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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.14.2007
Meanwhile, Christina is fitting a model. Betty comes in and invites Christina to be her plus-one for the Stella McCartney party. Christina is delighted, and notes that the invitation says "VIP." Betty notes that she's never even been an IP before. She then comments on how rich the lettering on the invite is, pressing it to her face. Christina says that if she's feeling up a piece of paper, Betty needs to get out more. Betty says that it's true, and that she needs to do something to get her mind off of Henry and his slutty girlfriend. Christina asks whether Betty's met her. Betty hasn't, but says that you just know she's a slut. Aren't they all. The phone rings, and Christina answers. After some banter, she holds it away from her and nervously tells Betty that she's on hold for Sarah Jessica Parker. She makes Betty take the call, and Betty puts on a horrible Scottish accent to go with the horrible giant feathered hat that she's wearing. As it turns out, SJP saw Christina's work at Fashion Week and wants to know if Christina can pull off an Oscar dress...by the next day. Yikes! Christina signals no, but Betty says that she'll do it. After she gets off the phone, the two scream, and Christina says that she can never do it in a night. It's Sarah Jessica Parker! It's the Oscars! And, Betty adds, it's the chance of a lifetime. She hands Christina a sketch book, and Christina starts drawing. Betty tells her not to worry about the party, and that she'll find another plus-one. She wishes Christina good luck, which really means, "Good luck trying to find a cut that makes Carrie Bradshaw look less horsey."
Down at the Mode cafeteria, Betty sniffs some food through cellophane. Um, delicious? A girl in front of her expresses shock and dismay that her order of a sandwich and brownie came to $14. Betty tells her that they keep prices high to discourage eating. The girl is two dollars short, and Betty kindly kicks in the extra cash. The girl says that that was sweet, and that she's been in the city for two days and the nicest thing anyone's said to her is that her ass would make a nice chunk of change. Only in the city for two days, eh? I wonder who THIS could be? Stop being such a clock, Betty. Betty says that's just New York's way of saying "Welcome, you look good in your jeans." The girl introduces herself as "Charlotte but everybody calls me Charlie." ["Yeah, we know. I thought you were dead!" -- Wing Chun] Betty does not introduce herself, which is kind of weird. Nevertheless, Charlie says that Betty has an amazing aura. Betty smiles.