too distracted by Season 2's killer to give Season 1's a piece of her mind, as she says Lilly loved freedom, too: "Bummer you murdered her." Haaron leans in and menaces that the best part about when he "smashed her head in with an ashtray" is that she finally shut up. And the best part about that speech is that Haaron finally admitted to the murder explicitly instead of only tacitly. Are we finally all clear, here? Veronica tearily holds his gaze until the elevator stops and Haaron gets off.