Episode Report Card Jessica: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fake Plastic Snow
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.29.2006
Elsewhere at the party, Henry is walking around looking adorable in a red sweater, and Betty is wearing a TERRIBLE light-up Christmas tree vest over what I suspect is actually a fairly cute polka dotted dress. Amanda comes up and jokes that Betty looks radiant, and then looks at her face and adds, "...seriously." And Betty does look pretty. I mean, it helps that, underneath all that hoo-ha, America Ferrera is really attractive. Betty returns the compliment, and she and Amanda toast to all their hard work. Amanda rightly notes that everything looks better when you dim the lights and drink a bottle of champers. She wonders if Betty believes that Amanda can do the assistant job now, and Betty admits that Amanda is obviously smart enough. She just doesn't know if Amanda can look out for Daniel the way he needs it. They watch, in fact, as Daniel stands with Erin Underwear. "What's Daniel doing with McSlutty over there?" snaps Amanda. "I thought he was getting serious with Charo." Betty notes that this is exactly what she's talking about. Like a small child, Daniel requires constant supervision, or he'll put the wrong thing in his mouth. Betty starts to go over there, but Amanda stops her; she'll run interference "with the Trashonista": "See if I can fill your shoes after all." She then looks down at Betty's shoes and gags. She bounces across the dance floor and drags Erin away to dance with her. Betty smiles, and shakes her head, and then she and Henry meet eyes. Across the crowed room. She smiles, and indicates to him that he's got powdered sugar on his nose. He wipes it off. There is much smiling and gazing at each other, as Betty's heart pounds so loudly that it overcomes the music on the soundtrack.
Elsewhere, Christina is hammered and hitting (and sitting) on Santa. She asks for "a heart for Wil, courage for Marc, and a brain for Amanda." What Christina doesn't know, of course, is that they've had exactly that all this time. She's just never noticed.
Speaking of Marc, Wil is looking for him. He takes refuge in the ladies' room.
Betty ends up at Reception, where she attempts to compose herself after her heart-pounding gaze-a-thon with Henry. She sees Henry heading her way, so she plays Susan Mayer and hides under the desk. Henry, of course, finds her when she cracks her head on the underside of the table. Betty stutters that she was just looking "for this," reaching up into Amanda's purse and pulling out a strand of condoms. I must admit that I chortled aloud at this. Betty is MORTIFIED, and stammers that she just wanted to make sure everyone was being, you know, safe: "You know. Office party hookups." Helping her up, Henry chuckles that Betty's being very responsible, and helps her up. He tells her to come back to the party with him: "Beauty is making snow angels." He finds the corkscrew and tells her that's what he was looking for. Awkward sexual tension ensues as Henry holds a bottle of wine and Betty holds the condoms. Sounds like Friday night! Thank you, I'll be here all week! Don't forget to tip your waitress! "Okay!" Betty says. "Okay! Have fun!" "You too!" "Okay!" Oh, you two! JUST DO IT. You HAVE the condoms. Which Betty throws down like they're burning her hands as soon as Henry leaves.