And now is the time when we rewatch!
The previouslies are very obvious! I'm surprised I didn't know from the first scene what was going to happen, since they do cover everything [Hannah's dad, Thumper, Terrence and Miss Dumbass]
Also, in one of the earlier s2 episodes they mentioned Winter Carnival so that is some nice continuity.
The first scene was very funny though. Lots of quotables.
And Madison's hair looks real for once. The brown noser comment was probably my favourite, just because...Madison is smart enough to think of that? Who would have thought?! I wonder if she's in the scholarship race too?
Pooooor Jackie.
I'd have thought she'd be used to people not liking her, but I suppose they
have stepped it up a bit.
Winter carnival looks really fun! I wish I went. Do rich kid schools throw those sorts of things here? Because if they do I'll have to start going.
Snow cones and slushies are my favourite! Working with them must have been a bitch though, and I noticed in a few scenes that they just looked like clear blue water instead of icy cold goodness.
"You had me at ice cold" =
I would quote every other good part but we'd be here all day.
The rest of the scene is just 100% gold LoVe snark, which I totally adore, and I am glad that we have it back. I think that it really helped improve our [collective fandom speak!] impression of the episode, because other LoVe moments this season have been the bad kind of awkward.
I still don't want them getting together this season but I love the snark too much for them not to have scenes together.
Madison's dad's little pie trick is hilarious, but I totally buy rich parents doing that. It's like fake bidding at an auction.
"They don't know what they want until I have it" slipped by me at first, but...hilarity!
Logan mocking Dick also never gets old.
And in this scene Dick is just carrying around blue water! Silly. I notice these things.
Mac and Cassidy are sooooooooo cute!
I'm jealous.
The basis behind the MotW - Veronica losing senior trip money - isn't great, but I liked how the MotW played out and it was at the carnival and carnivals are fun so who cares?
Some of the 'heavier' episodes - [child] abuse, rape, etc are really important, but they don't tend to be as fun and lighthearted [for obvious reasons] and hence not as snarky. And VM brings the snark like very few other shows ever have, so I don't like it when it is absent.
This seems to me like one of the longest openings so far, and I really liked it that way - very Alias. Sometimes the short ones are great too though.
"Lurking? You mean, standing while black?"
Oh Jackie. You won me over.
But really, why would she tell Madison that she had a plan to ruin everything? Jackie isn't stupid, she's just annoying.
Hannah's tall skinniness bothered me more than her character did at first.
But, the giggling!
That scene was incredibly cheesy and annoying, but not really bad.
Uncle Weevil is good. Ophelia is so cute. But, no wonder they kicked him out of the gang. Being nice to kids?
The Keith/Terrence scenes were kinda great, but I think they really remind you that the MotW is a high school one. It's both good and bad.
I can see how it would be boring, if it wasn't for the fact that it's bus crash related.
I don't know. It was interesting, but not interesting enough? It was necessary though.
Mac and Cassidy again!
It doesn't make sense that Jackie would steal the money, because she's rich and...'sif it'd ruin anything anyway, I am sure someone's parents would pay for the senior trip in the end.
I suppose you can't blame anyone for assuming the worst about her though.
I have to say that Jackie was looking nice this episode though. I like her coat.
The dunk tank thing is so nasty. I'd have thought they'd have made it a bit harder for them to hit the target.
[Although, on second thought, I guess that main guy was some sort of athlete so it makes more sense that he wouldn't miss]
Wallace missing on purpose was nice.
Keith's excitement about Terrence's baseballstarishness was cute. And sad.
Mac and Cassidy holding hands? CUUUUUTE.
Dick? JEEEERK.
More Hannah! Argh.
Cheesy!
I still don't hate her but...cheesy! Cheesy!
Logan is very good at this though. He could write a book and sell his secrets and be rich[er]!
Madison is such a cruel bitch. Boo.
She doesn't own the school. Or the carnival. Boo!
Ms Hauser is Madison at 40 though! Without the rich part. She's eeeevil.
I LOVE Dick's look of satisfaction when he's watching the video of himself at the clown game. I think he just outacted the entire cast of most shows right there.
"I don't care what your zip code is, trash is trash" kinda works both ways, doesn't it Ms Hauser?
The bounce house! I wish someone would take me on a date in a jumping castle.
Again, their slushies are coloured water.
"Neutered eunuch nerd drone" is way too many words for Dick to know.
Miss Dumbass as a psycho girlfriend is unsurprising!
Poor Terrence, it is baaaad.
So why did Weevil buy fake pills to put in Thumper's locker? I don't know how much it would have cost, maybe the money was worth it. No poor Thumper though, he's a jerk.
I'm interested in the paddle though. Hee. It was immediately obvious to me that they were number plate numbers, so I don't know why the teachers didn't pick up on it. I guess they wouldn't have cared anyway.
Also, wtf is Thumper doing with the snake? Molesting people? Psycho!
J.B got behind Veronica in the scholarship race by cheating! Ruh-roh! Either that or he was just cheating to beat her. Still, not cool.
Veronica and Jackie being kinda-friends works for me. She's like a snarky, bitchy Meg or something.
The 'false accusation' ball? I love it.
Ms Hauser eating her words? She should do it more often.
The Triton thing was cool. Veronica finding Ms Hauser's secret stash was cooler. Attention to detail!
And Clemmons loves Veronica's help so Ms Hauser was always going to get caught, slimy weasel that she is.
The shemale set up was classic.
Hannah isn't wearing her beanie properly. Can she not do anything right?
And she has a pointy chin.
And you'd think a plastic surgeon could get the huge mole taken off his lip.
Dick's spitting is too funny. Hee! That's karma.
Keith using Veronica's trust-abusing evidence to catch Terrence out is so...I don't know. It works.
Terrence is so naughty. Keith finding out his hero is a fraud is so sad. Poor Keith.
Weevil's new car is pretty fancy. I like how the fraud [for lack of better term on my part] kids get lime coloured cars.
The reveal that Veronica made up the Nancy thing was a good one - when you rewatch it you realise what her 'look's were for. It's the sort of 'pick it up the second time' thing that I like, it's a lot better than how they handled Donut Run.
Weevil equallysmarting Veronica was a nice touch. He's worked with her before, he knows how she operates. Very clever, that Weevil. Using his niece for crime is not so nice, but still clever. But sad.
I didn't get a WeeRonica vibe, they were just joking/playing around, which I thought was cool. I like how Weevil is everyone's unlikely friend. And Veronica has a history of not turning people in when they do what is right [well, she didn't out Mac for scamming 09ers].
I thought the ending of the scene was quite abrupt though.
Anyway, definitely one of my favourite episodes so far this season. I didn't love it as much the second time, overall, but I think that is because I was constantly pausing it. 
It was so so very funny! Almost all of the characters had some wonderful snarky dialogue and there was plenty of scheming and scamming, and corruption, so it really worked.
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