Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A Tree Grows In Guadalajara
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.09.2007
Clara tells Betty how skinny she is. Betty notes that Clara is the third person who's said that, then tells Hilda she loves it in Mexico. Hilda asks Clara to identify the creepy old woman who's staring at them. Clara says that she can't remember who the woman is related to, but she's a curandera -- a very powerful healer. She knows things, and can do things. But can she do the Macarena? In fact, she danced the Macarena in 1965 -- 30 years before it was invented! Powers proven. Clara says that the curandera cured her husband's wart just by touching it, and Betty suggests that maybe she can help Clara with her ovaries. Awesome. When Clara leaves, the curandera approaches. Convenient. The curandera apparently does not deal in the female reproductive system. She does, however, tell Betty in Spanish that Betty's going to be unhappy for the rest of her life. What, you become a curandera and you get to forego pleasantries like, "Hi," and, "Hot enough for you?" Actually, that seems like kind of a fun job. "Hey, Potes, how are you doing?" "You will never find love and will have a club foot in old age." Awesome. The curandera continues that Betty is stuck, and can't move forward unless she looks back. But there is hope. She sees a tree with missing branches, and the answer is behind that tree. Betty asks what this means, and Hilda says that it means the curandera is nuts, and was eating a candle a minute ago. Maybe that's why she looks so waxen. Hilda drags Betty away, but the curandera suddenly says to her, "It's not on the plane," and motions that Betty's earring is on her sleeve. And it is! Hey, can you hire that curandera by the hour? Because I have about six socks in need of mates. Commercials.
When we return, a restless Betty grabs her family tree diagram. She wakes up Hilda, who is sleeping next to her, and says through her headgear that she knows what the curandera meant -- the branches on her mother's side of the family tree are missing, and the curandera wants her to fill them in. Hilda says, "You could climb it with those toenails." Heh. Aunt Mierta enters, and she first laughs at Betty's headgear, then offers her coffee. Betty wastes no time asking about her mother. Mierta notes that they were close and talked about everything, and Betty follows up by asking about her mother's family. Mierta's face drops, and she says she knows nothing about it, then hurries off. It's a good thing no one is acting suspiciously, or Betty might start to get really curious!