I gotta say, as much of a sinking feeling as I got when I thought Keith had died, I got even more of one when it turned out he was ok due to plot contrivance. If they'd left him dead, that would have actually been the noirest moment in noirville.

That was a generally excellent episode all around, though. I found myself saying "don't care, don't care" throughout all the Jackie revelations, but for the most part, I have to hand it to Cindy and the rest of y'all who called it: nice going.

just rewatched and based on the dialogue, Lamb was in Neptune the whole time and therefore was NOT on the plane.

someone on my flist pointed out this exchange:

Duncan: "CW?" Clarence : "it's a done deal."

HA!

Duncan: "CW?" Clarence : "it's a done deal."

Hee!

If the CW doesn't pick this show up!!! Okay -- I don't know what I'll do -- but !!!

My favorite moment was Duncan's "CW?" Little Rob Thomas shout out to the network? "CW? Is the deed done? Can we come back?"

Surprisingly satisfying finale. I came into thinking, jeez, there are a LOT of major dangling plot threads, but it was a nice job of tying up most of them w/o feeling like they were shortchanged. And I say that despite still having some pretty big misgivings about the Beav resolution. The rampant speculation made it less than a surprise, but even after all the revelations I'm still in the it's-hard-to-buy-him-as-evil-genius camp. Maybe rewatching the season, and parts of S1, will change that, but it's quite a leap from "he was mean to Mac and did something vague to someone named Sally" to killing a busload of people, a planeload of people, and trying to kill Veronica. The rape went a long way toward establishing his mala fides, but that's still a long way from mass murder. Maybe it would have been too heavy handed to have a Logan/Dick exchange along the lines of "Remember when someone let your cat on fire?" "Oh, yeah... Sally" (I guess Beav was involved in the pool torching, wasn't he?) but in the maelstrom of plots that was S2 -- nice to see Mrs. Fennell back, btw -- the set up might have felt more organic. It was a much better tie together than "It's all Summers' blood," but that's a pretty low standard. Looking forward to rewatching, and looking forward to S3.

ETA: I swear I wrote the CW portion before I saw Tiggy's post.

You know, I've always liked Beaver too. But when he first came up as a suspect, it didn't feel wrong to me. Still doesn't. Yeah, he's got some really nice qualities. He can be cute, and dorky, and endearing, but you know - sociopathic genius killers are people too. And he's struck me as a tad bit off this entire season. Ever since the expression on his face as his dad ran off, way back when. It was... freaky.

because i'm all about asking the important questions tonight.

why in the hell did they have Amanda Seyfried in a wig?

why in the hell did they have Amanda Seyfried in a wig?

To cover up where her head was bashed in?

and concentrated on the idea that he didn't care about Kendall at all and had set his dad up to fall. Which no one here believed. And it turned out to be true. So there. (:

Victor, I was thinking about you and your theory when this part came up.

Wow, what a season finale! I have been back and forth about whether or not I liked VM, but this episode blew me away. I was so upset thinking Keith might be dead, and I am already looking forward to figuring out what Kendall is up to next season. The actor who plays Cassidy was perfect. I also loved how they tied him back to the rape from last season because I always thought the handwave away of the rape last season was too cheap. This season finale really brought on the pain, which I thought last years failed to do.

Part of me wonders if it's Cliff's stolen briefcase.

Hmmm, very interesting idea!

Random quibble: wouldn't Australia be in winter right now? Would Duncan and chlamydia-free baby be lounging on the beach?