A Trip To The Dentist
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. Very few on my f-list will find this even remotely interesting, but I want to put it down anyway, so that I can remember what my reactions were, because WHOA just WHOA.
First of all, I’m *so* glad the promos which looked like they spelled out the rapist in neon letters were a mislead. And I'm *so* glad the solution was so convoluted, and yet so random. The final reveal of Madison giving Veronica a 'trip to the dentist' was pure genius. So, so random. But the biggest event in the rape arc was the confrontation between Veronica and Duncan. My god, what a scene. I think I held my breath the whole time, and I might have even begun shaking in my seat. For Duncan to finally come clean, and to break down like that, with this already broken girl in front of him. POWERHOUSE ACTING. Fuck. And that's all I can really say.
And now I have such empathy for Duncan, being in love with his sister (no matter that I just can't believe he's right - *he* thinks he is). What a cruel twist of fate.
And Keith!! OMG how awesome is this show when a character like his, who for all intents and purposes has been one of *the* most morally unambiguous characters in the show - can still be put in a scene where I was really not sure at all that he wasn't there being a bad BAD boy? I'm so very glad he wasn't, but Jesus, I wasn't sure there for a moment.
LOVE Veronica and Wallace - and I'm so glad she has him. And I'm sure it's just wishful thinking, but how cool would it be if he were able to figure something out from Veronica's notes on Lilly's murder?? An outsider's perspective and all that?? So cool.
Logan. Logan Logan Logan. Loved that he was holding back the tears when Veronica came clean to him about being raped. And when he said "Veronica, all I care about is you", that little sound you heard was my little fangirl heart leaping right out of my chest and plastering itself to the screen. And after "If you have a problem with Veronica you're pretty much dead to me" it peeled itself off the screen and fell down dead. Which is why the next-to-final scene had me gulping like a flatulent whale and crying NO NO NO. I seriously couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that after all they'd just given us, they were about to take it all away and make him a complete asshole-slime-sleaze demon. I just couldn't believe it, it didn't make sense, which is why I watched it again. And I'm so glad I did. Logan did not set up the video - that was Aaron's playhouse, Aaron's liquor cabinet, Aaron's camera. Veronica didn't leave abruptly because she fell for the same thing I did on first watching, she left because seeing the video set-up gave her some piece of information, something to do with Lilly's murder. I think riding off on Weevil's motorbike was a mislead (God this show lives to taunt me), in the sense she wasn't escaping Logan, but just simply leaving, to process what she had discovered. She probably told Logan that she was going. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Kristen Bell: you are fucking amazing kthxbye. Veronica: you are so much stronger than any teenager has a right to be, or should have to be. I am hugging you right now, and feeding you cake.
And so. Amazing, amazing episode. Love, in its many guises: platonic, familial, incestuous, and *sigh* oh so romantic.
Rob Thomas, I am in complete awe of you. Would you like me to start a freaky-ass cult? I would do that. Mind you, I think you already have one. It's called the "Rob Thomas you are fucking evil and live to torment us and we should hate you with the fire of a thousand suns... would you like a foot rub with that mamosa??” cult, of which I remain a proud and devoted member.
AND NOW I COLLAPSE FROM SQUEE.