Last week there was a little hint about who might be Wilhemina's replacement bridesmaid- Victoria Beckham. No one was sure if it was a joke, or is she would actually guest star on the show...
"This wedding is so fancy, Armani is wearing PRADA"
That is how Mark starts off the episode, so you know it's a good one!
Anyway, Posh is stealing the show from Wilhemina- she is giving interviews, she says they are so close she considers 'Willy' her second mum, and she gives Wilhemina a year's supply of 'Beckham 24/7' her new energy drink! I love it- even on TV she is networking and using every angle as a PR dream!!!
Completely overshadowed is the drama between Betty and her dad when he finds out Betty is seeing Henry secretly... and Hilda has been covering for her. They get into a fight and Betty ends up packing her bags and storming out. (But she confesses to Hilda that the reason their dad git his visa in the first place was because of a deal she made with Wilhemina).
Daniel can't win- even though he got the jewellery ad, Alexis still got a lot more ads from huge names and their dad asks Alexis to be his best man- even though he already asked Daniel!
In a much funnier turn of events, Christina's (secret) husband Stuart shows up at Mode looking for her- apparently she just left him one day in Scotland, and now he is looking for her. Christina spots him in the hallway as Betty is telling her about all her issues, and shoves Betty into the secret sex room Faye Summer's hid in the wardrobe room. (I had forgotten that only Mark, Amanda and Christina know about this room!)
The scene shifts to a Vera Wang cameo where Wilhemina is trying on the original one of a kind dress specially made for her- until Posh shows up in a dress proclaiming 'This is major' and all the attention in the room-including that of Vera Wang herself "I have a new muse"- shifts to Victoria. Wilhemina kicks out Vera Wang (has anyone actually ever done that in real life?) and changes Posh's entire dress into a short puffed sleeve shift with a bow. Victoria says "You're not serious?" and Wilhemina agrees adding "Mark, get her some flats!"
Love it!!!
Hilda called and told Henry what happened between Betty and their Dad, and Henry tells Betty she's not staying with Christina- she's moving in with him.
Stuart and Christina start talking and he apologizes for not being a good husband, and she apologizes for just up and leaving and never getting in touch.
Flash back to Henry and Betty- he gives her a key and a drawer and she keeps stumbling over it all asking what it means- Henry keeps going forward as thought things are ok but obviously Betty is uncomfortable. It's a bittersweet moment- she is living with Henry, but underneath that he is still leaving eventually to go be with Charlie and the baby....
Hilda accidentally spills the beans to her dad about what Betty did in order for him to get his visa...
...Christina and Stuart us the secret sex room, well, for it's intended purposes- and things seem better between them, until Stuart gets up to use the bathroom and Christina notices a needle sticking out of his bag (was he a drug user as well as a drunk?).
Daniel shows up at the hotel trying to give his dad something in a red box, and the message that he won't be attending the wedding- but he didn't know that his dad and Wilhemina had separate hotel rooms, so he knocks on her door. While they are talking, he hears a toilet flush- Wilhemina lies that it's Posh, but Daniel hides around the corner and sees the bodyguard leaving the room a while later...
Christina confronts Stuart, and finds out that he is on drugs- but because he is dying, his liver is failing because of the years of drinking and he is in NY to try an experimental treatment that costs $100,000 that he can't afford. Oh, and he has 6 months to live.
Finally, the pre-wedding reception- Mark's boyfriend Cliff shows up looking fierce! To quote Mark "Who knew there were hardwood floors under that shag carpet?!?" Unfortunately, Mark gets jealous that Cliff, with his new found hotness, is talking to a hot waiter and breaks up with him. After a hyped up dragged out speech from Amanda about how Mark has fallen for an 'average man', Mark goes over to Cliff and they make up (of course).
Henry makes Betty go to her dad's Citizenship Ceremony, even though she is fighting with her dad, and Henry explains the reason she needs to go is because when he leaves, her family is the ones who will support her through the pain when he is gone. Betty and her dad talk, and he tells Betty she doesn't have to keep the secret about Wilhemina and the bodyguard now that he is a citizen, she can help Daniel stop the wedding.
Skip to Wilhemina getting ready to walk down the alter- sans Posh (because she is locked in a closet!) Wilhemina got tired of all the attention she was losing to Victoria and had her bodyguard lock her away!!! As the ceremony starts, the doors burst open and Betty runs in and screams, "I OBJECT!" (they weren't up to that part yet...)
Of course once Daniel finds out that Betty knew four months earlier, he gets mad and fires her. Then Daniel goes and interrupts the ceremony but Bradford doesn't believe him. (Amanda entertains all the guests with a painful version of Keli's Milkshake) As Bradford stands there, his heartbeat gets louder and louder- and he collapses!!!
I am interrupting myself here to say that the music that starts playing as Bradford lays there and people try to save him is by far the best song ever used ever on tv- it was in West Wing too- it's the song 'Hallelujah' and I know the Rafi version- I am not sure who sings this one, but BRAVO, well done!!!
Of course, since they are broadcasting the wedding live everywhere, Betty sees Daniel fighting to save his dad's life on the huge TV screen in Times Square- and the episode ends.
Breathe out. Great episode.
