Episode Report Card Potes: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sofia's Choice
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.10.2007
Then, there is a woman with Ignacio in the Suarez kitchen. She asks if he has anything to prove that his year of entry into the U.S. was 1977. He's, like, making a cake or something. Take the apron off and talk to the woman like a normal person, man. Ignacio clowns that he thinks he has some ticket stubs to Saturday Night Fever. That's the first thing I would have done upon coming to America as well. Ignacio continues to sass the woman, whose name is Constance, and who does not like to be sassed. And seriously, Constance could take Ignacio. She is a woman of size. Ignacio tries to make the case that he has been living in the States for thirty years and is an American, but Constance has been grilling him for two hours like he's a criminal. Constance says that in the eyes of the ICE (Immigrations and Custom Enforcement), he is, in fact, a criminal, and that Constance is the one thing standing between him and deportation. Well, at least there's a little bit of a buffer, then. She leaves and says she has to go get a smoothie. Seriously, Ignacio, take it easy on the lady. Her job sucks. She hopes that, by the next day, Ignacio has found a better attitude, and something to prove his year of entry. She leaves, and he picks up the phone to ask for a new case worker. Oh, I'm sure that's going to go just great.
At the MYW offices, there is a staff meeting. Ruthie notes that Rise And Shine America called, and that they want a copy of the premiere issue before Sofia's appearance the next day. Sofia struts around and says that the show can't have the issue until she's decided on the cover, and that she hasn't decided on the cover yet. FOR SOME NEFARIOUS REASON OR ANOTHER. A woman in a wheelchair says that she has some bad news. The freelancer who wrote a story on a female Nascar driver had sold the same thing to Jane two years ago. Oh, Jane. Sofia is outraged, and says that was their fish-out-of-water story. She asks if they have anything else, and Ruthie raises her hand and says she has a friend who can paint with her feet. Sofia asks how that's a fish out of water, and Ruthie mumbles that her friend doesn't have arms. HA! Okay, that cracked me up. Sofia says that they need a socialite in the military or a grandma who bungee-jumps. I've gotta say...I'm down with reinstituting the draft if it means that Paris Hilton might get shipped off somewhere.
Right on cue, Betty runs in, apologizing for being late. Sofia realizes that they have their fish right in front of them. Betty does sort of flap and flounder a lot, it's true. And also, is "a girl like that working at Mode." Sofia introduces Betty to the rest of the staff, and Betty says it's great to be amongst people who actually eat, and also who are of all shapes, colors, sizes and -- motioning at the woman in the wheelchair -- handicaps. Awesome. Even awesomer is that the woman retorts, "Handi-CAPABLE." Sofia then tells Betty that she is their fish, and Betty totally sniffs her armpits covertly. HAAAAAA. Oh, I love this show. Sofia tells Betty that she needs her to quickly write an article about her experience at Mode. She tells her to talk to the people she interacted with, and to get real, honest quotes. Ruthie then adds, in the most hilarious manner, "A normal fish...in shark-infested waters." There's a little bit of Jan Brady in her, it has to be said.