Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 3 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Pocket Rockets
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.13.2004
Veronica finds Duncan at school and tells him that she might be able to get his laptop back; she also good-naturedly ribs him for not writing his journal down like a normal person. She asks Duncan whether he was surprised to find Weevil at the game, and he confirms that he was...
...as we flash back again. Duncan arrives, full bottle of JD in hand, and puzzledly greets Weevil with a "You're not Chester." So it seems Logan didn't need Weevil to round out the game, since they had a regular fifth. Logan stage-whispers to Duncan that he's not going to let Weevil leave with their money, so I guess he's the shark of the group, which is consistent with the progression of the game. Logan wraps a rubber band around the money and tosses it in the box.
Back in the present, Veronica asks Duncan if he thinks Logan invited Weevil there to steal his money. Duncan has issue with that particular way of putting it, but there's clearly something about the situation that's bothering him. He doesn't share it with Veronica, but that might be because he knows she'd be crushed to learn that Weevil is sleeping with Logan.
Outside, Logan is grandstanding for the 09ers at Weevil's expense. Sean is there. Duncan looks most displeased, and when Logan sits down next to him, Duncan gives him a look that could cut glass, and storms off. Logan follows him, challenging to tell him what's on his mind. Duncan asks if Logan took the money. Logan doesn't answer, which I think is genuine shock that his best friend would accuse him of such a thing, but Duncan misinterprets his silence as confirmation and stalks off again. Logan points out that Duncan was, as the British say, pissed, but Duncan doesn't acknowledge that, and accuses Logan of "going over to the dark side, bit by bit." Or tattoo by tattoo, depending on how you want to look at it. Duncan finishes by saying that Logan has turned into a "full-fledged jackass," and that he's over it. Logan calls after him, "What, are we breaking up now? You want your best friend charm back?" When Duncan's gone, though, he looks upset, and I don't blame him. Picking out your own underwear in the morning can be such a chore.
Chez Echolls. Lynn is directing her legion staff on how to do the decorations, which are appropriately gaudy -- lots of overdone ornaments and a tacky white tree that's tall enough to give the poor maid who has to decorate the top of it vertigo. Keith informs Lynn that the person who sent the pumpkin "poem" sent six previous letters. Lynn: "Is that bad?" It depends on how you feel about dead husbands, dear. Given your arc on Melrose Place, I could understand if you were in favor. Keith recommends that Lynn cancel the party, which is now the next night, but she says she's hired plenty of security. Her attitude is a little inconsistent with how concerned she was in Keith's office, I feel obliged to point out. Haaron arrives home, and warmly greets Keith, wondering if Lynn bothered him about the letter. And I know it's Southern California, but the vibe passing between Haaron and Lynn at the moment is such that you could build a snowman in the Echollses' great hall and it wouldn't melt. I wonder what that's all about. Haaron tells Keith that the letter is no big deal and perfectly normal as he opens a pair of doors. Behind it, on a table, sits a pumpkin in which an image of Haaron's face is carved, with a knife plunged in it. Keith: "Normal?" No, Keith. That's what they call a Cleansing Burst of Pumpkinicity.