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MTVS Epic Rewatch #162

VM 3x06 Hi, Infidelity

Stray thoughts

1) Even though there had been some things so far that had bothered me, this right here is probably the hardest pill to swallow for me:

DEAN O'DELL: Yes. We have photos, we have witnesses, we have the boyfriend who helped. There's no question Claire lied about the rape and the Hearst Charter is quite clear about this. You want to challenge the charter, that's fine. We have lawyers too, and they're a lot scarier than you, Mr. Davis. Miss Nordhouse. You're expelled from Hearst College as of this moment, and so is your lawyer. That's all.

In theory, I get what the writers were trying to do. Neptune is corrupted, no one is 100% good or evil, the moral lines are blurred and good people do bad things even if they have good reasons/mean well (Veronica is the prime example of this, btw.) This is, after all, one of the things I love the most about this show, and it’s something I always looked forward to. I would’ve been all for it if it had been any social issue but rape. This is one of the most sensitive social issues, and when you have the feminist group who is demanding action against the serial rapes on campus faking a rape, you’re sending the wrong kind of message. I know that there are “bad seeds” in almost any organization, mostly because there are bad people everywhere. But when you’re working with media, you need to be careful with the kind of message you’re sending. Someone who is not acquainted with the purpose of feminist organizations like Take Back the Night may draw the wrong kind of conclusion about feminism/feminist organizations by watching the show. This episode and the way the Take Back the Night organization was portrayed in season 3 perpetuates the idea that women often, if not always, lie about being raped. It’s a slippery slope from “this one girl lied about being raped” to “every girl lies about being raped, they’re lying/overreacting/playing victim”. It’s especially jarring when you consider this is literally what happened to Veronica on the very first episode of the show. But the real issue here is that writers chose to take a very problematic stance: “rape is bad, but feminist groups protesting against rape are not good either”. NO. Rape is bad. Period. There can’t be a middle ground when it comes to rape, not even in fiction. There is no “but.”

2) Oh, Wallace...

WINKLER: This is hardly the first time we've caught an athlete cheating. With Mr. Fennel, I'll take some of the blame. We usually don't take athletes in the programme, it's just too demanding, especially with standardised test scores as low as his.

He’s pissed that the professor is calling him out on his low grades and making assumptions about his academic potential because he is an athlete, but like, your actions kind of proved him right, Wallace. So, yeah, you lost your rights to complain about his prejudices.

3) This really doesn’t sound like Veronica?

LANDRY: The whole of human knowledge, right there online, and these papers are thin. Am I crazy to expect better? And if you're confused as to what better is, let me direct you to the front, where I've posted our only example of A-calibre work. Nice job, Miss Mars. VERONICA VOICEOVER: Well, this should make me popular.

A) When has Veronica cared about making friends? B) When has Veronica cared more about being popular than getting good grades? I’m sorry, but did the writers forget how she decided to introduce herself to the whole class on the first episode? By purposefully showing off her smarts and alienating herself from her classmates while pissing off the T.A. at the same time? If anything, Veronica would be 100% proud she aced the essay AND that her classmates hate her for it. She kind of gets off on being hated.

4) Not plot related, but I couldn’t help but notice this continuity error...

next shot:

5) So, when Harmony invites Keith to go out on a date with her, before saying yes, Keith glances over towards Veronica’s room and swallows. He knows exactly what he’s agreeing to and he knows that not only will Veronica not approve, but also she will be extremely disappointed in him.

VERONICA: There's no way. Someone is trying to screw with me. TIMOTHY: You think it's me? You think I'm trying to get you out of Landry's class because I don't like you? VERONICA: Wait. You don't like me?

She sounds genuinely surprised, she’s not being sarcastic, but why would she be surprised? She hadn’t been trying to be likable or agreeable from day one, so... The real surprise would be if someone actually liked her, am I right?

7) Let’s take a closer look at this exchange, shall we?

PIZ: Hey, Veronica. Can you believe this? Some lady threw her husband out of the house, right, and now she's having a garage sale of all of his stuff. London Calling, vinyl, unscratched, ninety-nine cents. Awesome, right? VERONICA: My would-be mentor/professor just gave me three days to prove I didn't plagiarise a major paper. The universe is currently aligned against me, so nothing's awesome. PIZ: You know what you should do? You should come bowling.

