I never felt that way about Buffy characters; all of their adolescent stupidities were something I still felt close to. But, Thomas is creating distance on purpose, whereas Joss was all about the up-close (most of the time).

Ooh. I like your point, Nutty! I hadn't thought of it that way, but reading it, i definitely see it and agree!

I'm torn between hoping he didn't sleep with Hannah (woobie!) and hoping he did (drama!). If he did, I'm damn glad we didn't SEE any of it, because fun as the fuckedupness is, the actual interaction between them is failing to push my buttons, unless someone else (her dad, Veronica) is watching/noticing.

Interesting: no comeuppance for the rapist! Makes me think that it will be revisited. Like next year when Veronica is conveniently at Hearst!

Not so interesting: Logan in lurve with Hannah, blah. Can her dad recant his recanting? Or do prosecuters get squirrely about that? Does he just like her because no one else can stand him?

Also, I was confused by the elevator tapes. Originally I thought that Lamb was making out with Cliff's lady, and then Madison was there, and then I was all ?!??!!??

This episode made me laugh out loud a lot ("have gone on a puzzling errand.") But overall it was like, MOTW, MOTW, Logan angst, and now for our carefully portioned piece of the seasonal arc! My favorite part was the Cliff/Keith stuff. Freaking gold. Comedy gold. Also, created a mystery that was interesting.

no comeuppance for the rapist!

Yeah, I was upset because George Michael was the only other person who could have been the rapist, but I'm glad they didn't follow through with that.

technically, Troy was in the the preview. it was just too quick for you to tell it was him getting punched unless you're obsessive like me and froze it and slow-played it to see who it was. *ahem*

this episode? i can't even properly express my love. i will say that Cliff/Keith/Lamb is totally my new OT3. every single one of those actors just plays so well off of each other. hysterical geniuses.

oh and after watching the ep last week it never even occurred to me that Logan and Hannah slept together until that seemed to be all people were focusing on. i haven't made up my mind completely, but i think i'm on the side of the fence that says NOT. simply because of the way they were acting in this ep like it was their first time together.

i will say that Cliff/Keith/Lamb is totally my new OT3.

My favorite moment was Cliff's "I'd vote for you" as a follow to Keith telling Lamb that, "Hey, she's 18!" would make a good campaign slogan.

My completely shallow moment: thinking, "My God, how short is she?!" about the Hawaiian student with the shaved head over whom Veronica(!!) had four or five inches.

Thoroughly loved this episode. Cliff and Keith. The note and the "campaign poster" (which made me laugh loud enough I'm sure I disturbed my neighbors.) Veronica tasering points guy on the way out of the party. Lots of laughs and a decently interesting mystery in between. And now we get who stole Cliff's briefcase and why added to the overall story.

And next week we finally get to see Weevil again, and it looks like some Veronica and Logan team-up action.

My favorite part was the Cliff/Keith stuff.

Oh, heck yeah. They ruled.

(Also, while I found last week's episode kind of meh, the V/V interaction made me glad my twisted brain's not invested enough in the show to write fic.)

I imagine the hair-shaving rapist will be part of next year's arc.

I also worried that it would turn out to be George Michael.

I loved the Lamb/Cliff/Keith show too. ("She's 18! It's Legal!" -- perfect.)

BTW, the guy who played Norris in "Weapons of Class Destruction" was in Heist tonight.

I *adored* all the Cliff-related parts. Cliff and Keith should have as much time on screen as possible, because they are comedy gold. Also, shirtless Cliff handcuffed to the bed? I wouldn't have thought so, but mwrror!

Content-wise, this was filler-ish, but the dialog snapped and crackled, the pacing was excellent, and I liked the way they set up Veronica Mars: The College Years. I even liked the MotW not being solved, because I have faith (hey, no snickering!) that it will be revisited in an interesting way down the road.

I found Logan/Hannah unconvincing. I was hoping that she'd rip him a new one.

Best delivery of the night: Veronica's "Dad, your hooker's here." Kristen Bell is so awesome.

I've got thoughts.