Papi grabs a dish off the stove, turns and yells out while struggling to stay standing. Oh, crap, is it another heart attack like they MADE US BELIEVE with last week's promo? Everyone goes running in asking if it's his heart. But no, it's his back! Papi is really falling apart, Gasmii. They help him to the floor (?) and Betty calls a time out. What?!? There ARE no time outs in Kitchen Rumble! Papi calls for a substitution...a Kitchen Rumbl first! Frankie will allow it!
"Who can chop?" Papi asks. If he means wood, probably Hilda. He did say chomp, right? Matt is out, and Hilda and Justin have just done their nails. Way to pull together to purchase your childhood home, jerks! So it falls to Betty. Look, just wear a hairnet!
"What should I do?" she asks. "Stir the molé and turn the chicken," Papi says. Yeah, that takes a genius. And fingernails. "Smart move," Mo says, "they've tapped the sturdy girl to step in" to which Betty responds, "I CAN HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW." He knows, Betty, he knows.
I just needed another paycheck!
Ding-ding! The cooking is done and the three judges are ready to make their judgment - not knowing which dish is which unless they've been sitting around listening to Mo narrate. They taste, they smile, they decide...on Frankie! Didn't see that coming! Papi is shocked. Frankie gives them his leftovers which if they sold on eBay they might be able to make the $10,000.
I know you thought you were getting a bag of moo-lah,
but instead you're getting molé.
Back at the office, Daniel tells Betty not to take it personally because those shows are rigged and P.S., enjoy living in a van down by the river because Daniel will be right next to you. "We're going to lose our house," Betty says. Well, it's not really yours to begin with, so less drama, more conditioner. Daniel offers to help out and Betty declines because of all the money problems at Mode. Wait until she finds out he and Wilhelmina spent ten grand on their dinner last night.
Over at the meeting, Daniel asks for $75 million as a subsidy to help save the print media...and speaking of, the chairman holds up what I can only imagine is The Post to reveal a picture of Daniel and Willie toasting it up last night, big smiles and wine a-pouring.
You should have just flown to the hearing in private planes.
"You look pretty smiley here for people on the verge of bankruptcy," the chairman says. He points out they are drinking a $400 bottle of wine. Willie says it was the only drinkable thing on the menu. Uh-huh. Enjoy working for Anna Wintour, bitch!
Marc is walking through the office bitching to Amanda that when McHottie said play date he may actually have meant, you know, play date. Amanda recommends that Marc borrow Willie's baby for the afternoon, so they go to Christina who is currently watching the baby to "sign William out." She has to remind him that he's not a pea coat and duh, pea coats are cuter and quieter.
At Casa de Losers, Papi is still bemoaning the fact he lost and Hilda is trying to console him. Going through the mail, she finds an envelope that contains - aye Caramba! A check for ten thousand dollars! From who? I bet it's from Frankie because he loved the whole American dream thing. Or Daniel, except that he probably hasn't though about Betty since leaving the office that morning. Or could it be from someone that never seems to have money on him?
Hilda goes running and screaming through the Mode offices, which clearly shows that the company has cut the security jobs already. She shows Betty the check and Betty is sure Daniel did it.
Security can't catch me!
McHottie shows up sans Cello who is at home with the nanny because of a little fever. Well, Marc has a fever for some McHottie, and dumps baby William on Amanda so he can actually play on his play date.
Betty thanks Daniel for the money and he's like I no-givey the money because they lost the subsidy thanks to the fact that he and Wilhelmina are the biggest morons on the face of the planet. He tells her not only did he not give her the money, they didn't get the bailout meaning they can't save the company. Even with the check they can't get the place because now Betty doesn't have a job to help pay the mortgage, so we're back on square one of Chutes and Ladders.
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Comments (2)
Matt is sort of a super rich slacker version of henry. I actually like matt for betty, he would introduce her to new things that would cause some great situations for tv (betty in the hamptons??)
Just saw the Matt actor in a mcdonalds 'what can I get for a dollar?' ad, it was odd.
1 of 2 | Posted by carol | Posted on March 18, 2009 2:29 AM
Thanks for writing, Carol. Matt is adorable, meaning he must be hiding the freak somewhere (as we found out on the latest episode). I'll keep an eye out for that ad!
2 of 2 | Posted by dear crabby | Posted on March 23, 2009 9:19 AM