Last Night's Missing Cast Members

So last night we got Wallace back; Piz was elsewhere as was Dick, and Mac has been MIA for, what, three weeks? But hey, we had an appearance by Backup, which as this dog lover will tell you, is always a treat. Good to see Wallace, but was he even in any scenes with his BFF? Seeing an email from him ("Snickerdoodleme?") isn't quite the same as actual interaction. I wonder if the three-mysteries structure isn't stretching the show a little thin on quality interactions among the main characters.

Best part of the episode was the opening wherein Weevil is addressing Veronica's class. Proof that Francis Capra gets good dialogue and is one of the better actors on the show. I think he and Enrico Colantoni rank at the tops for acting ability on VM. Not that the others aren't good, it's just these two stand out to me. Drywall dust notwithstanding, I thought it was out of character for V to immediately conclude Weevil did it. I need to watch the heist scene again, but it seemed that the necklace thief was obviously taller than Weevil.

Really really can't stand Ed Begley, Jr. I can't tell if it's the character, the writing, the directing, or the acting, but every scene he is in is just painful to watch. I felt like the whole B plot would normally have involved one-off random clients, but they had some contractual need to have EBJ in the episode. I could be wrong and what we have learned about him may pertain to something that happens later, but I'm not expecting that to happen.

And up next week, the long dreaded, but must happen Logan and Veronica have relationship troubles episode. I hope they can manage to have the conflict not seem forced, as some of their problems this season have struck me. I think whatever happened would seem less forced if we could just see a bit more of them in normal interactions, hanging with a group of friends, etc. We haven't seen them together enough yet to have them credibly pulled apart.