Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Double Your Mothers, Double Your Fun
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.11.2004
Hospital. A nurse asks Duncan if he wants his girlfriend to stay with him. Veronica starteth to protest too much, but Duncan tells the nurse yes. Veronica smiles, and Icetwin's heart chips a little bit. Jake Kane makes an appearance, and notes that he and Veronica meet again. Veronica chirps, "What are the odds." Just wait until sweeps, honey. Jake politely dismisses Veronica, but not before she and Duncan exchange a longing look. Jake, as he ices Duncan's head: "Off a bleacher?" Hee.
A doctor is putting up x-rays for Jake and Duncan, and tells them that there's not serious damage. Jake asks Duncan why he jumped off the bleachers, and Duncan, not answering, asks to speak to "Dr. Levine" for a minute. Jake leaves. Duncan comes out. Oh, fine. I just thought the rich kids needed some spicing up, because even calling them "vanilla" is an insult to the inoffensive flavorings everywhere. Scene.
VMVO tells us some stuff we already know. She then tells us she's going to find and photograph the three "John Smith"s in the area. She does realize, though, that the pictures won't do much good if Justin can't identify anything about his dad, so she calls him and asks if he's absolutely sure his mom has no pictures of him at all. Justin, at the video store, doesn't think she does, but says he'll look again. The woman from the earlier scene (played by Melissa Leo, for those who care) appears, and Justin asks Veronica if he can call her back. The woman, per Justin's recommendation, asks for Body Heat, which…isn't completely insignificant, now that I think of it, with the identity-not-what-it-seems plotline. Justin says he'll have to special-order it. If there's a director's cut, I hope he hasn't seen it. He's a little young. Hell, I think I'm a little young for that.
Duncan's doctor is explaining to him that going off his medication cold turkey could produce nausea and hallucinations, which could go on for weeks. Sounds like recapping Charmed, if by "weeks" you mean "years." Duncan says it's worth it. Demian does not agree.
Keith comes in to see BSK! He apologizes for his attitude in the previous meeting. He doesn't seem to want to look her in the eye, which could be due to his embarrassment. It might, however be due to the fact that though it's not particularly dark, there are some extreme high beams in his face. And if I noticed, we're talking fog lights. Although with bazooms like that, I don't know why she's not a ratings boon instead of a show killer. Anyway, BSK! tells him he wasn't that bad, which he really wasn't, and he admits that Veronica probably does need someone to talk to other than him. BSK! steps up, and then her phone rings, which allows her to somewhat contrivedly knock over a cup of coffee. Keith helps her a little with the cleanup, and takes the opportunity to check out the label on the coffee cup as BSK! tells him she's a coffee addict. Um, join the club. There's room in the back -- just don't step on Sars's toes on your way. Keith opens the door to leave, but she stops him by calling him "Sheriff Mars," and tells him he always had her vote. I'm thinking he's going to have more than that come November sweeps or so. I hope he can handle it -- it's a big job. Or two.
School. Veronica is telling Wallace and Justin that she got pictures of the three John Smiths. She shows Justin the first two, but apparently the dad has brown eyes, and the guys' eyes are another color, like, thanks for sharing that earlier, Justin. The third guy looks like the big brother to Weevil's gang, and is wearing shades. Justin thinks it could be his dad, but Veronica cautions that she followed him from the junkyard to the pawn shop to the racetrack. Well, it could have been worse -- he could have gone to OTB. Justin thinks he could tell if it's his dad from up close, and although Veronica's wary, Wallace and Justin convince her to take Justin after school. Veronica tells Justin that she's in charge and he'll obey her. Wallace: "You should have seen her before charm school." And Wallace, I should have seen you before acting classes…oh, wait. Justin gives Veronica a photograph of his mom and dad, with a large gulf where his dad should be. "In this one you can actually see his hand." I'm suddenly reminded of The Crying Game for some reason. I can't imagine why. Justin also tells Veronica that his dad was obsessed with cars, like, ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW?