as claire prepares to launch "hot flash", daniel and alexis become concerned that the budget for the magazine's launch, so alexis tells her mother that she will cut off the funding. this did not sit well with claire, who is upset that her own daughter, the company ceo, would tell her this. moments later in the bathroom, betty sees her and as claire tells her about what happened, betty tells claire that she shouldn't give up. claire takes that advice to heart.