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Scene One: Sharing is Caring

Thirty seconds. We got thirty seconds in tonight's episode, but for the sentiment (and certain moments) in the "key" scene last week, it was better than just about everything else we got in the first episode. How could any Logan/Veronica fan not simply smile when Veronica walked up and they started just a'bantering away? I know I did. From Veronica patting and then rubbing his back (oh, yes, there was a rub), to the smiles sent back and forth, they were -- in a word -- squeeworthy. That comfort and ease we saw in a couple's interaction in the cafeteria scene in Welcome Wagon was here as well. (Hmm, maybe that's the key -- no pun intended ... the cafeteria!)

Okay, so there isn't much to discuss here in terms of the overall tenor because there wasn't much depth or weight to their scene, it was just two lovers passing in the night. Or was it? Veronica's knowledge of the prison break could be fanwanked into the belief that Logan called Veronica once they were out and he let her know he would be there. That would explain why she showed up and yet was obviously just passing through. Also, her not telling him her plans made sense if it was a quick phone call. Nothing in the scene contradicts this and the fact that she knew he was there and he looked completely unsurprised by her appearance -- as if he was expecting her -- can almost confirm it.

So that's a nice little fanwanking gift we can give ourselves. They keep in touch, like a good couple should. In addition, there may have been only thirty seconds, but we still got some stuffs to talk about. First up, because I like to get any non-gush-worthy stuff out of the way, the negative. Logan and Veronica not only referenced Horshack during their conversation, but they both looked at and talked to the table at large and yet, there was not one single cut to Horshack or any of the other "prisoners." Not one and that was just weird. If the scene felt off at all, and it did a bit past the first couple seconds of very cute interaction, it was because there was an audience onscreen that Logan and Veronica were acknowledging, but we, the offscreen audience, were not shown the people watching them. It was just odd, as if portions of the scene were missing. And unfortunately it added to what many viewers perceived as negative, which, in further rewatch and analysis, I think, proved to not be the case. I am, of course, talking about the lack of a kiss before Veronica left.

In retrospect, it makes perfect sense that Veronica didn't kiss him goodbye because there was a group of strangers there. And not only that, Logan was also casually discussing matters of a sexual nature in front of this group of strangers.

Ahem. I just ... man, he called her "my girl" and it was so adorable. Ooh, and you know what else was totally adorable? Veronica agreeing that "it's good to share" and then proceeding to do just that by taking some of Logan's food. Hee! It was so awesome because it was SUCH a couply thing to do, as was Logan's complete non-reaction to her doing so. After all, you know what they say: Sharing is caring. Oh, it was just so cute and couply. I loved.

Finally, we had the "star-crossed" comment by Veronica and Logan's nod of agreement. It ain't epic, but it means the same thing ... and very in keeping with Veronica's character. She doesn't do the heart on her sleeves, over-the-top dramatic stuff like say, oh, Logan with his, "I thought our story was epic, you know? You and me.... Spanning years and continents, lives ruined, and blood shed. Epic." What Veronica does is make a joke about such things, but in a way that lets you know that she knows it too. Ie., her response to Logan's speech in the following episode, "Ain't epic love grand?" and now this, a jokey reference to the two of them being star-crossed in a situation that is inconvenient rather than star-crossed. But that's Veronica and that's how she says "I love you, Logan" at this point in time. (It better be just "at this point in time" with the actual words or some closer approximation making its way from her larynx in the future.)

But enough of that. I'm not dwelling on what hasn't happened yet or even on the "lives ruined" epicness of their love story. I'm just content for now to dwell on the cuteness and the couple-ness of these thirty seconds. I loved these thirty seconds! They made me smile ... and squee.



- Dr. Kinny, the Intro to Sociology Professor (played by the human counterpart of Homer Simpson), is running a slide show and lecturing the class on human cruelty in times of war. Panning the large student audience we see Wallace, some kid behind him that looks like a Dick wannabe (right down to the messy blond hair and witty T-shirt - it's kind of distracting), and over Wallace's shoulder we also spy Rider Strong (Hi Shawny! *waves* Where's Corey and Topenga?). Even more importantly, Logan appears to have made it to class. Good job Logan - we're all so proud! Now go over and sit with Wallace.

Dr. Kinny lectures that everyone thinks that the kind of torture they see on his slides is a recent development in human history. He assures them that it isn't. He suspects that even great leaders like George Washington employed these same kinds of tactics in war time. He asks the class to indicate by a show of hands those that looked at the pictures and thought "I would never do that to another human being." As you might expect, most of the class (including Wallace) raises their hands. As you also might expect, Logan does not. Sadly, he knows just how cruel people can be first-hand. Poor woobie!

Dr. Kinny goes on to explain that he's sure most of them think that treating a person that way is cruel and inhuman. Unfortunately, it seems that history shows that only two, maybe three, of those with raised hands wouldn't actually engage in that kind of behavior. I know it's a long shot, but my money would be on Wallace as one of the two or three that wouldn't behave that way. Why? Let me see -- what was it Veronica said of sweet Meg (who I also suspect would pass that test)? I'll paraphrase. I'd believe cartoon birds, uh, fluffed his 'fro every morning. Or something like that.

As the slideshow ends, Dr. Kinny tells the students that he has more bad news: They also have a twenty page research paper due at the end of the term. (Which, for some, would be nearly as torturous as being stripped of all dignity and being subjected to pain and humiliation in prison. I totally see that.) However, it seems that there might be a murky light at the end of the tunnel for anyone willing to play lab rat.

Dr. Kinny is planning an intensive study of the prisoner/guard relationship where people will take on both of those roles and, I suppose, find out how low they can go and/or how badly they don't want to do the twenty page paper. During the forty-eight hours of the study, if the guards are able to extract some arbitrary piece of information from the prisoners, they win and are exempt from having to do the paper. If the prisoners manage to keep their little secret, they win and are exempt.

This does not yet appear to be enough of an incentive for anyone to give up their weekend so Dr. Kinny sweetens the pot: The losing team will still have to write the research paper, but only ten pages long. With that added incentive the hands start to go up. Shawny -- I mean Rafe -- is in all the way; Wallace hesitates for a moment, but raises his pen to join in the fun; and as he turns to check with his buddy Logan, Logan's hand is also up. Let the games begin!

That evening, the students all gather at the site of the "prison." Dr. Kinny and his T.A. have transformed an unused dorm wing into a makeshift prison using a little ingenuity. And, it seems, a lot of white vinyl tarps. Dr. Kinny brandishes the "Neptune" convention and indicates that he and his T.A. will be close by to make sure the rules are followed. There are cameras throughout the prison to monitor the study at all times. He breaks up the group of students into prisoners and guards using their social security numbers: Logan is a prisoner and Wallace and Rafe are guards. The T.A. passes out striped t-shirts from Old Navy for the prisoners to get their Fash on.

Dr. Kinny relates the rules of the Neptune convention: sleep deprivation is okay, but any other kind of physical abuse is not; prisoners are required to ingest a certain number of calories per day and one of the guards has to sample whatever meal is given to the prisoners to prove it is edible; prisoners are not allowed to use cell-phones, laptops, watches ... you get the drift.

Wallace is making his way through the group collecting all of those items the prisoners are not allowed to have. Logan (looking super delish, I must say - the hair is extraordinary) snarks that he hopes Wallace is gonna have fun writing his paper because he and the other prisoners will never crack. Wallace appears to have more confidence in his fellow guards so the boys agree on a side bet - loser streaks across campus.

Wallace or Logan in the buff running around campus? There's no bad here. That having been said, as much as I love Logan and I like to see him succeed, this is one time I'm hoping he'll fail miserably. For purely selfish reasons, of course.

Dr. Kinny gathers the student prisoners at one end of the hall and shows them a handwritten page on a notebook containing the information they must keep from the guards at all costs. The page reads "The bomb is located in the mail drop box at the corner of 116th Street and Jamison Boulevard." If at any time the prisoners wish to end the experiment and go home, all they have to do is reveal this information to one of the guards. Or, Logan adds, click their heels three times.

Dr. Kinny then turns to his student guards and informs them that a bomb will go off in forty-eight hours. They must obtain the location of the bomb from the prisoners in order to save innocent lives. He checks the clock and informs the group that in exactly forty-eight hours, at 6:02 p.m. on Sunday the experiment will be over. Then he books, leaving his T.A. behind to observe.

The kids stand around trying to figure out what to do until with a shrug Rafe steps forward and politely tells the prisoners to head into their cells. When the prisoners fail to jump at this command, Rafe goes all drill sergeant and screams the order again. Looking slightly perplexed but not certain they want to deal with the young man who seems to have gone mad, they comply. Logan immediately picks out a bunk-mate and sarcastically tells him he's decided to call him Nancy. Oh Logan, how sharp is thy wit!

Psycho Rafe comes into the room right behind the prisoners and immediately starts thinking of ways to make their lives a living hell. He orders the other guards to take apart the beds and put the mattresses in the guard's room. Then he orders them to take the prisoners books and bags away too. Sorry kids, no study time during this experiment.

One of the prisoners wonders about bathroom breaks and psycho Rafe takes this as another opportunity to wield his guard power. He arbitrarily decides that everyone will be peeing together - one big happy family! - during the three daily potty breaks that will take place eight hours apart. Logan looks a little amused at Rafe's attempts to be mean, probably because dear old Aaron was truly diabolical and, I have no doubt, inflicted tortures on poor Logan far worse than these.

Psycho Rafe demands the name of the prisoner who asked about bathroom breaks and he identifies himself as Sam Horshack. Rafe chuckles sarcastically and makes some rather nasty and unflattering comments about Sam's height and B.O.r and how that relates to his surname before wondering aloud how Horshack didn't kill himself during high-school. Judging by the looks on the faces of the other guards, no one is particularly comfortable with Rafe's strong arm tactics.

