Well, private money can support private investigators and private counsel, right? I'll have to rely on the attorneys to set me right here, but I would think that they would have an interest in intervening in the case at the very least.

I am not a California attorney, but most states do not permit private citizens to hire their own attorneys to prosecute -- or assist in the prosecution -- of criminal cases. Since the prosecution is in the name of "The People" (or "The State" or "The Commonwealth" etc) the government's attorney is the only one authorized to prosecute. That being said, it is not uncommon for there to be some communication between a prosecutor and the victim/family member/their attorney. Also, if the Kanes had hired a lawyer to sue Aaron Echols, that attorney and his/her investigators may have turned up some evidence that would benefit the prosecution. (Note -- the actual civil trial and most discovery -- such as the deposition of key witnesses and the defendant -- would likely be on hold until the criminal case was over with.)

Unrelated to that. I just remember something. Lucky couldn't have been the primary on the bus crash. He was in the V.A. hospital, the day of the bus crash. Perhaps he helped Beaver, but if Beaver was involved, I think he was really involved, not incidentally.

Yeah. I'm thinking Woody, upon hearing the "presents" thing, might have put a bomb on his own car to further divert suspicion about his involvement in the bus crash.

Either that or whoever crashed the bus also wants Woody dead. But I have no idea why they would take this long to bomb his car if that was the case.

I have no idea how Rob Thomas is going to be able to wrap all of this up in a single episode. My candidate for the killer: The Butler in the Kitchen with a rope.

Dude, totally Rodney. I mean, what's creepier than a little blond kid?

For a second there, my brain went to a wacky SGA crossover land. I mean, that Rodney, he's everywhere!

(Shaye once wrote a ficlet in which Veronica and Rodney were shut in a tiny jail cell together for some crazy reason. They snarked at each other until Keith and Shep came to rescue them. It was very cute.)

Hey, if he can blow up a planet...

A bus would be no trouble at all.

I'm thinking Woody, upon hearing the "presents" thing, might have put a bomb on his own car to further divert suspicion about his involvement in the bus crash

Yeah, that was my take.

I agree that Woody -- or someone -- planted the bomb under Woody's car to make it look like Lucky did it.