Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT She's Back!
By Monty Ashley | Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.30.2009
Back to the Closet. Christina has put two and two together and tells Stuart the idea for the subplot. And he has something to add, because it turns out that a couple of days before the procedure, Christina was enthusiastically drunk and they had sex. So maybe this is their son, not Wilhelmina's. Whatever will they do? Oh, like they don't know how to set up a DNA test? This show lives on DNA tests! Actually, Christina's going to go talk to Wili.
The next morning, Betty arrives in the Mode offices, and Marc and Amanda are in a tizzy. That's what I've decided that round thing Amanda works in is called: The Tizzy. Amanda is wearing a weird outfit with epaulets and an extremely fancy belt. Really, Betty's outfit isn't that much sillier, except for the giant butterfly belt buckle. Oh, and somebody's handing out pink slips. He approaches the three of them, and hands out an envelope for Amanda.
Amanda: "I'm fired?" Nooooooo! Well, at least she'll always have that Einstein-of-sex thing to fall back on. After the commercials, Amanda is still in disbelief that she could be considered as expendable as all those interns and editors. Who will welcome people and tell them where to sign in? (a sign saying "Welcome to Mode. Please sign in." is placed on the desk behind her) But what about Amanda's pretty face? (a single flower is put next to the sign). Marc tries to comfort Amanda, but she is inconsolable.
Daniel's office. Betty is freaking out at Daniel. He assures her that her job is safe, because she's too valuable. But that doesn't calm her down. Marc tells her that he likes Amanda. Yeah, I remember the pilot episode too. Daniel tells Betty that five magazines were shut down today, which was hundreds of employees. She will have none of this! She's going to get Daniel that meeting with Cal, no matter what Matt says! And it has to be right now, because "he's leaving for a trans-Siberian motorcycle race right after the party!" Oh, that's not a good idea. I watched Ewan McGregor and Charley Boormann drag their motorcycles across Russia, and it didn't look like all that much fun. It turns out there aren't roads out there. But have fun on the race! Anyway, Betty just says she hopes Matt understands her going behind his back like this. She grabs her invitation from the egg and off they go!
The Natural History Museum is festooned with flowers and balloons and dinosaur skeletons. Children are looking for eggs. So is Hilda, who is still saying "faberj". Betty finds Matt, and as she's saying "Matt, I have something to tell you", he cuts her off and tells her she looks very pretty. Why does no one on this show ever listen to someone who has something important to tell them? Matt brings Betty and her family to meet his father, who tells everyone to call him Cal. He says that Matt's mother hated Betty, which means that Betty is okay in his book. And then he goes off to mingle with his other guests. He seemed nice enough... at first!