RACHEL ZOE PROJECT, POST II

We caught RACHEL ZOE again, last night on the DVR. This episode revolved around tabloids and their purported "false reporting" on Rachel. It starts out with Rach, Brad, and Taylor working together on a (fictitious?) project and cuts to Rachel reading a report that she was screaming into her phone at a show in New York's fashion week.

Why is that so hard to imagine?

I'm sure a lot of people scream into their phone during fashion week, or? I mean, any designer or stylist SHOULD be doing it, getting things done. And then, to get the coverage in print, the proof that you'll go off into an electronic device in front of a crowd over some not so trivial beading or what? That's fantastic, she should be proud, not embarrassed.

As we roll along, her husband, whose name fails me, which is not good so he should use a memorable name like "Miko" or "Timo" or what... well, he gives Rachel a pep talk while making her breakfast.

INT. ZOE KITCHEN - MORNING

Rachel is on her laptop, scanning down the latest rumors posted about her weight, or lack thereof, and supposed bad attitude.

RACHEL
(beside herself)
..and I just can't believe, see, no, that's not true either, all lies..

HUSBAND
(making breakfast)
Hey, c'mon honey, we know that's not true, your friends know that you're nice...

RACHEL
(not listening)
..how can they post this about me?

HUSBAND
(polite)
Your coffee is almost ready..

RACHEL
(evil look)
COFFEE? I wanted TEA.

HUSBAND
(flinching)
Oh, er, uh, no problem Rach, I can make tea too, got it!

Rachel looks like she'll rip his head off if he doesn't get some tea made ASAP.

RACHEL
(fake nice)
Oh, that's so sweet of you.

MOMENTS LATER:

Husband serves Rachel the cup of tea, then realizes he forgot about the pancake thingy or whatever that is in the microwave.

HUSBAND
(dashing to microwave)
Holy..

RACHEL
(complacent)
Is there going to be a fire?

HUSBAND
(relieved)
Ahh, no, it's okay now.

RACHEL
(bitchy)
Good, HURRY UP WITH THAT, I don't want to be late.

SO, if at first we believed Rachel, that the tabloids were lying about her, let's call it "attitudeness", it's hard not to side them after what we just viewed. Yes, she kind of dogged her husband in front of x-million viewers, she's no princess.

Moving on, MARIE CLAIRE shoots Rachel (on film I mean) for a style page on lower cost items. This is filled with constant "ohmygod"s and "de-saster"s.

The highlight, and funniest moment is when assistant Brad, during make-up for Rachel's shoot, grabs a thin blonde wig and parts it over his head, with super-long bangs, emulating ever-crabby assistant TAYLOR. Everyone cracks up and they shoot the image and send it to Taylor over the phone.

Of course, Taylor takes offense, bails out on that night's party, claiming she is not "socially adept". Wow, just what you want in an assistant that you send to celebrity homes for styling, someone who is antisocial, or socially inept, as she put it.

At the party, several people ask Rachel and Brad where Taylor is. Later, the two discuss it, Rachel being surprised that people were asking for Taylor by her name, exclaiming, "they knew her name!".

Surprised, Rachel? Yep, we are too.