Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Elle In A Handbasket
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.08.2009
Hilda stomps off after Betty tries to explain the actual, real shit going on in her career, and then Ignacio comes up and spits in her eye for good measure. She provides him with about sixteen valid reasons why he needs to shut up, but you know Papi: he will never, ever shut up until death's cold hand finally jerks him off the stage. So Betty leaves to do her actual shit for her actual job to make up for her multimillion-dollar mistake, and Hilda gets back to her guests at her party for her new business, while Ignacio stews and hates and acts ridiculous as usual.
Molly compliments Wili on her apartment, and Wili laughs about how she likes to look down from the penthouse at the little people, and then sends Molly off to be intercepted by Daniel. They act awkward and dumb and stammer some more, and he drags her off to the bedroom to ask her "something" in "private." She's got trepidations, but not really.
Gorgeous Gourmet sneaks them into the Elle offices and puts paid to Marc's notion that chatting up caterers is a bad idea, because at least Gorgeous Gourmet understands the actual concept of networking and not the stupid definition this episode uses, but once again we see that Betty's inability to accomplish a single task -- without stopping to pet bunnies or pick up garbage from the street or bring Christina into the mix -- is actually a virtue, while shallow Marc will never succeed no matter how hard he tries because he's too busy making industry contacts.
Daniel explains that his heart is mushy and his brain is mushy and his eyes are dewy with love and Molly explains that she has been with Connor for four years and Daniel needs to cut it out. But on the other hand, Connor is actually devoted to his career and expects her to understand that, while Daniel's doing great if he actually shows up at work, so it's less like totally creeping and more like a conversation among adults. Daniel admits that what he is doing is totally shady and gross, not to mention a horrible business move, and he doesn't want to hurt Connor, but... He's going to anyway, so just look him in the eye and tell him there are no Daniel feelings, just Connor feelings. Molly stares at him for a ridiculous amount of time and busts the eff past him, because this is gross.
Wili and Connor entertain Zac Posen and his two female friends, who are in costume as She-Ra for some reason. Wili cracks a joke about how nobody knows what Connor is talking about because of the Australian accent, and Zac talks in his fake weird voice about how hot Connor is. You know how sometimes somebody talks so gay that it's like they have a concussion? "Who caaaaares what he soooounds like, look at the way he loooooks," and I mean, Zac Posen is one hot little bitch, but that voice makes me want to fucking lose it. (Or I suppose, in other words: who cares what he sounds like?) Zan tells them they make "the most diviiiiiine couple" and swans off. Connor says he's flattered, and Wili notes they'd make a bad-ass power couple, then admits she can't handle being around him ever since that business trip where she tried to bone him. Just then, Molly comes running up with Daniel's excessive emotions still dripping from her dress, and they take off. Wili's face tries for "yearning" but ends up somewhere around "I'm sure another taxi will drive by soon."