Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Cutting-Edge Fashion
By Monty Ashley | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.19.2009
Daniel is having Betty take care of his seating issues for their upcoming fashion show (near this person, not near that person, sorry I'm not writing down all the namedropping in this episode, but I'm afraid of spelling them wrong, which would make me an outcast. Like Wilhelmina). Also, he freaks out at Betty about how he needs his cuffs to be an eighth of an inch shorter (peeking, not peering), but she expresses a wish to have an assignment that isn't about fashion. Daniel, understandably perplexed, points out that it's Fashion Week and that she works at a fashion magazine. Eventually, she gets permission to write a press release for someone named "Heinrich".
Molly arrives and is told that she looks good. She complains that everything she's wearing hurts. As she and Daniel leave, Wilhelmina is standing by the bright orange desks so she can say, "Peering? For God's sake, Daniel, have some self-respect!"
In the Suarez house, Hilda is preparing a "Goodbye Elena" cake and talking to Betty on the phone. She ladles on the sarcasm about how very much she's going to miss having Elena around now that Ignacio is better and doesn't need a nurse anymore. Wait, what? Oh, skip it. Betty doesn't think the fact that Elena will no longer be Ignacio's nurse means they're not going to see each other anymore, but Hilda is confident.
YETI! Jodie has everyone pick partners and reminds them that they'll be working with their chosen person all year, get married, get divorced, and end up alone. Betty snags New York Review Girl, but in a Shocking Twist, Jodie delightedly tells everyone to turn in the other direction. So Betty will not be working with that girl, but with... sports guy! Of course. There was no way to see that coming! I suppose it could have been Marc. Their assignment is to shadow each other and come up with a list of five things they learned. "And nothing stupid!" I'm not sure this is the best week for Betty to take a day following somebody else around, nor to have some other guy around while she's trying to get stuff done.
Betty tries to talk Jodie out of being stuck with Sports Guy, but Jodie points out that he's right behind Betty and says "awkward!" in what can only be described as a very Bernadette Peters way. Sports Guy acts enthusiastic about the pairing to counteract Betty's obvious reluctance to engage with him in any way. He even claims to be interested in fashion, which I think is a lie. Daniel didn't say anything about what the cuffs on flannel shirts should be doing.