Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 3 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Is This Betty Ford We're Talking About?
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.28.2005
Chez Mars. VMVO tells us that she's saved nearly every penny she's earned since she started working for Keith, but that her college money is gone now. She implies that she had several thousand dollars saved up, which I find a little hard to believe, especially given that she spent a shitload of money on Keith's Christmas present. Of course, if I know the writers, they've got a spreadsheet detailing every penny she's earned entitled "Shut UP, Couch Baron," so perhaps I'll take their advice here. Besides, if she won the poker game, as was strongly implied, that's a profit of two grand over the Christmas present right there. We're back with Lianne, as she tries to dissuade Veronica from writing a check. Turns out Veronica's paying for Lianne's rehab. This was a lot funnier on Absolutely Fabulous, you know. Maybe that difference is why they have that thing called "genre." Lianne tells Veronica that twelve weeks in rehab aren't going to do anything that she can't do herself. I think they can do a lot of things you seem to be unable to do yourself. Your hair and makeup come to mind. Sad music plays as Veronica emotionally tells Lianne that she wants her to come home. They both tear up, and Lianne agrees to the rehab.
Back in the present, Veronica wipes a tear from her eye, and then calls Keith into her room. Keith appears, smilingly noting that Neptune slaughtered Pan the night before. Heh. I'm picturing Jack working at the Sac-n-Pac. Veronica asks Keith to answer something honestly, and he agrees. Veronica: "Why would a person agree to confess to a murder he didn't commit?" Keith looks discomfited, but keeps his promise: "Money. A lot of it." Veronica points out that the money won't be any good where Koontz is going. Paper does tend to burn. Keith speculates that the money could be going on to a loved one. He leaves, and once he's safely gone, Veronica picks up the panda bug and says this into it: "Wait, Dad, you know what? I think I know who's collecting the money from Abel Koontz's confession." Fitting that the bug is being used as bait. VMVO says that now we'll learn how well Wallace follows instructions. Considering that he's been following your instructions for sixteen episodes now, I going to go out on a limb and say he's probably pretty good at it. She adds that, obviously, the rubber tree plant contained a bug of her own, and as she listens, Wiedman's distinctive voice comes and asks his assistant "Lois" to get him "Amelia DeLongpre." Using the computer, she quickly discovers that Amelia DeLongpre is Koontz's daughter. Well. Koontz may not have long to live, but it's going to be long enough that he'll regret ever messing with Veronica Mars.