Daniel calls Betty into his office and she's still sort of not speaking to him. He says he knows how important Y.E.T.I. was for her and he dropped the ball. He's heard that she dropped out to let Marc in, since they won't take two people from the same magazine. Well, turns out Daniel made a couple of calls to let them know she worked at Player this year as well. "Just don't drop out this time," Daniel says, holding up a Y.E.T.I. envelope. He also wrote a 6-page recommendation too. "I'm sorry it took me so long to write your recommendation."
You know, their relationship is really pretty abusive. Daniel treats her like crap, then does something nice afterward, and she takes him back. I mean, I know this is a telenovela and it's supposed to be all happy and fun with the good people winning (usually), but geez is this a bad relationship.
The bruises will heal and they are
just a stepping stone to a better life!
He says he knows she's going places, he just doesn't want her going too soon. However, he figures in 20 years he'll be her assistant. Or if karma has anything to do with it, you'll be her bitch. Betty is all excited and runs out with her envelope. The phone rings and it's Marc. "Daniel told me we both got in. Pretty cool, right?" They start talking about the speakers (Anna Wintour and Tina Brown in the same week! Catfight!) and they are totally excited.
Now that we're both in at Y.E.T.I.
I don't blame you for being Latino!
"We are going to be huge!" Betty says, not noticing the irony as it pertains to her.
"Betty!" Daniel yells. "Phone!" because I'm sure she has no clue.
"Marc!" Willie yells. "My moisturizer!"
They smile and keep doing the assistant work.
The show is off for Thanksgiving so I'll be back in a couple of weeks. Hope you had a wonderful holiday with your family and enjoyed the food and TV coma that followed your feast. See you soon!
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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