I'm still not 100% sure I followed everything that happened in this episode, but it sure was a heck of a ride. Quite different than the usual mystery-of-the-week.

BTW, the girl in the truck at the end with Vincent & Duncan wasn't Vincent's girlfriend--it was Astrid, Celeste Kane's personal assistant. Well, maybe she's Vincent's girlfriend, too; this show's so damn incestuous, isn't it?

I never would have recognized her (since her hair wasn't so Veronica-like in her previous appearance on the show) but she was apparently in the "previously on Veronica Mars" shots at the beginning of the episode.

My biggest beef with this episode (which was great) is that they never sufficiently explained the urgency for Duncan and Veronica to kidnap the baby. Duncan, as the biological father, would be presumed to have the right to the child. The Mannings might fight for custody, but he has all the advantages in that fight, and they certainly could not adopt out the baby without his consent. Obviously, we're supposed to believe that they were an immediate danger to the baby's life, but the way they abused their daughters was psychological brainwashing, not something that would harm a newborn. And even if there were a danger of them harming the baby right away, Duncan would have the right to take physical custody. All the talk about Meg fearing who her parents would give the baby to makes no sense, because no one can adopt the baby if Duncan objects.

What about the shout out at the end when they have the lost #'s on the fortune that she puts on her mirror? I think that it means that Veronica is going to solve the lost mystery also.

I agree that was the first time I ever witnessed any passion between Veronica and Duncan. I'm still rooting for Veronica to give Logan another chance. The baby's name is Lily.

I thought that Veronica and Wallace were in mexico with Duncan. There were 2 hitchhikers who wished Duncan good luck, a black guy and a blonde girl. It looked like them to me. Also, vincent van low already had the baby in the truck when duncan got in. When did they hand it off?

It was a good episode. I just couldn't understand why the fbi just called off their search. they had a warrant. Why didn't they keep looking around the marses' house?

This was a VERY WTF-worthy episode for me. I had to rewind the episode three times to realize what was going on.

I'm glad I read the recap b/c I missed some of the details even though I watched it. Thanks J-Unit!

I'm not sure how I feel about this episode. It was very different from the other episodes (kind of like the episode of House where we learn the story of House's injured leg), and I don't like change. I absolutely love that Duncan snuck into Mexico in Lamb's patrol car. Brilliant! Also, it will be interesting to see how Wallace's story plays out. I didn't really believe that Veronica and Duncan were broken up because Veronica wouldn't go that emo all of a sudden, but I didn't know how they pulled off the baby heist.

Unfortunately, I agree with #2 that kidnapping plot doesn't make any sense. First of all, how can he kidnap the baby if he's the father and, according to what we've learned so far, no one else has been given custody of the child? We will probably learn that the baby was in some kind of danger, but I have another theory. Duncan didn't want to deal with the legal battle over the child, and Celeste threatened to withhold financial support for the baby AND Duncan if he chose to keep the child. In order to avoid being poor and dealing with a long legal battle, Duncan took the child to raise by himself. However, like #2 said, Duncan has legal rights to the child so I can't see the legal battle being long. Still, if Duncan couldn't afford fancy lawyers, who knows what could happen.

I also have a big question about what the long term plans of Duncan and Astrid are. Why would Astrid give up on going to law school, on Celeste's dime, and risk ruining her future by being an accessory to kidnapping? Sure Celeste treats her like crap, but why give up everything and move to Mexico because of that? Similarly, why would Duncan give up his wealthy lifestyle to move to Mexico and raise his kid? He has to assume that someday he'll get caught, so what's he planning to do when that happens?

I torn on this episode. On one hand, all the plot twists were interesting. However, the core of the storyline seems to make absolutely no sense. Unless the next episode(s) give a pretty convincing explanation for the kidnapping, this episode is going to be one of my least favorite episodes. Still, I love the show and I'm eagerly awaiting to see what the writers come up with. Sorry for the huge post.

I saw the LOST numbers too, dick... but only because I had to tape VM while I watched Lost IRL. Hmmmm.

Unpopular opinion:

I am going to miss Duncan. And... I...um...kind of got something in my eye and teared up a little. I think it's allergies.

BTW, the girl in the truck at the end with Vincent & Duncan wasn't Vincent's girlfriend--it was Astrid, Celeste Kane's personal assistan

I didn't even notice that. Thatnks for the heads up.

AbbyAnn,

I still think that since Meg was under 18, custody goes to the parents, although I am not sure about California law specifically. Maybe a lawyerish type would like to answer.

Custody would not go to the parents, it would go to the father of the child. ALthough since Duncan is 18 and Meg was not her parents could file for Statutory (is that how you spell it?) Rape and then it would go on forever. Just becaseu the mother is underage, does not automatically give the father no rights what so ever.