OH, SNAP. Among other adventures this week, Veronica got revenge on a trashy eight-year-old girl by getting her dad arrested. Turns out Pop was the one who stole Veronica's necklace, and she even gets to rip it off the little skank's neck. OWNED.

Actually, this was a pretty good episode, mostly because of reasons which fall in line with my critique of this season in general: the two wildly lame new characters were nowhere to be found, their screen time instead being replaced by veterans Weevil and Sheriff Lamb.

What were their names? Piz the Emo Boy and Mac's Roommate Who Was Raped? Wow, after writing that, it sounds a little insensitive...but since the writers have failed to develop her enough for me to care, I'll blame it on them.

Anyway, in terms of the plots: (A) Two guys with masks and fake guns hold up the dorm-room-casino and steal Veronica's necklace, which belonged to Lilly; (B) Keith is hired by the Hearst dean to track down his wife's ex-husband in order for him to be reunited with his son; and (C) Wallace cheats in class.

The Keith thing was a little too...well, boring (and maybe I was being lazy or obtuse, but it took me a little while to figure out what was actually going on...I get that the dean's stepson needed a bone marrow match, which is why they contacted the father, but why does Keith tell the dean he could go to jail?)

The other stories were good in part because we got to see the dark side of our beloved characters. Wallace bought the answers for his engineering test in a moment of weakness; Veronica, meanwhile, accuses Weevil of the robbery and necklace-thievery. I must say, the latter was a particularly ugly moment for Veronica. The writers have certainly set it up, since we've seen she has major trust issues and had a small amount of evidence to back her up, but...how long has she known Weevil? How many times has she pulled him out of jail? How many times has he proved he's a loyal friend to her? Kind of a bitchy move to point the finger at him, Veronica. Just saying.

We also got to see more of Lamb as he "helps" with the case, which was nice, as I've always contended that he's the most underrated character on the show. One of the best moments of the series still remains in the Season 2 episode in which he arrests Veronica and Duncan, then lets them go without a word. It's nice to shade a standard-issue-jerk character like that with shades of gray, and I kind of wish they did it more. I certainly hope he doesn't end up being ridiculously evil out of the blue (R.I.P., Beaver. I mean Cassidy.)

Oh yeah, and very little happens with the serial-rape plotline. And considering that's where the whole Male vs. Female theme is being played out, it was nice to have the occasional episode devoid of stereotypical males arguing with stereotypical feminists. Let me know when I'm supposed to start caring about that plot, okay?