Recap: Veronica Mars: Love Stinks (and so does Logan)

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This week's episode of Veronica Mars introduces us to another murder mystery to add to the ongoing murder mystery that we're already trying to figure out. Fun stuff huh? This show is not for the weak of heart or weak of brain, so I apologize for the tardiness of my recap this week but it's been a ZOO at work lately and I wanted to make sure to have all my facts straight so as not to disappoint the Tvgasm masses.

We start at the halftime of the Hearst basketball game where the coach is yelling at his team for sucking on the court. Coach Barry has promoted Wallace to a starting position (yay for the rarely seen Wallace!) because his former "star" player Mason has not been playing up to his abilities. As Coach Barry berates his players, he focuses in on Josh who also happens to be his son.

Josh doesn't appreciate the bitchslapping from daddy so he strips off his jersey and quits on the spot. At least his dad didn't tackle the boy that was humiliating his son on the court, 'cuz that's SO played out already! After the 20 point loss, Wallace chats with V in the school cafeteria over some ice cream but V can't really cheer him up and he feels bad about taking the starting spot from Mason as well. Then he brings up Logan, so he drags V down his hole of misery. Obviously ice cream doesn't work the same for these two as it does for me. Give me a pint of Chubby Hubby and I'm all better!

V comes home to find a lovely breakfast with strings attached. Her dad "buttered" her up because he needs her help at the office to send out his invoices. Meanwhile, Dick finds out from his Econ. professor that Logan will fail the class if he misses one more day. I always thought that Dick had the theory of supply and demand down to a science IN HIS PANTS, but I guess he has to go to class every once in a while to keep ABREAST of things. Logan's not showing because he's moping around his penthouse in a funk over losing V. Apparently, he's very funky because room service won't deliver his recent order unless he lets them in to collect all the dirty dishes he's been hoarding. They're out of salt and pepper shakers for Christ sakes and it's all funky Logan's fault!

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Dick comes by to save the day and tells Logan a lie about a fire in V's neighborhood (meth lab explosion) to lock him out on the balcony and let the hotel staff clean up Hurricane Echolls. He also informs Logan that he has his rebound girl on the ready as he's invited two hot sisters over for a beach party later that night. Logan wants no part of the nookie, but he ends up getting the cookie instead because his hot date is only eleven and Dick and the legal sister take off for the party leaving him to babysit. He tells the little girl (Heather) that he's going to bed and she can watch whatever she wants but to stay away from the porn. A real stand up guy that Logan is.

V shows up at her dad's office to find the coach's wife and son already there with one of our other fave PI's, Cliff. He brought them to see Keith because the night of the losing bball game, Coach Barry was found shot dead beside a stretch of the PCH and Josh is the main suspect. Josh said that he went to talk to his dad after the game because he knew that spot was his favorite thinking place after losses, and he didn't see his car but did find his body. He couldn't get a signal to call the sherriff so he came home and told his mom instead. His mom told him to take a shower b/c he had blood all over his clothes, and when the sherriff arrived he saw the clothes and the fact that Josh had on his dad's NIT championship ring and presto! He must be the killer.

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Comments (14)

HoneyBunny [TypeKey Profile Page]:

"It seems that he drove to San Diego to see his girlfriend (is it you HB?)"
I just love reading a great recap and getting a shout out at the same time...multiple gasms.

thanks zb ~

hb


campfiregirl [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Great recap zb! I just wish the O'Dell case was over. And what kind of loser leaves her little sis with a depressed guy she doesn't know?? Makes no sense but whatever.

zoobabe [TypeKey Profile Page]:

cfg- the kind of loser who would marry DICK. Does that help explain things?:)

someonespecial [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Great recap. It is all very confusing and hope it will all make sense soon!

And isn't Cliffy a lawyer and not a PI? My favourite lawyer by the way.

jacs81 [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Great recap, zoobabe! I think there's supposed to be three mysteries this season instead of one big one. So the first was the rapes, second O'dell and maybe the coach is the third? It is a bit confusing with everything going on, but I love it.

schoonie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

The third mystery was actually scrapped. They're doing five stand alone episodes instead in an effort to get more viewers, so that they can have a fourth season.

zoobabe [TypeKey Profile Page]:

And isn't Cliffy a lawyer and not a PI? My favourite lawyer by the way.

Posted by: someonespecial

yes he is a lawyer. My mistake.
Schoonie- if they "scrapped" the third mystery then why didn't they wrap up the deal with the coach last week? I guess they will tonight then. We'll see...

zoobabe [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I just thought of something while re-reading my recap.

Isn't it possible that the Dean's tennage son had a copy of the keys to the Volvo and knew his stepmom was at the hotel that night so he "borrowed" the car and went to kill his dad. We know he had a motive, and setting up his stepmom who also was having an affair would be a good frame job. Can you order a PPV movie if you're not there? The car was checked out before the movie started. Hmmm...

schoonie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

The coach's murder is a Mystery of the Week, but a two parter. It's the A-plot to the overarching mystery of Dean O'Dell's B-plot that continues from show to show, like the rape case was. After Dean O'Dell's murder is solved, there will be no additional overarching mysteries, just MoWs and character development until the end of the season.

zoobabe [TypeKey Profile Page]:

good to know schoonie-thanks. I figured that the Dean's murder wouldn't BE solved until the end of the season, just like they did with the bus crash last season. We'll see.

I also think that Mindy and Landry could have ordered the PPV movie BEFORE they took the car out (if they did) and it just didn't show up on the bill until a few minutes later. I really don't think she killed her hubby though.

schoonie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Yeah, actually, expect the Dean's murder to be solved within the next two-three episodes. They're probably going to solve it before the show goes on hiatus for that stupid Pussycat Dolls thing in March. When they bring it back, they'll hopefully heavily advertise, and then the stand alone episodes will garner new viewers.

schoonie [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Yeah, the Dean's murder will actually be solved before the show goes on hiatus in March for that stupid Pussycat Dolls thing, which NO ONE SHOULD WATCH SO THAT VM GETS RENEWED. When VM comes back after it's over (mid-April), the CW is supposed to advertise pretty heavily for VM and then hopefully, the stand alone episodes will garner new viewers. That's the plan, anyway.

zoobabe [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I'm NOT watching the Pussycat Dolls show.

why bump VM for this bullshit? I hope VM gets renewed though.

Flipit [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Hey awesome recap ZB!!! The title was hilarious and got better from there. I waited to read this until tonight and it was perfect timing. HEART and TY

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