Silence of the Lamb

Lamb is dead, y’all. It came out of nowhere. Or rather, Grieco came out of nowhere. With a bat. And a system full of amphetamines. Which is never a good combo. So Lamb got smashed in the head and the episode ended with Keith sadly telling Veronica that their comic foil was dead and then taking over his old job. There’s a new sheriff in Neptune. And he looks somewhat less hot in the uniform than our Dorothy-loving Don. Sigh.

On to the mini-mysteries: Did Josh kill his dad? Did Veronica help him escape? Where is Stosh Piznarski? In short: no, yes(ish), the hell if I know. Turns out Josh is allergic to peanuts and the cookies he asked V to bring him caused a reaction that led to a paramedic reviving him with an epi pen and Josh overpowering said paramedic in a daring, off-camera escape. Then he totally kidnapped Mason to try to force him to admit that he killed the coach. Lots of crazy, Fugitive-like behavior follows and finally it turns out that the coach killed himself (with an Army-buddy’s help) and tried to make it look like a car-jacking to secure a big insurance settlement for his family. He had recently been diagnosed with a horrible brain disease and was about to die in a painful, expensive manner. So Veronica helps another cute boy nobly escape to Mexico. Everyone thinks he killed his dad, but his mom and autistic brother are financially secure. Does the fact that it’s obviously not a carjacking mean that they still get the huge settlement? I’m really not clear on all that and I don’t care to think too deeply about it since…

Mac totally got her groove back! Yay! So did Logan! Boo? I can’t decide whether or not to hiss at the development between Parker and Logan. When was the last time we saw Logan have as much fun as he had with Mac, Parker and Bronson on the Valentines Day Scavenger Hunt? I’m drawing a blank. And if he and Veronica are too screwed up to make it work right now, then at least Parker’s someone I like. Plus, it will make for some good drama. Back to Mac: she and Bronson totally did it! And he didn’t proceed to blow up anything, rape anyone or kill himself! Woo hoo! Not that she and Beav ever sealed the deal, but you know what I mean. And they had a lovely, sweet scene that makes me renew my vow to kill anyone that causes that poor girl any more emotional damage. Consider yourselves warned, writers.

In the land of crimes Tim Foyle totally committed: That’s still my guess. Right now it seems like Landry and Mindy are too obvious and I guess Greco’s a suspect, but he seems to really think that Mindy’s setting him up. I’m not sure why Tim would kill Dean O’Dell (maybe he wanted a super duper nice rec letter like Veronica’s, but failed to measure up), but the other three would be kind of disappointing. Especially since Weevil found Landry’s bloody shirt on campus. And who would bug Landry’s phone (other than Veronica and Keith)? It’s gotta be Tim. Of course, I’m the same girl who thought Liane Mars killed Lilly. But whatev.