"I Iike your poncho. [chuckles] My dad got me one in guadalajara." "milan." "dolce  Gabbana." "fall." "Oh." " [man] Betty Suarez?" " Hi!" "That's me." "Um, I have a hard copy of my resume if you need it." "should I follow you?" "actually, there's been a mistake." "A mistake?" "AII the entry-IeveI positions we were hiring for they've been filled." "I'm sorry." "Sir!" "while you got me here, I thought I'd tell you a little about myself." "Magazines are my passion, ever since I was a kid." "I can't imagine a more amazing place to start my career than Meade publications." "I know most of your magazines inside out." " I try to devour as much as I can." " clearly." "I've learned so much through them." "Stuff so beyond my world." "Who the up-and-comers are on the London art scene, or the political machinations in Darfur." "Or which ball resort is considered the most romantic." "And I have tons of ideas." "I'm always jotting stuff down on the subway." "I'm getting ahead of myself." "AII I really want is a chance" " in any position or publication!" " Bye!" "I can type a hundred words a minute!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "I hate teIenoveIas." "I wanna watch Fashion TV." "Justin, you can watch Fashion TV later, when your Aunt Betty is baby-sitting, OK?" "Come have some flan." "I don't want fIan." "I'II get fat." "Honey, you're a boy." "It doesn't matter if you're fat or not." "Betty?" "Did you order Dad's birthday cake?" "Of course." "chocolate volcano, same one I got last year." "So... how was your interview?" "Um..." "I think it was really good." "I mean, they were impressed." "You didn't get it." "They said they'd hired everyone they needed." "I don't understand." "You're sharp, prepared." "Someone should've begged you to work for them the day you graduated Queens college." "Betty, have you thought about exploring other options?" "HiIda, I am not going to sell HerbaIux." "well, I wasn't saying that..." " ...necessarily." " Dad!" " This career is Betty's dream." " OK." "But I hear somebody else has some pretty big dreams, too." "What are you talking about?" "Justin, tell your Aunt Betty what her boyfriend was saying." "WaIter was on his cell phone talking to someone and he said," ""She's the one."" " He wants to marry you?" " He does?" "well, would you do it?" "well, I mean, we haven't talked about that, but..." "well, I think he's a catch." "flan?" "[knocking]" "That's him." "Hi, Ignacio, HiIda." " Hi, Betty." " Hey." "Here." "It's a return." "The mute doesn't work, but it sounds awesome." "Thank you." "Uh... [clears throat]" " Betty, can we talk?" " Yes." "Sure." "Outside?" "Yeah, OK." "[romantic music playing]" "Celebrity-studded funeral services were held today for Fey Sommers, the much loved and hated editor in chief of fashion bible Mode magazine." "It was the bitch slap heard round the world when longtime Mode Creative Director Wilhelmina Slater was passed over for the top spot in favor of Daniel Meade, the nominally-experienced son of Meade Publications owner Bradford Meade." "Can the notorious man-whore translate his talent at bedding women into dressing them?" " How do you Iike your new office?" " Oh, you scared me." "would you just give me a few minutes?" "There's some things I need to wrap up before I leave." "Interesting decorating motif." "You can get up, he knows you're there." "I'd Iike to introduce you to my new assistant..." "Charmaine." "I'm sorry to interrupt your..." "dictation, but this is not the way you run a magazine." " What?" " I'm in love with someone else." "How?" "I mean, I thought we..." "well, who is it?" " [Betty] Gina Gambarro?" " [WaIter] Sorry." "I..." "I..." "No, you don't have to say anything else." "Good luck, Betty... with everything." " Are you feeling any better?" " I'm fine." "[phone ringing]" "hello?" " Some guy from Meat publications." " ""Meade?""" "This is Betty Suarez." "Mm-hmm." "Are you serious?" "Yeah, I..." "Of course, I can start tomorrow." "What magazine is this for?" "Mode?" "Yeah, I'II be there first thing in the morning." "OK." "Thank you." "Bye." "Assistant to the editor in chief!" "I didn't know you wanted to work for Mode." "well, this wouldn't have been my first choice, but if I do good here," "I can go anywhere in the company." "well, just try and dress fashionably." "Do you have anything?" "actually, I do." "Oh... my..." "God." " Hi, you the "before"?" " Huh?" ""Before and After." The photo shoot?" "Are you delivering something?" "Oh, no, no." "I work here." " For?" " For the new editor in chief." "Everyone's in the conference room, and daniel's about to start his first meeting." " I'm Amanda." " Betty." "OK, FYI, Betsy, assistants are usually here before their bosses." " Oh, I