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By Potes | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.17.2007
Betty enters the room and is taken aback by the mess. She then hears a noise coming from the closet and gets a bit of a concerned look. She fumbles in her bag, and, in total genius fashion, takes out her rape whistle. Ha! Next she'll make a fist with her keys poking out. Go straight for the eyes! Betty puts the whistle in her mouth and grabs a tennis racket for a weapon, as if she's going to ref someone to death. She whips open the door and blows the whistle before realizing that it's Daniel. She sarcastically asks how Rio is. Daniel says "Es bueno," and Betty looks at him like he's crazy. ["Probably because they speak Portuguese there, not Spanish." -- Wing Chun]
When we return from the commercials, Betty -- cleaning up the mess in the bedroom, because that's how she is -- reads Daniel the riot act. She says that she can't believe he never went to Rio, because he sent her postcards almost every day telling her the weather was beautiful and that he was doing great and that he had to go because it was lambada time. And really, it's too bad that he didn't go to Rio, because there's nothing to mend a broken heart like the forbidden dance. Daniel asks if she'd rather he wrote the truth: he was curled up under his bed in the fetal position. Awww. Betty says that no one cares what happened. She knows that Daniel's in pain, but he can't hide from the world forever, particularly because next week is Fashion Week. Daniel gets a tender tone in his voice, and says,"Look at you." Five weeks ago, Betty thought Cavalli was a kind of pasta, and here she is talking about Fashion Week. Betty has to remind him that he didn't know dick about fashion either, and he admits that they've both come a long way. He asks Betty how things are at MYW, and whether she's learning a lot from She Who Shall Not Be Named. Betty says that she couldn't work for Sofia after what she did to Daniel, so she quit. Daniel gives Betty a grateful high five, and says that maybe when he goes back to Mode, Betty can come with him. Well, duh. Betty is excited, but notes that he already has an assistant. Daniel says that he'll handle Amanda, and that, as Editor-in-Chief, he can have two assistants. He offers up a hand once again, and Betty, as one would expect, does not leave him hanging.
Next, it is morning at the Suarez house. Ignacio is in the kitchen making his famous cupcakes, which are a kiss-butt present for Justin's teacher. Oh, that Justin. He yells to Hilda to ask if she's driving him today or what, and she comes out in a robe saying that she has four interviews today and needs to know which of two whorish tops she should wear. Justin says that he's taking the bus. Way to get out before the Oedipal issues develop. Hilda turns to Betty and Ignacio for help. Betty unconvincingly says that they're both nice. And really, would you turn to Betty for fashion advice anyway? Ignacio says that Hilda has intelligence and ambition and doesn't need to resort to cheap tactics. She tells him to look at her résumé, which is half a page long, and includes her elementary school under "education," as well as her previous job as primary skewer girl at New Haven's famous "Zucchini on a Skewer" restaurant. Under activities, it lists, "Manicures. Shopping. Mother." Betty and Ignacio take one look and suggest the purple top, which causes Hilda to disrobe right in the middle of the living room. Ignacio shields his eyes and says, "Father in the room!" For reals, man. Hilda asks Betty whether they've filled her position at Burrito King yet. Betty tells Hilda that she's way too good to be the chip chick. Hilda says that Betty must be excited to go back to Mode, and Betty says she is. She says she missed it so much -- the excitement, the people. And at this, she finally realizes that she only actually missed Christina. Hilda mentions Henry, and Betty says that they haven't spoken since the Christmas party. Hilda says that it's probably for the best, since Henry is probably one of those "Wall Street types," with $100 haircuts, dating ten girls at once. Betty says that's not Henry. Hilda brings up Walter, saying that he's a guy you could settle down with. Yeah, if you were totally self-hating and lacked any confidence. I'm just saying. Betty asks how she knows if she's settling down or just settling before pointing out that Hilda's nipple is exposed. Hilda says that she knows. Yeah, I don't know if Hilda is the right person to talk to about settling.