"I guess at first it was the differences that made it challenging and exciting. An aphrodisiac, opposites being drawn together," he says, although wistfully...hmmm. "And now, we're engaged." Willie pours them more wine.
Justin comes home, slamming the door. Hilda's all up in his business and he tells her Randy doesn't want to be friends with him anymore. He doesn't know why, he doesn't want to go to the show, and he doesn't want to talk about it. Oh, teen years, how I absolutely positively do not miss you.
That evening at Mode Daniel opens an envelope to find a bunch of thank-yous from the pre-school messengered over. They call him old. Daniel calls Molly, you know, just to check in and to thank her for the thank yous. Molly is working late because you know, that's what pre-school teachers do. Seriously? I'm not sure if my grad school profs got in 40 a week, let alone overtime.
Oh, I'll be pulling an all-nighter grading these finger paintings!
Oh, sure, now Connor and Willie have moved to the bed, score! Connor is highly buzzed but Willie is holding her own. Why? Because she's been tossing her wine back into the wine bucket when he's not looking. Because if there is one thing that makes a woman really desirable, it's beer goggles. Oh, Willie, I'm surprised at you, having to get a guy drunk.
Connor says, "You know Wil, I disagree with everyone at the office. I think you're great." Hahaha! Poor Wilhelmina, hated by all who know her. I got one of those once when a friend's mother said, "Oh, you look so pretty, I didn't recognize you." D'oh! Trust me, there's no backpedaling from that one!
THE BED, THE BED, THE BED. Finally!
Justice for the pink elephant in the room!
Connor starts spinning the empty wine bottle (really?) and Willie starts telling him a boarding school story, then leans in to kiss him and he says, "You are very hard to resist." She tells him not to resist and he says, "Stop. I'm engaged. You need to stop what you are doing." Okay, super-rude, dude. You are totally leading her on then bust in with your engagement? What a tease! Think Molly would find it appropriate that you are lying around with Willie getting drunk?
The next day, Betty, dressed sort of like a Christmas tree, walks up to Marc and hands him the Y.E.T.I. form "Here. You're in," she says. She tells him he was right, his presentation was better, so she dropped out and he's in. He tells her that he's been discriminated against all his life; if he got an advantage like she did, he'd take it and run. You mean like now?
Once again, a Latina is being held down
by the man. The gay man.
Betty says he deserved it more and she can re-apply next year. "Take it before I change my mind," she says as he grabs the envelope from her hands. He apologizes for what he said yesterday and hopes she doesn't think he's a racist. "Some of the hottest guys I've dated have been Latino," he says, excluding Cliff who was just Chubbo. Still, Marc was a jerk for what he said.
Back at Casa Suarez, Hilda tries to get Justin to tell her what happened. Uh, my friend dissed me in front of his homophobe friends. What can you do? "I don't fit in with his friends," Justin says. Hilda tells him he's perfect, but he's going to meet a lot of stupid people in life. He can't change who he is because he's perfect. Aww. He decides to go to the theater with her instead of wasting the tickets. If Hilda was smart, she would have sold them on eBay already. By the way, is he eating Fruity Pebbles? Subtle.
Wilhelmina is back and is no mood. Marc is trying to figure out if she was Ms. Nasty with Connor but no, he's devoted to Molly. Blech. She says she's not going to beg. Marc says he's sorry and she snaps his head off. He starts to leave and she says, "I heard you got into the Y.E.T.I. program. I trust that won't interfere with your job here." He says no. "I can't think of anyone more deserving. Congratulations." She smiles. Marc smiles. All is almost well.
Look, I know I beat you, but I bought you something pretty,
so it's all good now!
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Comments (5)
Excellent recap.
I wasn't so upset about what Mark said to Betty - I thought she had a lot of nerve thinking she "deserved" it just because she wanted it. She was acting more like an entitled Paris Hilton type.
It was a pretty good episode overall... starting with Amanda in the tbu.
BTW - Vanessa Williams used to be married to handsome former Laker Rick Fox. Does anyone know if they are still together? (Just curious.) I couldn't find anything on the web.
1 of 5 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 28, 2008 1:41 PM
Here is an explanation to why all the costumes are so zany:
Episode 3.01
The Manhattan Project
Trivia:
• This episode marks the show's return to New York as well as the return of Patricia Field ("Sex and the City") as the show's Costume Designer. Betty's look will probably evolve, which is only normal for anyone who spends so much time surrounded by fashion-obsessed people. She won't be getting "beautiful," but she will be a little more fashion-forward, yet with the expected Betty-fied touches.
• Rebecca Romijn (Alexis) and Christopher Gorham (Henry) are now credited as Guest Cast.
2 of 5 | Posted by elmo | Posted on November 28, 2008 2:00 PM
Vanessa Williams and Rick Fox have been divorced for a while now, although I believe they are still friends. In fact he appeared on an episode of Ugly Betty (last season I believe)
3 of 5 | Posted by blazergirl | Posted on November 28, 2008 4:15 PM
Thanks for the great recap and writing so much. Love the captions under the pictures.
4 of 5 | Posted by User Name | Posted on November 30, 2008 1:23 AM
fire@will:
Blazergirl's right. Vanessa and Rick Fox are divorced and still friendly. Several months after their divorce, Vanessa even mentioned during an interview with Howard Stern that they are still VERY FRIENDLY with each other when the need arises. ;-) That was years ago, but I assume they are still cool since he played her love interest on Ugly Betty several years post-divorce.
Also, I totally agree with you about Betty acting like an entitled Paris Hilton type (or like America Ferrara's real-life She-ro, Hillary Clinton), when she assumed: a.) that she wanted the YETI award more than Marc and therefore, b.) she should get it just because she pulled an all-nighter.
With every episode, I am growing to dislike Betty more and more, but her assumptions (or as I like to call 'em, her Betty-isms) in this episode were so wrong, it surpassed her usual Bettyness. Marc has natural talent when it comes to fashion. Also, he actually cared enough to line up all his ducks THREE MONTHS EARLIER than Betty. How Betty came to the conclusion that SHE should present a fashion magazine is...beyond me. Her complete lack of self-awareness is annoying as hell.
This show's constant underlying moral message is that inner beauty is better than outer beauty. I'm all on board with that message, but I don't buy that Betty's beautiful on the inside, either. She always has these cracks where her "ugly" side shines through and someone (usually her dad) has to remind her to stop being overly judgmental, critical, etc. And those traits would all be less annoying in her if she weren't constantly pulling the self-righteous act and judging everyone else for their moral flaws.
Funny how "moral" Betty didn't mind at all that Daniel wrote that B.S. letter saying she was an employee from PLAYER in order for her to qualify for the YETI with Marc. How long did she work there? Like 3 days?
I don't have a problem with what Marc said to her about being a token because all signs point to Betty being a token choice for them. Her presentation wasn't better than Marc's. By the way, Betty stole that idea of "B" magazine. There's already a "BE" magazine on the shelves.
It's a credit to this show's writing and ensemble cast that I still watch this show despite disliking the main character so much.
5 of 5 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on December 6, 2008 8:47 AM