Wilhelmina has her own problems to deal with as her daughter Nico has arrived from boarding school and so far has stirred up trouble for her mother in an effort to get attention, and so far it has not worked: her shoplifting incident was quickly brushed under the rug and Wilhelmina wants to send Nico to boarding school in Paris. After a phone call to "Fashion TV", Nico takes advantage of "MODE's" upcoming January 2007 issue by showing up in PETA-inspired clothing to criticize their support of fur, only to get upstaged by Wilhelmina wearing real fur and covering it up by telling everyone that this was a staged event to debate the war over wearing fur in the upcoming issue. A frustrated Nico then lashes out at Wilhelmina for not knowing how to be a mother to her own daughter, in front of Daniel, Betty, Amanda and Marc.