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
In Mexico, we learn that Ramiro is still holding quite a grudge about that whole attempted-murder thing. And is also really mean. And kind of weird, as he wants Ignacio to make him flan. Well, flan is pretty delicious. If the flan is good, Ignacio might get to keep his life. If only the challenges on Top Chef were this high-stakes! Though I suspect that this is not so dissimilar to Padma behind the scenes.
After a brief commercial break, we see Justin and Daniel shooting hoops. Justin is just about as good with a basketball as you might expect. Daniel coaches from the side of the court, until he can't take it anymore and jumps out of his wheelchair to complete a lay-up. Yep, Daniel can walk. And it's highly doubtful that it's a basketball miracle.
En route to New Jersey to get the wheelchair, Betty has to endure Gio singing along to "Unbreak My Heart," and she unsuccessfully tries to chime in. This tender moment leads the two to talk about Betty's real ambition -- to be a writer. Gio asks what Betty has done lately, and the answer is a big fat nothing, unless cleaning Daniel's toe jam counts as her "artist date." Gio tells her that nothing's going to come to her unless she works for it, and she basically tells him to suck on some sauerkraut and mind his damn business.
Back at the courts, we learn that Daniel is pretending to be wheelchair-bound so he can bone his physical therapist. Justin says that Daniel is kind of a dog, and reminds him of his dad. This is an implicit agreement not to tell Betty about the leg-working portion of their afternoon. Who knew that Marc would actually be the most suitable male role model on the show?
In New Jersey, Betty learns that the iBot is being loaned out to Nick Lachey, despite the fact that she reserved it. F'ing Lachey. Gio tells her that she's a writer, and to make up a good story and get the guy to give her the chair. Betty's invocation of the CIA does the trick, and she and Gio celebrate in the van and start to build some mutual respect.
Back at Mode, Christina is helping Wili dress for the Black And White Ball. Christina asks if Wili's belt really is made of an endangered species, and Wili says that if Christina wants to feel really bad, she has a hat made of bald eagle. It's actually just a silkscreen of Bradford from the neck up. Marc reports that an Alexis/Bradford talk is taking place, and they should have wedding tranapproval within the hour. Wilhelmina slaps him with endangered species tail in return for the square dancing photos.