Rafe tells Horshack that if he wants to use the bathroom now he's going to have to give up the address, but it's early in the game and Horshack doesn't cave. Rafe dials up the nasty and comments to Wallace that looking around at the prisoners, he's pretty confident that "the Jew" or "the fat chick" will cave first. DUDE -- and I mean this - OUCH!!! That's way harsh. Wallace calls him on his behavior, but Rafe will not be deterred. In fact, he questions Wallace's personal ethics and wonders if he'd rather be politically correct than save hundreds of innocent lives.

I suppose these are precisely the kind of provocative questions and issues this little experiment was designed to provoke. Still - he's mean and it sucks.

Rafe makes an offhand comment to Wallace to "take it seriously, bro," as he walks out the door. Wallace exits behind him, puts on his pissed-off face and warns Rafe that he better check himself - before he wrecks himself. In a second, Rafe goes from hard-ass to nice guy and tells Wallace that he's sorry, he's just playing the part. He just wants to do this thing, get the info, and get out of there. Wallace looks less than convinced.

Sometime later the guards bring the prisoners a less than appetizing meal consisting of canned sardines and some kind of icky, suspicious looking stew of indeterminate origin. One of the prisoners protests that one of the guards has to eat the food and Wallace cheerfully volunteers. He stoops down and grabs a sardine and pops it in his mouth with something that resembles delight. I'm only watching this on TV and it's testing my gag reflex in a big way. I guess Wallace's appetite really knows no bounds. Horshack makes a comment about being unable to eat that crap (and, hey, no wonder) and Rafe takes the opportunity to make even more fun of the diminutive prisoner.

During the first official pee break of the weekend, Rafe orders his prisoners to make their pit stop a speedy one. Of course, he cannot help but to make a special effort to make Horshack terribly uncomfortable - so much so, in fact, that the poor kid can't manage to pee in the time allotted despite how badly we know he has to go.

Later that night as Logan begins to drift off, Rafe devises a new and devious way to torture the prisoners: "The Pina Colada Song." (Side Note: I know it's cheesy, but I freaking love that song! I would sing it with joyful abandon all night long. Hey, perhaps the prisoners ought to consider that as a reverse tactic to drive the guards insane!) Logan makes like he's caving and tells Rafe he'll reveal the sacred info to end the torture. Rafe steps closer and bends down to Logan's level so that Logan can admit in somewhat hushed tones that he does, in fact, like pina coladas. And getting caught in the rain. (Hey! Me too! I'd also be down for the whole making love at midnight in the dunes on the cape if Logan's up for it.)

Rafe is momentarily stymied by Logan's wit, but then he notices his favorite prisoner punching bag huddled on the floor with his back to the room. Rafe demands, despite Horshack's obvious discomfort, that he stand up and face the room. When Horshack finally gains his feet, his face is hot with humiliation because the poor kid has wet his pants. Rafe cannot help but milk this moment for all it's worth and heap humiliation on poor Horshack. Despite Horshack's pleading, Shawny, uh, Psycho Rafe refuses to let Horshack have the sweat pants that are in his bag. Logan is clearly feeling for the poor kid.

For their next meal, the prisoners are offered a less than appetizing choice of pigs knuckles and pigs knuckles. Wallace, again, seems to find the disgusting food tasty and delicious so the prisoners have no choice but to partake of the gross offering. Horshack tells the guards he can't eat pork - he's clearly kosher - and Rafe wonders if it's because his mother was a pig. (No, but you bear more than a passing resemblance to breakfast, you schmuck.)

Rafe starts to make more Jewish jokes at Horshack's expense but is distracted when he realizes that Horshack is now sporting the sweatpants previously denied him. When Horshack refuses to reveal who gave him the pants (*cough*Wallace*cough*), Shawny relegates Horshack to solitary where he can "pretend he's hiding from the Germans." I get the whole 'time of war' thing and '(fake) innocent lives are at stake', but I really think he's taking this thing way too far.

The next day Horshack is released from solitary and rejoins the population. Logan, being the sweetheart we all know he can be, congratulates Horshack on holding it together and not divulging the secret address. He admits that he would have done it already, except for the fact that he forgot where the stupid bomb is supposed to be hidden. (Um, going out on a limb here, but somehow I seriously doubt that.) Horshack reminds him that it's at the corner of 116th and Jamison.

One of the other prisoners corrects him: It's actually 114th and Jamestown. Horshack restates that he's sure it's 116th and Jamison because it made him think of the liquor, but the other students concur - he's got the address wrong and it's 114th and Jamestown. Horshack looks confused, but it seems he's buying it. Way to fortify your weakest link, gang!

Late Saturday night, Wallace and the other guard on duty have fallen asleep on the job. Logan gathers the troops and leads them on a silent break-out using the old bed sheet rope to climb out of the two-story window. How on earth we are supposed to believe that none of the guards was aware of this little side projects with the bed sheets? Not to mention, where in the hell did the sheets come from anyway since Rafe had the beds removed? Nonetheless, the (ahem) prison break is successful and the kids head to the cafeteria for some real chow.

As the kids sit around the table gorging on food that doesn't look like something that came of the CSI autopsy table, Horshack lies sleeping in his dinner while Logan quips adorably about the deliciousness of his Frito pie. At that moment, Veronica swings by for a quick visit with her honey on the way to do some breaking and entering. He introduces her to the gang, makes quips about her picture getting both him and Horshack through the long lonely nights while Veronica snacks off his tray. The cuteness factor here is sky high. Squeeeee!

Logan invites Veronica to join them for more munching and some reminiscing about their time on the inside, but alas she cannot stay. Although Logan has recently broken out, she's on her way to do some breaking in - she and Logan are clearly "starcrossed" as she tells Logan's fellow prisoners. Hee! Although she departs without giving him even the smallest peck (and, I'm sorry, but WTF?!?) she does give him the most adoring (and adorable) look as she heads off to do her crime.

Moments later, the prisoners' cafeteria party is rudely interrupted by a highly irate Rafe with not-so-irate guards in tow. When he rhetorically asks (and based on what he can see on the table I have to assume it was rhetorical) what the hell they are doing, Logan (in typical Logan fashion) snarks that they are getting a head start on the Freshman 15. The fact that it's royally pissing Rafe off is just a nice bonus. The prisoners realize that the jig is up and morosely head back to prison. Rafe takes a moment to berate Wallace and the other guard for letting it happen and for being the reason they are probably going to lose the game. Wallace doesn't look very crushed.

Back at prison, Horshack is having trouble peeing again and Rafe is literally all over the kid yelling at him, provoking him, humiliating him. After two days of abusing this kid non-stop, he's pretty much got the routine down to an ugly science. Suddenly, poor Horshack can take no more and he tearfully tells Rafe the location of the bomb: 114th and Jamestown. (Wink!) The other prisoners go a little bananas that he's finally caved when there are only ten hours left in the experiment.

Dr. Kinny arrives with his T.A. in tow at Rafes request. Rafe informs him that they've managed to retrieve the information on the bomb's location and relays the 114th and Jamestown address. Dr. Kinny shakes Rafe's hand and congratulates him on getting false information. Score one for Logan's team! Booyah! At a loss for anything else to do to vent his frustration, Rafe sends Horshack back to solitary. He tells Logan that although he can't prove it, he knows that Logan did this. Logan's shit eating grin is all the confirmation you're gonna get on that point, boyo. You know why? Because Logan Echolls is smarter than you. See how well he meshes with the Mars family??

That evening as the hallway clock strikes 6:02 the prisoners rejoice that they have beaten the guards in this little experiment and will not be suffering through a ten or twenty page research paper come end of term. Out of curiosity, Wallace asks Omar to tell him the address, you know, now that everything's over. Logan seems to realize that something's amiss and tries to warn Omar to hold his toungue, but it's too late - Omar blurts the address out to the guards as Dr. Kinny rounds the corner.

Just as Omar tells Wallace to stick that in his trophy case, Dr. Kinny congratulates the guards on getting the information. Omar and the other prisoners are incredulous because the experiment is over! It's 6:03! Or is it? It seems that the night before the guards were only pretending to sleep and they turned the clocks back while the prisoners were chowing down in the cafeteria. In reality, it's only 5:45 and the experiment is still ongoing.

Rafe rushes over to Wallace all upset that he wasn't included in their plan. Wallace tells him that they were counting on him to be the jerk - and he really sold it. He claps Rafe on the shoulder for a job well done before sending a salute in Logan's direction. So wow, Wallace Fennell is smarter than ALL of you! He's clearly well-qualified for the role of Veronica's BFF.

I know I should be focusing on the conversation between Veronica and Keith that follows this scene but I just can't. Because only one thing keeps running through my mind, over and over and over again. IT'S NAKED LOGAN TIME!!!!! WOO HOOO!!!!!!! (*Does happy dance*)

In class on Monday, Wallace grabs his seat and greets Horshack with the good news that Rafe will not be joining them for class that day. Horshack tells Wallace that it's because Rafe's getting a cold; he asked Horshack to take notes for him. Wallace, like us, is clearly confused by this turn of events but Horshack assures Wallace that Rafe's really a cool guy who just likes to win. He's not mad at his friend because he knows that everything that happened over the weekend was just part of the game. Horshack, I tip my hat to you - you are a bigger man than I.

Horshack wonders where Logan is. Wallace grins and assures him that they'll be seeing Logan real soon. No sooner does Dr. Kinny take the podium and ask to hear from one of the participants than Naked!Logan bursts into the room wearing only a Zorro mask and a devilish grin. ROWR! Foxy Naked!Logan sprints up the main aisle, turns to face Wallace (who shields himself from Logan's, ahem, assets) and returns his salute from the evening before. He then turns and sprints to the front of the classroom and out the door. And he's still naked. Hot and sexy and NAKED. Running and naked. NAKED!

