( continues...) set off the bomb, or let Daddy know, so that he could set off the bomb. And if that's the case, and she was expecting the bus to crash but not go over the cliff, the hysterics make sense, because she wasn't expecting people to *die,* you know?)
Likelihood: for Woody's involvement in general -- HIGH; for Gia playing a role in the crash -- MEDIUM.
(2) Dick Casablancas. Not big!Dick; little!Dick. We know that the PWT girl he was banging really wanted to get pregnant, and he admitted that he had unprotected sex with her. Maybe she got pregnant, and he wanted to scare her into leaving him alone. Or maybe she *didn't* get pregnant, and he was tired of her, and wanted to scare her into leaving him alone.
He knew his 09-er buddies would be off the bus; he's the one who suggested they take a limo back to school, right?
Or possibly Dick was the target of the Big Gay Outing to End All Outings. It seems like clues have been dropped all season that Dick likes....dick. We know that there's at least one gay Neptune High student who doesn't want his/her identity revealed. There was the mysterious weirdass "Sally" reference after the tranny incident at the carnival.
Or possibly both -- all the girls Dick's been with could easily be his attempts to establish his straight cred, and PWT girl could have been one of those girls, only she wouldn't stop bothering him. Combined with Dead Gay Student threatening to out Dick, and Dick's careful plan to get his buddies off the bus, we have a candidate.
Dick isn't as stupid as he looks.
Likelihood: MEDIUM.
(3) Kendall Casablancas. We found out at the end of last night's episode that Big!Dick took out life insurance policies on Dick and Cassidy just a little while before the bus crash.
This one doesn't really work, though, because at the time of the crash, Kendall and big!Dick were still together, and big!Dick hadn't been busted by the SEC, thus making Kendall poor. Timeline-wise, it doesn't work.
Likelihood: Eh.
And he invited *only* the journalism class
not exactly true. he invited the newspaper, yearbook and broadcast journalism. your point still holds true though. he'd know exactly who was going to be there. especially since permission slips had to be obtained.
not exactly true. he invited the newspaper, yearbook and broadcast journalism.
Damn, your memory is good! All I really remembered was "journalism."
Woody may very well have picked Logan's essay not because of the essay, but because he wanted *Logan* to be his buttmonkey intern.
I don't think Woody chose Logan specifically. He seemed rather surprised to find Logan in the office, and told his secretary to cancel the photo op as soon as he realized it was Logan.
As for who was behind the bus crash, the biggest question here is Who Benefits?
Heeee. Nice.
Hey, you pick things up when you're obsessed with the World's Greatest Detective.
First, why does Veronica keep coming back to the idea that the bus crash was All About Her? I feel like I'm missing something there -- at the end of last night's episode, what made her go back to thinking that *she* was the target? I honestly don't get that.
First of all, I think it's a natural reaction, given her narrow escape, and the fact that she's been made well aware in the past that plenty of people have grudges against both her and her dad.
Secondly, her name turning up on a dead Curly Moran's hand (coupled with Curly's trade and Aaron Echoll's associations) are going to lead her in that direction. I also think the dead rat struck a chord with her, even though it seems to have been meant only to scare the rich kids off the bus.
Woody may very well have picked Logan's essay not because of the essay, but because he wanted *Logan* to be his buttmonkey intern.
Woody seemed truly surprised that Logan was the winner, and this is backed up by the fact that he was going to have his secretary schedule a press/photo op until he came out and realized Logan won.
Good breakdown of the clues/spec though, overall. There's a lot of meat to chew there, Tep.
Woody seemed truly surprised that Logan was the winner, and this is backed up by the fact that he was going to have his secretary schedule a press/photo op until he came out and realized Logan won.
Good call. Wish I'd said that.
t /smart ass
I'm thinking about the payout Rhonda's family got and wonder if it was actually related to the bus crash in some way. Generally, when something unseemly is found in someone's food, there's a big hooplah about it, not a quiet settlement to the tune of $2 million.
Good call. Wish I'd said that. </smart ass>
Teppy's post had so much in it, that I started responding to it, before I read the rest of the thread. Sorry for the duplication, Kalshane.
I'm thinking about the payout Rhonda's family got and wonder if it was actually related to the bus crash in some way. Generally, when something unseemly is found in someone's food, there's a big hooplah about it, not a quiet settlement to the tune of $2 million.
I know. And it feels like we were fed so much red herring last night, that maybe it wasn't all red, and we need to take a second look.
Teppy's post had so much in it, that I started responding to it, before I read the rest of the thread. Sorry for the duplication, Kalshane.
No problem. I was bemused.
I know. And it feels like we were fed so much red herring last night, that maybe it wasn't all red, and we need to take a second look.
Very true. And the fact that we were seeing both dream and flashback versions of those killed in the bus crash makes it a little hard to pick out what's "real" and what's the workings of Veronica's subconcious when you're trying to remember what actually happened.
And a sudden thought occurs to me about Cervando. He said he won the jeans Dick ruined (or the money for them. I can't recall which) by pool sharking one of the Fitzpatricks. Seems odd, considering the supposed enmity between the two groups (at least until Thumper started stealing the PCHers away from Weevil) that they'd play pool together. Or that a PCHer could win so much money off them without violence insuing, at least. Maybe P-C's suspicions about Cervando were correct, or at least he was more involved with the goings on than any of the characters have suspected.
