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
Betty's back at her desk, trying to focus on her article and put Gio out of her mind, when the entire office gets an IM saying, "Guess who ordered tongue at Gio's deli?" Better still, this IM has a pic attached. A nice zoomed-in picture of the smooch, with LOLcat speak saying, "Betty Whorez is out of control!" Marc and Amanda must be behind this. Awesome. But it sends Betty into a spiral of self-hatred and doubt. Cut to Daniel in a meeting with Alexis about the new issue. Wili crashes the party. Throws Daniel into a tailspin. Then Marc and Amanda are at her desk making fun of Betty, who they claim looks like she's eating Gio. Cackling. Marc says he's missed this. Is Marc me today? Betty goes on to attack them, but Mandy's all like, "Oh, we're so glad you found a rebound guy." They tell her Henry was a mis-match because he had too hot of a bod, but Gio's perfect because he smells like salami. Betty protests too much, then scrambles to the bathroom, where she finds out that Marc's defaced it. These people know how to pull pranks.
Back to Daniel pitching "War" -- but, you know, the fashion-friendly kind -- as the topic for the next cover. Wili's like, "Genius, but Elle's already got it on the schedule." Danny-boy runs to the bathroom with his tail between his legs. In the coolest restroom ever, Betty's scrubbing and Daniel lets it slip that he told Claire to give Betty the article. A pity assignment is better than none, Betty. They give each other pep talks, which ends with Betty slapping him on the ass. Awkward.
We follow a bouncing ball to the playground, where Hilda's all flirty and Justin is all disgusted. Tony misses Hilda's obvious signals, but he asks her to be a chaperone for a school dance. She forces an unwilling Justin to go to the dance in order to get a date. Back at Mode, Wili has taken over the meeting. Give peace a chance. Daniel's paranoid. Shocking.
Fashion Talk shows off the Daniel shove/hug and talks about Wili making Mode wonderful. Daniel's paranoid. Rightly so, but still, it's getting old already. He's got a plan and shoos Betty off to write her silly little article. On the set of daddy's Little Girl, Marc tires to sneak his way in and get some free snacks out of the deal. But Amanda is all, "I'm such a superstar now, and besides my new daddy hates gay people." Followed up by Gene Simmons (who should really go back to putting on the makeup because he's looking horrible these days) saying how much he loves Marc's gayness. "I'm here, I'm queer and I'm eating your pastries." Limelight stolen and Mandy is all pissed.