Episode Report Card Jessica: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fake Plastic Snow
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.29.2006
Down in the Mode parking garage, Marc is about to meet his maker. "Will you give it to him already?" Wil directs Hitman, and Marc throws up his hands in abject fear and swears that he didn't mean anything he said, "EVER." He will never speak again! But instead of shooting him, Hitman presses the button on a set of keys, which unlocks the giant black Hummer in front of which they're standing. Marc shrieks like he thinks the key chain is a Glock, but then realizes he's still alive. "Merry Christmas, Marc," Wil says icily. "Huh? What? This?" Marc says, looking at the car. Why, yes. It seems that The Hitman is Jody Pinetti, of Pinetti Auto Mall, and the car is Marc's hush money/Christmas gift and bigger than his apartment. I would kill to see him try to parallel-park that. Wil's icy face melts a little when Marc asks, "Are you trying to buy my silence? Because that's a definite possibility." He looks at the car and smiles.
Up in the office, Betty tells Daniel that she's found his new assistant. And it's Amanda. "Amanda...who?" Daniel asks. "AMANDA," says Betty. "Pretty, blonde, kind of a bitch, sits at the big circular desk?" She explains that Amanda will protect him the way she would, and Daniel agrees that she just did. "So, if you're serious about this, then, I guess this is goodbye," Betty tells him. Wait. What is this emotion I am feeling? Why, I think it's SADNESS. To mark her leaving, Daniel gives Betty a gift: it's her new MYW business cards, in a beautiful silver Tiffany card holder. Betty is super-touched. She sighs that she doesn't know what to say, but instead tearfully thanks him "for everything." Daniel tells her, through a lump in his throat, that he's very proud of her: "I know you're destined for bigger things than this." They hug. They both look so sad. Aw. Man. That was actually quite touching. Betty starts to go, but then turns and asks if the other gifts weren't from him, then? Nope. "Merry Christmas, Daniel," says Betty. "Merry Christmas, Betty," says Daniel. And sighs.
Betty walks out to her desk and looks down at the snow globe, and then across the party at Henry, who waves at her. She smiles and waves back.
So, Daniel calls Salma and leaves the following message, which we hear over footage of the party. "You do take my breath away. [Henry smiles at Betty. She gazes back at him, dreamily.] You make my heart beat faster. You make my palms sweat. [Amanda looks down at her own sweaty palms, and up at Daniel, sadly. The engagement ring finally falls to the floor.] But that doesn't mean I don't love you. It means I do. You know, sometimes your heart knows things your mind can't explain. And my heart doesn't race for anyone else. [It's a totally gaze-orama between Betty and Henry.] I love you, [Salma]." He goes to hang up, and then thinks better of it: "It's, um, Daniel, by the way." I laughed out loud at that moment all three times I saw it.