Narrator, when Veronica got the fake phonecall from Duncan she's standing in front of a bulletin board and there's a flyer with TWoP on it.

Ah, nice touch.

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i'm with Hil, for the additional reason that depending on him being willing to come onboard at that late date seems suspect to me, like poor planning. The whole thing plays better as a heist movie, IMO, so it would all have to be planned, like, a lot.

I gave up on baby-size a long time ago. As long as they're pre-lingual, I'm not going to fuss too much.

Guess there is a minimum age for the wee ones to get their SAG card.

I looked this up once, a few years ago. California law is no babies in TV or movies until they're 15 days old. Some shows have tried to make birth scenes look more believable by casting preemies who are technically 15 days old but it's really still before their actual due date, but enough people were complaining about that (really not safe for babies that little to be around that many people) that most shows have stopped.

i'm with Hil, for the additional reason that depending on him being willing to come onboard at that late date seems suspect to me, like poor planning. The whole thing plays better as a heist movie, IMO, so it would all have to be planned, like, a lot.

I think it had to be after the note. Sleazy PI doesn't have the chops to pull off that kind of charade. The only thing they could rely on him to be is, sleazy. So the note tells him there's 30 grand in it for him if he sells out his client, he jumps at the chance. Also if he was in it at the beginning, then all that posturing with VM was scripted which makes it pointless since nobody else was there.

The numbers on the fortune were exactly the ones from Lost? Damn.

There was a "Cupid" shout-out -- Wallace was at Trevor Hale High School in Chicago. Trevor Hale was the lead character's name in "Cupid" which was also set in Chicago.

I also wish it had been clearer when Vinnie had been brought on board, and how they even got Astrid involved in the first place.

I did love the "Mornin', Sam." "Mornin', Ralph" exchange, though.

That was my favorite part, too. The overall episode seemed contrived and a bit muddled to me, though.

I'm glad that others reacted the way I did. I sort of just posted this as a comment over in(meara's & P-C's) LJ, but the baby really took me out of the story. Maybe it's a mom thing (since I see Plei and Cash made similar comments) but I kept thinking "how could you hand your baby over to those strangers?" and other more predictable questions about baby care in general.

However, way beyond all the baby issues were the custody issues. I guess it is possible to imagine some scenario where Duncan would not have rights to the baby, but it would be complicated enough that it should have been addressed. Otherwise, it's a simple issue. He's the dad - he has custody. I can see why he might not want Meg's parents to have their hands on the baby, even for a few weeks, but still. Honestly, I don't think the hospital would just turn the baby over to Meg's parents. I think they would want some determination from the court (to avoid being sued if nothing else).