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
In the office, Betty assures Salma that Daniel is on his way, and then turns around and looks stricken.
After the ads, we meet the stylist for the Baby Chutney shoot. The short version of the story is that his name is Bruno, and he's an asshole. Amanda has been called in to help him coordinate. Bruno the Asshat doesn't want to deal with Betty, who claims that Daniel has been waylaid "getting a gift for Baby Chutney." Bruno just wants to talk concept. "What are your thoughts?" Betty dodges. "Daniel suggested you share them with me." Bruno's first thought is that Betty should get him a cup of coffee. That's the stylist version of "woman, get in there and make me a sandwich."
In Queens, delivery people are still shoving the tree in the house, nose first, and not having a lot of luck. Daniel? Still drunk. He sits on the stairs and watches Santos and Hilda wrestle with the tree, while Justin chats him up about how much he enjoyed a recent issue of Mode. Santos looks moderately concerned that his son is reading ladies' fashion magazines. I can't believe he didn't realize Justin was special that time he hung a jockstrap over his face and started singing The Phantom Of The Opera.
While Justin is chatting about raw meat facials (note to self: look into that), Ignacio takes Hilda into the kitchen and asks how long Santos plans on sticking around. Hilda assures her father that she can take care of herself, and that Justin can use another man in his life. Ignacio wonders what happens when Santos takes off again, but Hilda tells him to mind his own. He looks concerned as she storms off.
Mode. Bruno announces that he thinks it would be a GREAT IDEA to dump water on the baby: "BAM! Pure drama!" Betty is shocked by this, of course, and rightly so, but Bruno doesn't care to hear her thoughts. "Is everybody on board with this?" she asks, and then tries another tactic: "I personally think that a wet baby ambush could be very...dynamic. But Daniel might not." Bruno just demands that Betty find him some creamer.
Instead, Betty calls Wil -- who so deserves Daniel's job, it has become entirely clear -- and asks her what to do. Wil -- in a car on the way to JFK -- just tells Betty that Bruno knows what he's doing: "He styled Madonna while she was giving birth. He made her belly sweat look like diamonds. Tell Daniel to get out of the way and let him do his work." She hangs up and looks out the window as Marc texts Amanda: "She knows we were in there. You and your damn cashews."