was filling out paperwork in HR." " Yeah, just don't let it happen again." "So, uh, where do you come from?" " Queens." " What job did you have?" "Oh, well, actually, apart from internships and part-time jobs to pay for school, this is my first real job." "That's funny." "I was told I didn't have enough experience for the position." "It's over there." "You are an attractive, intelligent, confident businesswoman." "I gotta confess, I'm not gonna remember everyone's names, and I'm really..." " Are you OK?" " I'm OK." "I'm fine." "I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry." "Anyway, uh..." "I wish I wa..." "I'm so sorry." "Can I just..." "Thank you." "I wish I wasn't coming in as the new guy under such terrible circumstances." "I realize I have some awful big... teeth... shoes to fill." "I can't tell you how excited I am to be working with such an amazingly talented and dedicated staff." "I'd Iike to take the moment to talk a little about my ideas." "So sorry I'm late." "Oh, you began without me." " Sorry, WiIheImina, I waited..." " Shh!" "Marc." "Gift." "Thank you." " As I was saying, I really wanna..." " well, aren't you gonna open it?" "Swarovski crystal." " To commemorate your first day." " Thank you." "But it is "daniel," not "Danny."" " What?" "I'm heIIaciousIy upset, Marc." " Oh, my God." "I'm so sorry." "Purge this from memory, please." "As I was saying, it's a exciting time for me..." "I think we need to discuss the Fabia Cosmetics supplement." " Fabia Cosmetics?" " The biggest ad buy of the year and the only paid layout editorial ever works on." "I'm sure Fabia will love whatever we come up with, right?" "daniel, you... you don't understand." "Given the new circumstances," "Fabia needs to sign off on the spread before we go to print." "obviously, we're all here to help you succeed and we've got plenty of ideas." "I think we need to get back to work to make sure that this, your very first issue with your name on the masthead, sparkles." "OK, everyone, Iet's not diIIy-daIIy." "Our editor needs us." " killer poncho." " Thanks!" "Mr. Meade?" "Excuse me, Mr. Meade?" "Hi." "I just wanted to come and introduce myself personally." "I'm Betty Suarez." "It's a pleasure to meet you." "Hi, Betty." "Um... who do you work for?" "well, um, I work for you." "I'm your new assistant." "Did you get the crease under the hairline?" " Yes, willie." " [sighs] Twenty years, Marc." "No one has done more, worked harder." "I have bled for this magazine, helped make it into the icon it is today, and that nasty, nepotistic son of a bitch gives my job to his..." "His son." "Who's a seIf-absorbed Lothario punk who knows nothing about fashion." "tell me the truth." "Is it because I'm getting old?" "absolutely not. [scoffs]" "Though you could do with a tad bit more between the brows." " So what are you gonna do?" " Just wait and see." "well, he's well on his way to falling flat on his face." "I mean, can you believe that assistant?" "This is Mode, not Dog Fancy." "Done." "What do you want me to do with the, uh, leftover?" " AII yours." " [mouthing] I Iove you." "[cell phone ringing]" "Give me a moment, Marc." "How are you recovering, darling?" "well, I'm sure you'II feel better once everything here starts coming to a boil." "Mm-hmm." " Here." " Oh, thank you." "What are you doing?" "Um..." "I'm just gathering information on Fabia for daniel." "Uh!" "She is so fabulously douchey." "Who's he in with?" "Oh, um, PhiIIippe michel, he's a photographer." "Oh." " He's doing the supplement, isn't he?" " Mm-hmm." "Oh, he's amazing." "He's shot, Iike, everything." "Yeah..." "It looks like they're really good friends." "There'd been some drama." "daniel hooked up with PhiIIippe's ex-girIfriend years ago, but they're fine now." "Yeah." "We went out for, Iike, a week." "They don't call him "The Tripod" because he's a photographer, if you catch my drift." "[PhiIIippe] This is crap." "No." "No." "Too down." "Too out." "Can't go there." "AII this is terrible." "That's what I thought." "PhiIIippe, can I trust you with something?" "Of course, daniel." "You know you're like a brother to me." "I don't think anyone wants me here, especially WiIheImina." "well, that's no secret." "She's trying to take me in the wrong direction with this layout." " Do you have any ideas?" " Like, a million." "But keep things on the QT." "Most of these people are loyal to WiIheImina, and you don't want them mucking things up." "[knocking on door]" "Um, sorry to interrupt, but can I get you lunch?" "No, no, but you go ahead." "Thanks." "Hi, I'm a really big fan of yours." "That travel layout you did with the tiki torches?" "Wow, that was..." "That was really gorgeous." "Thank you." "It kind of