Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Petra-gate
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.25.2007
She then is heading back up to the office, when who should enter the elevator behind a big rack of clothes? Christina, of course. Betty can't seem to avoid anyone that she temporarily hates! Christina asks if they can talk, because she's really, really sorry. Betty gets out and takes the stairs. Cold as ice! As she walks toward the reception desk, her worst nightmare comes true: Henry comes down one hallway to talk with her about what happened earlier; Daniel comes down another saying that he wants to explain; and Christina comes down a third saying that Betty can't just stop speaking to her. Betty has a brief witch-hunt-costume fantasy before dropping her bagel, deciding to screw those crackers, and saying that she's sick and is going home. With that, we have commercials.
When we return, Daniel walks in late to an editorial meeting. Alexis notes her surprise that he decided to show up, given that there's no open bar. Snap! Do not mess with a transsexual, because she will read you like Anne of Green Gables. Daniel proudly announces that he's saved next month's issue. He throws a portfolio on the table and says, "Meet your new cover girl! Bam!" Alexis questions his use of "Bam!" before saying that she can't believe she used to be a guy. She scoffs at the portfolio and says that the biggest credit that this model (who is Petra, of course) has is a toothpaste ad in the Ukraine. She asks if he seriously wants her to bump Scarlett Johansson for Petra. Daniel tries to play the "Scarlett Johansson is tired" card. Which, isn't she, just a little? Please? Alexis then says that she gets it -- Daniel got this chick into bed by promising her a cover. The staff at Mode really must appreciate how their bosses behave so professionally right in front of them. Daniel says that he controls half of the magazine, and he wants her on the cover. Alexis says that she controls the half that actually does the work, and no freakin' way. Daniel might have more leverage if, during his limited visits to the office, he smelled less strongly of gin and tube socks.
Suddenly, we are at the Cosmetology Institute of Queens, whose mission it is "to make the world beautylicious, one head at a time." As an instructor walks by her, Hilda says to someone whose head is in the sink, "I know this is a little uncomfortable, but rinsing the hair with cold water closes the cuticles and smoothes the hair." As will a blast of cold air from your hair dryer! Ooh, I want more beauty tips. In any case, it is good to see Hilda working on something other than that creepy doll head. Betty walks in, and we learn that Hilda's client is actually Justin. She agreed to let him miss gym if he agreed to be her hair model. Why did my mom never do that? Hilda asks why Betty's not at work, and Betty says that she just couldn't suck it up, and maybe she should just quit. Hilda plops Betty down in the chair and says that half of a stylist's job is listening, and besides, Betty is in desperate need of hair-apy. She hands Betty a lollipop, which gets a little smile. Couldn't you choke on that thing if someone started to wash your hair really vigorously? I smell a lawsuit that will tear apart the Suarez family for good!