Veronica gives two girls dirt on their parents. Man, I'm not sure I approve of what she's doing. Especially since I'm past an age it'll do me any good. ["Hey!" -- Kid CB] Mac enters during the latter conversation and listens in...

...and now she's showing up to see Veronica at Mars Investigations. Veronica invites her in, and coyly notes that Mac's driving a "spiffy new Beetle." Mac admits that the purity test treated her well, but suggests that they go bigger, as she pulls out a Powerbook. So I guess I've been mistaken for years -- I didn't know the expression was "rich little poor girl." Mac shows Veronica a model for a site advertising her Get-Dirt-On-Parents services: "With your sleuth prowess and my programming skills, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that we would rule the entire known universe." And here I was wondering when If These Walls Could Talk 3 was coming out. Veronica says she'll think about it, and she seems sincere. Oh, Veronica. Once you start down the dyke path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Mac makes like she's going to go, but then asks Veronica to check out her parents, and offers to pay. Veronica gives her a freebie out of "professional courtesy." Mm-hmm. Mac says that her parents aren't bad, but that they just don't get her. Uh-huh. Mac: "They're nachos and NASCAR people, and I'm more..." "...Falafels and Fellini?" Veronica finishes. "Exactly," Mac says with satisfaction. I don't usually look to the girls for the subtext, but what else am I supposed to do when Logan isn't in the episode? Mac gives Veronica her parents' information. Veronica enters it, and when the results pop up, she notes that Mac just had a birthday. Mac: "One more year 'til I can leave home." Geez. I guess she really doesn't like nachos. Veronica discovers that Mac's parents won a million-dollar lawsuit against Neptune Memorial Hospital in 1992. Mac is bewildered, since her parents hate lawyers and won't go near hospitals. Veronica offers to look into the matter...