Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Birthday Blues
By Potes | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 04.24.2008
Gio shows up to the office with a piece of cake and a candle for Betty. Ooh, how does Renee survive at birthday parties? Anyway, Amanda spills to him that Henry called earlier to cancel his date with Betty. Of course, Amanda never conveyed this message to Betty. She's a receiver, not a giver.
Meanwhile, Wili returns home to find Renee admiring a small statue of lovers that she has received from Daniel, with all his love. That is kind of a stupid present. Send a girl some L'Occitane products! Renee tells Wili she won't ruin this relationship, unless she wants her own dirty laundry aired. And what dirty laundry? The sperm-stealing bastard heir variety, of course. Renee has Marc's confession on tape. She reminds Wili that sperm stealing is illegal (which, good to know), and Daniel has all he needs to go to the police. However, she'll sit on it as long as Wili minds her damn business and leaves Renee and Daniel alone. She heads off cheerily to spend the night at her boyfriend's.
Meanwhile, Betty stirs her fondue. It really is a lot of cheese. The snooty waiter emerges and tells her that it's a Friday, and they're very busy, and there's a couple waiting for her table. They're celebrating their anniversary. Betty says it's her birthday. The waiter offers her a present: a doggie bag for her cheese. It is thus with a giant zip-loc bag of fondue that Betty stands on the street as happy couples eat. The world's most orthodontically-laden violin plays. But then! Who should arrive steering a horse-drawn carriage? Yep, it's Gio. Gio gives Betty Henry's message. He says he's not trying to take Henry's place, but his cousin happens to be a horse-drawn carriage driver, and he thought Betty deserved to have a little fun. Betty is sad, and doesn't know if she even wants a ride. But Gio convinces her to go once around the block. He holds out his hand to her exactly as Henry did in the dream. So, Betty's subconscious is psychic but gets a lot of important details wrong, apparently. Betty takes Gio's hand, sits next to him, and dwells on Henry's note.
So, lest you think that Wili would let Marc get away with spilling her big secret, they are now en route to break into Daniel's apartment. Marc notes that this is a felony, and says he's too pretty for prison -- they'll pass him around like a collection plate at a Catholic church. Wili tells him to stop whining, and that she's the one who will go to prison if anyone finds out how this baby is conceived. They both agree that Wili would do well in prison. She's like Martha Stewart in leopard print. She has an extra set of keys to Daniel's apartment, and hands them to Marc. He goes off as she waits and scowls.