Outside, Chris and Raina are exploring as they wait for their go-see. He notes how much calmer the city appears from a few dozen flights up, then tells her about his Podunk town in Iowa. Raina surmises that this is his first go-see. And since he clearly doesn't have a standing ANTM viewing party with all his frat buddies, Chris asks what a go-see is. Even though it's pretty freaking self-explanatory. She laughs at him and fiddles with his styling for a bit before the A-hole calls them both to their respective casting calls.
As he escorts Raina in to see Franco, the A-hole tells Raina that she's going to be the next big thing. Simultaneously, Chris galumphs up to Claudia as she tries to hold on to deals for Sonja even though people have started calling to replace her with Raina. Chris approaches awkwardly and sheepishly tells Claudia he has some tourist photos when she asks for his book. A-hole gets to the point: Take your clothes off. He obliges, and Raina spies his six-pack from inside her meeting with Franco.
She catches Chris outside and asks how things went. He mumbles out some words as A-hole comes up and gives him the info for his first booking, that day. Chris says his plane leaves in two hours, but the A-hole tells him not to worry. If Claudia's right, he'll be back on the farm in no time. The A-hole says he went out on a limb for him and this could be his big chance. Chris says he has no idea where the booking is. Raina jumps at the chance to guide him there.
Chris walks into his booking, reassuring his mother that everything's fine. Before they walk in, she spies him disapprovingly, and he fixes his clothes back to how she had them (a.k.a. less hickified). They walk in and see two topless guys and a topless girl sprawled out across each other as the photographer, Carlos Velora, snaps away. Chris is all, "Who's all them nekkid folk?" Raina introduces Chris and Carlos, and Carlos congratulates her on her success in the Posen show. Carlos asks Chris what kind of music he likes. Cue some Skynyrd. Chris bumbles through his shoot, totally unnatural and an utter novice. Raina sees the disaster in progress and steps in. She turns on some sultry music, takes down her hair and sits down next to him lilting out some positive visualization about steamy showers to make Chris relax. Ironically, I suspect all this sexy talkin' is actually increasing the stiffness in certain regions of his body. No matter, he finally takes a decent picture.













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