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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.14.2007
When we return, Henry is in the subway station with Betty, and notes that he can't get Charlie on her cell phone because there's no signal. Betty suggests trying a slimy nearby payphone, but that doesn't pan out either. And now she has flesh-eating bacteria. Bye, hand! Henry asks how this could have happened, and Betty says that it was kindasorta an accident. Henry shudders to think of Charlie on the subway alone when she is already terrified of New York. Betty is totally full of remorse and says that she's sorry. When Henry tells her that it's not her fault, Betty totally cops to losing Charlie on purpose. So much for the inner bitch.
Meanwhile, Alexis and Wilhelmina, due to some weather-related incident with their driver, enter what appears to be a sports bar. Wili promises that they won't miss the curtain at the Met, but Alexis looks kind of happy and says that she used to come to places like this...before. I should mention that Wilhelmina is wearing an all-white ensemble with a giant white furry hat. It's like what Tyra Banks would wear if she went undercover as a Russian for her talk show. Alexis suggests having a drink while they wait, and offers Wili a peanut. Wili says "no thank you," and that she's a bit put off by the band-aid in the bowl. Eeesh. Suddenly, Wili is hit in the giant fur hat with a basketball. A group of cheesy-looking guys, headed up by one Mr. Jerry O'Connell-Romijn-Stamos, yell that they're sorry. Alexis tosses the ball back, and then confirms with Wili that she threw it like a girl.
Cut back to Hilda, Santos, and Justin on the subway. An upset Justin notes the time, and Hilda promises that they'll get there for the overture. Justin says that he appreciates the effort, but that everyone knows there's no overture in Hairspray. Santos cracks wise about "everyone" knowing that, and Hilda asks him if there's something he wants to tell his son. Just as he is about to tie Britney for the title of Deadbeat Parent of the Year, the lights flicker and the subway comes to a halt. In total darkness, we hear a sad Justin whimper, "Why, God?"
Back at the Mode office, Marc has brought Christina staples, bubble wrap, and coffee filters. Christina says that he was supposed to be looking for fabric. Marc tells her that there was none in the building, but that she should think Project Runway -- "Those people made dresses out of corn husks!" Marc puts some cone filters on his boobs and says that if he told her they were from Paris, Christina would pay $1,000 for them. Christina wants to call and say she can't do the dress, but Marc tells her that she can't. Sarah Jessica Parker is the holy grail of fashion, and besides, Marc wants to meet her husband, "Ferris Bueller Parker." He wraps Christina in packing materials and yells, "Make it work!" HA! We then get a delightful "Christina and Marc make a dress for Sarah Jessica Parker out of magazine clippings and toenail shavings" montage to the tune of "Superfreak."