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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.31.2007
Meanwhile, Marc and Amanda follow the beskirted model backstage. Amanda tells Marc that he can do this: she's a model, and shiny things confuse her. She unbuttons Marc's skirt a few notches and tells him to flirt with the model -- maybe even kiss her -- and the bunny skirt will hop right off. Marc agrees, adding that if this is anything like his prom night, Amanda's paying for the therapy. Amanda throws Marc behind a rack of clothes with the model and stands guard.
And, back to my brother, my sister, my lover. Alex/is says that the kid brother Alex talked about wouldn't care about the kind of day his assistant was having. Daniel says that things change; people change. And sometimes their bits change with them. Alex/is acknowledges that people change, and calls Daniel "Danny." Daniel gives a quick hello to Tim Gunn, and then tells Alex/is that his brother is the only one who called him Danny. Alex/is asks if Daniel misses his brother. Daniel says that they had a complicated and competitive relationship, and then adds that it might sound a little weird, but that he's a bit relieved finally to be out of Alex's shadow. Dude, that was the wrong thing to say. Alex/is says, "I think you're still standing in it, Danny," and strokes his face. Daniel gets a big boner, which he's totally going to feel creepy about in just a minute. Alex/is says that she's got a little secret for him. We see her lips moving, and Daniel's eyes flickering with comprehension, and then Daniel pulls back and asks what the hell she's talking about. Alex/is tells Daniel to look into her eyes, because that's about the only thing they couldn't change. Daniel asks if Becks put her up to this. Alex/is asks him to remember the time that he went a little crazy with Tia Pattrone in Vegas, and then pulls up her skirt to reveal a tattoo with Tia's name on it. Okay, they gave him a vagina but couldn't do a little tattoo removal? That is cheap. Daniel drops his champagne glass, and Alex/is asks if he's ready for the show. Daniel seems to be hyperventilating -- mostly, I think, because he's excited against his will by this glimpse of Alex/is's thigh. Commercials.
When we return, people are filing in for the Mode show. Bradford asks Betty where Daniel is, noting that he knows how important the event is and should be there. Betty runs off to find him. He is, in fact, walking outside with Alex/is hot on his heels. And, hot on her heels. Daniel asks how Alex/is could do this, and says he can't even look at her. Alex/is says that Daniel doesn't have to look at her, but that she needs him to know why she did this. She says that since she was five, she's felt like she was dropped in the wrong skin, and that this was about correcting a mistake. A big, penis-y, Y-chromosome kind of mistake. She says that she wanted to talk to Daniel before she went through with it, but didn't have the opportunity. She actually looks a little regretful at this. Daniel says that she doesn't know what she put the family through. Their mom had to bury her son and has never recovered. Daniel starts to say, "Our father..." and Alex/is says, "What? Moved on? I've noticed!" Well, that's the kind of price you pay when you fake your own death and get a sex-change operation that puts you in recovery for two years. I'm just saying. Daniel says that they haven't moved on, and that they thought about Alex every single day. He calls her "Alex," and she says, "It's Alexis," before noting that it's really classy to hit on your dead brother's girlfriend. Not half as classy as hitting on your gender-reassigned dead brother!