reminded me of this Hiroaki spread" "I'd seen a couple of years ago." "Listen, I don't know who you are, or what you're implying, but I would never use another photographer's idea." "Oh, no!" "No, no!" "I wasn't..." "I wasn't saying um..." "I should go." "What's the story here?" " I know the type of woman you hire." " Oh, my father made me." "You're kidding me." "Look, she appears to be good, capable..." "FugIy!" "Listen to me, you are the editor in chief of Mode magazine." "This business is all image." "Is that what you want representing you?" "Paparazzis taking your picture and she's standing behind?" "I can't fire her, PhiIIippe." "well... what if she quits?" "And how do I get her to do that?" "You beat her down to a pulp." "[* The Frank Popp ensemble:" "Hip Teens Don"t Wear Blue Jeans]" "Hey, you." "Betty, right?" " daniel Meade's new assistant?" " Yeah." "How did you know that?" "Oh, everybody knows everything around here." "I'm Christina, I work in the closet." " The closet?" " Where all the clothes are kept." "I act as an in-house seamstress, sort of keep track of things." "Sometimes they let me keep some of the crappy stuff from last season, but I have to improvise because everything is a size zero." "voila." "That's nice." "Anyway, I Iike it, mostly 'cause I'm by myself, away from all the "Chic-ees."" " Chic-ees?" " Yeah." "The bitches that work at Mode." " Hey, girls!" " Oh, hey." "zelda, Nancy, this is Betty." " Hi." " hello, Betty." " It's nice to meet you." " It's nice to meet you." "It's the Bizarro version of Sex and the City." "Stop it, I'm gagging." "Funny, you look like any old schIub sitting here feeding these stupid pigeons." "I doubt if any old schIub would be feeding them artisanaI pain de mie" " they made themselves." " There's nothing to worry about." "She's gone." "Weren't you sitting front row at the funeral?" "closed casket." "double, triple check." "The things Fey Sommers knew about me, about the company..." "I'm on it." "Hi, Betty, there's a problem with my lunch." " OK." " I Iove coIesIaw, I hate cabbage." " But coleslaw is..." " No, no, no, no, I know, I just..." "I Iike the tart, tangy dressing." "Can you do something about it?" "Before it gets to room temperature." "[* Donna Summer:" "She Works Hard for the Money]" "hello." "Hi, daniel." "[cell phone rings]" "Hi." " Betty, where are you?" " I'm still working." " You forgot, didn't you?" " Oh, my God." "Dad's birthday." "Yeah, I was busy." "Look, I gotta go." "I'II get home as soon as I can." "Um, yeah, the..." ""the red turkey is on the move."" "hold on." "It's work stuff." "will you sleep over another night?" "Sure." "So, uh, when's this position gonna open?" "hopefully very, very soon." "OK." "well, good night, boss." "Bye." " Hey." " Hi." "Do you..." "Do you need anything else?" "Why don't you stick around for a little bit, make sure everything's OK." "Yeah." "OK." "No..." "No problem." "Perfect timing." "[Gina giggles]" "Oh, WaIter, you're such a big boy." " He's sleeping." " HiIda, I know..." "You realize this is the first time since Mom died that we haven't been together on his birthday?" "Yes, I realize that, and I am sorry, but I was working..." "It's fine, Betty." "I just hope it's all worth it." "We saved you a piece of cake." "It's in the fridge." "Oh, this photo shoot is gonna be absolutely sick." "Best supplement we've ever done for Fabia by far." "Oh, yeah." "I'm on my way to set as we speak." "hello?" "It's a really exciting day, huh?" "I mean, with the photo shoot, and..." "Hey, daniel, I know you're really overwhelmed right now, but I was wondering..." "There's something that I just..." "daniel, I was wondering, if you had a quick moment..." " I Iook like I have a "quick moment"?" " No." "So sorry." "Damn it." "They forgot one of the outfits." "Go up to the closet and bring it to set." "please?" " feel the fabric on that thing." " It's kind of rough." "That's because it's burIap." "basically, you're talking $ 7,000 for a designer potato sack." " I can't believe people buy this stuff." " I can't believe they wear it." "usually just once before they'II chuck it to make room for next season." "But that's fashion." "And I've got to say, I Iove it." "Oh, you're not too much into it, are you?" "Um, no, not really." "So how's it going?" "brutal?" "well, nothing I do is good enough." "He treats me like dirt." "I mean, just now, I was trying to show him this one idea that I had." "It would've taken him 30 seconds, but he bit my head off." "What?" "Betty, Nancy was down in Human Resources, and some people there were talking, and..." "well, apparently, Bradford was the one that wanted to hire you." "Bradford Meade?" " Wait..." "He knows who I am?" " Mm-hmm." "He made