Episode Report Card Jessica: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fake Plastic Snow
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.29.2006
It is late, and the office is dark. Amanda sneaks into Daniel's office, and twirls around on his office chair. Mid-spin, she spies all the Tiffany boxes and squeals. She tears them open, and almost has a heart attack when she sees the princess-cut, canary yellow, six-carat number. It is spectacular. In an Elizabeth Taylor kind of way. Amanda tries it on -- admittedly, I would have, too -- and rubs it against her cheek, moaning. She then admires it properly, and sighs, and takes it off. Or tries to. The ring, she is stuck. Amanda panics and tugs. Nothing. She starts frantically licking her finger (there are sort of hilarious licking sound effects on the soundtrack as well), to no avail.
Pro Buy Party. Janice and Betty do Jell-O shots and have an awkward conversation (awkward for me and Betty, but less so for Janice) about when you know your man is the one. Hey! I read an article about that in Cosmo just last week. In the course of said conversation, we learn that Janice has heard that Walter is sure Betty is The One. Except, presumably, for all those times when he thinks Gina Gambaro is the one. Betty looks less than thrilled.
Now, for a five-second moment with Bradford, and the dude he hired to stuff ML in an empty grave. Apparently, a relative claimed Fey's remains from the morgue, and there's paperwork to prove it. "After all of this, Fey Sommers is really dead," says Bradford. THE END.
I mean, it's the end of the scene, but can't those papers be faked? I recapped The X-Files, people, and if there's anything I've learned, it's that nothing ever dies.
Elsewhere at the magazine, Marc brings Wil her breakfast: bagels again. "I brought your favorite. Whole wheat!" her chirps. Wil, in a fab silvery brocade coat, crabs that he's too late: "Yesterday was carb day." Marc's face falls, and he wonders if she's staying for the party. "Unfortunately," she tells him. "You better show up too. You never know what surprises might be in store. By the way, what is your home address? Just sending a special delivery your way. 'Tis the season." Marc makes friends with Mr. Inhaler once again. This is the part in the recap where I talk about how Vanessa L. Williams is awesome. The threat she put in those lines would make Joan Collins proud.
Betty escorts a girl out of the office. This girl has interviewed to be Daniel's assistant, but it is quite clear that she would like to be more than that. For your information, today's Holiday Sweater is: Snowmen! As Betty shoves the girl into the elevator, Amanda sympathizes that it's really hard to find good help. She, by the way, is wearing gloves to conceal Daniel's ring. She gives Betty the party update: she is, to give credit, doing an excellent job at getting good stuff for cheap by calling in favors, and rightly notes that her organizational skills here are a sign that she would be a great assistant. Betty sighs and tells Amanda that she really appreciates the help, but that Amanda isn't the right person for the job: "I'm sorry." Betty: no, you're not.