Episode Report Card Jessica: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Box And The Bunny
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.04.2006
When Daniel and Betty go back to his office, she congratulates him on being so "strong and editorial" in the meeting. (Although she doesn't mean it in the sexual and inappropriate way that, um, I just did.) Daniel reiterates that The Book really is his responsibility: "You know that scene in the movies where the guy is on the plane and he's handcuffed to the briefcase?" Betty wrinkles her brow: "You want to handcuff yourself to the book?" "No. It's a metaphor," he tells her, and then says that she needs to learn to go with "the vibe" in meetings when asked for her opinion. Even if she doesn't agree. Because it's best for the magazine. I doubt this will actually happen, because if Betty doesn't speak up every week, how else will we learn our warm and fuzzy lesson? Daniel then sends Betty back to the conference room to get his PDA. This may be foreshadowing that Daniel is unable to keep track of anything he owns, or it may simply be a way to get Betty out of that scene. We will never know. At any rate, on the way there, Betty notices that her bunny isn't on her desk anymore. "Has anyone seen my bunny?" she calls out. Her co-workers look blank. "Bunny" is starting to sound like a euphemism for something dirtier, but I know this show isn't like that. It's on at the family hour, after all. Well, except for the blowjob scene last week.
Over in her office, Wilhelmina is complaining about Daniel while Evil Marc gives her a foot rub. He really is a good assistant. Why didn't I ever make my assistant do that, back when I had one? Wilhelmina decides that they ought to give Daniel The Book, all right, but with the unretouched Natalie Whitman pictures in there. She doesn't think Daniel will notice the error, and when he signs off on it and the magazine goes to print like that, the shit will hit the fan. "Mode in chaos, and you'll be the only guiding light left to lead the magazine out!" Evil Marc summarizes. "ÜBER-clever!" Wilhelmina thanks Evil Marc for his support and tells him to focus on her arches.
Betty, who must have walked REALLY slowly to the conference room, finally gets there, and sees that Natalie Whitman is still there, abandoned by her PR Flack. She's playing with the computer, resizing her own photo until she disappears. The Sad Music of Low Self-Esteem wails, and Betty looks sympathetic. You see, she understands what it is like To Be Fatter Than A Supermodel, and lo, that is painful indeed. I mean, so I've heard.