From the get-go, Veronica’s not in a chatty mood, but Piz is too wrapped up in his own stuff to either notice or care. When it’s her turn to talk, Veronica lets him know she’s not having the best day so no, she couldn’t care less about his record or how awesome it is. Instead of showing some sympathy or understanding, he invites her on a date...

Same, Veronica. SAME. Just remember that you will actually date this prick.

8) Unpopular opinion: I like Jeff Ratner. I get Jeff Ratner. I would probably be Jeff Ratner if I lived in Neptune.

JEFF: I did it. Jeff Ratner. VERONICA: Ratner. Um, have we met before? JEFF: We have, but you probably don't remember, so...whatever. VERONICA: So, you reported me. Why did you- JEFF: Why? Maybe 'cause I'm a common man kind of guy, and I like it when some teacher's pet who's destroying the curve for everyone, gets exposed as a cheat. Yeah, you cheated. I caught you. Deal with it.

Listen to me, okay? To begin with, he’s one of the few people who doesn’t shake in his boots when confronted by Veronica. He’s not afraid to call her out on her bullshit, and I respect that. Veronica is feared by her enemies, deified by her allies, and respected by both. Jeff Ratner has no time for her bullshit, and I get it. I like the idea that he is not the typical antagonist for Veronica. Instead, he’s just a regular dude - one of hundreds who have come across Veronica while she was doing her thing, and who she didn’t care enough to learn the names of or even to acknowledge their existence and how her actions might affect them. Veronica has met Jeff, as we will learn later on. She has probably seen him tens of times. And yet, she doesn’t even remember seeing his face, let alone his name. In Jeff Ratner’s eyes, Veronica is just another privileged white girl who’s dating the son of a millionaire and who’s a snob that doesn’t care enough to learn the names of the people who serve her. He probably thinks she looks down on people like him, and he has probably seen her getting away with things people like him couldn’t. And that is exactly who Veronica is in his eyes. He’s not seeing her wrong, he’s seeing the parts of her that he’s gotten to see through their interactions. That’s the Veronica that he got to know.

9) Classic Logan...

PROCTOR: I'm sorry. LOGAN: What about? PROCTOR: I called time and you kept writing. I can't accept your test. LOGAN: Yeah, I was just finishing my- PROCTOR: Time was called. I'm sorry. LOGAN: So you keep saying, dude, but, come on. PROCTOR: Mm-um. LOGAN: Do you have any idea who I am? PROCTOR: I don't and I don't care. Rules are rules for everyone.

I love that at first, it seems he’s trying to use his name to put pressure on the proctor, but in reality, he was just trying to gauge if he could get away with shuffling his test amongst the others. This is the kind of asshole Logan I love.

10) So, Weevil’s the new Wallace?

The upside of landing Weevil the maintenance job? I get to baby-sit his keys while he's away at his cousin's wedding.

11) Good Wallace, proud of you.

WINKLER: Mr. Fennel. I was under the impression you dropped the class. WALLACE: I said I'd think about it. WINKLER: You sure this is a smart choice? WALLACE: Probably not. But you've seen my standardised test scores. I'm not a particularly smart guy, right? I'm taking the zero. There are four more tests. If I average Cs or above on all of them, I'll pass. Even I can do that, man.

12) I’m always here for Jealous Veronica.

13) Come on, Piz, are you really surprised and disappointed that the girl who has a boyfriend shows up with said boyfriend to your fake “group hang”?

Also, Logan 100% knows what’s what.

14) Gosh, Parker, you got it right the first time around, what made you like him after the double date? He was acting like a pissy eunuch.

PARKER: I can't believe you invite me out for the first time since I was...raped on some cheesy, double date set-up with that Piz guy.

15) See? This is why I like, nay, LOVE Jeff Ratner.

