Episode Report Card Jessica: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Lose The Boss?
By Jessica | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.22.2006
Back at Mode, Marc is busy canceling Wil's credit cards. He answers a call from Amanda, who is inhaling a gingerbread house back at the Suarez house. Marc whispers that Amanda's off the hook, but that it's going to cost her. A lot. At Barney's. Amanda just shovels gingerbread into her face. "AMANDA! NOT THE ROOF!" Betty yells from the other room.
The gingerbread house saved, Betty walks Daniel out. He thanks her for all her hard work, and she lies that he's the one who saved the day. And his relationship: Salma decided not to go away with The Chin. Betty seems genuinely happy to hear this, and Daniel seems actually pleased about Salma's job offer. Betty assures Daniel that she would never abandon him, but he tells her he knows the job is a great opportunity for Betty, and that he would never stand in the way of that. Betty hugs him, but doesn't say what she's going to do either way. Aw, that was a nice scene, too. I am so getting sappy in my old age.
Back at the office, Fey calls into Wil's main line, and Marc asks who's calling. "An old friend, from college," says Fey. So Marc puts her on hold and strolls in to Wil's office, looking ever so confident: "Line 2. An old friend. From college. Which you never went to." Wil raises a brow, and takes the call. Fey would like to know why someone named Pradip is answering Wil's cell phone. Wil tries to kick Marc out of the office so that she can deal with this, but he takes this moment to remind her, somewhat menacingly, that they don't have any secrets anymore: "We're in this together, right?" Wil tells Fey she'll call her back, and hangs up to ask Marc what he wants. He lays it out for her: he wants job security, a title, and a company card. Wil makes the face of a woman who knows she has been bested. I welcome the return of Evil Marc.
Back at the Suarez house, they dish about Tim, Chloe, and Chutney. Justin wants to know when they'll see the pictures, and Betty tells him she'll try to sneak home a copy. That is, if she's still working at Mode. Her family is thrilled that she's such a hot property at Meade Publishing, but I imagine their faces will fall when they find out who's just gotten to their front door...
...for it is the INS. COME TO TAKE IGNACIO AWAY!