TWoP recap - An Echolls Family Christmas: Veronica asks what Keith wants for Christmas. Keith: "Your love and respect." Aw. Keith tells Veronica to save her money, and they go back to watching The Year Without A Santa Claus, which is up to the "Heat Miser" song...
...and in a nice segue, we cut to Duncan singing the same song, apparently drunk on Jack Daniel's. He's singing at what looks to be the pool house at Logan's. There's a poker game going on; participating are Duncan, Logan, two guys we've never seen, and...Weevil. Well. I certainly didn't think Weevil and Logan were going to make their romance public quite that quickly. Logan's sucking on a stogie, and Weevil notes, "You look pretty comfortable with that thing in your mouth." I suppose I should be offended at the anti-gay sentiment, but it's kind of difficult to be, given that Logan could out-fey every single backup dancer Madonna has ever employed. Logan comes back with a dumb comment about Weevil's being Cuban, which Logan totally knows Weevil's not. This and later comments by Logan sparked a debate on the forums as to whether Logan is racist. Frankly, I think calling him a racist is waaaaay overstating the case. While his snide remarks are annoying and hopelessly immature, he's trying to get Weevil's goat (and not trying all that hard, I might add), and while I certainly would concede that he's a classist (or a rich snob, if you prefer), I think it's a big jump to conclude that he thinks that non-white people are born inferior. It'd be just as big a jump to conclude from Weevil's remark that he actually thinks Logan enjoys sucking cock. Whether he has other evidence to support that opinion is another matter.
well enough said. yeah, not about being racist but about getting W's goat. "not trying to hard" - is that just to say that he is not really going after Weevil here? or is that innuendo that I am missing? along the same lines as the "making their romance public" and "whether he has other evidence" (which was a nice bringing it back from a serious statement ~ well non-snarky interlude)


forum p1... I'd seen reference to 'AEFC' being a favorite episode, lets's see why
-Best episode yet. Who else thought Keith was a bit slow on the uptake? (Fired waitress isn't automatically a suspect? right I thought he knew that when asked about the firing but no that was not the set up) I thought that was more glaring than the whole we-thought-he-was-rich-but-he's-the-butler's-son inconsistency. ok yeah I thought that was weird. Well, actually they're both so bad...
-I so wasn't expecting Jake Kane tonight. So is Celeste behind everything? What an ep!
- "Annoy, tiny blond one, annoy like the wind." Hee. I love Logan.
-Damn what a killer ep! I don't know if that's literal yet. Aaron Echolls getting stabbed. Great interaction between the young poker players and how Veronica was able to deduce to took the money. Too bad it wasn't really her dealing the cards.
-Loved the whole Columbo thing at the poker game. Very funny. was it a Columbo style analysis? maybe the flashbacks with the detective explaining. in Lucky Sleven, Lucy Lui's character mentions him, classic tv detective. and on wkp read that the viewer knew the answers from the beginning and the suspense of each epis was how Columbo wld solve it, which sounds cool.
-This show rocks every minute and most of the time, the plot isn't even the issue. And then when it is (nasty Celeste and her blackmail of her husband's alleged lover, and more compellingly...the moment when Keith sees Veronica confronting Jake), it rocks more.
-Logan and Weevil had so many great quotes. "Don't I blend? Hey, where's Weevil?"
-Hah, wow I love the innuendo with Logan and Veronica AND Logan and Weevil. That Logan has chemistry with everyone, now doesn't he?

-Couch Baron: agree with the "best episode" assessments. Can't wait to do the recap, because that totally, totally rocked. huh, bcs of the arc movement? jake kane. aaron echolls getting stabbed. and the poker game. ok maybe bcs it was all main characters, no diverting small one-off character mystery.