VERONICA: This is the guy who's trying to get me tossed out of Landry's class. JEFF: You should be. You cheated. VERONICA: Now it turns out you work at the Neptune Grand which happens to be where the fake paper was posted from. Strange, huh, Rory Finch. JEFF: What are you talking about? I don't happen to work here. I've worked here two years. You've seen me a hundred times but you don't notice the little people, 'cause you're too busy lounging with Captain Moneybags, here. LOGAN: That's Admiral Moneybags.

I honestly started laughing my ass off when he calls Logan “Captain Moneybags” and legit had to pause the episode. (and I’ve watched this a ton of times!)

16) THIS,

A) I love how proud of her Logan is. He truly loves her for who she is, and that’s beautiful. B) Oh, Veronica, Veronica. You will never learn, will you? She only has circumstantial evidence against Jeff, and let’s face it, if he had gone to such lengths as to post the fake paper online and then turn her in, why would he own up to accusing her in front of everyone and without any hesitation? Of course, that doesn’t register for Veronica. She thinks he’s guilty, ergo he must be. She just needs to prove it. But before, she needs to get her revenge on. (more on that later...)

17) This moment is so fucking awful and disgusting in hindsight, though... seriously, it creeps me out so much, I hate it.

VERONICA: Parker, are you okay? PARKER: Oh, that guy, Mercer. I, just...his cologne. I smelled it before. VERONICA: Yeah? PARKER: It's like burned into my brain...from the night I was raped. I mean, I-I can't be sure but...oh, I just-I just got the worst- VERONICA: Vibe? Yeah.

She knows, she can feel it, and can you imagine how triggering that moment must have been? This is the first evidence in the episode that points towards Mercer being the rapist. We’ll get ALL the evidence in this episode, which was a really bold move on the part of the writers. They were literally disclosing the identity of the rapist three episodes before the arc was to be solved. But more on this later (probably on my recap for the next episode, I hope I don’t forget!)

And EXHIBIT B:

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VERONICA: I'm here about the rapes at Hearst. LAMB: Already aware of them. Thanks for coming by. I'm real busy. VERONICA: This is sketchy, but- LAMB: If it's Bigfoot, we checked. He's got an alibi. VERONICA: Oh, rape humour. It never gets old.

Well, Veronica, isn’t the pot calling the kettle black? I mean, you sure did find it funny when you were mocking Chip for getting an egg shoved up his ass.

19) EXHIBIT C:

LAMB: We finally found the stolen cashbox and...along with all the money, we found something interesting. Two vials of GHB, the same date rape drug the rapist used on two of his victims.

(this clearly explains why he was so reluctant to give up the cashbox to the robbers in President Evil, so much so that he even considered letting them kill another kid if that meant they wouldn’t take the cashbox.)

20) Hi, Infidelity #1

21) Hi, Infidelity #2

22) Yes, seeing Keith’s car being hit sure scared the hell out of me. But, like, he literally stopped his car in the middle of the crossroads? So it’s almost like he was looking to get hit and have a near-death experience to give himself an excuse so that going over to Harmony’s would feel okay and right.

Seriously?! Do you see where he stopped his car?????

And I’m sorry, but almost dying doesn’t make this okay? Like, if you died tomorrow, you still would’ve had an affair with a married woman. The fact that you almost died doesn’t magically excuse your actions. (and this is very very similar to what Veronica did with Duncan in Driver Ed.)

24) Can you really blame Ratner for hating Veronica, though?

She had set this up BEFORE actually finding out if he was really guilty of framing her or not. Then, she figured out who actually did it, and she COMPLETELY FORGOT SHE HAD DONE THIS TO GET HIM FIRED. Self-involved much? Also, this poor kid clearly needed the job, I don’t care if he’s an asshole who ratted you out, this is so fucking mean.

25) Hi, Infidelity #3

LOGAN: It's Mercer. Lamb just arrested him for the rapes on campus. He didn't do it, okay? You have to help. VERONICA: How do you know he didn't do it? LOGAN: 'Cause I was with him the night of the rape this summer. VERONICA: Where? Doing what? LOGAN: I can't tell you, okay, but you have to trust me. He's innocent.

#Veronica Mars #VM #Kristen Bell #Rob Thomas #Jason Dohring #MTVSepicrewatch #VMrewatch2015 #Hi Infidelity #mine #recap #vmrecap

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