"Alexis, I know you did it," Betty says, confronting Alexis. Because what could be smarter than confronting an almost-murder who signs your paycheck? And how lame is that detective that he couldn't figure it out. Should have put Gil Grissom on the CSI: Modecase, he usually figures things out in an hour unless it's a 2-parter.
Initially Alexis says she had nothing to do with it, but then she folds like a cheap chair. In typical Scooby-Doo fashion, Alexis gives up the whole story. She was wearing the rain coat, she broke a heel and put on Daniels's shoes (because she forgot about the Mode closet? Ah, they probably don't carry size 11), got pissed when she saw Christina because she reminded her of Wilhelmina, then followed Christina to the stairs and pushed her. But because she has a heart, after trying to kill her, she made sure she wasn't dead, then she called 911. Wimp! A smarter woman would have kept denying it, then had Betty fired or killed. Isn't that the fun of being rich, indiscriminately offing people? Besides the money, of course.
You push like a man!
Then she asks Betty what to do. Are you kidding me? You just spilled to an assistant who is the only other person who knows what you did. Push her down the stairs and walk away, just try to wear Amanda's shoes this time. Two birds, one stone, etc., etc.
Montage time!
Back at the hospital, Christina wakes up to find her room filled with flowers, courtesy of...Wilhelmina?!? Cameras flash and Willie closes the curtains, just as the Grinch's heart grows three sizes. Willie's is still the same size, however. They smile at each other. Ick.
Back at Casa Suarez, Papi and Hilda hug and make up. She's still a ho and they are still unemployed. Seriously, if Hilda were working, she probably wouldn't get into so much trouble.
Back at Mode, Alexis does a totally dumbass thing and tells Daniel and Claire what happened. D'oh!
God, I am SO OVER being a part of this family!
Back at Betty's, her umbrella is back with a note from Jesse. Meh.
Back at Mode, Daniel tells Betty they are negotiating the terms of Alexis's surrender. Why not just go to the jail instead of making a spectacle of yourself at work?
"You think you know your own sister," he says. Your sister used to be a man who faked his own death to spend two years undergoing a sex change and came back to crush you, love you, fire you, hire you, and now she's being arrested for attempted murder and you are shocked? Interesting take on things.
Alexis has one more thing to tell her mother before heading off to the big house. She accidentally opened a piece of Daniel's mail, "It was a paternity test. Daniel isn't Daniel Junior's father. I am." SWEET! The handcuffs are clicked onto her wrists like the worst accessories ever. She mouths "I love you" to her mother and the elevator doors shut.
I'm a woman who's my nephew's father!
SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP, this show is awesome this season. Next week...Gio returns and has a chip on his shoulder the size of a Roman coliseum. I wonder why? See you next week.
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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