Let's not even talk about waking up from a coma completely lucid. At least they didn't have Meg remembering shit about the crash.

Anyway. Even Veronica Mars has the episode-before-winter-hiatus crunch. It's no Dad or Wrecked.

Let's not even talk about waking up from a coma completely lucid. At least they didn't have Meg remembering shit about the crash.

::nodding::

I forgot about V's birthday. Oops. Still, the jury/trial plot was beyond lame, as bon bon pointed out. I'm no lawyer, but it seemed odd to me that they were convicting based on extrapolation. Granted, that's sometimes V's strong point (last week's episode, anyone?), but I kept thinking, This is going to bite you in the ass, honey. Just because you can figure out how it *might* have been doesn't make it so.

I didn't think about Meg's death being either a) not true, or b) the result of murder. I guess we'll see. Seems like Keith might have asked more questions about the baby's birth, or something, though. You don't die dramatically and quickly from a blood clot, and have a baby delivered with no complications or at least a little tension.

I hate feeling meh about this episode. It's partly due to the whole "Someone in Veronica's world will die" thing, I think. I should have known it would wind up being the easiest person to kill.

Well I suppose that's the only real evidence linking him to Lily's murder. Not so the Veronica kidnapping and attempted murder

Have you read that awesome fanfic thing that's like, a very realistic-looking article (or a few?) about Aaron getting off, and how the media would treat a star like that (vs. some crazy trashy blonde teenager)? It was awesome, but scary.

Also, P-C, if you want to meet up for a beer or some of our excellent local Tex-Mex while you're in town, let me know.

Ooh, cool.

This episode sucked. The end.

That Echolls Family Alpaca stuff is hilarious.

in other news, i must direct you all to this for nothing more than the Donut snark.

Okay, you all have been watching a lot longer than I have. I've seen all the episodes, but I've seen them too close together, to have time to ruminate. Is it that the character Duncan is supposed to be this off, or is there a Teddy Dunn problem, or do you think it's some combination of both?

I think I'm leaning toward it just being Duncan--he's creepy, off, and medicated. An awful lot of the fandom seems to think Dunn is lacking, though.

What do you think?

I don't think TD's that bad an actor, but the character's been written all sorts of inconsistant and vague.

yeah, is he still on medication btw?

I think Duncan's character is one of the most weakly written on the show -- I don't think they've figured out exactly what to do with him yet. The possibility of violent outbursts was, I guess, supposed to make him a little more interesting, but now that he's (I assume) taking his meds, he's pretty bland. I don't get creepy from him at all.

So I guess I think Teddy Dunn doesn't have a lot to work with, but I also think he's not the most gifted actor to grace the screen, either.

It seems odd that a couple times they implied that the case against Aaron was sunk without the tapes. Doesn't ring true to me. Hmmm.

But towards the end, they implied the opposite a couple of times -- that enough people had seen the tapes (3 or 4 people, I think) who could testify, that the tapes weren't essential.