Naked!Logan made quite the statement on the weekend's events, don't you think? Wallace dryly comments that it happens to him all the time and I wish with quiet desperation that I could be that lucky.

- Mo, the R.A., apparently participated in Dr. Kinny's little study the year before and found it to be ... life changing.

- Parker is from Denver.

- Parker's parents (at least her mom) never wanted her to go away to school because they thought she was too immature.

- Veronica's house was TP'd by a mean cheerleader in 10th grade. Her revenge? A candid photo of that same gal picking a wedgie on the sidelines.

- Hallie, one of the ZBT sisters, used to have a Shitzu named Veronika.

- Theta Beta is the best house. They have SO much fun.

- Wallace's Social Security Number ends in an even number, while Logan's ends in an odd number.

- Vomit is the new mace. Wish I'd known that before I bought that pricey canister of pepper spray.

- Terri Wells is a sophomore R.A. in Clark Hall.



- After learning that Parker was raped, Veronica and Mac must have notified the campus police, because there's a female officer sitting on Parker's bed with her in the morning. The two watch guiltily from their positions on the sofa. Parker's bright pink, flowery comforter might have been a perfect match for her bubbly personality last week, but not so much anymore. Shuddering, she tells the officer that the last thing she remembers from the night before was a sorority rush party for the Beta Thetas. She doesn't know how she got back to her dorm room, and when she woke up, she was naked and 'out of it.' That's the thing about being roofied and raped, Veronica thinks. You might not remember the 'who,' 'when,' 'where' or 'why,' but you know the 'what.' And there it is. We have that emotional continuity we don't always get with Veronica's rape storyline. It's a payoff, you could say, of last season's reveal that Veronica was raped by Beaver.

Veronica admits to Mac that she was in the room while Parker was being raped, and that she could have stopped what was happening. What I like here is that Veronica's guilt is a lot more legitimate than last season, when she thought she was to blame for the bus crash. No one was ever convinced that it was her fault, and the arc just didn't work. But here, I think it does. Just think: After Veronica left the room with the tickets, she and Mac probably laughed about how sexually adventurous Parker was. And now, they're eating their words. But Mac doesn't let Veronica take the full blame; she was the one to give Veronica the impression that Parker was a floozy. 'It's a proud, proud day for both of us,' she says.

Then, everybody's not-so-favorite sheriff, Don Lamb, walks in with a smirk. Yeah, there's a trembling girl with a shaved head pretty much in plain sight, but he just has to turn to Veronica and ask if this is 'wolf cry number two' for her. See, Lamb doesn't believe in actual rape. Rape is just a women waking up in the morning and regretting what she let happen the night before. But, as you know, the good sheriff is all about appearances, so he sits down with Parker and offers an unconvincing 'rough night, huh?' He asks her when she got back to the room last night, but she says she doesn't know.

Veronica gets up and walks towards Parker's bed, but she can't seem to look directly at Parker. She says the rape occurred at around 11:45. She also mentions that when she came in the get the movie passes, the light's were out. Lamb takes this opportunity to walk towards Veronica and tower over her. The bastard, he's even smiling a bit when he asks her why she didn't turn the lights on. On any other day, Veronica would have a snarky comeback, but Parker has to be sitting there expectantly, too. Veronica says she heard breathing and, a little more meaningfully, buzzing. She's embarrassed to admit that she thought it was the sound of a vibrator, but Lamb is a persistent ass. Realization hits Parker and she can't believe Veronica thought that of her. She shouts, 'You let this happen to me!' before running out of the room. Veronica awkwardly calls after her, tryig to apologe, but knowing that no apology will ever do. It makes you wonder if she would ever share with Parker how she knows exactly what it feels like to be raped.

Later that day, Wallace walks into his dorm room to find Veronica laying on his bed. He says he got her message, but I'm wondering how she got in. Did Piz let her in and then leave? Do they just leave their door open? Or has a copy of Wallace's room key now been added to Veronica's ever expanding collection? Whichever way, Wallace's blonde-in-his-bed fantasy? Ruined! He asks her what's up, and Veronica says that she's 'turning her unbearable guilt into steely resolve.' And wait for it ... 'Good. Done,' she says, shooting up. 'I'm gonna catch the rapist, see him crucified.' But first, she has an interview with the school newspaper. Getting paid to take photos? College is so fancy. Before she leaves, Moe, Wallace's R.A. of 'frak' fame, comes in to pass out a new list of dorm rules to follow up the rape from last night.

Veronica's interview goes well. A woman at the paper named Nish really takes to Veronica, much in the way that Ms. Dent did. Except this woman is a tad more aggressive. She wants Veronica to go undercover during the rest of the Theta Beta's rush week, and write a story about what really goes down at the sorority house. Veronica is reminded that Parker was at one of their rush parties the night she was raped. So, despite her desire to remain as far away as possible from floral dress-wearing sorority gals, she takes the case. Here's what Nish has heard about the Theta Betas: Members get their pledges drunk and then take them to a 'secret room,' where they have them undress as the male guests watch. Secret room? Say no more. Now, where to find a tasteful floral dress ...

Later, Veronica walks into the gateway to Hell. I mean -- the Theta Beta sorority house! She looks like she's about to run the frak outta there when a group of Theta Betas starts singing Cyndi Lauper's "'True Colors." But a chirpy member rushes up to her and introduces herself as Hallie. She gives Veronica a name tag that says 'Veronika.'

Veronica next meets Shania, who, like Hallie, comes on pretty strong. Not only that, she asks for Veronica's purse, too. It's a 'house thing,' apparently. Okay ... But other than that, Veronica's starting to realize that there's nothing really scandalous about these girls. They like singing, lemonade (unspiked, as per the rules), clear skin and tanning beds ... shallow, sure, but potentially dangerous?

There's also a girl named Marjorie, who's surprisingly toned down (if the atypically red hair and green dress didn't give it away), compared to the other Theta Beta members. Veronica asks about the purse confiscating, but Marjorie just says to trust them on it. She also tells Veronica not to be scared by Shania; she just uses rush week to find new pledges to borrow stuff from. A middle-aged women is making her way around the house with a cookie platter and overhears the end of their conversation. She assures Veronica that Shania is harmless, and that all the house members are wonderful. She walks away and Marjorie informs Veronica that that's their den mother, Karen. She jokes that Karen gets paid to say nice things about her girls. She says they're all really pretty lame, but they're family.

Veronica leaves the house without any real leads and a somewhat softened attitude towards the sorority girls. Her purse has been returned to her, and she opens the door to her car to find a bouquet of flowers. Wow, Hallie wasn't lying. Theta Beta really is super. Veronica reads the note attached to the flowers: You have been selected to attend a special private party tonight. 10 PM. Dress to impress. Respectfully, your sisters at Theta Beta. So, is this where the booze comes in? Or is there just going to be more lemonade and cucumber sandwiches?

That night, Veronica shows up at the house having seriously misinterpreted the meaning of 'dress to impress.' She's ready for business in a blazer and a pencil skirt, yet Shania walks down the stairs in a sexy low-cut tank top and a short skirt. And she's not the only one. Shania opens the door to the other room and there's a party going on in full swing. Boys? Check. Booze? Check. Panty droppers? Jackpot!

Hallie, the girl from earlier, shows Veronica around the party. She explains that the shirtless guys serving alcohol are from Pi Sig, Theta Beta's brother fraternity. Haley says that there are a lot of hot guys at the party, so if she's single (which she definitely is not! Where's Logan when you need him?) ... there's a 'newbie legacy'/bartender behind her who looks like Owen Wilson. Said guy turns around and it's Dick. Oh, the horror. I didn't think it was possible to have a scene be so adorable and yet so disturbing. Veronica doesn't want her cover to be blown, so she fakes nice with Dick, who just isn't catching on. Man, how hilarious would it be to have some continuity with this in a scene with Veronica, Dick and Logan? But as for Dick being a potential suspect for Parker's rape, his being at the party might just make him look worse, if or when Veronica finds out from Mac that Dick was at their dorm a few nights ago.

Veronica runs into Marjorie, who explains that the Theta Betas take your purse at the rush party so that they can leave party invitations in your dorm. Veronica doesn't live on campus, though, so they had to 'get creative' with her by putting the flowers in her car. Veronica realizes that anyone could have had access to Parker's dorm, then, if they had her purse. Majorie takes Veronica through the crowd to meet Chip, the president of the Pi Sigs. And it's time for awkward encounter number two. Chip's the guy Veronica accused of raping Stacy in The Rapes of Graff, and he definitely hasn't forgotten. But Veronica's had a lot of practice acting ditzy, so she manages to play it off as if it was a joke, and Chip just walks away.

Veronica still needs to find out about that supposed secret room, so she gets a little creative and starts acting drunk. This includes dancing suggestively and then engaging in a 'faux lesbian dance' (and Veronica's the lucky one in the middle) with Shania and Hallie -- all this going down, of course, while surrounded by a circle of appreciative frat boys. As Shania twists her around, Veronica notices a surveillance camera hanging above a blocked door in the room. She exclaims, 'We're on TV!' and grabs a chair. If no one in the room is going to take her bait, maybe whoever's watching through that camera will. She gets up on the chair and continues grooving to the music. In the crowd, Marjorie and Chip share a look and come over to pull Veronica down. Marjorie says that she has something to show her, and she and Chip lead her down a staircase. Just in case, Veronica takes out Mr. Sparky (what, you don't name your Taser, too?).

