Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 23 USERS: D+ YOU GRADE IT South Of The Border, Down Mexico Way...
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.24.2006
Credits. Tessa who?
The camera pans across a lineup of women who are probably the only ones in town who are more familiar with the sheriff's station than Veronica is. Veronica stands last in the lineup. She doesn't look nearly as chipper as Logan did, but perhaps being brought to the station in handcuffs was less of a turn-on for her.
Cut to Veronica waiting in an interrogation room. Cliff and Keith join her and inform her that she was IDed in the lineup by a merchant from the "L.A. jewelry district," and that he claims she sold him some diamond earrings for $80,000 that belonged to Celeste Kane. Lamb thinks Veronica helped Duncan plan and finance the kidnapping. His case is strengthened by the fact that about the most complicated thing we've seen Duncan plan by himself is an outfit that doesn't include argyle, and even that level of planning hasn't happen very often. (Oh, come on, I had to get one more argyle joke in.) Veronica makes a wise-assed comment about Lamb, causing Keith to pound the table and say that Duncan's facing kidnapping charges, and that if Veronica helped him in any way, she's going to prison. Veronica confesses that she sold the earrings because Duncan asked her to, but that they were going to use the money to hire a lawyer so that he could get custody of the baby. She admits that she figured the earrings were Celeste's, which isn't a surprise, since I'm sure Veronica would have wondered who stained the pretty earrings with all that poisonous black bile. She goes on to say that Celeste doesn't want Duncan adopting, since she isn't ready to be a grandmother. And the real reason why Celeste kept such a watchful eye on Lilly comes out. Keith emotionally instructs Veronica to cooperate fully with Lamb. Might want to shed a few tears there, Keith. You're asking a lot.
Cut to Veronica entering Lamb's office to find the sheriff enjoying the company of Celeste and Vinnie Vanlowe. I wonder what they were talking about. It would have been conversationally convenient if they were all in the same book club, but I somehow suspect that's not the case. Vinnie sunnily greets Veronica, who claims that, other than the air conditioning, this is how she pictured hell. I'd like Dick to show up right now to remind Veronica that there's always a lower place. He'd be perfect to deliver that reminder, in more ways than one. Celeste bites out that Veronica knows where Duncan is, and that if Veronica doesn't cooperate, Celeste wants Veronica prosecuted for the jewelry theft. Veronica asks Vinnie what he's doing there, and Lamb cuts in that he's Celeste's guest: "Mrs. Kane, word of advice. Private investigators just make the work of law-enforcement officers more difficult." Hee. He counsels her to save her money, since he'll find Duncan and bring him in safely. Celeste gets up to leave, and Veronica notes that it must be weird for her to hope Lamb is competent. It's at this point that I wonder if Veronica was really feeling air conditioning, or if it was merely the crosscurrents of frost coming out of everyone's mouths. Celeste imperiously instructs Lamb to keep her posted, and then snits to Veronica that she finds comfort in the fact that the child isn't Veronica's. Veronica: "Let's hope she's got your smile." Celeste leaves, and Vinnie follows, but not before giving Veronica the "Private Eyes Are Watching You" visual and gesturing for her to call him. Hee.
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