That was such a good episode.
J-Unit, I thought that the email "kill incorporation or else" with the audio clip was from someone else, not Lucky, and he wasn't on the tape, the two voices were Marcos and Peter. So it seems like someone else who was blackmailing Woody.
Woody has just gotten creepier and creepier, but I think it's still not him who's responsible for the crash. Is it the blackmailer or someone else completely?
And what about "Amber is a bitch" keyed into Beaver's car? Was that just a throw away detail meant to unite Beaver/Mac/Weevil or is there something more? That point confuses me.
And also, how is it that the defense knew about Veronica's STD? Are we to assume it was some kind of setup meant to slander Veronica?
There's so many questions left to resolve I don't know how they'll manage.
They'd better pick up the show for next year. Too bad more people don't watch this show!

This is my first post on TVgasm, but I've been a diligent reader for a while.
Great recap.

I just wanted to share that during this episode, one of the commercials was for Kay Jewlers and featured a mom getting a surprise in the form of her children singing: "You're the greatest mom in the world, Happy Mothers' Day!" The mom was the actress who played LIANNE MARS.
The irony was too sweet not to share.

They have to find Woody. He's just too cocky to hide well. The preview for next week alludes to the fact that Veronica is going to solve the mystery of who caused the crash, and I think that overconfident, smug Aaron Nicholls will do something to get himself thrown back in jail too. I also wondered how the lawyer knew about the STD. Maybe Aaron passed it to Lily, then to Logan, then to Veronica? Do you think that Duncan will come back for the finale? Maybe the writers made V walk out on her final exam to set up the chain of events for her to stay in Neptune for college, thus keeping her in the Logan (and Wallace loop). Excellent recap J-Unit!!!

I agree with zoobabe they definitely set up Veronica losing the Kane scholarship by having her walk out of the final thus ending any shot she had of going to Stanford. Now she'll have to stay in Neptune. Maybe she'll get a scholarship to Hearst.

Also thinking Duncan slept with Kendall and that's where the STD came from. And that Kendall will end up being involved with the bus blowing up (Maybe she and Woody worked together.) Oh, and the Beave has to be the last victim of Woody's boy love, right?

Next week is going to be insane. I don't know how they are going to wrap everything up.

The STD thing bothered me sooo much. I know it's not a court show, but there's no way that they could have gotten her medical records without her and the defense knowing and it wouldn't have been admissable anyway. I'm leaning towards the theory that she doesn't really have chlamydia and the doctor was paid off by Aaron's attorneys to tell her that she did. Rob Thomas has said that Duncan didn't sleep with Kendall and unless Meg had it and didn't know, it makes sense that it's all a lie.

I agree with zoobabe that Woody is too cocky to hide well. He's the kind of idiot who probably took his private plane to the next town over and thought he made a clean getaway.

And seriously, what was with the "Amber is a bitch"? I thought I was the only one who didn't getit.

Gosh, the recap is so long and still miss a ton of shit.

Anyway...

Kit,

I thought the e-mails were all from Lucky, but I could have been wrong. However, considering Beaver and his real-estate business were hedged on non-incorporation, it had to be Cassidy who sent the messages. When you think about it, that would also explain why Woody thought the videos that Lucky sent were tied to the vote because he said that he would take protection off of Gia when the vote ended. Hmmm....

Wavyfrog,

Do you remember which commercial break it was? I might want to post about it.

zoobabe and jerseygirl,

As soon as I heard the STD thing come out in the courtroom, I figured that the doctor was somehow set up. Veronica said that she didn't have any symptoms, and while it is true that most women don't exhibit any symptoms, it would be easy for something a doctor to do. Veronica takes some antibiotics and then she is "cured" when she might not have ever had it.

NoAlarmsNoSurprises,

I sort of prefer Where I End and You Begin. But yes, tuesday will be INSANE.

Theories: I agree with J-Unit, Veronica never had an std. It was all a set-up. She never had symptoms, and Aaron's lawyer knew about the diagnosis when she hadn't told anyone. However, this would hinge on the doctor being corrupt, and we don't know if it was V's regular doctor or not.

Of course, there's also the chance that Duncan got it from Meg...but V didn't seem to consider Logan as a possible source, and Rob Thomas has said in interviews that Logan and V ended up not sleeping together. So I don't think the Aaron-to Lilly-to Logan-to Veronica series would work (plus without the doctor's cooperation, Aaron still couldn't know that V had been diagnosed.)

