Domo Arigato, Donnie Roboto
Updated 2006-11-05 16:00:00
Happy Halloween! Let's celebrate by ringing in the return of Cliff! Also, Backup gets loads of screen time! Okay. First, Lucky Tim teaches the criminology class in lieu of the absent Dr. Landry, and tries to show up Veronica by calling on her to give an oral presentation, but Veronica brings in a real-live Weevil to set a theme of the week by talking about having been a criminal and the allure of that lifestyle. Weevil notices that Veronica is wearing a necklace Lilly gave her, and then is aghast to learn that she's dating Logan again. Well, Weevil, you should have asked him to wait for you. Veronica, thinking to score some points with her beau, attends a Halloween party at the campus casino, but before Logan arrives, the party ends up getting robbed, Point Break-style. The thieves steal a lot of money, as well as Veronica's necklace, causing her to accuse Weevil of the crime, because her first instinct has been so on-target so far this season. Weevil and Logan almost revisit days of HoYay past, but Lamb shows up to get in on the action. Read the transcript if you think I'm kidding. He also finds some of the stolen goods from the party in Weevil's car, and arrests Weevil on the spot. Veronica comes to believe that Weevil was framed, though, and soon, it comes to light that the loot was dumped and the guns weren't even real. Veronica catches the real thieves, who were campus security guys. Well, that might explain why there's been so little progress with the rape investigations. Wallace does badly on a Mechanical Engineering test, and considers cheating on the next one. Surprisingly, he goes through with it, but perhaps less surprisingly, he gets caught (or so it seems, anyway). Veronica walks in on Keith in the middle of a consult with Dean Ed Begley and his nubile young wife. Turns out Ed's previously referenced stepson is dying, so Dean Ed hires Keith to track down the kid's deadbeat real dad. The dad is a washed-up voice actor, played by Richard Grieco (um, hee). Dean Ed's wife begs Grieco to give up some bone marrow for their son, but he refuses and then disappears, leaving Keith as the leading suspect in potential foul play. Keith confronts Dean Ed, who confesses that his wife took her son to Mexico without his consent, so they go on a -- say it with me -- ROAD TRIP! Only Ed was totally faking, and he and his wife kidnapped Grieco and stole his bone marrow. Wow, that's...kind of old school. Finally, Veronica talks to Claire, but she's no help about the Asian guy. Veronica does discover, however, that the mysterious Asian guy had a "Camp Waterloo" logo on his shirt, and finally finds out that the guy is...Claire's boyfriend. DUN!