TV-Reviewed

It’s finally time for Cal Hartley to sign off on investing in Mode, but things go south when Wilhelmina’s baby goes missing. This episode was pretty fast paced and I like the frantic tone that it had. Another benefit of this episode was that the majority of the episode was focused on this plot.

This episode actually surprised me because when Wilhelmina’s baby went missing, I actually thought that it wasn’t Christina. So it was surprising to see Betty get into the car and realize that baby William was in the car. Betty really pushed the limit to show how far she’s willing to go for a friend; sure we knew the baby was most likely Christina’s but what about if it hadn’t?

Wilhelmina’s determination to find Christina before she ran a DNA test was in full run and thanks to Marc’s help, it actually works and she would have been able to pass of the child as her own. There was a great scene though where when Wilhelmina had won, she and Marc have an exchange where it looked like Marc was going to quit or tell Wilhelmina that she had crossed the line. He didn’t do that, but the look on his face was definitely one of disappointment. It was a memorable moment because in the end Marc ended up saying nothing.

Betty trying to trick Wilhelmina into confessing was blown to pieces because you just can’t get one over Wilhelmina that easily, but Betty’s plan did make Wilhelmina think, which is that she would have to lie about this pregnancy for the rest of her life and god knows that Wilhelmina doesn’t really want to take care of a child. I thought it was a pretty brilliant move to divulge what she had really done to Cal Hartley. This could have been risky, especially with the fact that Cal Hartley supposedly loves kids, but the plan works and when Claire and Daniel try to fire her, Cal ends up giving them the ultimatum of keeping Wilhelmina or losing him. With the company in a downfall, Daniel makes the choice to keep Wilhelmina.

I’m not mad about this because really we need Wilhelmina to stay at Mode. She’s talented and it just wouldn’t be the same without her. It is disappointing though that not only did she keep her job, but she also kept her stake in the company, which somewhat makes the baby William storyline seem obsolete.

Christina gets back the child that she knew was her all along. I have to say that I didn’t expect to be as sad as I was seeing Christina exit the show. Christina hasn’t been seen much this season up until the last episode, but her goodbye did bring back memories of how she was the first person to meet Betty and help her fit in Mode. I’ve heard that she will be back in a recurring stint next season, so I’m eagerly waiting to see her again.

There were a lot of funny moments in this episode, a lot of them by Suzuki St. Pierre and his use of technology to figure out how a child would look in the future. I thought this was hilarious; there were also some funny Amanda moments, but it was weird that she just totally disappeared in the last half of the episode. I also thought the little innuendos where Cal would refer to Daniel in the bunny costume were funny, but really shows that Cal might be more deadly than we’ve seen

I thought this was a great episode and I’m definitely interesting in seeing how the rest of the season is going to turn out. I’m very interested to see how silent of a partner Cal Hartley really is going to be because it’s obvious that he can be a lot more evil then he portrays himself to be. With the baby William drama settled, I can’t wait to see what the next one is going to be.

Rating: 9.0