The City, Season Two, (Season Premiere), Episode 14

"SLEEPING WITH THE FRENEMY"

Last time on The City:

• Whitney moved to NYC and worked at DVF.
• Olivia, Whitney's co-worker at DVF, is a self-absorbed, entitled socialite.
• Olivia took credit for a look Whitney pulled together for ELLE Magazine.
• Whitney broke up with her BF.

Now:

• Whitney is working for Kelly Cutrone (LOVE HER! I know, she's a bitch, but I love it!) part time and designing her own fashion line with Kelly's help.
• Olivia made quite an impression on ELLE, albeit deceitful.
• Whitney is single and moved into a new apartment.

People's Revolution. Someone named Roxy Ollen (sp?) came in to meet with Kelly Cutrone (!!). Apparently, she's someone from Whitney's past who wears entirely too much make-up. She's pretty, but in that too made up, 'I look older than I am' kind of way. They small talk about it being cold in NY. Kelly: "LA has weather. We have life." LOVE HER! Anyhow, Roxy worked for Rachel Zoe and clearly hated it. Roxy needs to work for someone organized and focused...yikes, didn't anyone tell her anything about Kelly Cutrone? She left LA because she's the only one there who wears black (What?) and she doesn't put up with bullsh*t and she doesn't get along with girls (RED FLAG!). So Kelly asks/says that Roxy and Whitney are friends. Roxy responds that they went to high school together...hmmm, not a yes. Then she says that it's "shocking" that Whitney is in fashion because in high school she was a 'plain Jane' and wore yellow and was not into fashion or at least she didn't dress like she was. ZING! Kelly picks up on all of this and asks if Roxy and Whitney are "friends" and if they get along. HA! Roxy says that they've always gotten along...BUT "if she's constantly smiling, it might get to me, but". Translation: In high school, Roxy wore black, slept around and was all about being "cool". Whitney, on the other hand, was smart, quiet, and not as cool as Roxy - at least in Roxy's opinion. Basically, these two knew who the other was, but they were NOT friends.

Olivia is meeting with Joe Zee, Creative Director at Elle Magazine. I guess he was really impressed with the look Olivia - really, Whitney - put together for the Elle Cover while she was at DVF. Now, a position has opened at Elle for an Accessories Editor and Joe offers it to Olivia and she takes it. Joe invites Erin Caplan, Director of Public Relations at Elle, to meet Olivia since Olivia will be working for Erin. Erin is awesome, I can already tell. She sees right through Olivia's pretentious bullshit. She asks Olivia if she ever worked for a magazine and Olivia says she worked at some magazine in college. Erin totally laughs and says "interesting". Awkward! Olivia just says she has to leave and exits. Then it's time for the Olivia feedback session. Erin straight up says "I think she thinks she's a little more qualified than she actually is." Nail. Head. Awesome. Erin says that going from PR to Accessories Editor is a huge leap and she doesn't think Olivia will be able to handle it. For some unknown reason, Joe totally comes to Olivia's defense and says that he thinks she has a good eye. Erin jumps in and asks how he knows she has a good eye, since all she said was that she worked for some magazine in college. HA! Love it. Basically Erin's worried about Olivia's privileged attitude...for good reason! Joe basically tells Erin to give it a try and Erin grudgingly agrees.

Sanctuary T. Whitney and Roxy meet up and hug like they're old friends re-connecting instead of the high school acquaintances who really have nothing in common that they really are. Whitney totally lies to Roxy and says that Kelly Cutrone is "fun to work for". WTF? Roxy has to know that she's full of shit. This scene is so hard to watch because it just demonstrates how naive and easily manipulated Whitney can be. It's painfully obvious that this Roxy chick heard that some Whitney girl she went to high school with is on TV and in the fashion industry. So, given that she was way cooler than Whitney in high school, she calls Whitney and pretends that she's her friend and gets an interview with Kelly Cutrone out of her. Whitney is so nice that she sets this Roxy chick up with Kelly. Of course, it helps that Roxy worked for Rachel Zoe, although who knows what happened there. Now, Roxy is manipulating Whitney into letting her "crash on her couch" until she finds a place, i.e. let Whitney pay the rent while Roxy freeloads on her couch the entire season. Roxy is bad news. Proceed with caution, Whitney!!

