Episode Report Card Potes: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Derailed
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.14.2007
Back in his office, Daniel is on the phone with a restaurant bemoaning the fact that they are closed due to the weather. He says he wants a table for two with candles and flowers, and doesn't even need a waiter. He tries the "This is Daniel Meade!" bit, which gets him a big fat hang-up. Grace Chin walks in and says that Daniel should have used her name. Daniel thanks her for meeting him, and she asks what the big surprise is. He says that he was planning an amazing dinner for the two of them at Babbo. She asks if he's blowing her off again, and he says that it's the fault of the blizzard. Daniel says that he wants to give her the New Year's Eve they never had, and she says then maybe she could stand outside for hours and cry icicle tears. She's been working on that line for twelve years, and that's the best she could come up with? I would have gone for a swift knee to the crotch myself. Daniel says that he has party hats and noisemakers and a gift basket from Paul Smith, and that the two of them can have a lot of fun right there in his office. Grace asks if Daniel really thought it was going to be that easy, and tells him that she wasn't the only one he hurt in college. She pulls out a set of file folders and asks him if he remembers Julie Dwyer. He doesn't. Grace says that Julie now has a husband, two children, and a dog...in her mind, because she's in a mental institution. Well, no wonder Daniel stood her up. Grace asks whether the name Sarah Hayden rings a bell, noting that Sarah now has the largest Indigo Girls fan site on the internet. Well, she's closer to fine than that Julie character, at least. Grace says that if Daniel wants her even to consider taking his father's case, he has to apologize to every girl that he hurt in college: "Oh yeah. The Chin's all about justice." Commercials.
When we return, Marc swears to Wilhelmina on the phone that the next town car will be there in fifteen minutes, as Christina fits him with the Sarah Jessica Parker clippings and bubble wrap dress. Wili asks if Christina is on their team, and Marc says that they're "besties." Wili tells him that he and Christina should be braiding each other's hair before the night's over. She hangs up and looks around, only to notice that Alexis is playing one of those basketball games with Jerry O'Connell and crew. Jerry says that this is his lucky night: if there were no blizzard, he'd be back home on Staten Island rather than hanging out with her. Alexis smiles tentatively, and Jerry introduces himself as Joel. He asks if he can buy her a cocktail. Alexis looks over at a scowling Wilhelmina and says that she won't be staying very long, because her friend has tickets to the opera. Joel says that sucks, and Alexis agrees. Joel suggests one more game of Super Shot before she leaves. Alexis makes yet another basket. Because, you know, a real girl couldn't do that. Wili comes over and says that the town car is on its way. Joel asks if they've met, and Wili tells him that they're not even meeting now; she tells Alexis that they'll wait outside. Say what you will, but Wilhelmina has some good people instincts. She pulls Alexis away, but Alexis asks if Wili wants to skip the Met and stay there. Wili does not, and says that it was supposed to be girls' night. Alexis asks if girls' night isn't all about meeting guys. No, that's called "meeting guys night." Or, "Friday happy hour, with cleavage." Alexis says that Joel is cute, and that he has friends, and Wili says "Dear God" in a way that implies that she'd rather have sex with Sam the Bald Eagle. Joel offers her the basketball, which Wili takes and throws with some serious venom. Joel and his friends laugh until Wili gives them the death glare. I want Wili's death glare, even more than I want her shoes.