It also was just a straight redoing of Devil Wears Prada. There were so many better things to do Diana, and maybe if they had shown more of the "putting on a smile" and delved a little into how much it grated, it would have, as you said, worked a little better.

I liked the date scene too, especially how embarrassed Diana was to be caught doing something as normal as going to a pottery class. That was the part of the episode that felt the most emotionally true to me.