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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.07.2007
Back in the entryway of the Meade Publications building, Alexis has called a press conference. She assures the reporters that the injunction is just a stalling tactic, and that, within a week, she'll be in control of Meade Publications. Daniel walks in and loudly says that isn't true. Alexis introduces her brother "Danny," and notes that people might remember him from his recent humiliation by Sofia Reyes. Daniel says that when it comes to family humiliations, he'll take his over hers. He then notes that his name is actually Daniel, all the while calling Alexis "Alex." Tricky with the power play, isn't he? Alexis tells "Danny" that this has been fun, but that if he has more to say, he should call his own press conference. She starts to go on about the future of Meade Publications, and then Daniel takes a trash can, sets it on its side, and steps up on it. He actually has to do that to be anywhere near as tall as Alexis. Seriously, he's like a munchkin. He says that he is calling his own press conference right now, and that anyone who comes over to his side gets to see a photo of Alexis with a whole lot of chest hair. They all defect and Daniel cackles.
Back at the spa, Claire is telling Betty all about the good times at their family cottage, when Alex would take Daniel out on the lake then push him out of the boat and make him swim back to shore. In January. Which resulted in the loss of one of Daniel's toes. Claire laughs at all the good times. This is why being the younger sibling often sucks. Claire says that, no matter what torture Alex devised, Daniel always looked up to him. I should mention that Claire is getting what looks like a very relaxing massage while Betty is getting beat on by a refugee from the Eastern Bloc. Claire asks how bad it is between Daniel and Alexis. Betty starts to say that it's not too bad, but then admits that it's like Cain and Abel. If Abel were a woman. Who used to be a man. Claire says that, believe it or not, there was a time when the Meades used to be a real family. Every birthday, the kids would drag their parents to Coney Island. Claire always hoped that they'd want to do something much more civilized, like a pheasant hunt, but now she would do anything for bumper cars and corn dogs. Betty says that it might not be too late to fix this, and that Alexis and Daniel have one thing in common: they both care about Claire. Or at least think that she's completely volatile and liable to do something to harm herself.