An ironic title seeing as how it’s scheduled across from the Commander in Chimp’s speech. Anyways, the second chunk of this season begins tonight with the campus rape mystery solved but the Dean’s death on deck. Meanwhile, Veronica and Logan are broken up, possibly clearing the way for Piz (who’s adorable but needs a better nickname).
Yay for Mac. Poor Piz.
I missed the fisrt 10 min, did they explain Wallace’s absence? Hope it wasn’t another funeral.
Brian
Nothing about Wallace.
Are there some new names in the opening credits? Usually I fast-forward through them, but tonight I didn’t. Saw a bunch of new people.
Hard to believe Veronica didn’t know Pizz had a crush on her. Talk about getting a clue. :dubious:
Yay adorable vegan boy! I love how the creators have gone so far opposite Beaver that they’ve paired up Mac with someone who literally wouldn’t hurt a fly.
The editing was a little odd in establishing the timeline. Ronnie, Mac and Parker are returning the ID at night, then the next shot is daytime at the beach, then it’s back to night on campus and then it’s night on the beach? Confusing.
I kinda thought that maybe one of the researchers was going to be behind the animal disappearance. There seems to be a bit of a pattern developing in the Mysteries of the Week that whoever hires Veronica is actually the culprit.
I’m still not sure why Mac is pathologically afraid of dating and sex.
Yes, Beaver was a very bad boy, and his interest in Mac wasn’t genuine, but he never attacked her, and I don’t remember being told he had malevolent designs against her.
Mac’s behavior since the end of Season 2 has seemed more like the survivor of a violent sexual crime, which she’s not.
I want off the Logan/Veronica merry-go-round.
Duh Veronica, Piz likes you! Where have you been for the last 7 or so episodes?
Mac being doe-eyed was adorable. I need a Wallace fix. I liked the Prof vs Mars scene.
He made her strip her clothes off and then hid them and likely terrorized her in some way to keep her from going after him.
I can’t imagine that she would have liked that.
Veronica and Mac dancing to the Canadian music was absolutely hilarious, particularly the way Mac barely altered her typical deadpan. A brilliant little moment of physical comedy.
One thing that seemed lacking… wouldn’t PHAT-boy realize that Veronica and Mac were just joining his organization to look for the missing animals? Wouldn’t that, you know, piss him off? Most people don’t like it when people report them to the cops…
Dude, vegans are mellow. We also didn’t get to hear the conversation between Bronson and Mac where she told him about the raid so they may have smoothed things out. Plus, Mac’s just adorable so who could stay mad at her?
Another thing I missed (by not seeing the 1st 10 min). Why did the Animal rights activists want a picture of [del]Ted Nugent[/del] That hunting guy? I Imagine the photo was embarassing in some way, but I’m not sure how.
Brian
PHAT didn’t want the photo per se. Veronica was being all gung ho about trying to “infiltrate” the group and as part of a practical joke/initiation the unfortunately bearded fellow and the other woman told Roni to do something to catch their attention. Thus the photo op. Nice of Veronica to abuse Piz’s position at the radio station and potentially queer every DJ’s chance at landing premium interviews with her stunt.
Nice catch! I was too busy laughing at the unexpected Barenaked Ladies to notice. There are so many little things like that in this show. Glad I jumped on.
I hope Mac doesn’t fall into the Phoebe trap. You know, how the comic relief sidekick can’t have a steady boyfriend unless its’ a plot point.
No, that’s the standard season 3 credits I’m pretty sure
Can anyone confirm if the singer on the record Keith put on was Linda Ronstadt?
(I may have to find out more about oldies music. I keep running into tracks I really like on recent CDs and then finding out much later that they’re covers. :smack: )
Right, and as I am an idiot, I had to rewind it and see what was so insidious about their photo…
They switched the Beta Theta Whatever shirt with a “Meat is Murder” shirt when the guy wasn’t looking. So [del]Ted Nugent[/del] the bow-hunting carnivore rock star appeared in the paper with a vegetarian slogan on his chest.
Good to see a Mac-centric episode. We haven’t had one of those in a while. I also like that, while there was a mystery, it didn’t feel like there was a ton of menace involved in the crime. The first part of the season may have been too heavy for my taste. This one came across as just a goofy little jaunt.
I’ve turned a corner on Parker. Don’t know why, but I’ve grown to like her. Not as one note as previously played. And she was somewhat instrumental in getting Mac and PHAT-boy together.
chrisk, I’m 99% certain that was Linda Ronstadt. I just don’t know the title of the song. I also liked that scene, though I felt like Keith shouldn’t have just sat there looking dumbfounded that Prof. Landry knew who he was. He should have followed up and asked some questions. I have the feeling Landry’s not the guy, but it could have been valuable to the case for Keith to get some sense of where Landry stands on things. (Aside: the killer using Roni’s term paper as a blueprint is meant to throw suspicion Landry’s way, but I think it’s a red herring.)
Otto, I think you meant, “Chimp in Chief.”
I’m totally out on the Logan/Veronica/Pizz thing. Let 'em do what they’ll do. It’s too spastic for my taste. Though judging by the preview, it seem Logan has got himself into some trouble regarding that girl he boned at the beach. That could get ugly.
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<Homer>That’s what he gets for not hailing to the chimp!</Homer>
The song Keith played played was Linda Ronstadt’s “Long, Long Time.”
Good episode. I didn’t notice Wallace never appeared until earlier today.
Weevil’s facial hair is out of control! Somebody get that guy a mirror.
As far as Mac’s post-Beaver boy-phobia, I think it makes a lot of sense. From Mac’s point of view, she was the kind of girl who didn’t get much attention from boys in high school, but then one guy took an interest in her. She dated the guy for months and while they seemed to get along, he gave her very mixed signals about her own sexual desirability. When they finally decided to consummate their relationship, he wasn’t able to perform. She was very understanding about it and went to take a shower, probably feeling like her sole sexual experience as an 18-year-old wasn’t so awesome and hoping it wasn’t her fault. While she was in the bathroom, Beaver found out Veronica knew he was the killer, stole Mac’s clothes and the bed linens so she couldn’t leave the room, went to the roof, blew up a plane, shot at Veronica and Logan and jumped off the roof. I think that might have messed with Mac’s head a little, you know?
So who do y’all think killed Dean O’Dell?
I’m hoping it’s the wife. Clever of her, to make it look like suicide and then hire Keith to prove it was murder. “You can’t suspect me! I’m the one who hired you!” Which also fits with Otto’s observation upthread.
I was really hoping that Veronica had kicked her Logan habit once and for all. I do NOT like them as a couple. Bring back the bad-ass Logan and let Ronnie be boy-free for a while.
…What.