Just as 'After Hours' is all about exploring all of the changes Betty has been experiencing since taking on her new position at Mode, 'Lose the Boss' shows much Betty has changed Daniel from the self obsessed, girl hound he was early on. Overly cringey stuff was ever present during this episode, but the charm and originality of it all, like always, kept it from going too far.
In ‘Lose the Boss’ Betty covers for a hungover Daniel when a crisis at Mode leaves their cover story in danger. Santos and Hilda argue over Justin. Ignacio receives some bad news about his deportation. Wilhelmina gets Marc to confess about his phone call to the mysterious masked woman.
Some of the scenes in ‘Lose the Boss’ sort of fall into last week’s category of over the top, but in a more toned down sort of way. Over the next four years, Betty will often be left to her own devices, whether that involves taking over for Daniel, or cleaning up someone else’s mess. In most cases, it’s her outlandish taste and approach that saves the day, here the offence she takes to the stylist’s ridiculous demands puts everything in motion for Daniel’s idea to make perfect sense.
Last week Daniel took an incredible leap of faith, and was shot down. It being his first time being openly honest with a woman, it naturally made him retreat and hide away from the humiliation, forcing Betty to sot of ‘swap’ positions for the day. It’s in Betty’s home, where the crazy poncho wearing girl was raised, that he found the inspiration he was looking for, and a chunk of his childhood that had been missing for a long time.
Santos’s presence continues to cause a stir in the Suarez home, but this is the first instance where his attitude towards the boy his son is becoming bears itself in a rather unattractive way. We’ve all been able to appreciate Justin’s flamboyance, and attitude, and everyone knows that you can never hold someone back form who they are, but Santos sees his son about to go down a road that could potentially prove fatal to him. I try not to see a narrow minded “man’s man” and try to see the protective father underneath it all. This story becomes more interesting as the season progresses, but ‘Lose the Boss’ sews the seeds of the plot perfectly.
This is when the mystery woman really started to impact on all of the other characters n the series, most importantly, Marc who had finally copped on to his boss’s unconventional associate. It being Marc, he refuses to let the opportunity go without getting something out of it, but somehow I think Marc’s caring nature is a little more obvious that it is with Wilhelmina. I loved their little side trip to “the wrong side of town”, and even Willy shows a more broad minded view, leaving a diamond ring in place of the money she just stole for cab money.
Still effortlessly charming, ‘Lost the Boss’ is all about moving the story forward after last week’s revelations and it succeeded on all fronts.
8/10
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