Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Betty's Wait Problem
By Potes | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.10.2007
Meanwhile, the Black And White Ball features a Kenneth Cole cameo. He looks an awful lot like Henry in thirty-five years. While Daniel is making announcements from the stage, Claire sneaks up on Bradford in the back of the room. He's surprised to see her, but even more surprised to see Yoga, who tells him that Claire's doing fine, and now they have a life. Claire sends her away, and tells Bradford that it's not what he thinks, before offering the caveat, "Well, almost once." Ha! I knew Fish had it in her. Claire tries to convince Bradford to run away with her, and tells him how much she loves him, and knows that he loves her. Wili watches. Marc asks if she wants him to call the police. Wili says that the police would just put Claire back in jail, but Wili knows how to really hurt her. This is achieved by storming the stage and grabbing a microphone out of the hand of a hospitalized child to announce that the Meade/Slater wedding is back on. Bradford tells Claire that her life is over, and it ended the day that she murdered Fey. Harsh! He joins Wili on stage as a defeated Claire slinks out of the room.
In Mexico, Ramiro yells at his son that he's a disappointment and orders him to kill Ignacio. We hear a gunshot and head to commercials.
When we return, it's the next day. Daniel brings Betty a partially eaten bagel as an apology. She tells him not to be sorry, that she's his assistant and it's her job to do whatever he wants, even if it is offensive to the handi-capable. Her meltdown had a lot more to do with her than him, and she's sorry. And there's something else -- she wants to enroll in a writing class during her lunch hour. Daniel says that's great, and goes back to chasing poon or whatever else he does all day.
Meanwhile, the office is abuzz about Amanda, and this time they're filled with envy instead of pity and disgust. Marc tells Amanda that she was a hit. Amanda is pleased at the accomplishments of having Melissa Etheridge buy her a domestic beer and appearing nude in the tabloids, but says that as she was standing naked on the red carpet doing all the poses that guys were shouting out, she had time to think. And she realized she's never going to get to talk to her mother, and has no idea who her father is. It's like she's an orphan. She says she needs something more. More, even, than fame. She needs to find her father. I'd start with Bill Cosby.
A few steps away, Betty finds a sandwich with extra sun-dried tomatoes on her desk, compliments of Gio. Hmm. Amidst all that barking and quacking, maybe a spark flew. Henry, himself a fan of www.socuteitssick.com, catches her and apologizes, promising never to mix wine coolers and antihistamine again. He also tells Betty that he talked to Charlie, and she admitted everything, and they are going to do a paternity test. However, this can't happen until Charlie's fourteenth week, which I imagine will be sometime around November sweeps. Betty says she guesses they can wait. Henry invites her to lunch, but she says she can't. She has her class, after all. He notices the sandwich and asks if it's a gift, but Betty says it isn't. Do I sense a little Gio-caching in the future?