Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C+ | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Tuesday Night Lights
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.16.2006
Over a yellow, strobe-like flashback that frankly hurts my eyes, Judge Football tells Veronica he had the bag all night -- he and Trish went to the art show to see her friend Larry's work, then he went back to his room, and his best friend from the team "Pop" -- that's "Brian Popovich" -- came by to play Guitar Hero. Piz and Judge Football then dork out about how much the game rocks. I will have to take their word for it, as I am getting old, if the Judge Reinhold reference wasn't enough of a clue. Also, if we're really supposed to think that this guy is so serious about his scholarship, perhaps telling us he wasted an entire evening playing a video game instead of studying the playbook is information that could have been held back. The headache-back resumes as we see two cheerleaders walk in on Pop and Judge Football playing the game, bringing popcorn for Pop. "Cheerleaders are clever that way." Heh. Trish pipes up that if he loses the scholarship, they'll figure something else out, because his grades are great and she's got "the whole Pell Grant thing" figured out. Pell Grant, eh? Those must be rather new, considering they weren't around when Veronica was applying to Stanford. Judge Football says that's great, but he's not too psyched about the idea of being thrown off the team. Veronica suggests perhaps getting a new playbook is the way to go.
At night, Dick and Veronica run into each other. They strike up a casual, pleasant conversation, which seems so entirely in character. I mean, they got along well enough to begin with before they had Beaver's death to really cement their friendship. Anyway, Veronica asks Dick what happened to the class that he's supposed to be in with Logan at the moment, but Dick says that the professor didn't show up after the class waited five minutes, so he walked. Veronica asks where, then, is Logan. Dick: "Nailin' other chicks?" That wasn't very nice, considering they're bosom buddies and all. I hope he apologizes before their next study date.
Chez Mars. Veronica notes that Keith seems busy, and officiously speculates about how much work he must have now that she's not around to assist. She suggests he take on "Eli Navarro" as an assistant. Keith is all, "Weevil?" and Veronica flinches, because she's learned the hard way that calling people by their nicknames inevitably causes them to commit mass murder and gory suicide. Keith is adamantly against hiring Weevil until Veronica busts out a pouty-faced stare.