Daniel is worried about his presentation because he wants Cal's respect, especially since he last saw him dressed in a bunny suit. I don't have to state the obvious, do I? That ship has passed! (I guess I did). Willie walks in with baby William (what the hell? Is it Take Our Babies to Work day again???? I hate that day!). Betty gets right up in his face and with that camera angle, I start to cry as much as he does. "Thank you Betty, that will be worth at least 10 years of therapy." Added the therapy viewers are going to need, well, there aren't even enough light years to cover that.
Way to ruin baby William's retinas, dumbass.
"Daniel, will you hold him?" Willie asks. "He is your half-brother." Willie says when the presentation begins, she wants Hartley to hold him, because nothing's as professional as signing a kajillion dollar deal with baby spit-up on your lapel. Turns out Hartley has an affinity for kids. Geez, I hope that's not a euphemism for something awful. Also, Willie has rocket-ship boobs. Is she Barbie 1957? Watch your eyes, Betty.
Willie has a sweater of Williams but notices a button is loose. She wants Marc to take it to the closet to have it sewn up by Christina. Who of course, is drunk somewhere. "Right away, fraulein," Marc says. "Did you call me Frown Line?" Willie asks. Yes. Yes he did. Betty grabs the sweater, tears it out of Marc's hands, and runs to the Closet to sew it herself. "She's strong," Marc says. In more ways than one.
Oh, look who decided to show up...Christina! To sew the baby sweater...dang. She wishes she brought her darts. I wish she had looked in a mirror before leaving, she's a mess.
OHMYGOD! It's 11am! T-minus zero for Hartley! Get the omelets in place! Willie tells Marc to put on his game face. "Not your GAY face, your GAME face," she corrects him. Turns out they are the same thing (is that true?). Daniel checks his zipper because he's twelve, Betty tells him he's fine because she...checked his zipper already? How close are these two? Hey! Claire is back. Thank God.
I think I once saw John Wayne herding this group.
Is Claire wearing white stockings? She is DEAD to me.
They wait by the elevator. It opens. To the delivery guy. "Steve...wrong floor!" Betty yells. Oops...looks like he came up a different set of elevators. The entire cast and crew of Showboat, a.k.a. Mode comes stampeding towards him. Look how excited he is! He's weird and creepy, isn't he? You know who would have been awesome in this part? William Devane.
"Hello Mr. Hartley, we're so glad to have you with us," Daniel spurts out. "Thanks," Hartley says, adding, "Bunny." Like that's not going to get old. "Still doing that?" asks Daniel, not adding, "Douche." Hartley sees Betty and kisses her on the cheek because he's the parent who likes her. Yes, but Mrs. Hartley gives away shoes every Monday! "Claire," he says, "Good to see you again." Rut-roh. Daniel is a little flummoxed as Hartley and his mom give each other what I'm going to call "the look." This could be good.
By the way, I just want to point out that Matt's mom and dad both have blue eyes. Let me take you back to 8th grade biology and remind you that two recessive-gene people (like those with blue eyes) cannot have a brown-eyed kid (like Matt).
People, I know my recessive genes.
Matt is either adopted or Victoria Hartley slummed with the help.
"So nice to meet you," Willie says, putting out her hand, "I'm Wilhelmina Slater." Way to cock block Claire for attention, Willie. My dogs do this too, it's just called Cocker-blocking when they do it. "Damn! This is an attractive staff," he says. Wait...I know he said hello to Betty, right? Short memory.
Daniel puts his arm around Hartley (not that way) and offers to give him a tour of the offices, unless he'd like to stop at the omelet bar first. What I'd be stopping first is the omelet bar. Willie says she'll catch up to them later because she has to take care of her baby first. "Is there a baby here?" says Creepy Cal. "Can I see him? I love babies!" Because you drink their blood to keep you young? What mid-fifties guy ever says that besides a Super Manny?
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Comments (2)
Great recap! I missed some of the details while watching.
BTW - Heard any rumors about Rebecca coming back? They never mention her character on the show. How about Salma? Either one would be a plus.
1 of 2 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on May 12, 2009 9:14 AM
Rebecca just filmed a pilot for ABC called Eastwick, so if it takes off probably not (bummer!). IMDB is showing Salma has a lot of projects going right now, so who knows! Henry's coming back so anything is possible - now if we can just get Gio back!
2 of 2 | Posted by dearcrabby | Posted on May 17, 2009 3:26 PM