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Post by Michelle on Apr 30, 2007 20:20:04 GMT -5
Veronica is hired by a Middle Eastern restaurant owner to find out who has been vandalizing their business with ethnic slurs. While investigating the case, Veronica and the restaurant owner are attacked in a drive-by shooting.
Discuss!
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Post by Onjel on May 1, 2007 20:06:17 GMT -5
So, is the wife of the owner the woman who played Ilona Costa Bianchi? They have a similar look, but for the ligher hair here.
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Post by Onjel on May 1, 2007 20:08:28 GMT -5
Oh lord. Is that the pipe they are laying?
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Post by Karen on May 1, 2007 20:12:36 GMT -5
So, is the wife of the owner the woman who played Ilona Costa Bianchi? They have a similar look, but for the ligher hair here. Could be. She looked very familiar! Keith seems to be on a mission to clean up the town.
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 20:30:03 GMT -5
Ah, Veronica and Logan banter, how I have missed thee during these long lonely VM-less weeks! "I hate to think of you under-caffinated." "Violence in early adolescence." "Need me to autograph your textbook?" ;D (And a bit of for that last one.) Logan is throwing a party for Parker and V's invited. Yeah. That's not gonna be awkward. (Heee on the "my super sweet 16" joke, though.) Vandalism directed at an Arab-American family business. The agency is shut down, but . . . Veronica takes the case, of course. Although, frankly, isn't this a straight-up police matter? I suppose they aren't going to do something as labor intensive as a stake out. Although . . . . shouldn't the cops be finding out who did it? Hate crime and all. Student hit by car, hmmmm. He was "over served" and then tossed. Possible liability for the bar, I say. But how does this tie to Veronica's case? This must be the girl V. went to Neptune High with. "My mom hire you?" Hmmmm. Doesn't sound like they were exactly BFF. Was she another of the "popular" girls that shunned Veronica? So, the kid getting hit by the car will be Keith's case. OK. Well, I bet they'll still be some kind of connection, even if it's just in theme. Ooops. Looks like the dad of the family don't want V on the case. Actually, while he's sounding like he doesn't want a "girl" doing this, it also sound like he doesn't want anyone looking into it. Because that would make it feel serious, more "real"? Damn!!! Paintball guys making them think it's real guns. I hate that. There were some jerks in town a few years ago doing that to people on bikes. Think it's so damn funny, when you're scaring someone to death. Not to mention, causing physical injury. I'd like to see you think that someone actually shot you and still be all "ha ha, oh you're so funny". "I'm a Yankee Doodle Damn Yankee!" Heh. He's right, and right to me mad, and still very funny. "Want me to track 'em down or not?" Good for you, V. Just put it straightforwardly right to the point - yes or no? Ah, Veronica and Keith banter, how I have missed thee during these long lonely VM-less weeks! "Let me change first. Man, you party hard." ;D And the little slip of the tongue, "Most of the campus area bars are pretty lax . . . " Ooops. So this is gonna be Keith's crusade. Not an uncommon thing in college towns, unfortunately. And damn hard to control. I mean, you crack down on some bars, but after a while, it tends to go back to what it was. Huh. Cop asking if Keith is "always like this". Isn't this a kind of standard thing that the cops would do? Check out bars allowing underage drinking? Especially in a college town? Why does this seem "odd" to the cop? Veronica undercover . . . at the middle school, of course! The one from the bumper sticker of the paintball truck. Huh, indeed. So, do we have a "why are you going after other people of your ethnic background" kind of thing? Sorta looks like it. "Yo, bitch, what up?"?! How lame is that! Stupid suburban kids, wanting to be all "street".
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 20:30:43 GMT -5
So, is the wife of the owner the woman who played Ilona Costa Bianchi? They have a similar look, but for the ligher hair here. That would be a hell of a fun coincidence, eh? I haven't IMDB'd the ep, so I don't know casting . . .
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 20:31:15 GMT -5
So, is the wife of the owner the woman who played Ilona Costa Bianchi? They have a similar look, but for the ligher hair here. Could be. She looked very familiar! Keith seems to be on a mission to clean up the town. New sherrif in town, indeed.
