Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Betty Bobs Her Hair
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.06.2008
Daniel asks if she's crying, and she really is. "I was so stupid to think that he would like me. Of course he picked Amanda!" She explains about the kissing, and how she should've known better than to assume that he meant beautiful on the outside, where she isn't. Daniel tells her she is beautiful, and then she gets even sadder and says that she's fine with who she is, but that beautiful is not one of the things. She is totally breaking down, you guys! That's so rough! Daniel explains that men are stupid and "go for the obvious," and like even Daniel does it, when he should know better, which: it's adorable that he thinks he knows better. He then reminds her that when you're 24 you are allowed to be totally stupid and have crushes left and right and cause all the drama you've got energy for, and also that she is so beautiful, and then he holds onto her so tight and feels so bad about how other guys are just like him, and well, this episode is perfect. And not even over.
Betty's cleaning up inside the apartment and Amanda comes out in her sparkly outfit with a bag, really sad, and you can tell she's been crying, and Betty won't look at her, and she gives her all the money she made at the party, toward paying Betty's rent, and Betty keeps ignoring her, and Amanda walks around behind her and is amazing. "Hey, so remember that guy I was kissing earlier? I don't think you know him... Anyway, I'm so over him! I was talking to him, and it turns out he's kind of stupid. Yes, he's the kind of guy a girl would totally fall for, but..." She stares at Betty: "He is so not worth it." Betty's shoulders relax, and Amanda's so serious: "Betty, I had no idea." Betty tells her she's not the worst roommate ever, which Amanda is intensely grateful to hear, and offers her more time. Amanda is so happy! She's glowing! This show remembered to be awesome!
"Betty, you're lucky. When somebody falls in love with you, it's real. I never had that. I never know if I'm loved for who I am, or because ... I'm so pretty." Ha! Now it's just like showing off, zooming into the cliché and then pulling out again like a barnstormer. Betty's like, "Fucking seriously, you nutsack. Clean up in here." They stare at each other for about a million years and then Betty heads upstairs to clean the roof, and Amanda watches her go with this like intense look of love. I've always liked how Marc and Amanda would never under any circumstances admit to how much they totally adore Betty, or how the little détentes always fall apart immediately, but I don't guess there's really a reason it has to stay that way, any more than Betty really has a reason to be hideous at this point.
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