I'm fascinated by what wasn't in this episode: Kendall and the Fitzpatricks.

Ooh, very true.

And there was so much of everything else -- it was very easy to overlook.

The bit with Weevil getting his algebra grade while the sheriff prepares to arrest him was heartbreaking.

Except -- this is where he'll implicate the Fitzgeralds, isn't it?

Hmm. I really didn't love this episode. I mean, it was OK, but...for so near the end?? Also, the whole Aaron thing just seems so last season--I mean, I love continuity and all, but I kinda wanted that to just be all wrapped up last year--or have continued EARLIER this year, or something.

But I love Mac, Beaver, and Weevil, all three of them.

And yeah, I fail to see how Veronica's injuries would be explained away by her dad and Aaron fighting upon Keith discovering them together...

Also, too much Jackie. I was kinda hoping she'd bite it...

I was thinking that having the trial about a year after the arrest was pretty realistic.

Realism? What? Realism? I'm sorry, I don't recognize this term....;)

I think, obviously, the solution to my disappointment is to wait until the finale, and then watch all the episodes from this season in a big sugar-rush of joy, until the finale airs. Right?

OK, I'm waffling back and forth in the Beaver Is Guilty! theory. The third kid has got to be Beaver, because Lucky's dead, and the big reveal in the finale is not gonna be the dead guy. I thought he was too carefree and happy in this ep, but maybe RT is playing it like Joss, giving us the cute reconciliation before yanking the rug from under us. And Woody's looking very much like a misdirect now.

Plus, Mac was crying in the preview. Why would Mac cry, if not over Beaver?

OK, I'm waffling back and forth in the Beaver Is Guilty! theory. The third kid has got to be Beaver, because Lucky's dead, and the big reveal in the finale is not gonna be the dead guy.

Yeah. I'm starting to seriously think that Beaver did it to protect himself (in his mind) from the reveal that was being planned.

Well, that's a horrifying thought.

Maybe she's just all upset for him, rather than because it turned out he was, you know, a mass murderer?

I'm starting to seriously think that Beaver did it to protect himself (in his mind) from the reveal that was being planned.

Oh, Jesus. THAT'S IT. It was Marco and Peter Beaver wanted to get rid of, not Gia. Could you imagine Beaver, growing up with *that* father who belittled his lack of manliness every chance he got, with Dick Jr. as a brother, coming clean about being a victim of sexual abuse? Instead of sympathy and outrage on his behalf, all he could look forward would be the stigmata and endless scorn, especially from his father, whose approval he so desperately craved. So he wanted to silence his fellow victims, because to him, silent suffering would have been so much better than derision and humiliation, perhaps enough to kill.

And this neatly takes care of the limo/bus thing that made no sense if Gia were the intended victim. Plus the bomb being in the gift basket intended for Peter. Damn. That's incredibly fucking tragic. I don't want this to be true, but it makes so much sense.

That was Hart

Did that zipped-liips gesture he made towards Veronica mean something to people who have, you know, memories?

I would love to know how Aaron's attorney explained Keith's hospital stay from getting all burned while rescuing his daughter from the flamey refrigerator. But I'll suspend disbelief because I'm interested to see how, exactly, he gets taken down.