Veronica arrives home and Keith is on the phone going over the film festival guide with Harmony. Harmony tells him that she's got a conference at the Neptune Grand, so she can't make it on the night he suggested. "But I'd like to do something else." I think we're well aware of that, thanks. When Keith is off the phone, Veronica asks him for his opinion on her bowling wardrobe, prompting him to ask, "When did crappy old shirts with stupid stuff on them become cool?" I think it's been a while, if the "Keep On Truckin'" t-shirt I had as a kid is any indication. Veronica notes the festival guide, and Keith mentions Harmony. Veronica: "Harmony? 'Harmony with the husband who isn't cheating' Harmony?" That's one of the more diplomatic ways of referring to her. Veronica bluntly points out that he's going on a date with a married woman, but at Keith's disingenuous denials, Veronica wisely bails. Perhaps to hit IMDb and find out if Erica Gimpel might be showing up at some point to bring Keith to his senses.
Veronica enters Logan's suite, and after a kiss and a quick mention of her "Moose-tastic" shirt (I totally want one, by the way), she asks him if he has anyone at the Grand he could ask for a favor.
Cut to "Tina," a pretty blonde working the front desk. Veronica notes that this is Logan's "pal," but does so pretty good-naturedly. Tina finishes with some random and comes over to Logan and Veronica. Logan introduces the girls, and then asks if a "Rory Finch" might have been registered there. Tina looks up the name, and tells them that he did spend one night there a week earlier, on top of a few other one-night stays over the last couple of months. However, Finch only left a P.O. Box for an address, and paid in cash. Veronica asks Tina is she would call her if Finch were to check back in, and Tina agrees with an "Any friend of Logan's." Veronica makes a small show of saying that she's Logan's girlfriend, and everyone laughs as Tina tries to reconcile that revelation with all those times Weevil and Logan didn't realize they were being caught on the security camera.
Bowling! Veronica finds Piz, and they talk shirts for a moment until Logan sidles up next to Veronica. Piz stammers for a second, so Logan smoothly cuts in, "Logan. Her boyfriend. We met." Heh. Poor Piz has to tell them that Wallace bailed, and can't even come up with an excuse about the fictional promised "gang," so it's looking Un!Comfortable! as awkward can be, until Parker's voice rings out -- she's decided to join them. Re-introductions are made, with Piz hilariously if understandably over-enthusiastically shaking Parker's hand. Parker asks where everyone is, causing Logan and Veronica, with perfect comic timing, to look at Piz. Hee. Piz takes it for a moment, but changes the subject to shoes. Logan takes Veronica's size, and then puts an arm around Piz. As they walk off-screen, he asks, "So, bowling! Is this something you do a lot? You and the gang?" Hee. He's so onto poor Beaverton. And while Piz may rightly be feeling a little overmatched here, he should take solace in the fact that Logan's gotten a lot nicer. Parker's bummed that Veronica invited her to go out for the first time since the rape "on some cheesy double-date setup with that Piz guy!" Well, hon, I'm not saying you should be ready or anything, but as setups go, you could do a lot worse. I mean, how does paintball with Rider Strong or experimental poetry with Horshack sound? Veronica swears that it's not a setup, so Parker concedes to stay, but promises, "This is not fun."













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