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 20:52:50 GMT -5
Dude, she shot you. Are these guys baked, or what? "Your defence is that you shoot everyone, not just Arabs?" Uh, yeah, not just baked, these guys are dumber than stumps. Ha! They didn't do the original vanadlism, but they gotta clean up the paintball stuff and never do it again. Ha! Dick is finding girls on My Space. Dick, Dick, Dick. Once a loser, always a loser. "Those bars do a good job keeping minors out." Hmmmmm. Keith doesn't buy it and neither do I. And Sachs knows something. Ah, Veronica and Mac banter, how I have missed thee during these long lonely VM-less weeks! "A hike? You?" "Yes." "Morning? You?" "I wanted to see what it was like!" "And?" "It's sunny." ;D Ah, Mac and Logan banter, how etc. etc. etc. "I remember the fisherman." The party rears it's ugly head again, and of course Veronica pretends to be fine with going. Heee! Hit me on the head with a hammer. "Not that I wouldn't love to finally cross that off my to do list." ;D Wallace!!!!!!!! How I have missed you . . . lather, rinse, repeat. ;D Oh, Piz. You poor dufus. Listen to Wallace. Let Wallace guide you! Huh. The Jewish frat . . . guy spying . . . wearing what looks like one of those head coverings that could be a yarmulka or a kufi . . . so, Jewish or Muslim? I'm betting Muslim, since that's - yep. Amira. With a Jewish boy. So, someone from the family spying on her? Or spying on her to report her to the family? Do we have a Romeo and Juliet thing happening here? I think we do!
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 21:08:43 GMT -5
Aha! Yes, I was right! Guy who works at the restaurant, was supposed to marry her, etc. etc. And if her dad finds out about her dating a Jewish guy it's curtains. Romeo and Juliette. Indeedy. "Men! It's all rah rah rah until you find yourself in an all night photo mat." ;D Love those spur of the moment Veronica fictions. Ooops. Clueless photo guy is gonna wreck it by still having some shots, what do you bet. Wallace and Piz, hittin' the bars and the ladies, oh yeah. Smooth operaters. Crappity crap. Yep, daddy found out about Amira. Hmmmm. "The community" is who vandalised them? Either Jewish or Arab. Hmmm. Possible. But I'm not so sure. "I work for your wife." Oooh, ouch! Bar guy's not happy. I bet he's gonna offer a bribe any time now, like he's undoubtably been giving to the other officers . . . . aaaand here it comes. The raffle tickets. Lamb's old scam. "We won't be having a raffle this year. The hospital is having a pancake breakfast, perhaps you could donate there." Heee! Keith is so cute when he's all straightfaced and noble. Yeah, yeah, free uniforms, free beer, yadda yadda. Not exactly a big threat. Other than being a bit less popular with the rank and file, it's not exactly end of the world stuff. Ooopsie. Wallace and Piz, busted by Keith. Oh, Veronica made the ID's. He is so not gonna be happy with her.
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Post by Onjel on May 1, 2007 21:14:42 GMT -5
Yep. Carole (Raphaelle) Davis played Ilona Costa Bianchi and the wife of the restaurant owner in this ep. Thanks to Sara for confirming it. ;D
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 21:23:43 GMT -5
Yep, Keith is not happy with Veronica. Makes a joke about her best quality IDs, but then -"there are mistakes you can't take back". I was thinking we'd get this. Seeing the difference now that Keith is a cop. She can't do the same things as before and have him . . . not notice. But also, can she go back to the girl she was before Lily died, when he was last a cop? No. So what does it mean to the relationship between them? A tracer in the scroll. But, why would they have taken the scroll away from the scene, and then just tossed it. I would think the vandal would either wreck it there, or keep it as a trophy. Ah well, it works enough for the plot. Huh. That was nicely . . . more complex than one might have expected. The vandal is a guy who does blame them for the current war stuff, unfairly. But, his brother was wounded in the war. But, his brother thinks what he did was stupid, knowing these restaurant people have nothing to do with the war. But, the guy was handed a flyer that he didn't like, by Nassir, who works at the restaurant. But, the restaurant people didn't know that and want to meet the kid. And, the flyer . . . is it propaganda? Is it a protest? Is it . . .. Nicely complex. Ah, is Keith gonna use them as bait in the bars? Testing to see if the bars card them? See if they look at the ID? Heee! "This guy is Jon Bon Jovi." "We don't all really look alike, Mr. Mars." ;D Keith has you guys by the short hairs and you're just gonna have to play along. Oooh. Not just setting up the bars to see how well they are carding, they are also bait to see which cops are in on it.