daniel hire you... because he didn't want his son to be tempted to sleep with his assistants anymore." " I'm sorry, Betty." " No, no." "That explains a Iot." " Betty..." " No, no, really, it's fine." "I should be grateful that I got my break." "It's not so easy for everyone." "This is just how it was supposed to happen for me." "well, I should be going, so..." "Thank you." "[new wave music]" "hold it." "Does this work?" "So I was just on my lunch break and I thought I'd stop by." " This is really amazing." " Thank you, Amanda." " And if you need anything..." " Traffic or hangover?" "Did..." "Did anyone read the contract to her?" "She needs to be here for the test shots." " Hey, what's going on?" " IzabeIa, the brazilian model..." " Yeah, yeah..." " She's late." "This is a crazy, complicated shoot and I need her dressed and ready right now." "They're test shots, just use a stand-in." "No, she's too specific." "I need someone with her skin tone." "Someone like... her." " Fun." " Bet you she quits before she does it." "Excuse me." "Betty, oh, I am so glad you're here." "Listen, we have a crisis and we really need your help." " OK." " One of our models didn't show up." "We really need someone to stand in for her, in wardrobe." "So you... you want me to do it?" "well?" "Wha..." "This is what you want me to do?" "Yeah." " well, it looks like she finally quit." " Good." "Smartass had no business working for you in the first... place." " Whoa." " Yo, check it out." "Where do you want me?" "Right... there is fine." "I see a shadow, can you move that light over to the right?" "Thank you." "Movement, ladies, movement." "Sexy." "More." "More." "Give me more." "OK, you're devouring the camera with your eyes." "[laughing]" "Give me a little more coquette, Betty." "Stop it." "Stop it." "Betty, wait!" "This is what you wanted, isn't it?" "To humiliate me and make me quit?" "God forbid you had to work with the ugly girl your dad forced you to hire." "well, congratulations." " ChamomiIe?" " Thank you, Justin." " I'm sorry it didn't work out." " It happens." " Mom said she wasn't surprised." " HiIda said that?" "She said all the stuff you wanna do, owning a magazine, doesn't happen for people like us unless you're J. Lo or something." "She said she wishes you'd be more realistic, but I think she's full of crap." "[moaning]" " hold this." " What..." "What are you doing?" "I just wanna say that this is really unfair!" "I Iive two doors down!" "I can see you!" " What the hell you doing?" " Um..." "Where's waiter?" "It's over." "Look." "WaIter, he's sweet and everything, but I told him from the start I wasn't looking for anything serious." "He said he could still get me 30 percent off a flat screen." " You used him for his discount?" " He offered." "[door slams]" "Bitch!" "You broke my plasma!" "Who's Mommy's best boy?" "We are so thrilled to have you here, Fabia." "You know, why don't we let the pictures speak for themselves." "This is freaking joke, right?" "Uh..." "No." "It's stupido!" "AII of you, stupido!" "Idiot!" "Idiot!" "What..." "What just happened?" "well, Fabia's probably still a little sensitive about the accident." " Accident?" " Oh, you didn't know." "About a month ago she backed her SUV into 1 2 people outside Marquee." "I was in St. Tropez, I had no idea." "Why didn't anyone say anything?" "daniel, if I may." "You didn't include me in the concept." "We all thought you knew what you were doing." "Fabia's not just talking about canceling the Mode supplement, she's considering pulling advertising from every single one of my magazines." "Is it true you worked on this on your own?" "Didn't consult WiIheImina or anyone else?" "Look, I can explain." "I had a very strong feeling she was trying to sabotage me." "The only person who sabotaged you was yourself." "I'm sorry I let you down." "I'm sorry I hope you'II be something you're not." " My leg is cramping." " Look, I can fix this." " I'II present her with a new idea." " We just closed book." "It's too late." "Tomorrow morning." "please." "Give me another chance." "[Marc] Daniel called again for you." "What part of "unavailable" does he not understand?" "I"ll let him know." "He really should've come to me earlier." "It wouldn't have made any difference, now, would it?" "Not really." " To teamwork." " To revenge." "He has a heart condition." "Yes, he needs his medication." "Wait, you can't just cover the pills and then randomly decide to stop." "But it..." "This..." "It's a real person's health, it's not a case number." "Give me the phone, I'II let them have it." "No!" "No, I don't wanna hold again." "Not again." "No!" "Just wait!" "It's fine." "We'II just..." "We'II get them tomorrow." "It's fine." "Thank you, mi