Episode Report Card Jessica: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fake Plastic Snow
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.29.2006
Betty finds a huge pile of résumés on her desk -- like, how many people even WORK at Mode? Do they ALL want to work for Daniel? -- and when she lifts them up, she finds a gift. It's a beautiful leather notebook with the inscription: "For all your great ideas at MYW." She waves it at Daniel and gives him a "thank you" thumbs up. Daniel -- still mesmerized by diamonds -- looks up and gives her a very confused thumbs up in return.
Betty heads up to Reception, where Amanda coos disingenuously about her sweater. Betty has no time for this ass-kissing, but Amanda soon gets to the point, telling Betty to pick her, choose her, love her as Daniel's new assistant: "You know you wanna." Betty is all, "Are you out of your mind? With your past with Daniel?" Amanda shakes her head and asks if Betty remembers the very first thing Amanda said to her. "Are you the 'before'?" Betty recalls flatly. "The second thing," Amanda corrects herself. "'Are you delivering something?'" Amanda rolls her eyes, and reminds Betty that she's wanted the assistant job before Betty even showed up, cooing, "I have a brain to go with this beautiful body, Betty." Betty gives her the classic "girl, please" look, but just blinks and say, "Yeah, okay." Amanda begs Betty to let her prove how good an assistant she would be: she can help plan the office party! She knows almost everyone in Manhattan and can get them tons of free stuff. Betty shrugs and agrees: "Anything else?" Why, yes. The fake snow Betty ordered has arrived. Amanda hands her an enormous bag of it.
Betty struggles down the hall behind the bag of snow, almost running smack into pretty much everyone she works with. She and Henry then hit the Meet Cute Trifecta; they run into each other, drop what they're holding, and bump heads. Fake snow goes everywhere. Henry delicately tries to remove it from Betty's bangs, but then recovers and apologizes for being so unprofessional. "Actually, Betty, you're just the girl I've been looking for," he begins. And she starts to protest that, no, she really, really isn't, but before it gets too embarrassing, Henry explains that he's in charge of monitoring the holiday party budget: "So I guess I'll be on top of you for the next couple days." There is an hilariously awkward pause, before he quickly adds, "Party-wise." Betty looks disappointed that he didn't mean "sex-wise," but manages to nod or something, and then they try to take their leave of each other, but can't get past each other in the hallway. When they finally do, Betty looks down at her sweaty, sweaty palms. "'Oh, crap," she says.