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 21:24:36 GMT -5
Yep. Carole (Raphaelle) Davis played Ilona Costa Bianchi and the wife of the restaurant owner in this ep. Thanks to Sara for confirming it. ;D Well then you are dressed just pefectly for tonight, aren't you? ;D
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Post by Lola m on May 1, 2007 21:58:52 GMT -5
Smith and Jones. Of course. "You're firing us? You're the substitute teacher!" Oh dude. You really have no brains at all, do you? And then you try the "we'll all walk" thing? Never do that unless you really really know they'll all walk. 'Cuz I don't quite believe that you have as much support as you think. Ah, Veronica brings the restaurant owners to meet the kid. And it isn't magically solved. Kid isn't suddenly brought to awareness by the guy's words. He doesn't put the kid in jail either, but also sees that what Nassir did isn't illegal either. But it did "piss him off". So, he cuts off support. Which leads to the guy being grabbed by INS. Which is probably unfair, but also has the ring of truth too. And, the wife uses what he said to get him to at least meet the kid his daughter is dating. Not changing his mind yet either, but maybe there is some room to work. A bit pat in a few spots, but still reasonably true feeling. Oh, good discussion between Veronica and Keith. "It's been tough on me knowing I let you down." She sees that there are more consequences than she'd been admitting to herself. Plus, we get funny lines like "use the Mars powers for good rather than evil" and "never a stenographer around thwn you need one". But I'm thinking there's still gonna be some conflict between them over roles. Dick. What else can I say. Heh! The couch is her "emotional foxhole". ;D Awwww, a photo cake. Logan actually does seem to gravitate to girls/women who are . . . . genuinely nice. OK, that was too cliche. Getting a slice with Logan's face? Um. One of the rare mis-steps in writing. Logan and Dick are like a warped Abbot and Costello . . . "Doublemint, dude!" "They're becoming twins?" "What? I don't have time for this! . . . Do we have any peanut oil?" "Here? In the room?" And of course they were torturing you, Dick. Do you really think these schemes of yours will ever actually work? Oh, Veronica. You are soooo dumb sometimes. Yes!! Wallace tells her what the hell is going on. "What you're doing is cruel." "Be a good person. Just put him out of his misery." Oooh, and Piz steps up! "I went all in." And Veronica is . . . intrigued. So of course they're kissing when the elevator opens on Logan. Because, we must have angst! Torment! Relationship complextity at all cost! ;D On the other hand, how cute were Mac and her sweetie? Bonding over their mutual histories of not-so-legal scams. ;D
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Post by jeff on May 2, 2007 0:06:47 GMT -5
So are we going from LoVe to ....umm .... Viz? Pizica? Pizonica? I like Viz.
I like the episode well enough. I wish they would not have had Logan on the elevator when the door opened to them kissing. I am not a LoVe shipper, but I am not going all Viz shipper yet either, the jury is still out for me.
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Post by Michelle on May 2, 2007 8:35:42 GMT -5
Smith and Jones. Of course. "You're firing us? You're the substitute teacher!" Oh dude. You really have no brains at all, do you? And then you try the "we'll all walk" thing? Never do that unless you really really know they'll all walk. 'Cuz I don't quite believe that you have as much support as you think. Ah, Veronica brings the restaurant owners to meet the kid. And it isn't magically solved. Kid isn't suddenly brought to awareness by the guy's words. He doesn't put the kid in jail either, but also sees that what Nassir did isn't illegal either. But it did "piss him off". So, he cuts off support. Which leads to the guy being grabbed by INS. Which is probably unfair, but also has the ring of truth too. And, the wife uses what he said to get him to at least meet the kid his daughter is dating. Not changing his mind yet either, but maybe there is some room to work. A bit pat in a few spots, but still reasonably true feeling. Oh, good discussion between Veronica and Keith. "It's been tough on me knowing I let you down." She sees that there are more consequences than she'd been admitting to herself. Plus, we get funny lines like "use the Mars powers for good rather than evil" and "never a stenographer around thwn you need one". But I'm thinking there's still gonna be some conflict between them over roles. I was surprised that Keith was so calm with Veronica. I suppose in his gut he must have known that Veronica might have made her friends fake IDs since he knew she made one for Josh in "Mars Bars." But as a father, finding out that your daughter was contributing to the very thing you were trying to put a stop to, well, it seems like Keith would have been a lot more upset with her. A little levity in an otherwise heavy episode. True story: Dick isn't my friend on MySpace, but Mac and Veronica are. Eetah. I saw the piece Parker handed Veronica and rolled my eyes. I loved, loved, loved Wallace's talk with Veronica. He told her how it was in no uncertain terms. But why must Veronica be with anyone right now? The girl has issues, and needs to work on them before she hooks up with someone as naive as Piz. Is he her sweetie now? What happened to Bronson? I like Mac and Max together, but this is a sudden turn of events.
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