Recap: Ugly Betty: Betty in Charge of Our Days and our Nights - 
by Awesomeness
Thanksgiving is a time for, you know, giving thanks. Luckily the time for that is over, because we did that last week on a very special Thanksgiving episode of Ugly Betty. This week brings us the day after Thanksgiving, and we have a lot to learn about family, responsibility and celebrity babies. Mainly I'm interested in the celebrity babies.
It's early morning the day after Thanksgiving and Daniel wakes up hung over in a strange bed. Not an uncommon occurrence for Daniel, the Paris Hilton of Mode, but this is probably the first time he's slept in Little Mermaid sheets with a graduation picture of Betty looking down on him. Betty comes in and explains that since he was drunk the night before, she brought him home with her instead of sending him home to choke in his own vomit. Ah, Betty, always the giver. But I find it weird that she has her own graduation picture next to her bed. And what is up with the Little Mermaid sheets? My favorite movie in high school was Can't Buy Me Love, but I didn't have Patrick Dempsey sheets (Those didn't come out until last year, and let me tell you, they are a mcdream to sleep on).

If only these were Frida Kahlo sheets...
We learn that Daniel got drunk because he is heartbroken over Sofia, who would rather settle down and start a family with her boyfriend, Hunter, than with Daniel. Betty tries to cheer Daniel up, explaining that a lot can change in a year -- a year ago, Betty was working in a cat hospital. Nice. Things we've learned this episode that Betty can help with: 1) choking on vomit; 2) throwing up hair balls; 3) becoming a real live girl if you're a mermaid. But since Daniel has need of none of those, she leaves him in Queens to recuperate, while she heads off to Mode to get some work done.
Meanwhile, at Mode, Wilhelmina knows that someone has been in her office, and whoever it was spoke with Fey on the phone. Wil wants Marc to find the culprit, who left a half eaten cashew. What kind of place is Mode when someone eats half a nut and thinks "Oh, that's more than enough! I'm stuffed! I'll just throw the rest down here on the ground!" I need at least three or four cashews before I get that overstuffed feeling.
But all thoughts of cashews are quickly put aside when Wil learns that Mode is getting a big exclusive - a family photo spread with movie stars Tim, Chloe and their baby Chutney. Fabulous! I must confess that I then had to spend the rest of the episode wondering who Tim and Chloe were supposed to be. If only the show had told us if they were Tciensologists or something so I could narrow down the field of celebrities....
Betty arrives at Mode and runs into Sofia. Sofia's dressed in a fabulous black low-cut dress, and when she runs after Betty it's like watching an episode of Baywatch. Boobalicious! Of course, I didn't realize how underdressed I was for day-after-Thanksgiving festivities. As I write this, I'm in elastic waistband pants that can expand with me as I eat my post-Thanksgiving breakfast of pumpkin and pecan pie (fruit, legume and dairy food groups, thanks pyramid of food!) Please wait while I go put on something more appropriate... OK, I'm back, wearing the lowest cut shirt I own (And that's pretty low. Trust me, I really am. Come one, why would I lie to you?!). Meanwhile, Sofia reveals that she's leaving that night for a trip to Maine with Hunter, and suspects that Hunter might have planned a wedding for them there. But - hold on tight to your seats - Sofia confides in Betty that she has doubts about Hunter because she likes Daniel! Oh my goodness - she likes him and he likes her, but neither one knows it. I feel like I'm watching Three's Company! Sofia asks Betty if Daniel, playa that he is, could actually like her, Betty falters and changes the subject. Something else we've learned: 4) Don't go to the girl who dates Walter for romantic advise.
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