Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Updated 2007-03-28 17:00:00
Bradford is out of prison and boy, is he mad at Alexis. He does the whole tranny-hating (and "you put me in prison"-hating) thing, and it seems like she's about to be ousted from Mode. However, it turns out that Claire, who's detoxing en route to prison, actually owns Mode, and so names Daniel and Alexis co-editors-in-chief. Daniel plays the good guy and offers Alexis 50% control and side-by-side letters from the editors. She plays along, but schemes to undermine him and take control of the issue. Wili continues to puppetmaster her way through the sibling rivalry, and even gives up her office so that Alexis has a space befitting her position. She then pays a visit to Claire in the hospital, and offers a bottle of vodka in exchange for power of attorney, which would mean that Wili runs Mode. And see, that's really plain old evil, and not funny-evil like the usual. Claire tells her to shove off. Meanwhile, Marc's mother (Patti Lupone!!!) is in town, and she's unaware of some key facts about his life. He thus, via some machinations from a "spurned" Amanda, enlists Betty's help to pose as his girlfriend. Marc, his mom, and her show cat travel to Queens for dinner with the Suarezes. The whole thing is complicated by the fact that Ignacio is under house arrest. Over the course of the evening, Marc ends up spilling the fact that Alexis's sabotaged issue of Mode, including a letter from the editor indicting Bradford, is en route to the printer, and Betty and Daniel take off to try to beat her there. Once they're gone, Marc, offended by his mother's unkind words about Betty and her family -- and particularly the "swishy" Justin -- finally comes out, only to be rejected by her. Meanwhile, Alexis's issue goes to press and Daniel recommits to his partying ways and crumples up his letter from the editor, which talked of how glad he was to have Alexis back. Amidst all of this chaos and her failed attempt to get control of Mode through Claire, Wili moves on to plan V (for vomit) -- seducing Bradford.