But to her surprise, theyve just led her outside to the driveway. That wasn't part of the plan. Marjorie says that her behavior has lost her points with the sisters, but since Veronica's her 'fave,' it'd be best if she left now. They've called for a safe-ride cart to come pick her up, and Chip will wait with her. Oh, great. I know I'd want to hang out with the guy I accused of rape. Veronica gets down on the ground and starts dry heaving, because 'vomit is the new mace.' Hey, what works, works.

The safe-ride cart arrives and the driver is the same girl from the 'Take Back the Night' rally. She immediately rips into Veronica about how irresponsible it is to drink around the frat boys, so Veronica sets out to prove that she isn't really drunk. She goes though the basics, touching her nose with both fingers and reciting the alphabet backwards (yeah, I don't think I can do that sober), but she's also willing to juggle, do a back hand spring, recite a Vagina Monologue ... But that won't be necessary, Veronica; you've now annoyed the girl into letting you off. She does find out, though, that there were a couple carts making rounds last night. Perhaps she can find out if any of the carts took Parker back to her dorm.

Veronica talks to Nish at the paper the next day and tells her that she just doesn't think the Theta Betas are hiding anything. She says she got a voicemail from Marjorie, encouraging her to cut down on the drinking. Doesn't exactly sound like someone who would want to see a pledge get raped. Nish just tells her to dig deeper. Veronica mentions that the girls are voting tonight on which pledges to accept; that's when she'll try to get behind that door from the party. She also asks Nish if there's a way to find out who was driving the safe-ride cart that might have taken Parker home.

Moe opens the door to his dorm room to find a Veronica armed with accusations. Looks like Moe's got some 'splaining to do. Veronica's learned that Moe was the one that drove Parker home the night she was raped, and wants to know why he's kept that to himself. Moe says that he didn't know Parker was the girl that was raped; otherwise he would have gone to the police. Now, Moe may be a little off with the oolong tea, the biscottis, and the blaring of the classical music, but is he a rapist? He claims that there was another girl riding in the cart with him and Parker; she wasn't drunk, but she didn't want to walk home by herself at night. He says this girl helped him bring Parker up to her room, but he doesn't know her name.

Later during the day, Veronica's waiting on the sofa at the Theta Beta house. Behind her is a seemingly random poster of Lance Armstrong hanging on the wall. Veronica reveals through a voiceover that Moe's alibi checked out. The girl's name is Terri Wells, a sophomore R.A. who confirms that she and Moe took Parker back to her room, and that it was midnight when she left him. So it's back to finding out whether or not the secret room has anything to do with what happened to Parker.

Karen, the den mother, sits down next to Veronica, who apologizes for her (fake) behavior the night before. Karen is understanding, but Veronica says she's worried that the girls won't vote for her, now. Karen assures her that she'll have a talk with them, and leaves the room. Which means it's time for Veronica to make her move. She starts rummaging through Karen's desk drawers and finds a set of keys, which she pockets. She also notices that the monitor to the surveillance camera is on Karen's desk. What would she be protecting? Karen returns after having spoken with the girls, and tells Veronica that she has nothing to worry about.

Veronica returns to the house at night, and, after covering the surveillance camera with duct tape (what isnt it good for?), uses the keys to get inside the secret room. What she finds is unexpected, to say the least. A room full of marijuana plants? "Holy smokes" is right. Veronica returns to the paper the next day with the photos she took of the mini marijuana farm. Nish is ecstatic. 'One Greek house down, nine to go!' Not surprisingly, she completely misses Veronica's uneasiness, and tells her that she's going to be a real asset at the paper.

Veronica's about to leave Hearst later when she finds Marjorie waiting for her at her car. Marjorie says that Karen saw Veronica go into her private room, that there's a second camera inside. Veronica explains that her friend was raped and she thought that whatever was in the room might have given her clues as to how it happened. Marjorie reveals that Karen has cancer, and that the chemotherapy was making her so sick that she accepted marijuana seeds from a botany professor at Hearst. The pot helped with the pain and nausea. But if anyone finds out, Karen will lose her job and her insurance. Marjorie asks that Veronica not tell anyone, but she doesn't know that the article is already on its way to being published in tomorrow's school newspaper. Veronica rushes to call Nish and tells her that she's made a huge mistake, but Nish isn't about to withdraw a story this good, even if it doesn't give the whole truth.

Veronica shows up at the sorority house later and Karen and Marjorie come to the door. Veronica apologizes, and warns Karen about the article. She'll have to destroy all the plants before the story's published tomorrow. Karen walks away without a word, and Marjorie informs her, rather ironically, that she was voted into the house. Then, she shuts the door in her face.

The next morning, Veronica reflects on what she knows so far about Parker's rape. She has a file open on her laptop titled Parker Lee, which reads:

Promiscuous frosh ... attractive and well-liked (for obvious reasons) ... Night of rape, I walked into Mac and Parker's room to get the movie tickets. I heard sexual noises, saw what looked like consensual sex and heard a buzzing sound that I thought was a vibrator ... Turns out it was a hair trimmer, evidence that this is the serial rapist (due to the other three rapes involving shaved heads, the rapist's mark).

- Keith remembers what was in Kendall's suitcase.

"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (Maurice Chevalier )

Scene: Ooh! Look, Veronica is all floral and peppy with a matching headband! Too bad Keith didn't get a gander at her like that. He'd be singing the song instead of Maurice Chevalier.

"True Colors" (Sorority Sisters/Originally Sung by Cyndi Lauper)

Scene: Veronica is serenaded upon entrance into the happy Sorority from Hell. :Gulp:

"Swing Low, Sweet Charity" (Sorority Sisters)

Scene: And the a capella torture continues, but hey, at least they're not singing "Macarena."

"In Tha Den" (Brad Ormand)

Scene: Veronica is undercover, while Dick is without much cover and quite able to blow her cover story, but a high-pitched voice and cheek-pinching keep it all underwraps.

"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" (Rupert Holmes)

Scene: Ooh, Logan likes Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. Take notes, Veronica!

"Allegro vivace, Symphony No. 41 in C Major (Jupiter)" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Scene: Moe is just settling down for some high-brow class with classical music and Italian sweets when Veronica interrupts his downtime.

LoVe Lines

Logan: (With Southern accent.) I do declare, that was the finest Frito pie I believe I have ever tasted. (To Veronica, who has come up behind him.) Ah, finally, my conjugal visit.
Veronica: Mmmm, let me guess, you're out on good behavior?
Logan: (To the rest of the table.) You all know my girl, Veronica. (Back to Veronica.) I have your picture hung in my cell. It gets me through the long, lonely nights. I lend it to my buddy Horshack sometimes, I hope you don't mind.
Veronica: It's good to share. (Reaches down and takes a bite of Logan's food.)
Logan: Yep. Well, have a seat. We're waxing nostalgic over our time on the inside.
Veronica: Hmm, can't. You're breaking out, I'm breaking in. (To rest of table as she points back and forth between herself and Logan.)Star-crossed.

Quotable Quotes

My Big Fat Greek Rush Week/My Big Fat Greek Wedding ... (Referenced by the episode title.)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson saw Vardalos perform it as a one-woman staged production and so loved it, they produced it into a motion picture. From it's release as a little-know indie film, it broke many a record during it's year-long sojourn on the big screen. It is the highest grossing romantic comedy of all time, the fifth highest grossing movie of 2002 (US) with a take of $241,438,208. It is also the highest-grossing film to never have been number one at the box office (US).

The movie tells the story of Toula, an American woman of Greek descent (Nia Vardalos, who also wrote the script), who falls in love with a non-Greek American, Ian (John Corbett). The movie also examines the protagonist's relationship with her family, with their cultural heritage and value system, which is sometimes rocky but ends with mutual appreciation.


In 2003, the film was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Academy Awards and the 2003-2004 television season saw a television version of the film hit CBS. Due to bad ratings the show lasted less than a season. Problems arose from serious plot "adjustments" that didn't match the movie, the replacement of Corbett in the role of the groom and, well, the fact that it wasn't funny. In addition, several behind-the-scenes reports of Vardalos (who exec-produced as well as starred) playing the part of the diva to an uncomfortable degree helped steer the show to an early cancellation. A seven-episodes-only-aired early cancellation.

The Morning After ... (Referenced by Mac when discussing the morning after Parker's rape with Veronica.)

"The Song from The Poseidon Adventure" as "The Morning After" is officially named, was written for ... wait for it ... The Poseidon Adveture, one of the epic disaster films of the 1970's. It was written March 1972 by songwriters Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. The finished product was a tad too much of a downer for TPTB, so tweaking was "suggested" and a note of optimism was added (as in the refrain "There's got to be a morning after!"). In the film, the song is performed early on by a character entertaining at a New Year's Eve party, but the song was meant to encapsulate the story of the survivors of the capsized SS Poseidon who are struggling to survive another day. The head of 20th Century Records, Russ Regan, suggested a then-working secretary, Maureen McGovern, who had sent him a demo tape, to perform the track. He financed the recording with his own money and signed her to his lable. A good move on Russ' part as the film won the Academy Award for Best Song, debuting at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 a few months later. Eventually it rose to number one spot seven weeks later where it stuck for two weeks.

The lyrics (of what, in my opinion, is an inspiring song):

There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on lookin' for the light

Oh, can't you see the morning after?
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm?

It's not too late, we should be giving
Only with love can we climb
It's not too late, not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time

There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be searchin' any more

There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
(Repeat 4x then Fade)

Roofie(d) ... (Referenced by Veronica's voiceover while Parker's being questioned.)

