Episode Report Card Jessica: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT After Hours
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.08.2006
Back in Queens, Hilda is PISSED. She's going out to find Santos. "Keep watching! I might be on the eleven o'clock news," she says, pointing at the TV threateningly. On the telenovela, everyone squeals with glee at the idea of Hilda getting hauled down to the pokey.
La Hotel. In Betty and Walter's defense, the food does look terrible. Walter can't take it, and whines, "I'm NOT eating this. It's GROSS. I want REAL FOOD, BETTY." Because he's nine-years-old. Betty hisses at him to keep it down, but he screams at the waiter to bring him a burger and fries. Betty is rightly appalled by his behavior. "Do you know how important this review is to me? And now you're sabotaging it because you never liked me working at Mode!" she yells. Walter blinks that he just doesn't like this place, and he doesn't like pretending to be somebody that he's not. "We don't belong places like this," he tells her. Betty sniffs that maybe he's the one who doesn't belong. They stare at each other, and Walter finally agrees. He doesn't belong. And he doesn't like Betty from Mode. He likes Betty from Queens. "Why don't you tell her to give me a call when she shows up," he yells, taking off his dress shirt, throwing it on the chair, and storming out. Everyone stares at them. Betty wants to die; I just want her to kill him.
Later, alone in her hotel room, Betty works on her review. It's not going very well. To wit: she considers including the phrase, "scrumptiously posh." After staring at her first half-paragraph, she tells herself that "this isn't [her], it's not who [she is]." She gazes down at what I think must be Walter's hamburger, and sighs, then picks up her cell phone and dials.
In Queens, later, Hilda gets home, alone. She's looking in the fridge when there's a knock at the backdoor. It's hot, hot Santos, standing in the shadows. Hilda sighs that he's too late; Justin is already asleep. "So, what is the excuse this time?" she asks, and he steps into the light, and he's totally been beaten up.
At Hogs and Heifers, Wil is taking body shots. That's totally awesome. She wipes the tequila off her mouth and offers Ted an insert in the June issue. He asks for one more round. "Oh, Ted. Enough with the frat party. You're not going to advertise," she sighs, and her phone rings; it is finally, finally Nico. Ted watches as Wil asks about the care package, and then tells what seems to be a pissed off Nico that she's doing the best she can. "How am I supposed to know you're in jelly bean withdrawal?" she asks, and then tells Nico to email a list and she'll have Marc put it together. Nico just hangs up on her. Ted looks sympathetic.