Episode Report Card Monty Ashley: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Operation: Betty Sexification!
By Monty Ashley | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 03.19.2009
The next day, at Mode. Wilhelmina accuses Marc of choosing someone who is not a qualified childcare professional. Marc points out that one of James's male-modeling gigs was for a diaper commercial, so there you go. Then he calls him "Manny Poppins" and suggests that he could help Wili get her groove back. Wili claims that her groove is fine, but Marc knows that she hasn't had one of her weekly "car washes" since before Connor. Marc: "He is totally hot. He looks like Taye Diggs." Wili: "What is it with white people and Taye Diggs?" Ha! Anyway, when Marc starts to get a different nanny, Wili decides that James can stay. And that Marc should book her a Brazilian, but she claims it's completely unrelated.
Betty tells Marc and Amanda that nothing happened. They are shocked and insist that she must not have used the hair flip or the ladle. And they're right; I didn't see Betty try the ladle. Betty tells them that Matt ran away. Marc: "Oh my god, he's gay!" Amanda: "Or a virgin." Marc: "Or a woman." Amanda: "Mmm. That feels right." Betty says that Matt texted her that he's working through lunch, and they insist that Betty march over to Matt's office. And then they go with her, saying that Betty can also buy them lunch.
Outside Matt's office, they see Matt come out on the sidewalk. He's not working through lunch! Amanda and Marc insist on following him, and Betty runs after them. The music gets all '60s-mod, sort of like you'd hear if the Adam West Batman went to a Go-Go Club. They follow Matt through a series of fancy miniature screens (I realize that doesn't explain it very well, but if you saw the episode, you know what I mean) and finally see him meet... a woman! Amanda is convinced that Matt's two-timing Betty. Amanda lives for the moments when she learns that someone is two-timing someone else. She's probably only sad that Marc's also there, because now she won't get the fun of telling him. Marc, Amanda and Betty are hiding behind three conveniently placed mailboxes, and Marc shoves Betty out into the open. Betty gives an indignant squeal that's just loud enough to attract Matt's attention. As Matt asks Betty what the deal is, Marc and Amanda walk past behind Betty in an ostentatiously nonchalant manner. They might as well be holding up a sign saying "Pay us no attention; we are ordinary pedestrians out on a perfectly normal errand." Betty admits to following Matt, and Matt introduces Betty to Helen, who is his therapist. Helen invites Betty to come upstairs with them.