What would you do if your illegal immigrant father had to return to Mexico to renew his visa and might not be able to return to America? Would you hire a really good lawyer? Get your own law diploma from an on-line law school? Picket city hall? Buy a fake ID on the black market? Start to sing that song from West Side Story - "I want to be in Amer-i-ca! OK by me in Amer-i-ca!"?
Well, Betty goes to get her nails done. OK, she is also on the phone trying to find a flight for Ignacio.
But does the show really want us to believe that Betty is the kind of gal who would turn to beauty regimes to relax while she tries to solve her family's problems? And if she was, wouldn't she have done something about brushing her hair first?
Also, Valerie, Hilda's beauty school teacher, isn't sympathetic to the Suarez family problems. She is also not sympathetic to Hilda's long acrylic nails. She tells Hilda that she has to cut her nails before their exams the next day or she will fail. And you know what that would make her... a "beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you!" First West Side Story. Now Grease. I feel like Justin would probably enjoy this recap.
Betty wants to help find a flight, but after work she has to go to the Mode party for Administrative Professionals Day. You may still know us as Secretaries Day, but don't say that around Betty, because the name was changed in 1998. You know, right after they changed the name of Groundhog Day to "Woodchuck Celebration and Recognition Day". Don't call them groundhogs any more, it makes them angry.
Betty explains that all of the administrative assistants at Mode will be going to The Middle Ages, a themed restaurant in Times Square. Hilda is surprised that they'd go there, but Betty explains that the other assistants like to go places to make fun of the "common people."
Betty heads off to work, hoping for a big bonus that will help her family buy the plane tickets. Instead, Daniel gives her a golden trophy that congratulates her on being the world's best notary, because he got to the store late. And really, Daniel, we're not buying it. Quick, name the store between your fancy Fifth Avenue apartment and the fancy Mode offices has cheap plastic trophies painted gold?
But Daniel, proud of himself for spending just $2.99 on Betty, asks Betty to send in some models for him to meet with. Good thing Daniel learned his lesson from almost losing his job last week (and I think the week before, and the week before that). His ability to stick with it, see through his problems and still want to sleep with models should be a lesson to us all!
Betty sits down at her desk and starts eating some yogurt. Nick passes by and realizes that she stole his yogurt out of the fridge. Betty says that it didn't have a name on it. But, even though Nick is a dick, it's really hard to take Betty's side on this. Is anything not emblazoned with a name fair name? Damn it - as I was typing this, someone just walked off with the plant that was on my desk! Should have written my name on that! Quick, everyone, get out your Sharpies!
Meanwhile, Amanda is telling us how much she hates Secretaries Day. Too bad there's no such thing, you Administrative Professional, you. To get through her pain, Marc tries to get her to focus on the party at The Middle Ages, but Amanda says that she's going to skip it. What? Amanda, skipping a party? There must be something more...
Meanwhile, Wil is in bed with Bradford trying to make him listen to and appreciate jazz. When he says that he still doesn't like it, she tells him "You're so white sometimes." Um, right... Up until not liking jazz, I mistakenly thought that Bradford wasn't the Whitest Man in the Universe. I mean, his name is Bradford, for goodness sakes.
Wil tries to get him to go out with her to a jazz club, but he doesn't want to go. He doesn't want Claire to hear about him out on the town with Wil. I like how Bradford thinks... it doesn't matter if you cheat on your wife, as long as it isn't in the tabloids. Cool.
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Comments (2)
Wow
First comment. Um this show has gotten really boring. Not much else to say. Where the hell are the real world recaps?
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Posted on May 8, 2007 9:36 PM
I can't get over Betty eating the yogurt. I usually admire Betty - she has her flaws, but altogether she's quite mature and a great character. But you don't just eat yogurt because you found it! Yogurt doesn't grow on trees!
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Posted on May 9, 2007 10:55 AM