Yeah, and why in the hell was Kendall involved with them?

Did no one else think Kendall just had a big ol case o' money?

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Or you can see the Fitzpatricks are just more of the same -- they're involved in all kinds of nasty stuff and won't (or haven't yet) been brought to justice.

I agree, Nora -- for one thing, Beaver chose his death. That's not justice, just because he's dead. It's another way out, for him, another way to deny what he did and the responsibility for it.

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I assume there was money, but also something else. We saw in that very same episode Keith putting money aside in favor of being there for Veronica (to Vinnie: we don't move until after my daughter graduates)

So whatever is connected to the money I think had to be personal and piqued his interest in a non financial way in order to stand Veronica up.

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There is no joy in Whoville. There is no justice in Neptune.

edit: or is that Mudville? I'm very sleepy.

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So whatever is connected to the money I think had to be personal and piqued his interest in a non financial way in order to stand Veronica up.

My money is on the severed head of Lianne Mars.

Or evidence of a crashed UFO on the Kane estate, which would take the show in a whole other direction. VM: "That's great Dad! As you know, you've been searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial activity your entire life, although you rarely mention it!" KM: "I suppose I should tell you now about our exile from the planet Zeist."

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Tom is also very sleepy.

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Sleep-deprived Tom is funny.

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Loved it overall.

Loved that Kendall got the money. Sometimes people get away with bad behavior.

Loved that Aaron was killed. Sometimes people don’t get away. Karma bites.

But, didn’t like that Duncan arranged for it - it felt more like a Celeste Kane move to me. But loved that it was Clarence (The “CW” was a total shout out to the new network)

BUT disliked the plane being blown up and all of us mourning Keith before we realized that he wasn’t dead. I felt way too manipulated. But I was surprised how much it hurt and how much I believed it. (Didn’t need the fake airborne explosion – I believed Cassiday when he pushed the button). It felt like a Joss thing – help “graduate” Veronica but stripping away her last “protector”

Mac broke me

Wished I had taped the season, because I bet on rewatching it will be more apparent how messed up Cassidy was. He was bullied and abused. And then trapped by the fear that the other boys were going to “out” him as well as Woody. He would need a lot of support to get through that and, well, he wasn’t going to get that from his parents or brother. So he killed to protect that secret (the bus crash). And then killed again (Curly). Then he got revenge on his dad (I wonder if he called the SEC?). Then he got revenge on Woody (blackmailing him into demolishing the incorporation campaign through personal scandal). He also got revenge on Dick (setting him up with the drag queen hooker).

Amazing that he was so cold and evil on the roof. He decided to kill Veronica and anyone who knew his secret. The collateral damage be damned. He broke only at the end, when Logan called him “Beaver.” It was as if that summed it all up for Cassidy. A great touch from RT because it showed the person we had been seeing all season was still there. It was just that there was this other, colder, person we hadn’t noticed who was there as well.

Cassidy also met Mac. Maybe if they had been together the prior year Cassidy could have handled the “Outing of all Outings” – someone would have been in his life who really cared about him. Maybe not. Maybe the guilt and shame was so great or maybe the fear of Mac finding out would have pushed him to blow up the bus anyway. The ripple effect of Woody’s molestation (not just the STD) and his family’s treatment. I’m not excusing Cassidy; it’s just that he had a lot going against him.

So did Weevil. But he also sowed the seeds of his own destruction. Had he just waited for Veronica, Thumper would have been arrested. Instead, he set Thumper up and is going to be blamed for the murder. (Unless, of course, somehow Veronica gets him out of that.)

Liked how Jackie redeemed herself – at least one selfish person grew up and learned.

Liked the dreams – very revealing. Enjoyed that in the dream Veronica met Wallace.

Think Veronica will mention to anyone that Aaron copped to the murder in the elevator with the all seeing security camera?

Cameras. Not audio.

Betsy, couldn't he be tried for perjury? And if he perjured himself, couldn't they throw out the verdict?

Depending upon the particulars of California law, he could be tried for perjury. Courts arent’ crazy about this because of the potential for abuse. But I know of at least one case where this took place – acquitted murder went to jail because he perjured himself at trial. But no, the verdict cannot be thrown out.

More later .....

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I also loved the principal's comments to Veronica at graduation. I'm so glad he wasn't eaten by a giant snake. I would have liked him to speak up and demand that Weevil be allowed to get his diploma but that's too much to hope for.

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Death isn't comeuppance to me. It's revenge, yeah, but it's not justice. Being tried and convicted, especially Beav, so that the families of the kids on the bus could know who to blame, and see them being punished, that'd be comeuppance.

It is in noir. Keith telegraphed this all nicely, during the teaser. He tells Veronica, "We're people with lives and we will not obsess. We move on. Aaron Echolls will get his justice in his own way."

for one thing, Beaver chose his death. That's not justice, just because he's dead. It's another way out, for him, another way to deny what he did and the responsibility for it.

To me, that's the beauty of it, Amy. It works perfectly within the rules of this 'verse. Beaver was not only villain, he was victim and in fact was villain because he was first victim. He was the victim of Woody, and he had been the victim of his screwed up family, his entire life. He was a monster, because life turned him into one. I think it was appropriate that he took control of his own fate. I also found it powerful that Logan still couldn't offer any reason not to jump.

Wished I had taped the season, because I bet on rewatching it will be more apparent how messed up Cassidy was. He was bullied and abused.

I think I read that the DVDs are coming out something like August 22nd.

Good summary, Narrator. I'm with you on just about everything.

My mind is blown and I am exhausted. Need more coffee.

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