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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.31.2007
And then, there's Betty, who holds up a giant t-shirt Amanda just gave her. Betty says that she thinks she ordered a smaller size. Amanda: "For who?" Henry appears behind Betty and says that she could wash it...a few thousand times. The two are all awkward introductions. Henry says that he hears Betty's working on the Mode show, and that they must have been impressed by the way she pulled off the Christmas party. Awkward segue into Henry saying that he actually wants to talk to her about that. D'oh! And then we hear a loud, grating "Betty?" Hilda comes running in, all excited. Betty asks what Hilda's doing there, and Hilda says that she's recovering. Oprah told her that she has to take control of her life, and then Dr. Phil told her that she needs to take on a challenge, and then Rachael Ray made a pie. Heh. That is totally the Harpo hierarchy, is it not? In any case, Hilda needs ten copies of her résumé. Um, go to Kinko's. In Queens. Hilda then notices Henry and introduces herself. Henry says that he thinks they spoke on the phone. Betty is all, "Where? When?," but Hilda distracts her by being Hilda. Betty starts giving Hilda a lecture about how this is her job, and Hilda can't just barge in. Hilda then notices Daniel and starts waving. Betty pushes her off to the Xerox machine.
Betty approaches Daniel and asks how the meeting with his father went. Daniel says that Bradford is finally seeing him as a responsible adult. Just then, Daniel is tackled by a handsome guy. Well, this is getting interesting, isn't it? Betty screams for Security, but Daniel says that it's his friend Becks. Betty is all, "Ah, the photojournalist!" and introduces herself. She says that they spoke when he was in Africa, and that she heard lots of growling in the background. Becks says, "Yeah, she and I broke up," and he and Daniel laugh that laugh that guys laugh when they're all gross and testosterone-fueled and think they're being really clever. Like, get a nickname that isn't already taken, loser. Becks gets all close to Betty and says that if Danny ever gives him a hard time, she should let Becks know: he'll take Daniel out back and teach him some manners. Oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days? Betty is all smiley and full of hormone shine. Then her ear phone rings.
Once she's gone, Becks says that the joke's over, and asks who Daniel's real assistant is. Daniel says that Betty's a great girl, and Becks says maybe she is, after about a half-dozen shots. He's so gross. Albeit really cute, I have to admit. Why do those two traits often come in tandem? Becks has brought Daniel a present from Africa -- an oshe shango. And then, there is a really weird cut, where Becks had obviously imparted some wisdom about the oshe shango. The best that Wikipedia could do me is that Shango is a Sky Father and god of thunder, and that his oshe -- a double-headed axe -- represents swift and balanced justice. Ah, and then this: "In one account regarding the oshe shango, the female figure who balances the ax, the sign of Shango's power is equated with the 'caprice and creative experience of human sexuality.' Shango's power is compared to the libidinal drive which may prove dangerous to the possibilities of creative sexual relationships." That makes sense coming from this horny bastard. There is also dancing involved somehow, which makes me hope in vain for a Fashion Week dance-off involving Daniel, Becks, and Alexis. In any case, it was an awkward edit. Daniel asks how Africa was. Becks says that it was totally mind-blowing, with lots of suffering. And, not a hottie to be found. He says that the women there were thin, but sick-thin, and not hot-thin. You know, Sally Struthers infomercial-thin. Not Sally Struthers-thin, which is, in fact, not thin at all. Daniel notes that Becks is culturally sensitive as always, and asks what brings him back. Becks says that it's Fashion Week, also known as the Bootylympics. Daniel says that he can't do that this year -- he's Mode's Editor-In-Chief. Becks says that this is their thing, and that he didn't travel halfway around the world for Daniel to turn into his father. Oh, shut up, Mr. Peer Pressure. Daniel says the good thing is that his father is treating him differently now, and in fact is about to give him the keys to the kingdom. Becks says that Daniel didn't get all tight-assed when Bradford gave him the keys to the Bentley, adding that he knows Daniel's just afraid Becks is going to bag the hottest girl...again. Daniel says that this week isn't about that anymore. He has to keep his eyes on the clothes, not the models wearing them. Becks asks if Daniel pees sitting down now, too. Like Nick Lachey!