Episode Report Card Potes: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Don't Ask, Don't Tell
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.21.2007
Cut to Wilhelmina meeting with Daniel and Alexis and getting filled in. She notes that everyone in the room seems to be an editor-in-chief except her. Marc adds that he's not either, but this doesn't seem to make Wilhelmina feel any better. Daniel says that Wili will continue to be creative director, and that he'll continue to write the letter from the editor and have final say on the book. Alexis and Daniel go into their "Awww, look at the little big man/nice of you to come back from the dead" shtick. Alexis says that Daniel can run the whole thing, because she doesn't want anything to do with him, Bradford, or Mode. Daniel says that that's not what Alexis told Claire. Alexis tells him to get off it, and that she's done. He can run his little magazine, but she has much bigger dreams. He asks, "Like what?" and I desperately want her to say that she's auditioning for America's Next Top Model. Instead, Daniel meanly cracks about her dream of a uterus, and Alexis notes that he can say it, but can he spell it? And then I desperately want Daniel to write in a crooked hand, "Y-O-U-T-A-R-O-U-S."
When Daniel leaves, Wili struts around the side of her desk and tells Alexis that they really did take her balls away with the operation. She says that Alexis is giving Bradford exactly what he wants. Alexis says that Bradford won, and that the game's over. Wili says that's not necessarily true. Bradford doesn't want Alexis anywhere near the magazine, so Wili suggests that Alexis splash herself all over it. Then, Bradford would die of shame. Alexis sadly says that he wouldn't die, but gets a glimmer of hope when she thinks of the possibility of a stroke. Wili tells Alexis to make Mode her own -- she approves the book, she writes the letter from the editor, she shows Bradford and the industry who's in charge. Alexis asks if Wili means that she should take the magazine away from Daniel. Wili asks if she cares, and Alexis says that she really doesn't. Then, much to Marc's chagrin and shock, Wili offers up her office as a sacrifice to the altar of scheming.
Cut to Marc unpacking boxes in Wili's new office and complaining about the fluorescent lighting. Wili says, "Patience, Blanche, it's only temporary." The minute Daniel sees Alexis as a real threat, he and Alexis will be at each other's throats, and Wili will have any office she wants. Marc is relieved that Wili has a new plan, adding, "We shall overcome, girlfriend!" Wili says, "You did not just say that." Heh. Just in time, Marc's phone rings. He gets a look of panic because his mother is in the building!