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
Meanwhile, Bradford visits Claire in the hospital. She says that she's had better Mondays and, nodding toward the handcuffs that are keeping her locked to the bed, better jewelry. She says that the shakes haven't started yet, but that the sweating and the nightmares are a delight. And, she adds, they say that she'll be moved to the prison by the end of the week. She's scared. Bradford says that he's there for her. She replies that she hopes he's still there for her after...but before she can finish, Daniel walks in. He mentions something about an insanity plea, but Claire says that's not why she called him there. She tells Daniel that Bradford fired Alexis today. Bradford says that he DID fire Alexis, and Claire tells him that he can't. She says that Alexis is Bradford's child and Daniel's sister. Claire is probably going away for a long time, and she wants them all to be a family. Oh my God, she's going to send them on a soul-searching road trip! To the desert! In an old VW bus! With some sassy yet wise drag queens in tow! Think of the hijinx! Actually, that's not what she's going to do at all, even though it is the awesomest solution ever. Daniel says that "Alex" doesn't want to be part of their family, and Claire says that of course "ALEXIS" doesn't, because they keep pushing her away. And that's why Claire has convinced Alexis to help Daniel run Mode. Bradford tells Claire not to be ridiculous, and says that he decides who works for his companies, and that he owns Mode. Claire says quite calmly that, actually, Bradford owns Meade Publications, but apparently he's forgotten that she owns Mode. D'oh! Can I just take this moment to say that, even though she's a murdering drunkard, Claire totally rules.
Cut to Mode offices. Betty asks since when has Claire owned the magazine, and Daniel explains that it all happened when Bradford needed a tax shelter and put it in her name. I love when scheming things that rich people do are used against them. Now, Claire is insisting that Daniel and Alexis be co-editors-in-chief, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Betty says that maybe this isn't such a bad thing -- Daniel and Alexis can start bonding again, and Daniel only has to do half the work. When you put it that way, I really wish I had a transsexual sibling who came back from the dead. Daniel says that there's no half with Alex -- she always has to win. To wit, we flash back to Daniel and man-Alex on one of their morning jogs. Daniel says that it would all be great until the end, when Alex would pull ahead, just to prove that he could. Betty says that Daniel has done a great job running Mode, and that she knows he can win the race tortoise-and-hare-style. Daniel says that Betty can cross "pep talk" off her list today, and she cheerily promises that there will be more.