Episode Report Card Potes: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sofia's Choice
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.10.2007
After the meeting ends, Betty pulls Sofia aside. She says that she's not totally comfortable doing the story. She feels like she just graduated from Mode, where she was generally not treated very well (awwwwwwww!), and she doesn't know if she's ready to go back and write about the experience just yet. Sofia tells her that's why she needs to do it: the wounds are fresh, so the article will be raw, real, and honest. And then, Sofia starts to get teary, adding, "...qualities your former boss seems to be lacking." Sofia then runs into Betty's arms and says she thinks she's losing Daniel. Betty says that's crazy, because Daniel loves her, but Sofia says that this is the point when a man breaks down the girl, takes her heart, and squashes it. (She pronounces "squashes" so it rhymes with "lashes.") She says that she thinks she's destined to be another one of Daniel Meade's girls, and then pulls out a photo, and tearily and regretfully says that she left Hunter for Daniel. Now Hunter is back in Europe and won't even talk to her. ALLEGEDLY. I'm just saying. Sofia tells Betty to go up to Mode and write the article, and that this is her big chance. She then collapses on the desk in tears...
...until Betty leaves the room, that is, whereupon Sofia turns it off, laughs, and fixes her mascara. Chew on the fact that Sofia is obviously EVIL as we head to commercials. ["Called it!" -- Wing Chun]
When we return, Betty is in Marc's office. He asks what she's doing there, since he thought she went to work for Feminazi Weekly. Betty tells Marc that she's writing an article about being an outsider at Mode, and wants to interview him. Marc laughs snottily and sarcastically says that, as much as he'd like to, he doesn't have time: Wilhelmina's getting back, and she's always extremely tense after a relaxing vacation. Betty asks for a quick quote about what Marc's first impression of her was, and he mimics being a monster and asks her to waddle off. Betty says that she doesn't know how to quote that, and then Marc says that he was thrilled to have someone else to make fun of behind her back. She also gave Marc a fun hobby -- making Betty Screensavers of Shame. Ha! It's kind of an awesome screensaver. Betty coolly says that they're not quite as flattering as the ones she found of him on DudeCruise.com, but that they're not bad. HAAA! Well done, Betty! Marc tells her not to tell anyone, and erases the photos of her from his computer in exchange. (Also, I love that Betty was browsing around on DudeCruise.com.)