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By Potes | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.23.2008
Cut to Betty and Gio having a drink at, I believe, the Beer Hole. Gio can't wait to try out A.S.S. on a blonde across the bar. Betty thinks she's out of Gio's league, but he says that, as a guy, the universe is his league. That is sad, because there's a grain of truth to it. As he's about to approach the blonde, they notice that she's giving her number to some other guy. And that some other guy...IS HENRY! A wave of the magic Grubstick and all the women come running. Betty is, of course, shocked. She asks Henry what he's doing there, and he points out the research benefits of having two test subjects. Basically, though, he wants to prove that he can tap that better than Gio can. Gio is quick to agree to a contest, and says that whoever gets the most numbers wins. With fire in his eyes, Henry says, "Game on, Sandwich Boy." Betty points out to Henry that he has a girlfriend, and he says, "Not tonight I don't." He approaches a woman and tells her that she has a beautiful face, and that her doctor did an amazing job. Meanwhile, Gio compliments a woman on an outfit that some people would call slutty. Both lines work like a charm, but are nothing compared to "Man, you've got some big feet." I always turn to mush with that one, myself.
Meanwhile, Alexis catches Daniel working late and assumes that it all has to do with a woman. He confesses that it does, and that the woman is their mother. They bicker over who will take Claire and how they can get her to have a life again. Turns out she's in the office and overhears. She's sarcastically sorry if her trying to rebuild her life has put a crimp in their social calendars. She storms off, and her ungrateful children have to play rock, paper, scissors to determine who has to go after her. Alexis loses, which means that Daniel is in his office just in time for a visit from Renee. She admits that she thought hooking up with Daniel would get under Wili's skin, so she was using him at first. But then she really liked him. She promises that the next time she uses Daniel, it will just be for sex, but he can't be swayed.
Back at the bar, the final tallies are in! And Henry won by one phone number -- seven to Gio's six. Still, Gio's excited to have all the numbers. As he goes to woo the woman who believes he's headed to Iraq next week, an upset Betty drags Henry out of the bar.
At Casa de Suarez, Betty complains to Hilda that she can't believe Phil Roth was right -- these poor women are being played and they don't even know it. Betty and Hilda are having a night of beauty, which is really the perfect context in which to discuss this. Hilda says that the ladies do, in fact, know what's going on -- they just don't want the guys to know that they know, because then they'll have all the power. Hilda thinks that the book's okay, since it leads guys to actually talk to a woman rather than just stare at her boobs. She thinks Betty should be a little open-minded. And then, for no reason, Daniel shows up, flouting the white-guy laws of personal safety in his big limo at night in Queens. He wants to talk to Betty about Renee. He knows it's wrong, but he can't stop thinking about her. Betty notes that a lot of siblings -- including herself and Hilda, and Daniel and Alexis -- are very different, so if Daniel really likes Renee, he should give it a chance. Tap That is totally making Betty soft!