Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I'm Coming Out
By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.31.2007
Behind the scenes at the Mode show, Christina tries to show a model how to eat dry Cheerios. Wilhelmina, led by Justin, comes in and says she needs to talk to Christina. Christina, stressed, says that she should be back in Scotland knitting tea cozies. Wilhelmina says, "Cool it, Bagpipes," and adds that she picked Christina because of her fresh, new talent. Christina says that Wili picked her because Christina did her a shady favor. Wili says that doesn't mean Christina hasn't worked hard or paid her dues, and then adds that she has one change to the lineup -- she's replacing Christina's final model. For what nefarious purpose I'm sure you can guess.
Meanwhile, Betty rushes outside to find Daniel. She locates him sitting on the ground making out with Hilda. He didn't feel quite right about hooking up with his own sister, so had to do it with Betty's. Nice. Betty looks horrified and Hilda kind of smirks, and Daniel just kind of sits there semi-drunkenly. Commercials.
When we return, Betty asks Hilda what the hell she's doing. Daniel stumbles to get up, and Betty tells him that his father is looking for him, because the show's starting. Daniel bumblingly starts to explain, but then just cuts his losses and goes inside. Betty says that she thought she told Hilda to go home, and Hilda says that she doesn't take orders from Betty anymore, because she was fired. Betty asks if this is Hilda's way of getting back at her, and Hilda puts on lip gloss, snapping, "Hurts, huh?" Betty says that Mode is hers, and that she's not going to let Hilda take it. She asks if Hilda has any idea how difficult it's been to get the people there to remember her name (and not just call her "the dumpy one with bad shoes"), whereas Hilda is everybody's best friend within two minutes. She says that no one has ever paid attention to Betty when Hilda's in the same room. Well, Hilda's pretty. Those are the breaks, kid. Betty says that she secretly loved to see Hilda on the couch eating the cookie dough because, for the first time, Betty was the center of attention, even if she had to sacrifice her cookie dough for it. Hilda sarcastically says that she's glad Betty's in her corner. Betty tells her not to turn everything around to be about herself. Hilda asks if Betty knows how hard it is for her. She says that first impressions are all she's got, so if she doesn't flirt with the boys and joke with the girls, they're going to realize that there's not much behind the tight jeans and the low-cut top. Betty says that is such crap, and Hilda says that it was worth a shot, since Betty had some good stuff. Heh. Hilda asks Betty to give her a break, and says that she's the one with the great job and great boss and cute guy who is totally into her. In the big race, Betty's way ahead. Betty says that there are plenty of things Hilda is good at: for example, the model's hair looked really good before they set it on fire. She says that maybe Hilda could get a real job doing hair. Betty asks Hilda why she didn't tell her that Henry called. Hilda says that she was trying to protect Betty -- she thought that Henry was some big-city guy who might hurt her. She says she should have known that Betty can take care of herself. There is sisterly forgiveness, at least for the Suarez family.