Veronica Mars: Charlie Don't Surf

So I guess the question is... assuming the asian guy was the one buying the condoms (I was surprised they didn't take his picture back to the 7-11), why didn't there seem to be some urgency in tracking that guy down?

The last two episodes were outstanding after a so-so beginning. Nice comeback after the jumbled up second season Thomas.

Parker: "Mac isn't here, she got the call and is shooting Big Love elsewhere."

Anyway. Good episode, a big improvement on last week's. Some deeper mysteries, and lots of overlapping ones. Plus Logan is at his best when he is being screwed over because of his family.

The ATM picture proved that the rape victim was raped after she left the frat party (she still had her hair in the picture), although she was pretty obviously drugged by the time the picture was taken (the store clerk was saying how she could barely stand up). The guy who was with her (random asian dude) didn't have any money to make the purchase, so he went to the ATM (with random asian dude), got the money, and went back to pay.

The ATM picture caught only the two of them, and the clerk said there were only two people who came into the store. That leaves random asian guy as the last person (that we know of) with the rape victim before she was found the next morning.

That was how the frat was cleared.

Here's a question for you.... how exactly does that ATM picture prove that noone from the frat was involved in the rape?

Is the assumption that the asian guy in the picture is the rapist? If so, are the cops going to nab him that night, ending the mystery?

How does anyone know that Dick (for instance) isn't standing just outside the camera's view?

The suicide only remains real for as long as it takes Rob Thomas to think up a good plot for it, I think. (Assuming the show lasts that long.)

Man, Dick is EVERYWHERE this season. He shows up more often than Mac, Wallace, and Weevil, for godsake. What's with that? I can't help but think it's suspicious, thinking of how much Aaron got shown before he was outed as the murderer in S1.

The mystery woman sleeping with Chip the Frat Guy was the girl who was also sleeping with Charleston the Frat Guy. Hence why she wouldn't admit it publicly.

I think there will be more to the half-brother story. We'll end up finding out there's a good reason why the reporter was already checking into him.

Hopefully it will all necessitate a visit from Alyson Hannigan as Logan's sister.

Also, is anyone else still expecting Logan's mom to show up one day? Still think the suicide was fake.

I think having Mac absent works out well because it sort of allows Parker and Veronica hash out their issues.

By the way, my guess as to who the mystery woman sleeping with the frat guy is the editor of the paper. Total random guess, but that's definitely someone who wouldn't admit to it.

"And they never explained how the magazine writer knew about Charlie, either -- he was just magically tapping Charlie's phone when Logan called."

YES, JeffL! That bothered me as well. Otherwise, I thought the episode worked fine.

I'm a VM newbie. I just started watching this season and I'm really liking it. Now I just gotta check out the first couple seasons.

But as an FYI, it is EXTREMELY easy to burn through money in college. I'm not sure how much money Logan has, but I had a good amount of savings while in school, and I ended up blowing most of it. And not just on luxuries. Parents (and loans) paid for the actual "schooling" part, but I picked up everything else. Cafeteria food sucks, books add up, computer broke, furnishings, etc. It's easy to blow it.