Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Giving Up The Ghost
By Potes | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.21.2007
Back at the new cover shoot, things aren't going so well. Cameron is refusing to come out of her room unless they give her booze or drugs. Oooh, should have done an in-rehab shoot. While Betty and Christina try to problem-solve, Daniel says that he's going to give Cameron a drink. It's the cover, and it's what his father would do. Subconscious Manifestation Of Betty's Guilt Bradford toasts with a tropical drink and says it's true. I knew trying to follow in Bradford's footsteps was going to be a bad idea. Daniel asks Betty to tell the photographer that Cameron will be out in ten minutes as we head to commercials.
When we return, Amanda is tossing Skittles in her mouth as Sheila asks for her pages. Amanda says that she'll get to it, and is waiting for inspiration to strike. She's following in Fey's footsteps, and as it turns out, Fey's motto was, "Inspiration, not perspiration." Since I sweat through just about everything I own, I don't think Fey would be in a hurry to hire me for any creative endeavors. Sheila hates her life, and is going to her office to self-medicate. She'll be back in an hour. Amanda says that she'll come through, before noticing that, in fact, she's got some perspiration going on. A pizza delivery boy comes in, and Amanda gets her inspiration. She needs a favor from him, she says, that's not sexual, and then asks him to take off his pants.
Meanwhile, Harvey and Alexis bond over their life stories. Alexis talks about Bradford's difficulty in accepting her, and how Wili's comment made her question whether he ever really got there. Harvey knows where she's coming from, and says that he wasted so much time trying to win his father over. Finally, he just said, "To hell with it, this is who I am." Alexis says that her father's dead, and Harvey tells her that she's free -- now it only matters what she thinks. Alexis tells Harvey he can go if he wants to, since Mode's not going to meet its deadline. Harvey tells her that he can shift stuff around and wait another hour. Alexis is happy, but still refuses to show Harvey her boobs.
Henry comes down to get Daniel to sign off on his recipe, and Betty explains that he's giving Cameron a drink. Just then, Cameron comes out and trashes the set, and whoa! Put down the guitar, baby girl! As she's hauled off by Security, she yells that she's America's sweetheart and wonders why nobody's taking her picture.
Sheila says that Amanda is never going to come through with What's Hot, and wonders if they can pad the quick and easy styling tips. Amanda and her footless thigh-high tights burst in to introduce January's issue of what's hot. No one is impressed with her pizza delivery chic. Sheila says that she knew Fey Sommers, worked with Fey Sommers, and once made out with Fey Sommers. And Amanda is no Fey Sommers. She tells Amanda that she thinks it's time she went back to the phones. Amanda looks heartbroken, and since the nearest available garment has marinara all over it, her tear-wiping options are pretty limited.