Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT "I Told You. I Was Trippin' Balls."
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.31.2006
Wallace says that this is good. Veronica: "Do you know what any words actually mean?" Well, I expect he at least knows what "favor" means, even if he's never heard it independent of the words "do," "me," and "a." Wallace clarifies that it's good that he has time to try to clear his name before the Pan High game. Veronica sits at her computer to see what's on the agenda for "Bribe Rashard Into Being A Bruin" week. Wallace is amazed that she's got Rashard's whole schedule, but she says she got it from Tracy James, whom Wallace recalls fondly, as do I. Of course, he does so because he's remembering an amply-endowed Neptune cheerleader, while I do so because I'm remembering a short "blonde" serial killer who used to play Frank Sinatra's "I'll Be Seeing You" right before she awesomely offed her victims on One Life To Live back in the '80s. Of course, her boobs were pretty big, too. Anyway, Wallace's Tracy is now a Bruin cheerleader (and it makes sense that Veronica would have known her from her pep squad days) and she says that their best bet is the "booster dinner." Wallace asks if they can get in. Veronica: "No. But, she says it's not uncommon to find certain slightly skanky girls lurking outside in hopes of meeting the big recruit and, given that these recruits are teen males, often succeeding." Of course, famous males stop being tempted by such girls once they get out of their teens, as demonstrated by the existence of such demure groups as the Pussy Posse. Keith calls to Veronica, and Wallace leaves, but not before noting, "You got my future in your hands. Don't drop it." But no pressure or anything.
When Wallace has gone, Keith emerges from his office and, after a bit of banter, tells Veronica to shred the "Murray file." Veronica wonders how the couple could have reconciled, and Keith suggests that it's the mystery of love. When he's retreated into his office, Veronica mutters, "A million-dollar 'sorry I banged the maid' ring would be mine." I don't know what made me think of this, but when are we seeing Haaron again?
Sometime later, Veronica is shredding photographs when she pauses.
Cut to Veronica laying a photograph down on the desk in front of Keith. She directs his attention to the top right corner, where you can see Miss Dumas, played by Naima from America's Next Top Model. I'm surprised that this photograph wasn't destroyed, since Naima didn't exactly make it through many weeks of this competition. With Miss Dumas in the photograph is Jackie's dad, Terrence Cook. Keith remembers that Veronica met Terrence the day of the bus crash, and asks what he was like, as if baseball freak Keith didn't slobberingly press Veronica for every last detail of the encounter while resisting with all his might the urge to lick Cook's oils off her hand. Veronica says he was nice, but comes clean about the fact that Cook "owes millions to scary men." Keith asks Veronica how she knows this. Veronica: "I don't know if this'll help the whole you trusting me thing or ruin it even worse, but during the election I did a thing you won't approve of and now I have a tape you should hear." Keith stares at Veronica, no doubt annoyed that she caught him at a time when telling her how obtaining tapes illegally is wrong would be the most hypocritical of him. Seriously, some people on the boards thought Keith's behavior in this episode was inconsistent with his "I don't know if I'll ever trust you again" line from last week, but I think (a) he still loves her and needs her, as he said in the rest of that speech, and (b) his secretive behavior later on makes it seem like he truly doesn't trust her now, at least not fully. Anyway.