Reader, I hope you’re enjoying being back in Victorian London with our detective pals as much as I am. I regret to inform you, however, that at least one person is having a terrible time, and that person is Barney the Morgue Bureaucrat. Not only is his walk to work getting interrupted by a bunch of children, but he’s also being chased down the street by Victoria Mars, who’s asking for background information on one of his corpses. A protocol breach? And an annoyance? Sounds like any other episode, except this time, Victoria Mars tries to play the Ivy card.
As you may recall, last week’s episode ended with New Superintendent dropping a major ultimatum on our pal Duke Silver: take the Glasgow promotion or else. Well this week, both Duke Silver and Victoria Mars have to deal with the fallout from that, so they’re both practicing their “this is fine, great actually, I’m not super sad about it at all” speeches in their respective mirrors, when Victoria Mars is interrupted by a visitor: Detective Mustache.Victoria Mars: It’s weird that you’re here; last time we talked you tried to blackmail me! What do you want?