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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.17.2007
Cut to telenovela time at the Suarez house. As Ignacio is chillin' on the La-Z Boy, Hilda comes running in all excited. Ignacio asks if she got a job, and she says that, even better, she's got her own company: Grandma Suarez's Cupcakes. She took Ignacio's cupcakes to the Roosevelt Diner, and they want 100 by 5 AM the next day. Hilda says that she can be like Mrs. Fields with flava. She drags Ignacio out to get to work, and he complains that he was watching his stories. Ha! He should be drinking a big glass of prune juice, too, and changing his Depends.
Back at Mode, Betty comes in to find a little cart with wheels that Amanda has designated as her desk. Amanda notes that it matches Betty's muumuu, and that she can sell pretzels from it during her break. Heh. She then pushes Betty -- desk and all -- right into Bradford, who asks where Daniel is, pushing her back. Bradford enters Daniel's office and asks how Brazil was, adding that it's considerate of Daniel to come back for Fashion Week, given that he's Editor-In-Chief of a fashion magazine. And seriously...good point. I mean, I've had horrible breakups too, but I still had to go to work every day. I cried and sent pathetic emails the whole time I was there, but at least I clocked in, you know? Bradford says that after all of Daniel's bad press, he needs to be out there. He also tells Daniel that the next time he disappears for two weeks, he might think about giving his mother a call, and then twists the guilt knife a little further by reminding Daniel that Claire's lost one son already. I'm sure Mrs. Meade is swimming around in a giant martini glass somewhere and is getting along just fine.
Meanwhile, Betty has had success getting Daniel a date with Gisele! They're meeting at 8:00 PM at the Front Street Café in Brooklyn Heights. Amanda looks on, dagger-eyed, and then grabs a handful of jelly beans and tells Marc that the stumpy little troll (Betty, not Gisele) is trying to upstage her. Marc tells her to wheel Betty's little cart right out the window. He then gets a hilariously evil look and says that, while she's at it, she might as well push Daniel out, too. Amanda asks why she'd do that, and Marc grabs her close and says that then she'll prove her loyalty to Wilhelmina. Amanda doesn't get it, so Marc shows her the wall. She gasps, and then notes that her hair looks terrible in the Polaroid before asking what the wall is all about. Marc says that something big is going down at Mode in the next few days, and that, when it does, Wilhelmina will be in charge. And then some folks will be in, and some folks will be out. Amanda notes with anger and dismay that she's on the out list. Marc tells her that, to change that, she needs to screw over Daniel. Amanda says that she can't, because Daniel gave her the job and it's a great opportunity and a real stepping stone for her. Marc says that it's a stepping stone to the unemployment line. Well, Amanda would work it in any case. Marc tells her to prove her loyalty to the queen. Amanda says, "You?" and Marc says, "No, you dumb ass, Wilhelmina." I might have added the "dumb ass" bit.