I agreed but liked that, probably for those reasons. It's noir-- even the innocent guys are bad guys.

I liked that in the end, Mindy thought Landry had done it, and Landry thought Mindy had done it. And they were both wrong.

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I feel kind of cheated that Landry was supposed to be super-competent profiler criminologist guy and he not only had no idea what was going on at any point, but he totally fucked up his own flight from, not justice but you get the idea. I would have liked to have seen him have some sort of insight somewhere along the line.

It's not a big gripe, just something I wanted from the character.

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I was ok with that, -t. Seems in keeping with the series that an academic supersleuth would have no idea which end was up in a real investigation.

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Yeah, I get that. It's just what I wanted.

One of many reasons why, really, I should limit my consumption of noir. But the atmosphere is so cool and the lipstick is so red and everyone is all world-weary, it's just so attractive.

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Bon bon the kid hadn't just lso his step-father, he'd also lost his bio father.

I loved all the Mindy and Landry related bits. I think I'm a sucker for noir.

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The two questions that are still nagging at me are when did Tim have the opportunity to plant a bug Veronica's phone, and how was he able to plant the disk with the recorded phone conversations in Richard Grieco's living room?

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how was he able to plant the disk with the recorded phone conversations in Richard Grieco's living room?

I thought he had a key to the house.

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when did Tim have the opportunity to plant a bug Veronica's phone

This bugged me, too. I'm just trying to accept he did. If she were someone else, that would be easier.

I thought he had a key to the house.

I think he had a key to Landry's house. Veronica got the key to Grieco's house from the Sheriff's evidence room, right?

Ack, confused now.

Wait. Was the recording in Grieco's house or Landry's?

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You know, I'm okay with Landry not getting what was going on, because it shows him as an interestingly flawed character--the man who taught about profiling but couldn't see through his own problems to get out himself. It's the alternate Veronica in a way--she did see through her own problems and struggles to find Lilly's killer. I think it works to show that Landry really was right--Veronica is remarkable. Okay, maybe it doesn't need to be said, but I like it anyway.

I will laugh if TA Tim is brought back last season.

Also, I think that since they've spent this half of the season building up Veronica and Keith's relationship, at times to the expense of her other relationships, like with Wallace and Mac, it would be interesting to watch it be tested against the sheriff-PI divide.

Though I still think it's lame for Mac and Wallace to both be title characters and never get any screen time WTF.

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Veronica got the key to Grieco's house from the Sheriff's evidence room, right?

Yes. The scene where TA Tim says, "If only we had the keys!" and Veronica laughs because she RULES EVERYTHING and sneaks the evidence locker keys out of the drawer to get Grieco's keys.

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