I assume because Neal has never told anyone else about Mysterious Roosevelt Island Woman. She wouldn't necessarily have handed it over to anyone else, and even if she had that's clearly a part of Neal's life he likes to keep hidden away. If he thought he had a chance of getting away with it, he'd go himself.

I'd only seen him on Chuck previously, and he was good enough on that but it's not a show that called for much acting-with-face-parts-only. He brought an appropriate sense of seriousness to his character in his appearances, as well as obviously looking very pretty. But I do think he's been getting very good in White…

Me too: they're in a phase where they bring out the best in each other's characters. Like last week when Ted agreed to go make popcorn for them to watch the Marshall/Lily tape and Barney giggled delightfully. It's fun.

Well, Ted did break the window…

Oh god I hated those. Fused for life once you made the mistake of joining them to anything.

That's a fair point. I don't think Peter is completely at 'art philistine' levels, although there have been a few moments like this one that would push him that way. He's clearly not a fan of modern art though (again, a populist position, but one which I can sympathise with). And White Collar as a division isn't just…

Mac looks much more appropriately collegey throughout. Yay Mac.

This episode introduced me to Neko Case. For that, it deserves some points. From me. In my head.

I think Logan is basically willing to put up with more crap from Veronica than Veronica is from him. Hence the forgiving her betrayals of his trust over and over again. Jeez, he went back to her after she'd had him arrested for Lilly's murder…

…you made Ed Begley Jr appreciative too. Heh.

I thought the response was 'no, and it doesn't matter' which led to Logan sneaking a test paper into a pile to be marked? Or am I remembering a different scene?

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I definitely agree on Buffy, although I'm not sure it's exactly the same for VM - in Buffy 1-3, the setting is the theme, as you say: high school is hell. It then tries to become several things in a row (friends are hell, family is hell, relationships are hell, responsibility is hell) but none of them gel in quite the…

And I agree with all of this. :)

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I always felt there should have been a scene or two where Logan got hassled about it, yes. Son of two dead celebrities, girlfriend murdered in shocking local case recently enough that senior students would have been in town at the time to read about it too. I'm okay with Veronica being unknown because that's a…

But Weevil is appreciative.

In a way I think the show was particularly hurt by having Veronica live at home - obviously in another way that had to be because you can't lose Keith, because Keith is awesome, but they lost the opportunity for low-key interactions with students who Veronica would just encounter on a daily basis without being in…

They both annoy and bore me. I've no real problem with the idea of 'not all feminists have great methods,' or the idea that they would rub Veronica up the wrong way - because they totally would - but at this point I can't even remember how many of them there were, or any distinguishing characteristics between them.…

"In order for the new setting of Veronica Mars to work, it has to make Veronica Mars struggle. But in making Veronica Mars struggle, it makes Veronica Mars more difficult to watch."