"Yes." Wow. "Anyway, Charlie is leaving for Tucson today and I want my last four weeks with Henry to be stress-free." Good luck with that. She takes off as Justin comes in to tell Hilda she has her first appointment. It's Gina Gambarro, her arch rival/mortal enemy. Justin thought they made up...which they did...until they didn't.
"I only called her skank to a few people." Oh Hilda.
"Well, apparently she forgives you, because she wants a manicure." Oh, if only the Middle East could work that way! "Don't we need the business? Even skanky business?" Oh, skanky business is the kind that pays.
At the busy Mode offices, Betty is handing Daniel his coffee and a report for his advertising meeting, and telling him about the curtains she's having put in his office so he can have naptime each day. With milk and cookies. When he's bad, don't forget to give him a time-out. "Mmmm....you smell good," she tells Daniel.
"It's Victor and Rolf, a gift from Renee." Betty's about to Rolf.
"I've been meaning to talk to you about that. Renee keeps calling me to schedule fun things for you two to do together."
"See, that's what I mean, she's so thoughtful." Poor Daniel. You'd think as a total player he would have had to contend with a stalker by now, and would notice the signs.
Betty shows him a schedule she came up with for his week that as far as I can tell is a bunch of colorful post-it notes in a notebook. Way technical Betty. Hope it doesn't get too windy or Daniel won't know where to go next. "She gets mad when I tell her you don't have time for cooking class." Hint, hint.
This season, I'm going retro - back to the 80s with your shedule!
"I know it's a busy week, but I really like this girl." Man, subtlety is just lost on this guy. Get the hint, Betty doesn't want to field your sex calls. "Can you try and work things out?" Here's a clue. When your assistant says, "Sure. Uh-huh," in short, curt tones and crosses her arms, she is not pleased.
Over to Wilhelmina..."I'm just concerned, Dr. Remus. Renee's behavior this week has been so erratic. Is it possible her medication's not working anymore?" Well, that will happen when you DON'T ACTUALLY TAKE IT. "What symptoms should I look for to see if she's backsliding?" Uh, fires and more fires?
"Well, your sister has struggled for years with issues of paranoia," says the doctor. With Willie as her sister, can you blame her? You'd always be watching your back. And we cut to the montage of the Crazy Train headed into town...
"What do you mean he's in a meeting? Who is he meeting with?" She's frantically pacing all around the apartment. "Is he trying to avoid me?" No, that's Betty.
Back to the doctor, "Probably coinciding with a rise in irrational, jealous behavior..."
"I know you can't tell me if there is someone else. Okay, you didn't say anything, there IS someone else," Renee freaks.
"Renee, you didn't give me a chance to speak," Betty says.
"As well, I'd expect you'd encounter severe mood swings," says Dr. Remus.
"No, his afternoon cannot be booked up because I scheduled his and her massages today at Bliss." Oh, that he might squeeze in, good call Renee.
"The weekend would be better," answers Betty.
"BLISS!" Renee screams. Oh, it is blissful when Renee's involved.
"Usually followed by some emotional crash," says Dr. Remus.
"Are you...crying?" Betty asks.
"No, no..." Renee bawls. Must be an express train!
"Followed by a nausea, dizziness, fever, muscle twitch, sudden loss of motor skills, vomiting, flatulence, and complete and utter collapse. And don't call me Shirley!" he finishes.
It's like she's those theater faces - happy and sad, only alive!
Wilhelmina hates to bring this up, but "is there a time we should consider committing my poor sister?" Yes, that time was five minutes ago. The doctor just stares. Outside, Willie tells Marc, "We have a lot of work to do." Actually, if you had seen the montage instead of being in it, you would know that really, your work is done. Give Marc that bonus early. "Dr. Facial Hair won't consider committing Renee until she is a danger to herself or others." Done and done!
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Comments (4)
Good recall, Crabby, maybe too good. 11 pages to do one episode of Ugly Betty? You wrote down all the lines in the dialog. Too much information! Your earnestness wins you a hearty thank you, but I found myself skipping through after page 3. Brevity, my friend, brevity!
1 of 4 | Posted by talma63 | Posted on May 8, 2008 5:47 PM
Thanks for recapping, Crabby (with Cancer as my star sign, I love the nickname). Talma is right, though...the recap is quite long.
2 of 4 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 12, 2008 9:15 AM
I hope you keep the recaps, though - just in case I stop watching the show, which nis becoming more and more likely as the show does on. F'ing Charlie. I promise to look the other way if you wanna go back to hitting pregnant women just this once.
3 of 4 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 12, 2008 9:29 AM
Oops, I was trying 2 finger peck this out with one hand...
I hope you keep the recaps long, though - just in case I stop watching the show, which is becoming more and more likely as the show goes on. F'ing Charlie. I promise to look the other way if you wanna go back to hitting pregnant women just this once.
4 of 4 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 12, 2008 9:32 AM