Episode Report Card Potes: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Icing On The Cake
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.14.2007
Back at the restaurant, Daniel tells Grace that Claire had to run. Grace is upset, and says that she needs to talk to Claire. Grace tries to go after her, and Daniel says that she can't...because he really wants her. Oh, Daniel. He tells Grace that she looks really hot in her brown wool suit, and asks when she's going to live in the moment. He kisses her neck, and Grace says that Daniel is insane. And, kind of stupid. Still. Always. Forever. She says that they're in public. He replies that that's hot, and she says that he's got six minutes. They disappear behind a velvet curtain into the private dining room. A minute later, Marc pokes his head in. He's disgusted, but manages to record them with his phone.
Back at the birthday party, Henry and Charlie chat with Betty and Dr. Farkas. They're like Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, but hairier. Henry and Charlie say that they have just bought a purple couch. Dr. Farkas jokes that the couch is a first step, and you know what's next. Betty says, "A coffee table?" Dr. Farkas says that he was thinking a mortgage. Henry kind of meanly says, "It's just a couch." Charlie looks a little hurt, but then hears a song that she likes and asks Henry to dance with her. Betty looks sad. Dr. Farkas asks her to dance and she accepts, but she can't keep her eyes off of Henry and Charlie. Henry, for his part, looks pretty sad, too. Just then, Betty's phone starts vibrating. It's Claire. She needs Betty to bring her a corporate credit card. She says that it's an emergency, and that she's at the Grand Regent. Dr. Farkas asks if there's anything that he can do, and Betty asks how he feels about going to the Grand Regent. Dr. Farkas asks if he's that good a slow dancer, and Betty thankfully does not say anything about the Grand Regent's tasty cucumbers. She does say that she needs to run an errand, and asks if he'll come with her. Henry notices them leaving and looks upset as we head to commercials.
When we return, Betty is at the Grand Regent with Claire. She asks what Claire means when she says she's running away. Claire says that she's hopping the first plane to wherever people go when they disappear. The bottom of the Hudson? Try JetBlue. Betty says that Claire doesn't need to disappear, but Claire says that she does. She destroyed her family -- Daniel made that quite clear. She says that she's already caused her family so much pain, and now she needs to go far off where she won't hurt them anymore. Oh my God...Claire's pregnant! Betty says that Claire isn't thinking clearly, and that she should call Daniel. Claire says that she'll do it, and then asks for Betty's phone, which she summarily smashes against the wall. Well done! Claire asks for the credit card, and Betty tries to act like she doesn't have it, saying that it's at home in Queens, on the way to the airport. Just then, Dr. Farkas comes in and notes that he's parked in a horse and carriage zone. Betty explains to Claire that she and Dr. Farkas are on a date, and Claire says that she thought it was an accountant that Betty liked. Betty tries to play it off like that was a long time ago, and says, repeatedly and unconvincingly, that she's over it, and she and Henry are just friends. Dr. Farkas says, "I believe you!" Claire says that this is an awkward moment, and then adds, "Leave it to me! I kill everything!" Even germs that cause bad breath? Because I think Dr. Farkas would be down with that.