Episode Report Card Jessica: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fey's Sleigh Ride
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.18.2006
And over to the photo shoot, to which Betty has brought Justin. "It's just like Top Model except no one's crying," he squeaks with glee. She sends him off to sit down and be quiet, unless someone talks to him first. Daniel approaches her, and tells her that Wilhelmina told him everything. Betty apologizes, but Daniel tells her that it's okay to hide things from him sometimes. "Especially if not hiding them means I might lose you," he says. Yes, we know. You already said that. While they're repeating themselves, Marc goes over and sits next to Justin. He admires Justin's kicky vest. "Ralph Lauren!" Justin tells him enthusiastically. Marc wonders if the kids at school like it. "They don't really get me," Justin tells him, and Marc nods: "A word of advice: be who you are, wear what you want, just learn how to run real fast." I must admit, I sort of love that Marc senses the kindred spirit in Justin. It's sweet. I suspect he's not so Evil after all.
Bradford enters the shoot and looks around. He observes that this isn't the spread he approved, and that he's had final approval on every holiday spread since that time his wife found out about his affair. Vincent, Daniel, and Wilhelmina stare at Bradford. Her satin camisole is really wrinkled. Daniel says that "things happened" last minute, and Wilhelmina adds that their job is to fix the problems, not burden him with them. "You are so full of crap," Bradford says. But he admits that this sleigh ride looks even better than Fey's. Daniel stops the shoot and sets the music box on the sleigh, just where it was in the original shoot. Bradford asks him where he found it, and Daniel says that he got it out of the attic: "I remembered Mom had it. Looks just like the one Fey had, don't you think?" As Bradford realizes that the box is, in fact, inscribed to Claire rather than Fey, a subtle look of relief crosses his face. "Good job, son," he says. In the distance, Vincent yells that they need to get going: "My hair is grey and I'm driving to the Early Bird special with my blinkers on!" At this, Justin disobeys Betty and runs over to Wilhelmina. He wonders what they're going to do with all that sand: "Isn't that from the old shoot?" Betty tries to shush him, but Wilhelmina seems to like the kid, too, and tells him, "Say 'snow.'" He obeys, and fake snow begins to fall from the sky. "Snow is a magical blanket," says Wilhelmina. "It hides what's ugly and makes everything beautiful." At this, Betty looks thoughtful, while Daniel looks sad. The music box just looks inanimate.