Episode Report Card Potes: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Secretaries Day
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.02.2007
Meanwhile, Betty wakes a dozing Daniel by entering his office and announcing that his 3:00 is there. He says that he doesn't have a 3:00. Au contraire, Rip Van Dinkle. Betty introduces him to Tyler Blake, who works for Psychology Now, located on the fourteenth floor. Betty has recruited him to help with Daniel's (whisper) sex problem. Tyler reaches out his hand in a manner that makes him look like he wants to grab Daniel's balls. That's one way to cure him, I guess. Daniel pulls Betty aside and asks if she just went to the fourteenth floor, grabbed the first guy she saw, and told him Daniel was a freak. Betty says no, in fact, Tyler was the third guy she saw, and the first two thought Daniel was a lost cause. Turns out Tyler specializes in sexual compulsion issues. Daniel says he isn't going to spill his guts out to some hack magazine writer. Betty, however, is intent on her "mountain to Mohammed" methodology, and shoves Daniel back in his office.
The dulcet tones of a mechanized "La Cucaracha" indicate that Betty has a call. It's a travel agent. Betty says that $1100 is still too much. She starts to haggle, then she sees Daniel walking out of his office. He says that he's going to a model casting. She gives him the deuces, but then is distracted by the person on her phone and says, "I said he has to be in Mexico by Friday, I already told you that." Daniel asks who, and Betty explains that her father will be deported if they don't get him to Mexico for his visa, and they don't even have the money to pay for the ticket. This kind of puts the Wandering Dick Syndrome into perspective, and it guilts Daniel into foregoing the model casting. He asks why Betty didn't tell him about this before. Betty says that he has his own problems to deal with. He asks if there's anything he can do to help. Instead of saying, "Give me some cash, bitch," Betty tells him that if he wants to help her, he can go back into his office and talk to Tyler and get better. Daniel relents.
Back in Queens, Hilda dramatically holds a pair of clippers above her giant nails. Justin rushes in and yells for her not to do it. He says that Barbra didn't cut her nails for Yentl, so why should Hilda? Papa, I can hear your logic loud and clear. Hilda says that if she doesn't cut them, Valerie will fail her. Justin says that if that's the case, Valerie is a disgrace to cosmetology. He adds that Valerie is Hilda's Mr. Weaver, the drama teacher who relegated Justin to Tony's understudy in West Side Story. One day, when he accepts his Tony, Justin is going to thank Mr. Weaver for teaching him how to deal with rejection. Or, he'll yell that Mr. Weaver, rotting on a slope somewhere in Queens, can kiss his ass. Either way. Justin says that Hilda is an adult and can do what she wants. Hilda enthusiastically yells, "Yeah! Screw that place! I quit!" and throws her clippers across the room. What, does Justin not want to give up his free or reduced lunch? Always advocate on the side of money, kid.