Cassidy was behind the "stop incorporation" emails to Woody. He was buying up property, and when they discussed in class how property in the "wrong" part of town would be worth almost nothing if incorporation went through, he looked upset. That must mean that his property is outside the incorporation area. If Woody abused him, which seems awfully likely at this point, then he had two reasons, one personal and one financial, to go after him and the ammo with which to do it. There were other baseball team pictures on the wall--Cassidy could've been on the team a different year from the others, which would explain V not noticing him yet.

I loved the episode, except it bothers me that everyone was in the courtroom. I had to testify at a trail a few of years ago. None of the other witnesses were allowed in the courtroom while I gave my testimony and I couldn't go in the court room when others were on the stand. They only time everyone was allowed in there together was when the verdict was read.

I do think Beaver sent some of the emails to Woody, but I think Woody said the video from Lucky was about incorparation to try cover up his dirty past. I'm wondering if Beaver was involved in the bus crash. Maybe he didn't want to come forward about the abuse and the other boys were going to anyway. He could be the connection between Woody and Kendall.

Did I miss something? What is the relevance in Veronica having a STD? What does that prove exactly? OMG maybe she had sex?? Having a STD doesnt mean shes a whore or a slut...and like everyone else said, the prosecution would have known about them using it...

I absolutely love this show and I love that J-Unit loves it!!!! Why are all the great shows on Networks that are rarely watched?

I definitely agree that Cassidy must be the 3rd kid that was molested by Woody. I loved that Keith told him that he couldnt intimidate him because he wasnt a 15 year old boy!!! Oh SNAP!! I dont know what Im going to do without Veronica this summer and if they dont renew???? DOnt even ask...

Oh and Harry Hamlin plays the villain so good. He makes me want to just vomit everytime I look at him. There is nothing worse than watching someone sit there and lie to a bunch of people when you know the truth, oh wait I know whats worse...THEY BELIEVE HIM!!!

Thank you tpaggie. I was surprised that the writers missed the "witnesses can't be in the courtroom until AFTER they've testified" thing. Especially since the witnesses got to hear Aaron testify. Plus wouldn't the defense attorney want the incriminating witnesses to testify first so Aaron could refute their stories? Sigh. OK, I'm being overly picky, I know, but like J-Unit said, normally this show is very on point and I found it extremely odd they missed these issues. Dramatic license I guess. We could make them declare a mistrial!! He he.

Seriously though, I am dying for Tuesday. Can't wait to find out who did what to whom!

tpaggie and Lauren, you are not alone.

I'm a law student and I know that trial procedures vary from state to state, but it's HIGHLY unlikely that the witnesses would be sequestered in a trial such as this.
Like you guys, I'm guessing it was dramatic license.

The other thing that really bothered me: I don't think that Logan would be allowed to talk to his father before he testified against him. In fact, I'm pretty sure that couldn't happen...then again, maybe Logan paid off the prison guard (wouldn't be unlike him).

Finally, I'm surprised that the prosecution didn't bring up Aaron's abusive tendencies toward his family. I know there's only so much of that they could include, what with evidentiary rules and the fact that he's never been arrested for it or anything, but still, I think it could have been brought up somewhat, to show that he has a tendency toward violence. Maybe Logan wanted to keep that a secret. Oh well.

Great ep, though. I STILL have no clue who was behind the bus crash! It's gotta be a conspiracy...but who's involved? Woody's way too obvious now, especially since Keith has flat-out said he thinks Woody's responsible. I think Cassidy is the third victim of molestation, and may very well be behind the crash (then again, I really like his character, and I know a lot of fans do too, so I wonder if Rob Thomas would do that to us).

But yeah, I'm SO excited for the finale! Hopefully it'll live up to last year's. If this show doesn't get renewed, I'm going to be (in the words of Eric Cartman), "seriously pissed off nyah."

Okay, sorry, I meant that it's unlikely that witnesses would NOT be sequestered. Sorry, had a final today (ironically, it was criminal procedure), so it's been a long day.

but why would Cassidy be involved in crashing a bus that included his fellow students (and victims of Woody)? Him sending the emails to Woody is a very good assumption though. The whole paying off the doctor to tell V she has an STD is too. You guys are good!

J-Unit, don't call the background of the recording they found "garbage." It was french...and I think that means they were in french class while discussing it, and it will probably be revealed that Beaver was in that class too. Also, no one is mentioning Hart...the kid that said he "kept Veronica's secret." What does that mean?

