Tuesday Night Lights
Updated 2006-10-22 17:00:00
Weevil's working at a car wash as part of his release from prison, and it's not going too well, so Veronica gets Keith to hire him instead. That doesn't turn out so hot either, so Veronica has to fire him. Well, it's hardly the only dirty work she does in this episode. She gets called in to the Dean's office, and the Dean just happens to be played by Ed Begley Jr., and I can only think that I must have written something at some point to offend the casting director something fierce. The article Veronica wrote in the last episode about the pot hasn't gone away, and Ed threatens Veronica with expulsion if she won't give up the Botany teacher's name. One wonders exactly how many Botany professors there are at Hearst, but maybe Ed wants to make absolutely sure he's going to the right guy when he tries to score some kind bud. Veronica gets out of this jam by busting Ed's son to him, and in the process scores Weevil a campus maintenance job. In other news, Piz is trying to impress this girl Trish, who runs the school radio station, so when her boyfriend, a football player, loses the team's playbook, Piz hooks him up with Veronica, who immediately gets busted posing at a cheerleader. At least it wasn't Madison who caught her. Piz gets his own radio show right before Veronica, after the typical red herrings, busts Trish for trying to get her boyfriend's scholarship withdrawn. She was only doing it to save him from the tyrannical coach, but Trish has lost the book. Meanwhile, Veronica gets pissy about Logan not wanting to do things other than have sex, or something. Through a series of semi-contrivances, Veronica gets distrustful of Logan, but he's not cheating on her -- he's participating in Hearst's underground gambling ring instead. Things come together when it turns out some dude stole the book from Trish in order to fix a Hearst football game. Logan and Veronica get in a fight over her spying on him, and I guess that's my fault for calling them functional in the last recap. Knowing that Logan's going on a trip to Mexico and knowing what often happens when he goes south of the border, Veronica installs a tracking device in Logan's car, but reconsiders at the last minute. Veronica confesses to Logan that she has trust issues, and they somewhat tearily stay together for a while. Also, another girl gets raped, but we won't know any details until next time. Probably best, because...this episode? A bit fluffy for such awfulness.