Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Cutting-Edge Fashion
By Monty Ashley | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.19.2009
Elena and Hilda can't take any more of this and sneak out for a drink. Isaac Mizrahi is narrowly missed by some metallic angel wings and declares that he is "this close to throwing a tantrum". Elena and Hilda bond over their shared love of spandex and stirrup pants, and Elena points out that Hilda clearly likes her. Elena offers to back down on the couch-based makeout sessions, and Hilda suggests that maybe the makeouts could be done at Elena's place once in a while. And peace is restored!
Christina comes up to Betty, who is watching the show from backstage. Betty claims that she finally understands that Fashion is Art. "It's just another way of taking what's on the inside and putting it out there for everyone else to experience it. It's not shallow; it's courageous. It's beautiful." And with that out of the way, Christina goes into labor. No, wait, she's been in labor all day. So it's time to go to the hospital. But they're backstage, and the Iron Curtain is blocking the back two exits. The only way to the front is to take Christina down the runway!
Betty shouts an apology to Heinrich before doing it, which I think is nice. And Heinrich thinks it's a great idea anyway, because it's someone in pain. Betty shouts to Daniel to call an ambulance, and Christina has to lie down right at the end of the runway, in that wide spot where the models turn around. I think it might be called "the turnaround". Christina's going to have the baby right here!
Marc, Wili and Daniel are confabbing. Daniel's on the phone trying to get a helicopter (because the ambulance can't get through). Wilhelmina decides that this could be her moment to claw her way back to the top, which is where she was just last episode, but never mind that now. Wili shouts that Christina needs privacy and brings out all the models to make an angel-wing privacy screen. Christina feels a little weird about all these freaky angels staring down at her as she gives birth, so Betty has the models turn around. Wili shouts for someone who's qualified to deliver a baby. And there is! Hilda shouts (there's a lot of shouting in this scene) that her father's girlfriend is a nurse. Elena is charmed that Hilda called her her father's girlfriend and then goes in to get deliverin'. Isaac Mizrahi asks who the pregnant lady is wearing, and Betty is delighted to be able to tell him that she's wearing herself, and that her name is Christina McKinney. Christina doesn't seem to care about the free publicity just at the moment, but Betty assures her she'll be excited about it later.