Renee's lack of medicine is about to kick in, and Wilhelmina is already laying the groundwork with Renee's psychiatrist to prepare for the possibility that they might have to commit her "poor sister." The doctor indicates that Renee has to become dangerous before they can commit her against her will. For the second week in a row, Fido expresses discomfort over the possibility that Renee or someone else could be harmed, but Wil has too many secrets at stake to stop now. She plans a lunch with Renee just in case Renee needs a little push to get to crazytown sooner.
Betty is severely overworked, and on top of that, Renee is driving her crazy trying to plan Daniel's time. Gio comes by with a sandwich delivery and advises Betty to speak with Renee if she's crossing the line. Betty sees Henry approach and tries to usher Gio out before Henry can sees him; it doesn't work. But there's no time to talk about that, because Henry has some bad news: Charlie had a panic attack at the airport, and since it could cause her to go into labor early, she's just going to have to hang out at Henry's place until she has the baby. Betty pretends not to be upset, and leaves before Henry can apologize.
Hilda's nemesis, Gina Gambarro, has married a doctor she met on a cruise. She comes back to the neighborhood to gloat and get a manicure. She gloats some more about the size of her closet and the possibility that Hilda was meant to be alone after Santos's death. Then she wants to come back later for a pedicure.
Not wanting to be one-upped by the likes of Gina, Hilda helps herself to some designer things from the Closet. When Gina arrives for her pedicure, Hilda notices that Gina's Prada shoes are fakes. She accuses Gina of lying about the doctor husband, too. Just then, the husband (a chiropractor, not a doctor) comes in, having finally parked the car. Humiliated, Gina says she wants to leave. He says he'll do whatever makes her happy. He tells Hilda her own life must be pretty sad if she enjoys making Gina feel that way. Later, Hilda admits to Betty that while it was fun to embarrass Gina, she wished she had someone who loved her too.
Renee comes to the office to personally rearrange Daniel's schedule for her convenience. She and Betty scuffle over it, and the appointment book is ruined. Betty tells Daniel he's going to have to choose between the two of them; Renee tells Daniel that Betty is obviously in love with him, and he probably did something to provoke it. He believes her, and during his nap he dreams that Betty tries to seduce him!
But wait, it's not even a nap - he's fallen asleep in the middle of a meeting and dreamed that he was having a nap in which he dreamed that Betty was trying to seduce him. Betty covers for him. After the meeting, Betty tries to ask for some advice about relationships, but Daniel misunderstands, gets scared, and runs out.
Later, she tries to suggest that he slow things down with Renee while she brushes lint off his pants. Again, he gets spooked and asks her about Henry. She says she hasn't had much time to spend with him lately and jokes that she's practically Daniel's boyfriend now.
Daniel asks Amanda for advice on how to deal with Betty's crush. Amanda is skeptical about this alleged crush at first, since Betty already has a boyfriend, but Henry's keeping the ex around until the baby gets born, so maybe Betty's into Daniel after all. Amanda also tells him he should be more sensitive about these things, because he wasn't very sensitive with her. Before Daniel can react to this, she mentions that Gio's still interested in Betty too, and if he gives her enough sandwiches she might just fall in love with him. Henry overhears this and asks for clarification - Amanda says Gio's in love with her. (She tries to flirt with Henry, but he just makes a face.)
Renee meets Wil for their lunch date and is angry with Wil for choosing a place that has such bad memories for her. Wil pretends to remember for the first time that this was "Gregory's" favorite place. She apologizes to Renee and warns her that Daniel always used to cheat on his girlfriends. Renee is suspicious of Wil's motives. Wil insists that she's trying to make peace, but mentions "Gregory Larson" again. Then there's a birthday cake full of candles. Wil tells the waiter he must have the wrong table, but Renee flips out at the sight of them and runs out of the restaurant. Smiling, the waiter then accepts a large tip from Wil.