To be roofied means an individual is slipped a roofie, ie., Flunitrazepam -- marketed under the trade name Rohypnol -- is manufactured worldwide, particularly in Europe and Latin America. Its most common street name is roofie, and it generally sells for below $5.00 per small white tablet. It is ten times more potent than valium and can be habit forming, one of the reasons that it is illegal to own in the U.S. Rohypnol is one of the drugs most commonly implicated in drug-facilitated rape and due to its high usage, blue dye was added to it in 1999 so that it would no longer be clear in liquid. Common effects from usage are memory impairment, drowsiness, visual disturbances, dizziness, confusion, excitability or aggressive behavior and it can mentally and physically paralyze an individual. Effects of the drug are of particular concern in combination with alcohol and can lead to amnesia, where events that occurred during the time the drug was in effect are forgotten.

In response to Rohypnol abuse and use of the drug to facilitate sexual assaults, the U.S. Congress passed the Drug Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act, effective October 13, 1996. The law provides for harsher penalties regarding the distribution of a controlled substance to an individual without the individual's consent and with the intent to commit a crime of violence, including rape. The law imposes a penalty of up to twenty years in prison and a fine for the importation and distribution of one gram or more of Rohypnol. Simple possession is punishable by three years in prison and a fine.

Wolf Cry/Cry Wolf ... (Referenced by Lamb as he nastily alludes to Veronica's rape.)

"Cry wolf" is an expression used to describe someone who repeatedly raises a false alarm about some type of threat. The origin of the expression can be traced to one of the most famous tales -- The Boy Who Cried Wolf also known as The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf -- from Aesop's Fables.

While watching his flock, a bored young shepherd boy, looking to stir up some excitement, starts crying out "Wolf! Wolf!" When villagers run to help him, they find no wolf in sight. Amused by his own trick, the boy pulls it again a few days later and once again the villagers fall for it. Sometime later, a wolf does indeed come out of the forest to attack his sheep, but the shepherd's cry of "Wolf!" gets ignored by the villagers who believe he is once again playing a prank on them, so the wolf eats his flock (and the boy in some versions of the story). The moral of the fable is that liars won't be believed even when they happen to be telling the truth.

Iraq ... (Referenced by Dr. Kinny during his opening lecture.)

The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran (Persia) to the east. Baghdad is the nation's capital. There are several suggestions for the origin of the name of Iraq; one dates back to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech). Another suggestion is that Iraq comes from the Aramaic language, meaning "the land along the banks of the rivers."

Iraq was first widely introduced into the casual discussion in the United States during The Gulf War (often referred to as "Desert Storm") in 1991. Since then, the U.S. has been in and out of various battles and skirmishes with leaders and factions of religion in the country. Today, the United States (as led by the Bush Administration) is at war with Iraq with over 2,000 U.S. soldiers having already lost their lives. As to why we are at war with Iraq -- you'll have to check with our President -- his reasons vary depending on how much truthful information has made its way to the public.

George Washington (and his Continental Army) ... (Referenced by Dr. Kinny during his opening lecture.)

George Washington, born February 22, 1732 and died December 14, 1799 led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often called the "Father of his Country."

As a youth, he worked with the land surveying rural areas, as he grew older, he gained command experience during the French and Indian War. When it came time to lead the Continental Army, it was an easy decision to elect him as leader due to his charisma, military bearing and strong political base in what was essentially the seat of American government at the time, Virginia. His most famous victory during the war was his winter crossing of the Delaware and defeat of British troppos in New Jersey. As a result of his strategic oversight, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies, first at Saratoga in 1777 and then at Yorktown in 1781. "He handled relations with the states and their militias, worked with Congress to supply and recruit the Continental army, dealt with disputing generals and colonels, and came to personally represent the military prowess of the new nation. Negotiating with Congress, the states, and French allies, he held together a fragile army and a fragile nation."

Once the war was over, Washington retired to his home in Mount Vernon, but became alarmed at the complete lack of leadership of his new nation and the weakness it presented. In 1787, he presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that drafted the United States Constitution. To no one's surprise, Washington was voted in as the first leader of the country, titled President of the United States of America. He created a system of cabinet government that marked a sharp departure from parliament of England. While leader, he took it upon himself and worked with others, to set up a system of government whose goal was to allow a strong central government with no one person having all or most of the power (take note, President Bush). Washington also chose to avoid continued war with Britain, by signing the Jay Treaty of 1795 which began a decade of peace. It was he who set the regulation that no President serve more than two terms. When he retired in 1797, his farewell address was a message of republican virtue and a warning to not involve our nation in European wars.

George Washington, then and now, is a figure of republicanism at its finest. He embodied the principles and values set forth in the United States Constitution and became a symbol of the new nation. Today, scholars rank him as the third greatest President in history (following Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt -- both wartime presidents).


Due to the invasion of the British during the late 1700's, the thirteen colonies needed a plan to fight them during the American Revolutionary War. Therefore, on June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress created a resolution to create a unified command structure and it was called the Continental Army. The following day, General George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army by unanimous vote. Throughout the eight years of the Revolution, The Army increased its effectiveness and success rate through a series of trials and errors, often at great human cost. Always striving to preserve unity and ensure discipline, General Washington as well as other instrumental leaders, worked to improve the Army. Washington himself saw the Amry as a temporary measure and maintaining civilian control of the military was always a priority. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded on November 3, 1783, after the Treaty of Paris. A small residual force remained at West Point and some frontier outposts until Congress created the United States Army by their resolution of June 3, 1784. An indepth report on the Continental Army can be found at

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"You can create in the prisoners' feelings of boredom, a sense of fear to some degree, you can create a notion of arbitrariness that their life is totally controlled by us, by the system, you, me, and they'll have no privacy ... We're going to take away their individuality in various ways. In general what all this leads to is a sense of powerlessness. That is, in this situation we'll have all the power and they'll have none." The Stanford Prison Study video, quoted in Haslam & Reicher, 2003.

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U-G-L-Y, said you ain't got no alibi
You ugly
What? What?
You ugly
You oogly
Yo' mamma says you ugly
Hey!

Left: View of Denver skyline and Rocky Mountains from City Park. Right: Colorado State Capitol in Denver.

(Gif courtesy of
The Chicago Tribune)

• First Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field."
  
• Second Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea."
  
• Third Geneva Convention "relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War."
  
• Fourth Geneva Convention "relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War."

Inside Turn or Loop Turn - similar to the loop turn from swing. follower twirls 360 counterclockwise.

The Moonwalk ... (Referenced by Veronica when naming the dances of the decades.)

Also know as the backslide, the moonwalk is a dance move that gained worldwide recognition after it was performed by Michael Jackson on the 1983 television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, and is now considered the entertainer's signature move. The purpose of the dance is to give the audience the illusion that the dance is walking forward while actually moving backward. It is based on a classic Jean-Louis Barrault pantomime exercise "Walking" with a few of the Pantomimes de Style technique Marche Contre Le Vent elements thrown in.

Part of a set of techniques and styles called floating, gliding, and sliding that are closely related to popping, Jackson did not invent its mechanics. He did come up with the name "moonwalk," tweaked it for the concert where it debuted during his "Billie Jean" routine, and made it one of the most recognizable dance moves ever. However, backslides had been performed on many earlier occasions.

Before Jackson, Jeffrey Daniels was "moonwalking" in a performance of Sahlamar's "A Night to Remember" on Top of the Pops in 1982. Tap dancer Bill Bailey ended a 1955 performance with a backslide move. In the early days of his career, Cab Calloway performed a type of backsliding. The 1932 Talkartoon Minnie the Moocher, a Betty Boop cartoon, features a live action sequence of Calloway and his band in which he backslides and is the earliest film record of the move.

Mace ... (Referenced by Veronica when explaining the why of the dry heaves.)

Mace, or pepper spray, is an aerosol spray used by police for riot control and for personal self-defense against assailants and animals (bears and wild dogs). When sprayed in a person's eyes, it will cause them to tear or close, and can cause temporary blindness. The full effect can last between thirty and forty-five minutes, with lesser effects lasting for several hours later. The active ingredient in pepper spray is a chemical derived from chili peppers called capsicum. Real mace is actually a spray form of tear gas that is illegal in most countries, but the terms Mace and pepper spray are used interchangeably.


Pepper spray is sold in small canisters that can be carried in a pocket or purse, attached to a key chain, or even concealed in small items such as rings or lipsticks. Laws on pepper spray in the United States are determined on the state level. In some states, residents may be required to register the product or carry a firearm identification card. It is classified as a prohibited weapon in Canada and Australia, but most countries just limit distribution to people over eighteen years of age.

Belly of the Beast ... (Referenced by Fern about girls tramping it up and going to parties.)

The phrase "The Belly of the Beast" is first recorded in 1614 by Ben Jonson, an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, in his play Batholomew Fair, wherein he wrote:

"What do you say to a drum, sir? It is the broken belly of the beast, and thy bellows there are his lungs, and these pipes are his throat, those feathers are of his tail, and thy rattles the gnashing of his teeth."

The phrase which has come to basically mean inside some terrible place with little chance of escaping, can also be found alluded to in the Jonah story from the Bible ("and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights") and in the Le Morte d'Arthur, written about 1469 by Sir Thomas Mallory. His words from Book 1, chapter XIX, read: "And the noise was in the beast's belly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds."

In more recent years, the phrase appeared as the book title of American criminal, Jack Abbott. The book was made up of Abbott's letters to writer Norman Mailer about his experiences in what he saw as a burtal and unjust prison system. In 1981, The year that The Belly of the Beast was published, Mailer supported Abbot's successful parole bid. The book become a success with rave reviews (including one from the New York Times on July 19). However, the day before that review appeared, Abbott murdered a waiter during a senseless fight; he was arrested and returned to a life in prison. He committed suicide in 2002.

The latest pop culture reference to the phrase is the 2003 action movie, Belly of the Beast starring Steven Seagal about an ex-CIA agent on a quest to find his kidnapped daughter.

