Betty rounds the corner and sees something worse than her footwear ensemble - Stuart! He looks like he hasn't slept in days, but it's probably just the meth. Who would have called him? "I heard Christina was in the hospital, I had to come see if she was okay." Seriously, who would have called this guy? She asks him what size shoe he wears and he spits out he's a size 14 (ahem) and that the kids used to tease him and call him Bigfoot. I bet the girls didn't. Also, how did he know the American sizing system so fast? I've been to Europe a few times and never remember my size in their numbering system. Damn, he's edumacated.
Stuart is insulted that Betty thinks he's the one who pushed her down the stairs. Betty says, "She gave up a lot for you and now you're doing drugs again." Stuart's justification? He's in pain! The treatment she paid for didn't work and he's dying, so he needs drugs to ease the pain. Oh, pu-lease. Every junkie uses that excuse. Betty says Christina deserves to know he's dying. Yes, just so she can see carrying this demon seed did not pay off. Kick her while she's down.
I heard the click of your hooker heels, that's how.
Hilda sneaks back in Chez Suarez, but since no one works or goes to school, my guess is she is going to get caught by someone. And Papi it is! "This didn't work in high school, why would it work now?" She dated a married man in high school? Oh, wait, Papi means the sneaking in. Guess Papi wasn't working then, either. They start fighting in Spanish and the scene turns into a real telenovelas being watched by a security guard at Meade Publications.
Time for the Mode Squad: Marc, Betty, and Amanda.
Betty asks the guard for the security tapes from the other night. "You want the security tapes too?" He asks. Unfortunately, the tapes have already been taken (which we could suspect by the "too" in his sentence that Betty totally missed). The tapes were taken after Christina was pushed down the stairs! He told the same thing to the police and "that little blonde girl." Great security, guys.
Little blonde girl? Amanda said she asked for the tapes because she wanted the reward money to cover her major credit card debt, a result of her love of "nice things." I hear ya, sister. Amanda said she heard a scream and peeked around the corner to see Marc yelling at Wilhelmina, who was sitting in her chair. He leans over and slaps her. What the hell? They immediately go to Marc to get the story on that.
Marc could make a fortune selling tickets to do this!
He opens a closet to show a Wilhelmina mannequin she had made for dress fittings. It is totally waxy and creepy. So lifelike! When Marc is angry at Willie, he pulls the mannequin out and yells and smacks it. I know there is a dirty joke in there, but I'm going to let it go. Anyway, that would be a great stress reliever, wouldn't it? He says he apologized to it later. "I know it's not real, but it still scares me." Amen.
Makes you wet yourself a little, doesn't it?
However, once he was done shouting at Wilhelmannequin, he decided to leave and when getting on the elevator, he shoved Christina out of the way so she wouldn't take up the other half of the elevator. Pregnant women are huge, you know.
I see nothing wrong with this picture.
But before the elevator doors closed, Marc saw Claire heading toward Christina drunk, angry, and yelling about "that thing" she was carrying. Claire, it's a Dooney & Burke handbag, I don't - oh, you mean the baby. Claire falls on her as the doors shut. That was the last Marc saw of either of them that night.
Who wouldn't push a pregnant woman out of the way
to avoid The Claire That Ate New York?
So we went from Daniel with the gym shoe in the stairwell to Claire in the lobby with the martini glass. I love Clue! They all head over to Claire's office/cube/hallway.
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Comments (4)
Great recap - and certainly one of the best Betty episodes yet. The paternity reveal at the end caught me totally off guard.
1 of 4 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 13, 2008 10:14 AM
Wee-hoo! Here we go... Seriously, past two episodes were like "and....annnd....?" we were going to give it one more ep before just waiting for the DVD, when BANG!!! Now That's what we're talkin about!
2 of 4 | Posted by killbondnow | Posted on October 13, 2008 2:21 PM
Yay, Gio's back! I actually liked Gio better when he was mean to Betty intially then when he liked her and was after her. They have better "hate" chemistry!
3 of 4 | Posted by blazergirl | Posted on October 13, 2008 2:51 PM
I totally died and yelled "NO!!!?" out loud at the end. I assumed that they would make Daniel not be the father eventually but ALEX!! I died. I am just...this show is the best.
4 of 4 | Posted by pixiegal262 | Posted on October 13, 2008 3:45 PM