amor." "You're much better at dealing with this bureaucratic stuff." " well, you know I don't mind." "So..." " I know." "You're always so good to me." "So strong." "Determined." "Optimistic." "Just like your mother was." "[knocking]" " Why haven't you returned my calls?" " I've been busy." "Betty, I need to talk to you." "I made a terrible mistake." "What, did you realize this before or after Gina dumped you?" "What?" "No, no." "I broke up with her." "Betty, it was wrong, and I wanna make this up to you." "I... [knocking]" "Betty." " Are you dating someone?" " WaIter, please go!" " Dating this guy?" " Look, you need to go." " please." "You need to go." " But Betty!" "I do..." "I was just..." " What are you doing here?" " I want to talk." "It's a nice place." "Yeah, we're just in-between interior designers." " really?" " No." "Oh, right." "It's a joke." "Betty, I'm so sorry." "You didn't deserve what I put you through." "I listened to all the wrong people about a Iot of things, and I have no one to blame but myself." "well, I appreciate that, daniel." "But you're going to leave here, and you're going to take your Town Car back to your SoHo loft and I'm still gonna be here, out of work, and dealing with problems that you'II never understand." "Try me." "Betty, come on, we've all got problems." "Oh, and what are yours, daniel?" "What restaurant you're gonna eat at?" "Which model you're gonna sleep with?" "Try spending the day on the phone with some crappy HMO, getting them to cover your dad's prescriptions, or try lining up a job, any job, because you have to help pay the rent next month." "Look, I lost a brother a while back." "He was the good one in our family, and I've never quite measured up." "But I am trying." "Betty, I couId never compare my problems to yours, but they're mine." "Nothing's ever easy." " I saw the layout you made for Fabia." " You did?" "I thought it was very smart and beautiful." "well, thank you." "I wanna take your ideas to Fabia, giving you credit, of course." "I really want you to come back." "Be my assistant." "I promise you, things will be different." "I..." "daniel, I mean, I really have to think about that." "well, you have tonight." "Otherwise, I'II probably be out of a job as well." "Did you hear that?" "Every word." " So where the hell is he?" " He said ten AM." "well, Fabia, on behalf of the entire magazine, ci perdoni." "This whole thing has been unacceptable." "Marc..." "Now that I have a moment of your time, I'd Iike to show you some of my ideas." "[daniel] Sorry we're late." "There was obviously no time for a new photo shoot, so what we're going to be showing you is just a rough idea." "Wait, no, this is not the right file." "Just one sec." "One second." "This is it." "In order to show the softer side of Fabia Cosmetics, we're gonna use the concept of mothers and daughters." "Focusing on the small, special moments that are usually taken for granted." "The theme being, it's not the big events, but the little moments, that matter." "I just had a daughter." "I do none of those things, but I can understand." "What makes you think this is going to appeal to my customers?" "[dog growls]" "well, if I..." "If I may, I do have the statistics here." "Though one might assume that your demographic is very young, in fact, there's been tremendous brand loyalty since you've launched, which means that the people who were teenagers when they began using your cosmetics, well, now, Iike you, they are beginning to" "settle down and have children." "Fifty-eight percent, to be exact." " And you could do this in time?" " [daniel] Of course." "Did you wanna approve the models and images beforehand?" "No." "Just make sure it's not too sappy." "Do a picture where they're pulling their hair or biting each other." "well, that's nice." "Now I go." "Good work." " well, the idea was actually..." " His best one." "Don't you think?" "Indeed." "welcome back, boss." "Marc!" "Hi." "I'm very unhappy." "It's a setback." "But it's just a matter of time." "Once he's out of the picture, the company will be ours for the taking." "Considering the way everything's played out, it seems to me that you should keep an eye on that damn ugly assistant." "What's her name?" " Betty." " Betty." "Betty." " Betty..." " Betty!" "Betty!" "Oh, Christina, thank you again, so much." "No, no, no, no, no!" "Go." "Go!" "You should've let me tell them it was your idea." "Don't worry." "I will the next time." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "I've confirmed your lunch for tomorrow, and your 3:1 5 with the graphics department is set." " The feature editor would Iike..." " Betty, tomorrow morning." "It's okay." "Good night." "[* KT tunstall:" "Suddenly I See]"