Betty arrives at Daniel's loft. His emergency: which shirt should he wear today? Betty's rightly pissed that he pulled her away from her family on Thanksgiving for this, and he doesn't help himself by complaining that it took her forty-five minutes to get there. She says that she had to cut across the parade route. "I almost got run over by those Queer Eye guys riding a giant pilgrim! ...Okay, that came out wrong." Daniel insists that he has to look good to sit across from Salma and her boyfriend. Which is why, as Betty notices, he's wearing cover-up. Daniel: "I have a pimple, okay? Go away." Betty's about to do just that, but when Daniel whines about his shirts some more, Betty whirls on him and rips him a new one, and he actually looks a little embarrassed. Seriously, dude. You're the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, and the person you call for fashion advice is Betty? Salma must have sucked his brain clean out of his skull. But of course, Betty has something more important to contribute than style tips: "You are an amazing person, Daniel," she says angrily. Oh, Betty. "You're smart, you're handsome, you were voted one of the top ten bachelors in the city by some magazine." "Esquire," Daniel says. Betty's point is that Salma's boyfriend is the one who should feel threatened by Daniel, not the other way around. And he should wear the purple shirt. Betty somehow manages to find her way out.
At Casa Suarez, Justin takes a break from setting the table to dash into the kitchen and ask if he can sit between his dad and Christina at dinner: "I really want to ask her about Stella McCartney's spring line." "Great," Hilda says. "Your father will be so proud." Justin bops back out. Ignacio lectures Hilda on the proper way to make stuffing, but Hilda's not about to stick her new manicure in there. "Where's your sister?" Ignacio frets, taking over. "She's got hands like meat hooks." Aw, poor Hilda. The doorbell rings, and Justin runs in to say that his dad's there before running back out. Ignacio's grumpily surprised that Santos showed up: "I guess if we want him to leave, we just tell him you're pregnant and watch him run." Hilda tells Ignacio to be nice, reminding him that Santos is there in the first place to help pay for Ignacio to not get deported.
Meanwhile, Justin is letting in his dad, who looks impressed at how Justin's grown in the past year. He hands the kid a big gift-wrapped box, saying, "This is to make up for some lost time." Justin accepts it gratefully. Hilda comes out to greet him as well, and Santos hands over a bottle of wine. Santos says that the place looks the same as always, and makes his first misstep: "The only thing missing is the old man sleeping in front of the TV." The aforementioned old man comes in to say that's because he's busy cooking dinner. There's a long, awkward pause, and Santos says something polite to Ignacio. Instead of responding, Ignacio looks at Hilda, who looks back at him with a "be nice" look. Finally, Ignacio steps forward and shakes Santos's hand. "Glad you could make it," he lies. The scene ends before Ignacio can invite Santos into the kitchen, where all the knives are.









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