Out actor Alec Mapa was hilarious and endearing on tonight's episode of "Desperate Housewives." And thank God. With Andrew strengely relegated to glorified extra sitting at the dinner table in the past three or four episodes (that has GOT to change), at least we had the magnificant Mapa this week as Gaby's sassy personal shopper Vern. He invites the floundering Gaby to speak to his modeling class for young girls. She arrives with an attitude and he says to her: "These mothers have refinanced their trailers to pay for this so for God's sake, when you make your entrance...sparkle!"
When Gaby walks out and sees a group of overweight or unkept girls, she snarls to Vern: "It's going to take a miracle to turn these mutts into show dogs!" Vern tells her: "Please Gabrielle, be their moses."
It was terrific to see Gaby (Eva Longoria) have something else to do other than fight with Carlos and sit around pouting. she soon realizes that she feels fulfilled working with the girls and wants to continue. She makes a speech at the end that shows a humbled, more human side of Gaby. Maybe she'll be less of a cartoon from now on.
As for Alec Mapa's Vern,. I hope we'll be seeing more of him in the weeks to come!