TWoP recap VM 3.4 Charlie Don't Surf -p2:
Veronica confesses that she's been through exactly what Parker's been through -- at 'Shelly Pomroy's end of year party, the summer of 2004.' when really it was winter 2003. end of calendar year. unless it's been confused all along ~ end of year ~ did always suggest to me the end of the school year and I had to figure out meant calendar year. I mean, I make enough mistakes recapping this show, and I don't really think errors of continuity are necessarily huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but...given how big an issue they made of it at the time, you'd think someone on staff might have caught this one. yeah I'm suprised I guess that K Bell wouldn't have noticed.
Parker's chastened, saying that she had no idea, and Veronica snots, 'Not something I open with.'
Okay, a point recently discussed on the boards: I'm starting to think that in some scenes, opposite some actors, Kristen Bell is showing signs of phoning it in. yeah I didn't enjoy watching her much here. She's failing to show vulnerability in scenes where it's clearly called for, in my opinion (excepting when she's acting opposite Enrico Colantoni or Jason Dohring), and it's making scenes that should be resonant play badly. If I'd read the sides for this scene, I think I would have been a lot more moved than I was in practice, when the opposite should be true. yes. It's just a theory (and the direction could easily be at fault as well), and I guess time will tell. I'm aware that a lot of people think that Veronica's behavior is due to natural character development -- which is certainly possible -- but either way, in my view, whether the acting is at fault or not, Veronica is increasingly showing a frightening lack of sympathy, and I don't think it's doing the show any favors. It's fine if some or even most of the characters find Veronica unlikable, but if the viewers start to do so, that's another story entirely.
I just watched this episode on CW site.
recaplet: Logan calls the brother, Charlie (played by Matt Czuchry, Logan on Gilmore Girls, and okay, heh).