Henry goes to the sandwich shop to tell Gio to stay away from Betty. Gio is offended and invites Henry to punch him. Henry doesn't want to, but Gio throws a fake punch to provoke him. Henry knocks him clear across the room! Mortified, Henry gets a soda out of the cooler to put on Gio's nose, and proceeds to carefully fold an apron into near-oblivion while explaining that he's only got four weeks left with Betty and can't seem to balance his impending fatherhood with being a good boyfriend. Gio advises him to make the most of those four weeks with Betty.
Gio also calls Betty to let her know that Henry was jealous enough to punch him! Christina is impressed, but Betty doesn't have time to hear the rest of the story.
At Wil's place, Christina has taken to listening at the air vent, since Wil has gotten rid of the baby monitor spy system. She overhears Wil mention "the 'M' word" and something about changing the lock on an armoire. As soon as she has a chance, she breaks into the armoire and finds Wil's personal files. She has Betty come over to help her search for information, and they find Wil's personal file on Renee (originally named Rhonda). According to the records, Renee was jealous, paranoid, and a pyromaniac, and had to be hospitalized for six years; there's also a photo of her looking chummy with a Stony Brook professor named Gregory Larson, who perished in a suspicious fire.
Then there's a totally irrelevant subplot about Christian Siriano from Project Runway, which has nothing to do with anything, except that he brings some ridiculously-dressed models with him, and Renee takes one look and flips. She assumes that he's having affairs with all of them, and blames Betty for trying to keep her away from him. (Siriano enjoys the drama.) When Daniel's cell phone rings, Renee grabs his phone, smashes it, and threatens to kill him as she runs out. He uses his desk phone to call Wil and let her know that Renee might be dangerous; Wil gloats and has Fido call the psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist tells Wil and Daniel that without her medication, she will fixate on someone and become violent and set a fire. Daniel asks if she killed Larson (I guess they filled him in on some of the details already), but it turns out that she had actually set the fire to kill his secretary, who she felt was in love with him and trying to keep Renee away from him. He was in the house at the time and that's why he died. Daniel realizes that Betty is in danger.
Meanwhile, Betty tries to call Daniel at the office to warn him, since she can't reach his cell phone. Amanda tells Betty he went home after his crazy girlfriend disrupted his meeting with Siriano. In a panic, Betty rushes to Daniel's place. The apartment is filled with lighted candles; Renee confronts Betty, flicking her Bic all the while. Betty tries to reason with Renee, explaining that she answers his phone and spends time with him at work because that's what assistants do. She tries to explain about Henry and Gio too, but that only confuses Renee, who is now completely off the rails. Daniel calls Betty, and she tells him where she is while struggling with Renee. Renee takes the phone and hungs up.
(As Daniel, Wil, and Fido speed to Daniel's apartment, Fido tells Daniel that he knows several people who would like Betty's job... just in case they're too late.)
Betty continues to stall for time, babbling about Charlie and the baby. Renee grabs a letter opener. Betty tries to defend herself with a candle-snuffer, but gives up.
One of the curtains catches fire from a candle. As the room goes up in flames, Betty tells Renee that there's no reason to be jealous, and Daniel loves her. Renee has a moment of lucidity and realizes she's not well. Betty takes the letter opener away, and she and Renee try to escape, but there's too much fire between them and the door. Daniel gets there, but for some reason is unable to open the door (he says it's "bolted from the inside"). Finally he busts the door open. Betty has already used a fire extinguisher to clear a path to the door. Now Renee has to go back to the hospital. Wil pretends to be concerned. Fido seems truly unsettled.
Hilda treats Betty to a haircut. Betty tells her family she almost understood how Renee felt. Then she wants to go back to work, even though Daniel gave her the day off. She tries to cheer him up. He says he really loved Renee. He also mentions the crush he thinks Betty has on him. Instead of denying it, she teases him about how she wishes she could be his morning bagel.
Betty sees Henry and excuses herself to talk to him. She emphasizes to him that she and Gio are just friends. Henry says she can have any friends she wants; he's just glad she's okay. They hug. Daniels sees them and gets depressed.
Next time: Charlie's baby shower!
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