The manager looks at Betty. Betty looks at the manager. Amanda looks at the manager. Amanda looks at Betty. Betty falters. A drip of sweat runs down her face which I thought the manager would pick up on, but instead the manager says, "Why don't I take care of this?" Betty can't believe it. Outside, they pat each other on the back about how smooth they were and how they are really going to promote the restaurant (I should say so, Suarez!). They decide to head home.
But Amanda can't find her wallet. She's pretty sure Euro and Trash stole it. But it gets worse. She had the rent money in there too because she was going to drop it off at creepy landlord guy for Betty. And yes, that's gone too. Betty freaks out. Seriously, just ask Daniel for the money. Betty tells her that's all she had and Amanda's like, "Let's just go to an ATM," because money just comes from machines. But that was all Betty had in her account (which again begs the question, why is she paying in cash? How safe is that? Is the landlord providing her with receipts, because Judge Judy hates cash transactions without receipts).
The exact moment when Betty makes
her move from "passive" to "aggressive."
"I can't pay my rent this month," Betty tells her. Amanda says, "We'll pay it next month - what are they going to do, kick us out?" You mean like they did the last time you didn't pay your rent? She's got the acumen of a hamster. Then Betty freaks all out on Amanda saying that it wasn't just tonight, it's everything. "You really don't take responsibility for anything, do you? Not when you run up my bills, or when you let your dog pee on my clothes (wait, what?), or eat all my food," to which Amanda blames on an imaginary guy named Bad Ronald. "There is no Bad Ronald! Only BAD AMANDA!" Betty walks away. D'oh. And they were having so much fun.
Look, I basically just admitted your mother and I screwed you up.
Now would be a great time to ask me for money.
Betty runs home, mostly to see if Papi has rented out her room, and he has to talk her off the edge (and he rented her room to a family of illegals, so it's kind of awkward. Ironically, they all found work, unlike Hilda). She's complaining to Papi about Amanda, and he says that maybe he and his wife raised Betty to be too responsible. Maybe Amanda has something to teach her. Like girl-on-girl action? Ew.
Back at Wilhelmina's house of glass and knives, she says she's thinking about naming her son Abalar, or maybe she said Avatar. That would be cooler. Christina suggests Haimish. Willie says, "Why not Angus." Why do they hate this baby? Wilhelmina admits she didn't want to know the sex of the baby because it was easier to think of it as an "it" than a "son." No worries, Willie, I'll think of it as an "IT" until it turns 18.
Christina's phone rings and she says, "Daniel....a size 6?" Oh he is not! "Well, just look on the rack to the right," she tells him. OR CHECK THE TAGS, DIPSHIT. Willie wants to know what's up and Christina says Molly needed a dress for her event. "Interesting..." Willie says.
I really can't talk now, Han, I'm coming to terms
with frenching my brother to make you jealous.
Back at Mode Daniel says to Molly, "Take your pick." She pulls out a strapless red dress that seems a little too puffy in the mid-section, but she is wearing sweet and sour, so anything is going to be a step up. She decides to dress right in the open hallway/closet. Good thinking. He tells her not to have her picture taken in it, since it's going on the next cover. She takes her hair down. "Is it too much?" she asks. Yes, Molly, too much fabric around the middle.
You look hottttt. You know,
for someone who looks 5 months pregnant.
And then...Daniel is helping her with the dress...she looks at him...he looks at her...he leans in...she leans in...and then she pulls a Connor and pulls away. Those two are total teases! "Thank you for the dress," she says, running out. Poor Daniel. He should go bang a model to take his mind off of things.
I don't know if it's the smell of paste or puke,
but I am so turned on right now.
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Comments (3)
Good recap.
I agree that Molly didn't look so hot in that red dress. But I don't care for her, anyway. She has neither the raw sex appeal of models, nor the simple, honest, loyal personality that would make her appealing as a potential wife and mother. She DOES seems like a tease - someone who enjoys playing with men's emotions. Conman and Denial could both do better.
1 of 3 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 11, 2008 10:18 AM
I haven't finished reading the recap yet. I wanted to comment on this before I forget...
My mom's theory is that this episode was one of the ones that Lindsay Lohan got written out of, and replaced with Amanda. Because Amanda and Betty rooming together? Is too out there even in the Ugly Betty universe.
When is Ugly Betty gonna get a makeover? I can't stand her outfits. Two years working at a fashion magazine hasn't rubbed off on her at all? No wonder she's still an assistant.
2 of 3 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on December 11, 2008 11:37 PM
"Bad Ronald" was a movie from the 70s about a teenager guy named Ronald who kills a girl and his mother decides to hide him in a hidden room in their house and tell everyone he ran away. She dies -- another family moves in and he's still living in the hidden room. It's a really creepy movie and I was so surprised to see it referenced here
3 of 3 | Posted by murphena | Posted on December 13, 2008 5:51 AM