The Vagina Monologues ... (Referenced by Veronica when offering examples of her sobriety.)

The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award-winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which premiered Off-Broadway in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production, playing all the various women who share their views about their vaginas with the audience; when she left the play it was recast with three celebrity monologists. The production has been staged internationally, and a television version featuring Ensler was produced by cable TV channel HBO.

The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women. Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina, be it through sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina, or simply as a physical aspect of the female body. A recurring theme throughout the piece is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality. Every year a new monologue is added to highlight a current issue affecting women around the world. In 2003, for example, a skit was made concerning the plight of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. (Source: Wikipedia: October 11, 2006)

Keep on Keeping On ... (Referenced by Veronica when the safe-ride-go-cart driver drove off.)

This is a song written by Dickey Betts and Daniel Toler and performed by Southern rock artist the Allman Brothers Band. "Keep on Keepin' On" was originally released on the Reach for the Sky, an album released in 1980. In 1998, they released the same track on Madness of the West.

Other artists have recorded songs with this title, including Woody Herman (Blue Flame, 1955), MC Lyte featuring Xscape (Sunset Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1996, #2 on the U.S. Rap chart) and JoJo (JoJo, 2004).

The lyrics to the Allman Brothers Band song:

Tried everything I know,
Held my hand but now I've got to show.
Trying to understand the things you've learned,
But you don't seem to be concerned at all.

Chorus:
I'm gonna keep on keepin' on,
Ain't gonna leave you alone,
Keep on keepin' on,
Ain't gonna leave you alone,
Gonna get you to love me.

Sometimes it seems like there's just no way at all,
You just keep drifting and drifting away.
You ain't never home, when I call you on the telephone,
But I'm gonna fool around, get you back someday.

Chorus

I don't care what everybody's gotta say,
I'm gonna love you anyway,
Even if you don't care any longer,
My little bit of love keeps getting stronger.

Chorus

Lord I'm gonna, keep on keepin' on.
Gonna, make you mine. Love me...yeah.

Horshack ... (Referenced by the character's name.)

Samuel Horshack is not the first Horshack in television history. Ron Palillo played the also timid, and shy, Arnold Horshack in the popular 1970s comedy, Welcome Back Kotter. The television show aired on ABC 1975 to 1979. It told the story of Gabe Kotter (Gabriel Kaplan), is a wise-cracking teacher who returns to the same Brooklyn, New York high school from which he graduated to teach a group of misfits, remedial academics students known as the "Sweathogs." The show is based on Kaplan's real-life experiences as a remedial student in Brooklyn, where Kotter is set.


(Kaplan (center), Sweathogs from L to R: Travolta, Palillo,
Hegyes and Hilton-Jacobs)
The central Sweathogs are Vinnie Barbarino (John Travolta, you may have heard of him?), the handsome Italian-American leader; Juan Epstein (Robert Hegyes), a tough Puerto Rican Jew; Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), the hip African-American basketball enthusiast; and Arnold Horshack (Ron Palillo), the dimwitted simpleton known for his wheezing laugh.

Pina Colada (Song/Drink) ... (Referenced by the song Rafe blares and Logan answering the song's query.)

A Pia Colada (translated as "strained pineapple") is an ice-blended cocktail containing light rum, coconut milk and pineapple. The ingredients are blended with crushed ice and the resulting beverage is often garnished with a maraschino cherry and a wedge of pineapple.

The drink gained popularity after Rupert Holmes released his song "Escape (The Pia Colada Song)" in 1979. Easily one of the most recognizable songs ... ever, the chorus will no doubt send your brain off humming the tune if you've ever heard it and before long you'll be singing beneath your breath ...

If you like Pia Colada
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
And have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape

In fact, "Escape" was the original title of the song, but the catchy chorus and reference to the beverage was how the song became known, so Holmes agreed to change the title. The ditty was inspired by Holmes while reading the want-ads and seeing a similar ad. He wondered, "What would happen to me if I answered this ad? I'd go and see if it was my own wife who was bored with me." An interesting sidenote (and if the change had not been made, this little musical history lesson wouldn't have been included in this particular entry) is that the chorus originally started with "if you like Humphrey Bogart," which Holmes changed at the last minute, replacing the actor with the name of the first exotic cocktail he could think of (despite his lack of appreciation for the alcoholic beverage itself.)

Pig's Knuckles ... (Referenced by Wallace as he tasted one of the meals for the prisoners.)

A delicacy (?) that is comprised of feet or knuckles of hogs; pickled or stewed or jellied. The meal is often paired with red cabbage and raisins, or with sauerkraut and dumplings. Yum!


Kosher ... (Referenced by (Referenced by Horshack when explaining why he can't eat pork.)

Kosher meals are ones that follow the Jewish dietary laws found in the book of Leviticus. The logic behind each law ranges from philosophical and ritualistic to hygienic. Leviticus 11:3 says that Jews can eat all animals with 'cloven hooves that chew their cud.' Mammals that do not meet both characteristics (pigs, camel, hare, and the hyrax) are forbidden. There is also a strict rule against mixing meat and dairy products (including meat/cheese combinations), and some Jewish people even have separate dining sets for their dairy and meat meals. Food prepared with utensils formerly used to prepare non-kosher foods is also considered 'unclean.'

Common kosher animals include cattle, deer, sheep, goats, and fish with scales. Sea animals without scales are called an abomination and are not to be eaten - sharks, catfish, octopus, squid, jellyfish, eels, shellfish, and sea mammals. Most birds are considered kosher with the exception of scavenging birds (vultures, hawks, eagles), and though not strictly prohibitted, songbirds are generally not considered kosher. There are also ritualistic requirements for the preparation and slaughtering of kosher meat.

Kosher foods sold in grocery stores are marked with a circled U (stands for Orthodox Union) and the word "Pareve," which indicates that the product doesn't contain a mixture of milk and dairy ingredients. Kosher meals are generally offered on airlines and in several prisons. Jewish convicts are advised to tell a judge before sentencing that they will need special arrangements for their meals so that they can be placed in a prison that serves kosher meals.

Biscotti ... (Referenced by Moe when Veronica comes to ask him about driving Parker home.)

Biscotti (plural of the Italian word 'biscotto') are crisp Italian cookies traditionally flavored with anise, which has a taste reminiscent of black licorice. Traditionally, biscotti are made in two long loaves or slabs and are double baked to achieve that dry, crispy texture. The slabs are baked once for roughly twenty five minutes, then cut up into individual cookies and cooked a second time for a shorter period of time. The general rule of thumb is the longer the second period of baking is, the harder the cookies turn out. The original purpose for baking the cookies twice was so that the could be stored for long periods of time for explorers, soldiers, etc.

Biscotti come in many varieties. For example, in different regions of Italy, biscotti are prepared or flavoured differently and are often dunked in wine. In the United States, biscotti are generally considered an essential part of the espresso bar experience. The generally hard texture of biscotti makes the cookie ideal for dipping in coffee or wine.

For the record, in Italian, "biscotti" usually refers simply to any generic cookie, not this specific cookie recipe and method of preparation.

Take Back the Night ... (Referenced by Nish when she tells Veronica she has a friend who volunteers.)

'Take Back the Night' rallies and marches are organized events intended to bring community awareness to rape and other violent crimes committed against women. These events originated in Europe in the 1970's. The first march was organized in Belgium by the women attending the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. The first march in the United States was held in San Francisco in 1977 by Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM). Thousands of women marched through San Francisco's red-light district protesting the subordinate portrayal of women in pornography.

Today, 'Take Back the Night' rallies take place anywhere from small college campuses to major metropolitan areas; some events are even organized internationally. An event usual begins with a rally, then a candlelit march at night to show that women should not have to fear walking through the streets alone at night. 'Take Back the Night' can refer to violence against men and children, as well, but the term generally holds a connotation of being a feminist movement. In fact, men are often symbolically excluded from participating in events.

Hat's Off ... (Referenced by Logan to Horshack after he's released from 'solitary confinement.')

"Hat's off" or "My hat is off to you" is intended as sign of respect, admiration, good will or as an offer of congratulations. Although the custom of gentlemen wearing hats has all but disappeared, the expression refers back to a time when removing one's hat during certain social situations was an expected form of etiquette. The custom itself may date back to before the Dark Ages, when it was customary for soldiers and nobility to remove their helmets or other headgear when indoors.

Some instances when a gentleman should take his hat off include: An introduction or a goodbye; greeting an acquaintance who is passing by; speaking to a woman, an elder or a clergyman; during the national anthem.

Lance Armstrong ... (Referenced by the poster hanging over Veronica and Karen's discussion.)

Born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971, Lance Armstrong is a retired American professional cyclist. Armstrong won the Tour de France, cycling's premiere race, a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005. The previous record of five consecutive wins was held by Miguel Indurain, and, along with Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, and Jacques Anquetil also each won the race five times. Lance has won numerous awards and honors, including being named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 2002, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.


Armstrong's accomplishments have been especially noteworthy, as he was treated for testicular cancer in 1996. The cancer had metastasized to his brain and lungs, and he underwent both brain and testicular surgery along with extensive chemotherapy. His cycling success in light of this recovery inspired thousands, and, in association with Nike, the Lance Armstrong Foundation charity was founded. In 2004 the organization launched the yellow rubber "Livestrong" wristbands, with profits going to the fight against cancer. Tens of millions of dollars have been raised, and Armstrong became a significant figure in the nonprofit sector.


Armstrong has also had to face allegations that he has used performance-enhancing drugs, which are a problem throughout the sport of cycling. Despite having been tested probably hundreds of times in has career and never testing positive, accusations have persisted. Armstrong has firmly denied each and every allegation, and nothing has been proven (in fact, some accusations have been shown to be based on faulty science and some figures who claimed to have first-hand knowledge of Armstrong's alleged drug use have later denied it). Accusations persist, however, and it seems unlikely that either his guilt or innocence will ever be proven.