Ok maybe I read it wrong and no one said that Cassidy had anything to do with the crash, but Woody would have a clear motive to rid the world of his possible accusers of a heinous crime and warn his daughter to get off the bus and use the Fitzpartick thug and Kendall as allies. I'll just have to wait until Tuesday. Aaaargh!

Oi, I'm a lawyer of many years, and let's just say the entire courtroom drama was pretty much impossible, except in the pursuit of totally excellent dramatic license. You just have to ride with it, especially if you have studied law, and be glad it's not so far gone as to be unwatchable, as opposed to what it actually is -- addictively compelling. Most legal drama is really sh*t, but this was just the opposite. The finale will be overwhelmingly excruciating, whatever happens to everybody, including Duncan, who has to play a part in this whole drama somehow. Totally off the point, the scenes between Logan and Veronica are so hot, your TV screen almost melts -- you feel the desire -- and the disgust -- and realize you've been there.

J-Unit, don't call the background of the recording they found "garbage." It was french...and I think that means they were in french class while discussing it, and it will probably be revealed that Beaver was in that class too.

Stefunny77,

You make a good point. Veronica said she thought the background was in French. When Keith mentioned it sounded like a voice had been edited out, I thought that meant he dismissed Veronica's explanation and the noises in the background were meaningless, ie garbage. However, I like your scenario, and that would be very Veronica Mars if they did it that way.

awesome episode, awesome recap, j-unit. "Lucky is in search of G-G-G, G-G-G, G-G-G, G-UNIT! OK, he was really in search of G-G-G Gia" ...lmao.

stefunny77, i was wondering the same thing about hart or whatever his name is. i think he may be the kid from last season who had a tape of logan's mom jumping off the bridge and veronica told him not to tell anyone about it. don't ask how the hell i'd remember something like that... why can't i use these powers for good, damnit??

maybe it's my constant need to stray from the crowd, but i'm still holding out on the molestation thing. after all, there was never any explicit mentioning of kid-touching. i'm leaning more towards woody using the kids and/or lucky to commit his dirty deeds (we know he's sleezy and perv, ie. the situation with the staffer last week). the 09ers used lucky to get booze, what's to say he wasn't mr. goodwood's bitch--in a non-sexual way--too? any takers? my other thought is that woody was involved in terrence's wrongdoings and may even be tied into mr. lobo.
assuming you guys are right about the molestation thing, and it's looking that way, the 3rd kid being beaver is way too obvious at this point. it'd be a trip if it was dick though.

"What motivated me was not wanting to waste $30,000 a year by killing off all of the brain cells I used to get that degree." ... 30 grand?! i wish! coming from an nyu student, try 45,000 big ones!!

last thought: the amount of times "molest" appears on this page, i can only imagine the google ads that will show up.

Theories with which I agree:
- Cassidy is Boy #3
- Cassidy made the voice recording of Marcos and Peter and sent the recording to Woody
- Cassidy buying up land is definitely linked to the non-incorporation
- Hart was the kid who did the movie that showed Lynn Echolls going off the Coronado bridge

Questions:
-Are the incorporation of Neptune and the molestation issue somehow linked (outside of the possibility of Woody being guilty of both)?
- Can we have two non-related guilty parties this season? I.e., Woody is a molester AND Kendall is a bus blower-upper (for her own reasons)?
- Did anyone else find the Logan/Veronica interactions really weird this episode? Their whole pink-elephant denial is so bizarre.
- Is the last we're going to see of Jackie? That exit was abrupt.

IMO:
I'm glad that they set up V staying in Neptune by her walking out of the test. And I hope that we re-implicate Aaron Echolls when we find out more about the Curly Moran story line.

So next season at Hearst (aka "UC Sunnydale") we have Troy Vandekamp, Wallace, Veronica... and is Logan going to be like Dylan in 90210, who hung out with all the casties who were attending the U but was, quite literally, "too cool for school?"

@goodjobben
I can't believe your memory. Hart was the kid with the home movie showing Lynn Echolls diving off the bridge in the background.

The G-G-G, G-G-G, G-G-G, G-UNIT! is hilarious.

I'm kind of disappointed by the writers leaving it open for Veronica to lose the scholarship and stay in Neptune. Sure, VM at Stanford probably wouldn't be as successful, but it just seems cliche. Although it would take A LOT for me to lose faith in this show, I'm just hoping it doesn't turn crappier the way Buffy did when she went to college.