Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Petra-gate
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.25.2007
Back at Rodrigo's, we have the third or fourth instance of post-coital bliss this episode. Alexis says, "That was...worth becoming a woman for." Rodrigo asks why he had to meet her just days before he has to go back to Brazil. She says she wishes she could go with him, and he asks in all seriousness why she doesn't. He says that after what she's told him about her family, it doesn't seem like there's much to keep her there. It's called holding a grudge and awaiting retribution. Rodrigo says that he has a beautiful place on the beach, and that she can come there for a week, or a month. Or, the implication is, as long as she wants. She says that he should be careful what he wishes for, because she might never come back.
Meanwhile, Daniel has poured himself and Betty each a glass of champagne. He jokingly asks if she's old enough to drink, and gets a stern look in reply. Betty asks if this is really something he thinks they should be celebrating. Daniel says that he could have gone to jail but isn't, and could have lost the magazine but didn't. So yeah, he thinks it's time to party. When a thirty-something-year-old editor-in-chief still uses "party" as a verb, you have a problem on your hands. Daniel asks Betty to call the two girls that he met at Trump's party to see if they want to hook up later. He's officially celebrating the end of Petra-gate. Betty can't believe it. She tells Daniel that, as his friend, she thinks he has a problem. He sleeps with women to distract himself from what's going on with his life, and is using them like a drug. Betty totally thinks he's a sex addict! Like Brenda from Six Feet Under, or Bill Clinton. She even did some internet research and tries to give him a folder full of information. But Daniel just brushes her off. Which is what sex addicts do when they're in denial! Seriously, I think she's on to something.
Betty turns around, and who is standing there but Christina? The two have a talk. We see just the tail end of their conversation, wherein Betty asks if Christina understands why she's so hurt. Christina does, even if she doesn't understand how Carrie and the prom fit in. Hee. She's sorry, and can't say it enough. Betty knows. She asks how deep in Christina is with Wilhelmina. Christina says she's in deep enough to hate herself a little every morning. But it all stops tomorrow, because she's going to tell Wili to piss off. Betty doesn't want Christina to do anything to get herself in trouble. Then, a light bulb goes off, and Christina says that maybe she could get some info to help Betty and Daniel. Well, duh, there's a thought. She says that Wili yaks about everything in front of her, and notes that Wili makes her cleaning lady use the bathroom at the Korean market. Hey, we've seen that cleaning lady. I can't really blame Wili. Betty says that she's had enough intrigue for one day and gets up to leave. Christina tries to persuade Betty to grab some dinner or a sundae. Betty declines, but says that they'll do it soon. I think they can safely put their "Best Friends" necklaces back on now.