Episode Report Card Angel Cohn: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Rebound
By Angel Cohn | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 05.15.2008
At Casa de Suarez, Betty confides to Hilda that she got kissed by Gio and she's all guilty or whatever. Hilda is all wise (when did this happen?), but she coughs up a lung because she's caught Ignacio's fever. Justin works his couture Danny Zucco outfit. Fabulous. Betty agrees to go chaperone the dance in her place in order to do some research on what the kids are into these days. Justin helps with her wardrobe, "no velour or lace or paisley."
In front of a crackling fire, Gene sits with Amanda and she's looking at him adoringly like she wants to eat him or kiss him. Either way, ew. As soon as the cameras turn off, Gene runs off to deal with "celebrity stuff," which Marc notices right away. Rock royalty Mandy tells Marc he's nothing and stomps off. Throwing a true diva tantrum. Cue suspicious music.
At the middle school dance, Betty's trying to get quotes, while Justin stalks the coach on Hilda's behalf. And when did he get taller than Betty? Significantly. The interviews don't go well. "What would you say to someone who was like, 60?" "Like you?" A cute girl says she knows Betty, turns out she's Gio's little sister. Gio's of course chaperoning the dance, and cutely claims that Betty is stalking him. "You get your kiss, and now you're blowing me off." He even felt tongue during their liplock. "You Frenched me, Suarez. You Frenched me good." Ha! She gives him the brush-off. Justin answers desperate calls from Hilda and reassures her that she's got no competition for the coach aside from a teacher with a lazy eye.
Then in the stupidest part of the episode, Daniel goes on Larry King Live (because Larry cares about the inner workings of Mode) to diss Wili. This of course gets interrupted by a call from Marc, using a female voice, who throws Daniel off course. I couldn't even watch this a second time. Stupid. Annoying. But par for the course for Daniel tonight.
Gio's grooving on the dance floor, Betty desperately asks him for help on talking to the kids. He goes around the room showing how these kids are just like her friends. Popular guy surrounded by girls? That's little Daniel. Bitchy blonde putting gum in another girls hair? Amanda. Mischievous kid putting graffiti on posters? Gio. Lonely girl sitting on the bleachers with a notebook? Betty. Betty defends how much fun she had in school. She won the good citizen award, but gave it back so it could be in the trophy case so that everyone could enjoy it. Betty goes off to talk to lonely girl while we flash to Wili and Claire going head-to-head. Wili's got a good idea for Hot Flash, and the reign of Slater is getting closer to reality.