Episode Quotes
Wilhelmina: I can’t deny it anymore... it’s happened; I’ve become a woman of a certain age.
Wilhelmina: I can’t compete anymore with the bevy of 22 year old gym bodies. You starve yourself, you pull yourself, you inject yourself, you think your safe, but they keep coming to the door younger and younger like a hail of bullets until down you go. Why is it such a crime to age in this business?
Christina: It’s true! It started because women are so punitive.
Wilhelmina: And who’s fault is that. I set the standards. Lifetime achievement award, there’s my achievement; it bit me in the ass, and the hips. Serves me right, huh?
Christina: Flit! It's what butterflies do.
Betty: Oh. I thought you were cursing at me in Scottish.
Marc: (Dressed as Betty) Hola! Happy Halloween!
Amanda: HAHAHAHA!!!
Wilhelmina: Marc! That is the absolute cruelest thing I've ever seen! (pause) Someone's getting a raise.
Wilhelmina: Ow! Ow!
Christina: Sorry.
Wilhelmina: What are you doing back there? Did you screw up the zipper?!
Christina: The zipper is not the problem, the lack of pulley and several burley men, that’s the problem!
Justin: (dressed as a sailor) Happy Holloweeeen! Guess who I am?
Ignacio: Why you’re a proud member of America’s proud Navy sir. (salutes)
Justin: Noo! I’m Gene Kelly from "On the Town".
Hilda: Well let’s just tell them at school that you’re a sailor, okay?
Justin: Fine! But I'm a sailor that can sing and tap.(begins to sing and tap)
Mr. Suarez: Better hope he can sing, tap and throw a punch.
Cultural References
Claire Meade: Today is sponsored by the number 26.
This is allusion to the children's show Sesame Street where at the end a letter of the Alphabet and a number is it's sponsor.
"The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe" is a twist on the popular children's book "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" written by C.S. Lewis. In the book, four siblings enter a new world through their wardrobe.
Justin: No, I’m Gene Kelly from On the Town.
On the Town is a 1949 movie starring Gene Kelly as a soldier who embarks on a journey with two friends two New York City and spend a night on the town.