Veronica Mars - “Papa’s Cabin”
Keith puts the heat on Mindy O’Dell now that he’s sheriff (Why, Lamb, WHY?! *sobs*) She reveals that the second man in the hotel room that night was the Dean himself, who waved a gun around and basically informed Landry that his career is over. She was the one who appeared at Cyrus’ office later to plead for mercy and give him some Xanax. Keith arrests Landry, who has some info to add to the story. Cyrus also informed Mindy that, according to their pre-nup, she gets nothing. His alibi? He stopped at a convenience store for cigarettes on his way back from the Neptune Grand. Mindy gets her life insurance check, buys a boat, and skips town.
Meanwhile, Veronica and Tim the TA try to prove Landry’s innocence by tracking down the stripper who bummed some cigarettes off of him, but end up kind of proving he did it by learning that the stripper was blackmailed into saying it. They listen to the recordings of Landry’s bugged cell phone and hear a reference to Papa’s Cabin, a Hemmingway reference that leads them to some beach-side paradise and Mindy’s boat. On it, they find Landry, who cries that he just meant to confront Mindy about setting him up and he didn’t mean for her to fall overboard and die. He’s arrested.
Post arrest, the criminology class wants the dirty details of how Landry killed Dean O’Dell. Tim the Teacher begins to go over the crime and Veronica realizes something - Landry didn’t have time to call and blackmail the stripper after being arrested - and puts it all together. The true guilty party? Tim the Teacher. Me? Doing the victory dance. This is the first time I’ve ever correctly predicted who did it on this show!
Oh, I almost forgot. Logan and Parker are getting cozy. Logan asks for Veronica’s permission to date her. It is about as exciting as it sounds.
What I Liked
- Being right about Tim the TA
- Keith showing up the kids by figuring out that “Papa’s Cabin” was a Hemmingway reference
What I Didn’t Like
- The pacing. The whole episode felt a little off. And Mindy’s death was like an afterthought. This could have been stretched over two episodes and have worked much better.
- LAMB IS STILL DEAD.
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