In addition to his cycling accomplishments, Armstrong is also known for dating singer Sheryl Crow, following his divorce from wife, Kristin, with whom he has three children. Armstrong and Crow announced their engagement in September 2005, but split in February 2006.

Frito Pie/Prison Break ... (Referenced by Logan to the "prisoners" while eating in the cafeteria.)

Prison Break is a television series currently in its second season on Fox. It stars Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield, a structural engineer who holds up a bank as part of an elaborate plan to get into the prison (Fox River) where his brother Lincoln is being kept. Lincoln, framed for murdering the brother of the Vice President, is on death row and Michael's objective in season one was to get Lincoln out of the prison before the execution. While inside, he makes several acquaintances and enemies - none of which even come close to being as eerily unhinged as Theodore Bagwell (T-Bag), who Logan impersonates in this episode.


L to R: Michael Scofield (Miller) and
T-Bag McRapesalot (Knepper)
T-Bag (Robert Knepper) was the product of incestuous rape; his father sexually assaulted his mentally retarded sister/mother. He was in and out of jail throughout his childhood and became a member of a white supremacist group. As an adult, his crimes became progressively worse; battery, assault, attempted murder, murder, rape, and kidnapping. He tried to change his ways when he fell for a single mother, Susan Hollander, but she turned him over to authorities after seeing his face on Americas Most Wanted. T-Bag eventually ends up serving a life sentence at Fox River where he starts his own chapter of the white supremacist group, gaining an influencial role among the inmates. He finds out about Michaels plans to escape Fox River and uses blackmail and hostages to weasel himself into the group of escaping convicts.

Conjugal Visit ... (Referenced by an ever-hopeful Logan when Veronica shows up at the cafeteria during his "break-out.")

A conjugal visit is an allowance granted to prisoners in the United States to have sexual intercourse with a visitor (generally their spouse). The concession is primarily allowed as a protection of the spouse's rights rather than the prisoner's - the idea is that s/he should still be allowed sexual intimacy without having to consent to divorce or adultery once his/her spouse is incarcerated. The prisoner is usually required to undergo a background check (check for STD's) as well as meeting other qualifications (history of good behavior).

Most prisons have small rooms or trailers set up for conjugal visits, and while the meetings are private, the setting is hardly romantic. The rooms are supplied with minimal materials(condoms, soap, sheets, pillows) and both the prisoner and spouse are searched before and after the meeting to ensure that no items were transferred.

Freshmen 15 ... (Referenced by Logan to Rafe about why they're eating out.)

During the freshman year of college, many students commonly experience a small weight gain of approximately 10 to 15 pounds, commonly referred to as "the Freshman 15." Recent studies found that some first-year students are indeed likely to gain weight. Researchers at Cornell University found that students gained an average of four pounds during the first twelve weeks of their freshman year -- a rate of gain that is eleven times higher than the typical weight gain for 17- and 18-year-olds.

This trend can be attributed to a number of factors. As many of you know, college offers numerous temptations. Most students, on their own for the first time, indulge in their newfound freedom to eat what they want, when they want it. It is also common for students to pile on the portions in the dining hall in an effort to maximize their use of meal plans, and indulge in sugary and/or salty snacks to fuel late-night study sessions. Not to mention a general increase in high calorie alcohol consumption in the form of that tried and true college staple -- beer.

In addition, many students do not get as much exercise as they did in high school. College is also a time of change, and the stress of acclimating to school can trigger overeating. People sometimes eat in response to anxiety, homesickness, sadness, or stress, and all of these can be part of adapting to being away at school.

Big Gulp ... (Referenced by Rafe when questioning why Horshack can't urinate.)

In the 1980's, 7-Eleven was the first retailer to introduce self-serve fountain drinks which they called the "Big Gulp." Needless to say, the Big Gulp has been a big deal - in just the last year, 7- Eleven stores sold nearly thirty-three million gallons of fountain drinks. That's enough to fill seventy-five Olympic-size swimming pools. My little brother would be in heaven if he could have even one of those pools.

If the 32 oz and 40 oz big gulps don't feed your craving for soda, you can always upgrade to the 44 oz Super Big Gulp. Unless, of course, if you live in Edmonton, Alberta - then you can quench your thirst with the massive 1.2 liter Super Big Gulp. I dont know how one could possibly consume that much Coke or Mountain Dew in one sitting, but I suppose it can be done. At least by our Canadian friends ... and probably my little brother.


Pot Farm/Marijuana's Medicinal Value ... (Referenced by Veronica when she finds it in the secret farm/ Marjorie's explanation for the farm.)

The Cannabis plant -- known more commonly as marijuana with many a nickname including pot, mary jane, reefer, etc. -- is often dried or otherwise processed to create a "product" that offers medicinal and psychoactive effects. A plethora of marijuana grown in one setting is generally referred to as a "pot farm."

Despite past use as an accepted medicine, in the early 20th century, the drug became illegal due to the overwhelming consumption of the recreational variety. To see a full write-up of the Medicinal Use of Marijuana go here.

To this day, marijuana usage remains against the law despite the mellow side affects as opposed to the harder drugs of the day. While not widespread, legalizing marijuana has been the efforts of activists for some time, among those fighting for its legal use is Oscar-nominated actor Woody Harrelson. Apparently, none of these activists (including Woody) have ever heard of the dangers that can befall one who has been taken over by reefer madness. Just ask Mary Lane.

D'oh ... (Referenced when said by one of the "guards" after the professor informs Rafe he got the wrong intel.)

"D'oh!" is the comical catch phrase of Homer Simpson, from the long-running animated series The Simpsons. It is typically used when Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something stupid, or when something bad has happened to him.


The cry of "d'oh!" is typically represented in the show's script as "annoyed grunt." When Dan Castellaneta, the voice actor who voices Homer, was first asked to voice the exclamation he rendered it as a drawn out "dooh", inspired by Jimmy Finlayson, a moustachioed actor of a number of Laurel and Hardy films. The show's creator Matt Groening felt that it would better suit the timing of animation if it were spoken faster so Castellaneta shortened it to "D'oh!" Another interpretation claims that Homer simply uses "D'oh!" as a euphemism for "damn." This last interpretation is supported by Castellaneta himself. And since Castelleneta plays Dr. Kinny, we're giving the win to him!

Nietzsche ... (Referenced by Keith when questioning Veronica's quote.)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher. Nietzsche was not a systematic philosopher but rather a moralist who passionately rejected Western civilization. He regarded Christian civilization as decadent and yet, slave minded. He instead looked to the superman, the creator of a new heroic morality that would consciously affirm life and the life values (existentialism). Nietzsche's thought had widespread influence but was of particular importance in Germany. Apologists for Nazism seized on much of his writing as a philosophical justification for their doctrines, but most scholars regard this as a perversion of Nietzsche's thought.

Schoolhouse Rock ... (Referenced by Keith when questioning Veronica's quote.)

Schoolhouse Rock originated in the early 1970's when advertising executive David McCall noticed his 11-year-old son was having trouble memorizing his multiplication tables even though he knew all the words to every rock song on the radio. He decided to combine pop music with information and Schoolhouse Rock was born.

McCall worked with his ad agency's creative directors, George Newall and Tom Yohe, on scripts and storyboards. They hired jazz pianist Bob Dorough to compose a song based on the multiplication tables, and the result was "Three Is a Magic Number." The trio took the concept to then-head of ABC Children's programming Michael Eisner, who snapped it up and asked for more.

The show became Schoolhouse Rock which aired 1973 to 1985. It combined animation, hip music, and catchy lyrics to tackle lessons in American history, the rules of grammar, multiplication tables, science, government, and finance. Kids soon began singing along to favorites like "Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function?" and "Interplanet Janet" -- and in the process learned about everything from how a bill becomes a law to how the body's circulatory system works.

Schoolhouse Rock was also developed into a stage musical in which Tom, a nervous school teacher about to start his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching television. Various characters representing facets of his personality materialize from the set. These characters show him how to win his students over with imagination and music.

Vincent Van Gogh's "Two Lovers" ... (Referenced as the painting that Kendall bought to hide the money, and which Keith sold with the money going to the Neptune Food Bank)

Vincent van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands. He was a draughtsman and painter, and his works, classified as Post-Impressionist, include many of the most well-known, popular, and expensive pieces. He began as an artist in 1880 and worked for a decade before his death on July 29, 1890. During those last ten years of his life he produced some nine hundred paintings and eleven hundred drawings, and most of his best-known pieces were produced in his final two years.

His fame grew slowly following his death with the help of his widowed sister-in-law, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Van Gogh was mostly self-taught, and his work is characterized by a very unique use of media. His paintings can be recognized by the bold and distorted draughtsmanship and dotted or dashed brush marks, sometimes in swirling or wave-like patterns, which can best be seen in perhaps his most famous work, "Starry Starry Night". Since his death, van Gogh has been acknowledged as a pioneer of Expressionism and has been extremely influential to 20th century art. Van Gogh is also well-known for having suffered from depression and mental illness, which drove him to cut off his ear and later commit suicide.

Now onto our painting. The story of "Two Lovers" begins on March 18, 1888 in Arles, France. Van Gogh announced his latest painting in a letter to his friend Emile Bernard, to whom he wrote of "a study that engrosses me, because I want to make something of it -- sailors returning with their sweethearts to the town which is profiled by the strange silhouette of its drawbridge against an enormous yellow sun." At the top of the letter he included a sketch of his newest idea:


On the same day as his letter to Bernard, van Gogh also wrote of the painting in a letter to his brother, Theo: "Wind and rain these last few days. I've worked at home on the study I made a sketch of in Bernard's letter. I want to manage to get colours into it like stained glass window, and a good, bold design." But the next day, in another letter to Theo, van Gogh wrote, "I've had a setback with the sunset with figures and a bridge that I spoke of to Bernard. The bad weather prevented my working on the spot, and I've completely ruined it by trying to finish it at home." And that is the last we hear of it.

