Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In Or Out
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.17.2007
We cut to a very orange Daniel walking down the street to work, and seeing his and Sofia's faces plastered everywhere in advertisement for the premiere issue of MYW. Ouch. First the self-tanning incident, and now this. A random woman on the street even pats him on the back and says that she's sorry. Betty comes up behind him and sees the posters. Daniel says that he doesn't know if he can do this. He asks what will happen if he runs into Sofia at work. Betty cheerily says that it'll suck and be weird and that she'll be there if he needs her, and tells him to come on. Betty should be a breakup consultant for the world. She then asks if they can discuss Daniel's Cheeto tan. He says that he was supposed to be in Rio, and she counters that he looks like an Oompa Loompa. Well, at least he's in good company.
Cut to Betty and Daniel walking up the thirty flights of stairs to the Mode offices. Daniel says that it's not about avoiding Sofia, it's about getting their hearts pumping. Betty is all, "Cracker, I know I'm wearing orthopedic shoes, but this is totally assistant abuse."
Cut to Wilhelmina taking a tape measure to Daniel's office. Amanda stands up fussily and checks to make sure Wilhelmina knows that Daniel's coming back. Wili says that it's been two weeks and no one's heard from him, and that if there's going to be a new issue on the stand next month, someone has to be Editor-in-Chief. Marc comes rushing in yelling, "Ca-caw! Ca-caw!" and flapping his arms. He slyly notes to a puzzled Wilhelmina that it's their secret bird code. Wilhelmina asks what secret bird code, and Marc realizes that that was a code he shared with someone else, and says that Daniel's back. Wilhelmina and Amanda are both taken aback -- one with excitement, and the other with nefarious evildoing. They all rush out to meet Daniel, oohing and ahing. He hugs Wili and leaves orange handprints on the back of her white suit. Classy! Wili tells him he has a fabulous tan, Marc asks if he got something done, and Amanda asks what he brought them back from Brazil. Aww, those three. On cue, Betty pops in and says, "Surprise!" Marc whispers to Amanda that they should hit it with a bat and see if candy falls out. Maybe a couple of braces if they're lucky.
Cut to Daniel explaining to Amanda and Betty their new co-assistantship. Amanda asks if she's in charge, and Daniel says that it's more like a partnership: when one person is busy, the other can pick up the slack. Amanda interprets this as confirmation that she is in charge, asking Daniel if he wants to go over his messages. He says he will in five minutes, and that he'd love a coffee and a bagel. Amanda, in charge in her own mind if nowhere else, delegates this to Betty.