Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Ripped From Today's Headlines!
By Monty Ashley | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.26.2009
Justin decides to take the scene in a much weirder, and therefore awesome, direction. "You know what I do when I can't get my mind off something or someone? I channel it into a project. Hello? You think I really care about macramé? Okay, bad example, 'cause I love macramé." Justin's great.
Budget montage!
The next morning, Betty is at Daniel's hotel room and is amped up on coffee and an energy drink called Viper Strike ("The drink that bites back. Rahhhh!"). Daniel's shopping for jewelry online. For Molly, I mean. Anyway, Betty thinks there are millions of dollars missing from the quarterly budgets. But Daniel claims that his doctor told him to avoid stress, so Betty should go to Wilhelmina. Or Connor, who is the CFO. Wait, Connor's the CFO? Huh. I feel bad for not knowing that. It would certainly explain all those budget meetings he kept going to.
Betty shows Connor and Wili her numbers, but Connor condescends her out of the room. Wili confirms with Connor that this isn't anything to worry about, but the next shot is Connor on his cellphone calling someone about money transfers from Meade Publications. "It looks like I'll have to make my next transfer ahead of schedule." Bum bum bummmm! But seriously, isn't the CFO allowed to talk about the company's finances without automatically having to be evil? Although he did pronounce it "shedule," which is fairly evil all by itself.
Marc, Amanda, and Betty are having lunch together, which is nice to see. Marc tells a story, the important part of which is "Daniel Craig does not just stalk himself!" Amanda has apparently slept with this albino dude, and we learn that after she sleeps with someone, Amanda likes to say "heeeeeeey" real slow-like. As Betty takes her food out of her bag, Amanda's eyes go wide and she steals a sandwich, which she and Marc split. Betty keeps trying to talk about the discrepancy in the budget numbers, but Marc explains to Amanda that he thought it would be funny to tease Betty about Henry having moved on (Amanda: "Henry has a new GF? OMG!"). Amanda recommends that Betty take all of her dirty pictures of Henry and post them all over Facebook. When Betty protests that she doesn't have any pictures like that, Amanda raises one eyebrow, says "Of course you don't," and winks. It's fantastic. Marc thinks Betty should find a new man. Amanda points out that "there is a whole world out there of goofy, awkward, mumbly guys just waiting to love you." Marc suggests Matt, whom he describes as "that skinny thing from class who's trying to have your puppies." He and Amanda are in agreement. They're helping! I mean, they're doing it in kind of a mean way and they might just want to be amused, but they're still helping! I enjoy the current Marc-Amanda-Betty dynamic.