Fast forward twenty-three years to 1911, when a fragment of the painting somehow appears in Paris in the possession of a man named Henry Bernstein. How the fragment survived is a mystery. Van Gogh always scraped off and re-used any unsuccessful canvases, so how did this one escape that fate? It is especially curious given that the same afternoon that he wrote about the failure of this piece, he began a new painting on the same subject. So why did he not reuse the canvas of his failed painting? Did someone, perhaps Danish painter Mourier Petersen, who was there at the time, find the work in the garbage and save the piece? No one knows. The fragment has since made its way through several Parisian art galleries and eventually to Oslo, and now belongs to another private collector (who, apparently, sold it to a con artist in Neptune, California -- who knew?).


"Two Lovers (Fragment)" (Arles, 1888)


- This week's "previously on" segment includes a line of dialogue from the final scene of Welcome Wagon that did not air in that episode. As Parker sobs in front of the mirror, she cries, "Someone raped me." (This type of not-quite-accurate recap has occurred at least once before, in A Trip to the Dentist.)

- Dr. Kinny's lecture hall is the same room where we saw Veronica meet up with the Dean and rape victim Stacey Wells in The Rapes of Graff for her reveal at the end of the episode.

- What is up with the kid sitting behind Wallace in Dr. Kinny's class? He's either Dick's doppelganger or his loco single-white-(fe)male stalker. He's got Dick hair, Dick tan, Dick T-shirt ... the complete Dick look.

- When Mr. Kinny asked which students felt they would never commit the torture as evidenced by the photos, Logan was one of the few who did not raise his hand.

- Aww, Wallace has a pretty flowered throw pillow decorating his bed. It's nice to know he's in touch with his feminine side.

- Veronica used the Battlestar Galactica profanity, "frak" again. Hee. Nice continuity.

- As the students are walking through the deserted wing for the experiment, Logan peeks through the window of the door. Cute.

- When the students are walking into the "prison," you can see Logan do a hop-bump into Wallace. Hee! Cuties.

- Jason Dohring is so much taller than all of the other "prisoners" in the prison experiment.

- The fact that the song "Thank Heavens for Little Girls," is playing when Veronica enters the Zeta Theta Beta rush party surrounded by pretty, nubile, young women is just kinda creepy.

- Once again Veronica was given the boyfriend question and once again, she gave no response. Yes, I know there was a reason for it, but last week there was a reason for no response too. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it sure seems like Rob & co. are trying to tell us something. Sigh.

- Wallace should never be called a finicky eater.

- That shot of Liam pointing his gun down at his brother is kind of awesome and manages to add to the menacing vibe of the scene.

- The police department Keith stumbles up to in the desert is named: "The Kretchmer County Sheriff's Office," an obvious shout-out to John Kretchmer who directed this episode, as well as several other Veronica Mars episodes.

- During her 10/10/06 radio interview with KROQ's Kevin & Bean, Kristen Bell said that the scene where she has to recite the alphabet backwards was filmed at 3:30 a.m. (Sheesh, I can barely do that at noon.) Also, Bell pointed out that "As I get in the [safe ride home] car, I'm pretending to be drunk and my purse smacks me in the face. It's very funny. I rewound it a couple times because I remembered it happening, but I just, I get up to the bar of the car and I step in and it just clocks me right in the nose."

- Yay, the Continuity Fairy is back in full force as one of the female students who beat up Dick at the "Take Back the Night," rally was also the Safe Ride driver.

- Isn't the Safe Ride Cart supposed to transport students to somewhere, well, safe? This is apparently not the case at Hearst as the Safe Ride girl drops off Veronica in a secluded and dimly lit section of campus.

- In another example of Moe's hospitable personality ("Oolong?" "Biscotti?"), his dorm room message board simply says "Welcome." There is also a drawing of an animal (rabbit?) on it.

- Is Moe not the most adorable, wonderful Resident Advisor since Noel Crane on Felicity? I think so. I really do.

- When Veronica looks around Karens room, you can clearly see the dog bed and pillow on the bathroom floor that Marjorie references later in the show when confronting Veronica.

- Veronica doesn't just smack Logan's back when she walks up, she also rubs it. Awww. However, there is an editing flub there. In the first shot of her, she's standing there with her hand on his back. Then we cut to a view over her shoulder and her arm is at her side. Then we cut back to the first view and her hand is still on his shoulder until she takes it off.

- Poor Horshack. So exhausted he fell asleep and missed not only eating, but meeting Logan's "girl" in the cafeteria.

- Veronica's "It's good to share" comment to Logan is followed by her "sharing" his food. Hee!

- When Mac walks in to Parker's side of the room and Parker tells her she's leaving, there's a lovely shot of Mac standing in the doorway, while we only see Parker as a reflection in a mirror.

- Logan's saluting of Wallace during his streaking adventure calls back to when Wallace saluted him right after he won the bet.

- The guy sitting behind Wallace's desk is looking at naked!Logan with such joy, one wonders if he needs his own Pep Squad Practice section.


- The stained glass windows in the Hearst library bear a startling resemblance to the stained glass windows at Mars Investigations.

- Mr. Kinny's reaction to Logan's streaking was too hilarious. So understated, yet so pained.

- There are miniature chairs present in both the shelves in the Mars' living room and on Mac's night table. Is this some sort of set designer affectation?

- In the first two episodes of the season, we've had references to both America's Next Top Model and the Pussycat Dolls -- both with connections to the CW television network and used as an obvious cross-promotional effort. Are Smallville and Supernatural far behind?

- Perhaps there is a simple explanation for much of what was "off" in the directing of both this episode and last week's Welcome Wagon. John Kretchmer directed both episodes at the same time. They decided to do so in order to cut down costs on set use and what-not. If the juggling of so many scenes with different storylines, motivations, etc. is what knocked the normally good Kretchmer off his game, let's hope they never have him double-dip-direct again.



- A small one, but Logan's knowledge of musicals once more shows its face as he quotes The Wizard of Oz ... starring Judy Garland. Uh huh. Judy. Garland.



- What DID Keith do to Lamb to make him such a complete asshole to his teenage daughter, even to the point of mocking her about as sensitive a subject as rape? Because it's only Veronica that Lamb is such a vindictive bastard to in regards to rape (The Pilot and this episode). In The Rapes of Graff and here, he plays the part of a sensitive cop about and to other rape victims.

- Have Logan and Wallace had much interaction prior to the Sociology class or is Veronica continuing to keep her social life separate from her love life with Logan?

- Does Veronica really have a Vagina Monologue memorized that she can just quote one off the top of her head? Impressive.

- Who was the girl in the Safe Ride Cart that helped Moe return Parker to her dorm room, and what, if any, connection does she have to Parker's rape?

- Yes, marijuana helps with cancer patients, but we're talking a patient -- singular, not plural. Why the need for an entire pot farm?

- Why didn't Mac witness who Parker came home with or who entered the room later, considering she was there waiting for Veronica?

- What happened to the self-destructive, tormented Dick from the last episode as he appears to have been quickly replaced by a quippy Dick who bears a strange resemblance to a Chippendale dancer?

- Will the video camera setup used by the sorority house mother come into the picture later on? Could there have been something caught on tape that leads to information in Parker's rape?

- Knowing what Veronica knows now (especially in light of Parker's clear distress that Veronica thought she was slut), why on God's green earth would Veronica describe her as "promiscuous" in her notes?

- Did Keith suspect that if Vinnie was working for Liam, that the younger Fitzpatrick sibling would do major, perhaps fatal, harm to his brother? Or did he simply decide that whatever happened to Cormac he deserved?

- Is the Kendall/Fitzpatrick storyline resolved or will we continue to see it play out over the course of the first arc?

- If the Kendall/Fitzpatrick storyline is not over, will Liam come after Keith given his connection to the case?

- Did Cormac dispose of Kendall's body before following Keith or did Liam discover the body in his quest for the money and take care of it?

- Did Kendall use the profits from the Phoenix Land Trust to purchase Van Gogh's Two Lovers or did she remove it from the walls of the Casablancas estate?

- Keith knew the value of that painting so well. Is he a closet art connoisseur?

- Will Keith ever reveal to Veronica that Kendall was murdered?

- If Logan discovers that Kendall was murdered, what, if any, reaction will he have?



- So as Keith suspected last week, Vinnie was indeed working for Liam Fitzpatrick as evidenced by the pen leading Liam right to his brother.

- Veronica's voiceover about being roofied and raped, although not referenced in the previouslies, refers to the night she was roofied and raped (by Duncan and Beaver).

- We have two cases of verbal continuity between Logan and Veronica. In this episode, Veronica said "You had me at secret room, while in Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough, Logan said: "You had me at ice cold." See, destiny. Also, in Not Pictured, during the dream sequence Veronica asked her mother (who was trying to foist pancakes on her) "Are you trying to get me an early jump on the the Freshman 15?" Here, Logan's response to Rafe about why they are in the cafeteria is near-verbatim reply as opposed to a question: "Getting a jump start on the Freshman 15?"



- Director John Kretchmer directed this episode and the previous, Welcome Wagon, at the same time.

- There has been some complaint about the lack of severity in regards to the experiment. According to this episode's writer, Diane Ruggiero (in a podcast), her original draft of the prison scenes was deemed too dark by Rob Thomas, so she lightened it. And then the CW Standards & Practices felt that the second draft was also too dark, so she toned it down a second time. So, not Diane's fault. She tried.



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