Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "No Crimes, Real Peeps, Saddle Up"
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.04.2008
Betty goes to Daniel to A) annoy him about how YETI starts next episode, of which he is very much aware due to how Betty does this every hour on the hour, and B) ask him for overtime so she can continue to subsidize Amanda's lifestyle instead of growing a pair. Daniel tells her that Meade's "eliminating overtime," in accordance with, um, the Made Up Laws addendum to the FLSA I guess. On the other hand, they're shifting some resources to the website (ModeNY.com) and want some pitches. I mean, Daniel says it in the cutest way about how we're "expanding our digital footprint" and need "lots of new content," and Betty would be perfect because she's "creative" in some undefined way. This all might seem very vague and undefined and Ugly Betty-esque, unless you're actually involved in online media and then it's more like King Of The Hill: not funny, because it's all too real. Like how people don't read Dilbert to laugh, they read Dilbert to remind themselves that somebody else gets it, and is making a documentary comic strip about it.
Molly shows up like she does apparently every day now, and Daniel acts all kooky and shoves Betty out the door and asks what's up. She says she's looking to "hit up all the rich jerks" Connor works with, and then awkwardly acts like she's surprised by how shitty that sounds, and she re-explains about how she has a yearly charity auction for her public school's programs, and even if Daniel's not a jerk, he's rich, so she wants money. Daniel offers to help, and Molly's funny: "That's awesome. Anyhow..." She basically asks him to replace Connor as her date to the auction tonight, because as usual Connor is working instead of being a good fiancé, and Daniel's all crushy-crushy about it, and frankly so is Molly, and they talk about how he loves kids and they are such good friends, and Wili sends her patronizing hate glances when she leaves. Even in a cubicle a world away, Claire smells the total sex coming off them both, and commences judging with all her heart. Which... Has Claire done anything post-Alexis that wasn't just repetitive naysaying and bitchery? Have they finally managed to make Claire a boring plot device? No, she was totally cool in her freaky outfit on the retreat, complaining about her phone and trying to get Daniel to marry Betty or whatever. So no, just usually. That's lame.
Christina talks about och this and begorrah that and whatever, the baby is a "bloody acrobat" and Wili is going "daft," based on her bizarre behavior earlier with Connor, and then stops playing her bagpipes long enough to eat Betty's entire meal of ganked sesame crackers. Betty is, pretty much, a bitch at this point: "Sure, [take them]. I haven't eaten since yesterday, but whatever." I would punch her in the face, what the eff is that. Christina's like "Bairn, didda nae tell ye tha' yuir apartment was too dear? And did ye nae say ye'd eat ramen? Has tha' gang aft agley?" Because Betty speaks Christina, she agrees that yes, she was prepared to scrimp in order to live in this apartment, but it's hard to subsist on ramen when Amanda is eating all your ramen. "And she denies it! She says there's an old crazy man who lives inside my walls and comes out at night to eat my food! She calls him Bad Ronald!" Amanda wins. Whatever it is, however it's judged: Amanda has won it.