Elle Magazine. Erin gives Olivia her first assignment. Elle will have a "look for less" type segment on the Today show and she needs Olivia to put together two themes: Pool Party for under $25 TOTAL and Officewear for under $75 TOTAL. Each of those budgets includes the clothes, accessories, shoes, etc. for the theme. So Olivia grabs an intern and they're off to find the looks.

Whitney's Apartment. Roxy walks in and immediately starts making snide remarks about Whitney's place. "It's SO Whitney" "It screams WHITNEY" "I've never seen so many colors" and then she saw something that Whitney had put around a potted orchid - which admittedly looked kind of dumb and unnecessary - and said "Is that Bedazzled? Did you Bedazzle your pot?? OMG, you bedazzled your orchid." Then, they went to the roof and Roxy's perked up and started party planning. Whitney warned her that she had already received a written notice for having her music too loud in her apartment, so she can't really have parties. Roxy gets Whitney to agree to have a party, but Whitney asserts that it can only be 10 people...no more. Foreshadowing.

Elle Magazine. Olivia and intern Bryn return from their thrifty shopping spree and Erin comes in only to realize that it wasn't as thrifty as it needed to be. Basically, it sucked. Erin specifically told them to bring outfits in different sizes for each theme. Olivia brought one size for each outfit and she didn't stay in the budget. She also picked outfits for college-aged girls, not for women over 25. Erin explains that she needs to be able to go on the Today show and tell women that this office outfit is under $75 and she can't do that with what they brought. Olivia responds by telling Erin that they spent a lot of time looking and this was all they could find and if Erin doesn't like it she can "go and do it yourself." Erin is stunned by Olivia's attitude and tells her that it's unacceptable and no one has ever talked to her that way. Olivia is such an idiot in this scene. I think she realizes it and walks out of the room into what looks like a hallway. As she's walking out she's saying that it's "ridiculous" and Erin is saying "shocking" because she's not surprised that Olivia wouldn't be able to handle criticism. They both go into the hallway and continue to fight while intern Bryn just looks totally confused and - I shit you not - she actually looks like she's posing with pouty lips.

People's Revolution. Kelly and Whitney are chatting. Whitney tells Kelly that Roxy is staying with her. Kelly is awesome and laughs. She knows that Roxy is using Whitney and sees the writing on the wall. Then they start talking about Roxy working there and Kelly says that Roxy is a "starter kit"...which, I assume means that she doesn't have relevant experience. But, Kelly likes that she's direct. Whitney says that "Roxy is a good kid" over and over. What?? Did she used to babysit her or something? So random. Kelly is smart and she knows that ratings will soar with this crazy train working at People's Revolution, so she tells Whitney to offer her the job. As she's leaving, Kelly says "I just hope at the end of this, everything that you do for all of your friends, that they treat you as nice as you treat them." GO KELLY!! Seriously, she is awesome...yes, she's probably horrible to work for, but she's honest and she really does care about Whitney.

Meanwhile, at Whitney's Apartment, Roxy is having an all out rager. There are about 50 people in the apartment and everyone is partying and getting loud. At one point, Roxy asks some random to send out a "mass text" because there aren't enough guys. Whitney's "friends" from Season 1 - the waif-y chick with the d-bag bf who cheated on her all the time and the girl who Whitney stayed with...Erin, I think - are standing around wondering who all the people are. Finally, Whitney shows up and she's shocked. She asked Roxy what the hell is going on and Roxy says "You said we could invite some people over". Yeah, like 10, not 50!! Anyhow, Whitney says that she has some good news and offers Roxy the job, so, of course, Roxy says they need to drink and celebrate!! Dumb. Finally, the cops show up and Whitney makes Roxy throw everyone out, which she does.

Today Show Set. Erin and Olivia are at the Today Show preparing for the Elle segment. The models come out wearing the outfits. Clearly, Erin did a little more work on all of them except for the Pool Party one. That look is a gray swimsuit, with a gray, black and white wrap around the waist and gray flip flops. No color...just gray. At the end of the segment, Erin is talking to Anne Slowey, Fashion News Director at Elle about the segment. Erin says she was happy with all the looks but that if she'd had more time she would've worked on the Pool Party theme a little more. Anne agrees and says that she needs to look beyond what looks good on her and see what could look good on everyone else. Anne then asks who put that look together and Erin says Olivia. Pan to Olivia who is in ALL GRAY. So Anne says "She's in head to toe no color so obviously she's just thinking of what looks good on her which does not a good editor make." Olivia hears this and leaves. She needs to be taken down a notch and I'm hoping this season is filled with more of that.

Ok, tune in next week!