Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 9 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Rinse And Spit. Repeat. Oh, Seriously, Repeat.
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.02.2005
In her room, Veronica's moping and listening to music when Keith enters. He tells her that Duncan's safe at home. She apologizes for the bugged plant, and Keith tells her it's okay, but mentions Mommie Sneerest's refusal to pay the reward. Keith thinks, though, that she'll eventually cough it up, and that she's just enjoying the moment. Veronica: "She's a witch." According to fairy tales, many stepmothers are. Keith averts Veronica's gaze as he suggests that Veronica find another occupation, since he thinks working for him is ruining her life. Veronica sits up: "You're the best father in the world." Awwww. Veronica gets him to look at her as she tells him she's healthy and happy. I'd think that was the exact sentence for which she wouldn't want him looking her in the eye. She adds that she wouldn't have gotten through the last year without him, but he counters that if not for him, she wouldn't have had to. She looks discomfited at that revelation, and he kisses her on the forehead and leaves. Jeez, way to burst her bubble, Keith, but it adds up that you'd be good at that. At least, if the apparent demise of her waterbed is any indication.
Neptune High parking lot. Veronica catches Casey, who greets her with a "'Sup, Veronica." Hee. Also, he looks like he's been working out. I approve. Veronica asks about Shelley's party, and he starts to blow her off, but she brings up the specter of his dead rich grandmother. And I can't even type the words "dead grandmother" without thinking of Ed Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Les jeux sont faits, indeed. Casey softens, saying he's not hanging out with the cult anymore, and asks what she needs. Veronica inquires again about the party, and we're in Casey's flashback. Significantly, in Casey's version, Veronica's more out of it, and Dick's the one singing "I Touch Myself" and initiating the kiss. The divergent points of view are in keeping with the stated intended Rashomon-esque feel, although it probably goes without saying that Casey is a more reliable source than Dick. We see Madison again with her horrified "lips that touch trash will never touch mine" look, which seems like self-hatred if I ever saw it. Dick then sort of tosses Veronica over to Casey, who soberly declines: "I like mine to be able to stand on their own power." I'd make a comment...