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I have such disjointed thoughts about this episode. I mean, seriously, I'm trying to type up episode reactions and it's basically a list of bullet points from all over the place. First of all, I think it was considerably better than Kanes and Abel's, and that's something new and exciting this season, but it could just be because 1x17 is so arc-y that it doesn't hold up so well on a rewatch.

But here's how I know things are looking up: my roommate asked me this morning what I thought of the episode and said that little by little her faith in the show is being restored. She hasn't been excited about the show since the season premiere, (because Ashley is one of the pickiest and harshest judges around, for serious), so this is a good sign.

See, and I don't even know where to start. Wait, who am I really kidding here, yes I do. That was probably the best V/L interaction ever ever ever. It was all I've ever wanted out of the two of them. They were friendly! And snarky! AND THEY WENT ON A STAKEOUT TOGETHER! And there was the dancing and almost-forehead touching and UST and seriously, can they just stay like this forever? Well, okay, not forever because then they'd be Josh and Donna and I don't think I can wait seven years for Logan and Veronica to resolve their sexual tension, but still. Can it at least stay like this until the end of the season? Oh, and Veronica? I just need to say one teeny little thing, and then I'll keep my mouth shut, k? Duncan never looked at you like that.

(And okay, not that I don't like that song that they danced to or anything, but seriously? Does RT always have to be so freaking literal with all of his song choices? They might as well have been dancing to "I've Had the Time of My Life.")

Anyway, other things. What exactly is going on with Woody Goodman and feeling Logan up and the phallic cigar and the crazy? He's such a weird character, I get this totally creepy evil Mr. Rogers vibe off of him, you know? This season's mysteries are so convoluted at this point that I couldn't even begin to speculate what he does or doesn't have to do with the bus crash, but something weird is going on. And did I mention the crazy?

Actually, _jems_ said something in her post that kind of brings everything together for me a little bit. All I could think throughout the whole Beaver/Mac debacle was who exactly molested Beaver? I was thinking maybe his gay gay gay brother, but _jems_ threw out the idea that maybe Woody's a pedophile and it could have been him. Which would explain a lot of crazy behavior from several different parties in this episode. I'm not sure how that would work exactly, though, because how would they have any contact with each other, especially considering Dick didn't know who Gia Goodman was in 2x01. But, something to mull over.

Oooh, but how about Weevil the detective and his wistful Felix!flashback? Good times. I've never loved Weevil more than when he was yelling at Molly Fitzpatrick about loving Felix. Except all the extras in the background sucked and totally flinched about two seconds too late. But still, Weevil's really taken a page from Veronica's book, he knows all about how to manipulate someone into doing what he wants. He's just a bit more ruthless than she is. :p Also, who were those kids in the van and how is that going to come back and bite him in the ass? Oh, oh, also! Is the Felix mystery solved? It can't be solved, right? It couldn't have been Thumper working for the Fitzpatricks because it's too neat, and when you think about it, it doesn't make a lot of sense. If it was the Fitzpatricks, it would have been planned out at least a little bit, right? Premeditated? And Logan happening to be on that bridge that night and managing to knock Weevil out and give them an opening to kill Felix was just chance. I still think it was a powerplay and it was Hector. He could have hopped onto Thumper's bike. Though, I guess that doesn't make too much sense either, unless he was biding his time to get Thumper out of the way, too. I don't know, the whole thing doesn't make a lot of sense.

And speaking of, this show can get really dark sometimes, but I knew it wasn't dark enough to just outright kill Thumper. I was watching, and sitting there thinking, the Fitzpatricks wouldn't have left Thumper somehwere, they'd have just shot him in the face the end. But then, yeesh. Not so much with my whole "not dark enough" theory. :p For a second, I thought the construction worker guy was going to find his body laying somewhere, instead of the bike. Oh, see, that's another thing, why destroy Thumper's bike if he killed Felix? Well, I guess to eradicate any ties between them and him, but that doesn't make much sense either. So. Convoluted.

As for the rest of it, well, my eyes sort of glazed over during all the Wallace stuff. I don't hate Jackie anymore, but that doesn't mean I care about her. And I certainly don't care about him dumping his waste of space girlfriend for her. Bleh. I'm all for Wallace getting his own storyline and all, but can't it be a better one than this?

But heh, how cute is Logan's tribute to his departed best friend? ;)


Oh, and? I'm fairly certain this cap just replaced this one as my favorite. Because. Yeah.

In conclusion: When something stops being important to me, my memory gets a little fuzz--wait. Who are you?


I had more to say, but that was already really long. :p