Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Melrose Law
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.01.2004
Mars Investigations. VMVO tells us that if Lilly's going to haunt her until justice has been served, she'd better get cracking. If it means no Lilly once she's solved the case, I'd be just as happy if she took her time. On her desktop computer, Veronica has folders with suspects' names on them, which contain four categories each, entitled "Information," "Alibi," "Motive," and "Evidence." The four we see at first are Koontz, Jake Kane, Celeste Kane, and Logan. I can't believe she thinks Logan's really a viable suspect, but seething hatred can occasionally affect one's judgment. Or so I've heard. Veronica drops a throwaway line that Celeste is a "renowned philanthropist," and then makes a new folder for Duncan. I'm surprised there wasn't one already, but maybe his alibi was the most airtight until the revelation about the traffic ticket came up.
Cut to Veronica opening her dad's safe. She rifles through everything that's there about Lilly's murder: "How many times do I have to look at this stuff? Until it starts making sense." Man, if I followed that dictum with the television I watch, I'd still be viewing Buffy's last two seasons. There aren't a lot of things that could make the next four years seems short by comparison, but that's certainly one of them.
Night. The rich kids have formed a boxing ring by pulling a bunch of their cars as far up to each other as they'll go, with the headlights facing in to illuminate the action. Logan announces "the main event" and introduces the two Skid Row contestants as drunken rich kids exchange money. And no, I'm not talking about the band Skid Row, but if I were, I'll bet there would be a lot more people there. Who wouldn't spend a little money to see those guys get their asses kicked? Logan says he wants a clean fight, and the two guys circle each other at a distance of about twenty paces. I'm thinking they're taking the expression "clean fight" a little too seriously.
Veronica finds an envelope she's never seen before, containing pictures of Lilly's bedroom taken after she died, presumably the night she was found. It appears as though "Lilly" is short for "Lillian," for the inquiring minds among you. And judging from the forum posts, your numbers are legion. Veronica quickly discovers that the sneakers found in Koontz's boat are in a corner of the picture, lying under her desk. She barely gets a chance to process this before she hears a noise from outside. She replaces everything and locks the safe just before Keith walks into the office. He doesn't seem to notice anything, and she smiles to herself in relief.