VERONICA MARS - Plan B

Weevil: Bless me father, for I have sinned.


I know my intro quotes are usually more for the comedic value, but man, this just seemed appropriate. I'm still a little...I mean I had to wait two days to even figure out where to start talking about the PCHer with the cute nickname taking the long dirt nap. First, I love Weevil, and there's no way anything he did could ever make me not like him, but I liked how his desperation was personified all through the episode almost enough to justify what he did for viewers. We've seen throughout what he'll do for his 'boys', especially Felix, but I felt like in this episode it really became clear that it was Weevil's love for Felix, not ego or pride or any other stupid-ass male emotion that drove him to get justice. The scene between he and Molly was awesome. I loved seeing Felix again in the flashback too. He is so cute. Why couldn't it have been Hector? Seeing Felix, Thumper getting whacked, and then the previews for next week just made me think...holy crap do we have a body count for season two? Most of the bus crash victims they just made up to kill them, but Meg and Felix were regulars, and Thumper was this year. It's beginning to be like Lost where you never know if your job is safe. (For the record, I don't watch Lost and never will, its a principle thing) Okay, so if my math is right, we have Felix, 6 students and 1 teacher on the bus, Curly Moran, Meg, and now Thumper. Did I miss anyone? I'd be scared to live in Neptune right now.

Alright, Eduardo Orozco is our most recently deceased. Weevil set him up, Liam F. and Danny B. secured his fate, and Logan actually pushed the plunger, but only because Goodman was negligent in checking the stadium. I would say that Logan is the only one guilt free here (there's a first time for everything) but I'm inclined to think it wasn't just a coincidence that he was the one that pushed that plunger. Now whether he had knowledge, or its just going to come back to bite him in a "wrong place wrong time" way, no idea. Liam/Danny are the actual murderers here, but thats no surprise, we know they're dirty. What I need to still decide is if they are just dirty, or if they are the actual dirt. The duct tape comment, however, is just the sort of sort of subtle clue that Rob would throw in there about the MotYear...come on...the rat was duct taped to the seat! I have a feeling they were doing it for someone else though. Which brings me to the Goodman. He is SO dirty. And I definitely think he might be the dirt, but again, I need a minute. This guy was eight kinds of shady this ep. The whole DVD thing, the way he interacted with Logan, and then not checking the stadium? That's either intentional or just the most bone-headed move in the history of...something, I'm sure. And the latter qualifies as negligence at the very least, if anyone ever figures out what happened to Thumper. And we all know that's not happening as long as Lamb is sheriff. And speaking of which, do we think Lamb is dirty? Is he minimally dirty, like, just getting paid off? Or something more? I just can't fathom a cop being this lazy. And when Veronica gave him that tape, he was disinclined to go after the Fitzpatricks, but when the witness came forward and isolated Thumper, he was willing to do that. Curious.

Back to Weevil. I'm gonna make an executive decision and say that yes, Weevil knew the absolute full extent of what his actions would cause, so in effect, he basically killed Thumper. But no one forced Thumper to get involved with the Fitzpatricks, and not only are they technically who killed him, but by association, who got him killed. If he didn't work for the Fitzpatricks, he wouldn't have been made to kill Felix, then he wouldn't have been set up by Weevil. Thumper was scum, and he made his own bed. If you don't want to die, then don't get mixed up with people who will kill you over drugs. Or a niece/daughter. Speaking of Molly Fitzpatrick, I found her "same scum different wardrobe" comment interesting, as one of the scum she was referring to was PCHers. Wasn't she "in love" with a PCHer? I wonder if the first dead "half breed cholo" would have died for Molly if he'd had a choice in the matter.

So what the hell is going on with Beaver? Is his Mac freak out an isolated "neglected child" thing, or somehow connected to his real estate scam? Is his real estate scam setting up Kendall for the big fall or does he have another agenda or both? Did he factor in the incorporation or is that going to screw up his plans? Is his working with the Goodman somehow? Small, probably premature theory: he really likes Mac, but he's in deep with something dirty and doesn't want to get to close to her so she doesn't get hurt...or figure it out.

And Jackie...touched that she's changing, or too little too late? But I don't like who Wallace is when he's around her regardless. Speaking of Wallace...I don't like the lack of interaction between him and Veronica.

And last but not least, Logan and Veronica's big dance. This alone made the whole episode...at least for me. They're chemistry, just when they're looking at each other, is unreal. I was immediately transported back to the balcony of The Camelot in Weapons of Class Destruction. Ahhh... I'm sorry, she just never had that chemistry with Duncan. Never. Logan and Veronica are equals. What they've been through causes them to be able to relate to each other in a way that no one else can.


Logan: When I dreamed of this moment, 'I've Had the Time of My Life' was always playing. Hmm, what can you do?