Episode Report Card Potes: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Don't Ask, Don't Tell
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.21.2007
Cut to a close-up of a fluffy white cat being escorted through the Mode hallways in a pink carrier. It is set in front of Amanda, who hisses at it. The cat is moved, and its owner is revealed to be Miss Patti Lupone! Who is, of course, playing Marc's mother. God, it must have been a handful raising Marc AND Corky. I say let the woman enjoy her cat shows. Amanda gives a cheerful hello to "Mama Wiener." Heh. Mrs. Wiener gets a serious look and says that, since Amanda broke Marc's heart with her "indiscretions," she needs to drop the "Mama." Turns out that these "indiscretions" included both other men and women, and that Marc says Amanda's working on that one day at a time. Amanda is not pleased. Just then, Marc comes running down the hallway, and he and his mother air-kiss. He says that he thought his mother was going to the cat show, and that they would meet for dinner afterward. Mrs. Wiener says that she had a "cat-astrophe." Oh, dear. Lady Buttons of Camelot (the cat) lost a jewel on her collar, which is a ten-point penalty for appearance. She asks if someone at Mode can fix it. Marc hands it to Amanda, who says that she's happy to help, but that she hopes her drug and sex addictions don't get in the way. Eh, if my experience is worth anything, they've at least never really gotten in the way of sewing on a button. Marc suggests that his mom go get some food in the cafeteria, and that he'll bring the collar to her. Amanda tells them to wait, and asks Marc if he doesn't want to introduce his mom to his new lady love -- the woman in whose bosom he found comfort after dating a skank like Amanda. Marc's mother asks, in a pleased tone, if he's dating someone new, and Amanda grabs poor passerby Betty, announcing, "This is Marc's girlfriend, Betty." Betty laughs and tells Amanda that that's a good one. Marc looks panicked, and his mother asks what's so funny. Betty says, "Well, you know! 'Cause Marc's..." But before she can continue Marc plants a big-ass kiss on her. Amanda gags, and Betty looks both troubled and confused as we head to commercials.
When we return, Marc is washing out his mouth with soap. Betty asks with wonderment if he hasn't told his mom that he's gay. She thinks that it would be kind of obvious, given that Marc's so "sparkly." Marc says that his mother visits twice a year and sees what she wants to see. He tells Betty that he needs her help, which is delightful to her, given that he's tortured her since she started at Mode. She brings up the time on her second day of work when he tricked her into eating glue by saying it was white chocolate, and gives him a big fat "NO!" He says that he only let her eat two pieces, and then commences begging by saying that it would really mean a lot to his mother.