Is there some connection between Beaver and Woody that I have forgotten about? I don't recall the show ever mentioning them as knowing each other or being together or working together under any circumstances.....
have I forgotten something?

No, I think it was just because Cassidy was acting weird and being totally anti-sex (to the point where it seems like he may have been sexually abused) and Woody was grabbing Logan's arm which makes people think he's gay. Then they just connected the two things together.

The woody/beaver theory is what all the spoiler talk in this thread is about. I don't think it had to be spoilerized because it's a theory, but I just went with it.

They have been show to know each other, because Beaver's brother Dick dated Gia, Woody's daughter. Dick and Beaver were shown sneaking into Woody's house when Gia had her slumber party. Beaver's real estate business is also closely linked to Woody's incorporation plan. I'm just not sure if he's positioning his investments for or against incorporation.

If true, I think the revelation would be similar to what happened last year. There weren't any direct indications that Lilly and Aaron had a relationship. I'm not even sure they ever spoke to each other on screen, or even appeared together. They were connected because of Logan.

Serious spoiler below.

What was up with Charlie's mom when she just hurried him out of the dance?

Loved the shocker reference

I wondered that as well. It seemed like she went from a "thanks so much for doing this for my son" to "get the hell away from my son" in very little time, and we were shown no reason for the change.

As somebody mentioned in this thread, it seems that the mother found out who Jackie really was and her reputation in school (her father being the main suspect for the bus crash and her reputation in school as a bitch).

I finally was able to watch this ep tonight, (thanks to finally getting it recorded late last night...Fucking TWC and their crap-ass hd-dvrs )...I really liked this past week's show although I thought it was Bizarro Veronica-land, everything just seemed to be really out of left field tonight. But this is pretty much how last year happened as well, all of the sudden bits a pieces just started coming together, but more questions were raised until you got to the last episode.

Wow, how unbelieavably strange. I also had to watch the ep last night because my TWC DVR saw fit to not record on Wednesday. And I was going to say the same thing about the ep -- everyone seemed to be acting really strange. Some of them even looked different to me. Beaver just looked different I thought, and Weevil looked like he used too much self-tanning cream or something. I don't what it is, but I just thought he looked off. And while Logan had some incredible lines, he just seemed way more perky than usual. It was just a very strange episode in so many regards.