Dear Crabby: What is the biggest waste of time during a show?
Dear Couch: Musical montages, however the writers redeem themselves, so pipe down and pass the lime Tostitos before I open a can of salsa whoop ass on ya!
We open this Ugly Betty with Betty living up to her name in that sideshow freak dress with the poofy 80s sleeves. Nice, Betty. Hilda has selected a lot of knock-off merchandise for the boutique part of her business, because nothing says legitimate salon like the one on the enclosed back porch of your house with a bunch of "Plada" sunglasses. "My customers won't know the difference," Hilda quips. Yeah, but I bet the police have triple digit I.Q.s, and they matter a little more.
Really? That's what you're going to go with?
Betty is kvetching (you heard me) about how she's now paying double in her apartment because hello, she was too stupid to make Amanda pay for anything. Didn't Amanda just give her a big bag of money after the party where she made out with Betty's himbo? Betty must have blown it on that dress which continues to look like Pucci puked.
Betty has been "dropping hints" all week about the rent, which is the passive aggressive way of doing what Hilda tells her to say: "Where's my rent, bitch?" I'm with Hilda on this one. Did she get extensions? Her hair looks longer. Oh, and Betty keeps her cash in the cookie jar. Good thinking, because that's the last place thieves will ever look. Next time, try a Tampax box. No robber would look there. Well, now they might, you know, if they are fans of the recaps.
Even the bags are fab!
While Betty is giving Hilda excuses about Amanda's tough life, Amanda comes bobbing in with her arms full of bags. "Look how much money I saved!" I am totally in touch with that emotion. But methinks cashmere will not pay the rent.
On the way to work, Betty mentions the rent is due the next day and she needs Amanda's half but poor Amanda is short on cash this month and no, she can't return sale items. Maybe Betty could sell them on eBay? Betty complains that it's bad enough that she has to go "downtown" to pay her creepy landlord (it's called a check and the post office, look into it), but she can't keep covering Amanda's half. Seems like she might have wanted to have this conversation on day one of roomie time, but maybe we should just leave it to Judge Judy?
Back at the office, Wilhelmina is avoiding Connor like a 7th grade girl, asking Marc to run interference so she can get to her office without running into Connor...which she does, of course, including a "Top o' the mornin' to ya," comment. Godammit Willie, pull yourself together. He was probably too drunk to remember you trying to seduce him, I know I was.
Oh my God, is that a dingo trying to run off with my co-editor?
Christina comes into Willie's office to see if she wants to go to the doctor's today for the 7th month checkup. Willie has a lot on her mind right now and can't be bothered by her dead baby daddy's baby right now. Christina should know the details are always left to Marc! However, I'm thinking Willie doesn't want to go because Christina is sporting a Princess Leia double-bun in the oven hairstyle. Unless those have hidden Bose earphones, they have got to go.
Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope!
Besides this bottle of single malt!
Connor comes barging in asking Wilhelmina something, then asking if he's interrupting. Dude, she has two people in her office that she is clearly talking to, try to get the order of your manners right next time. "I have a marketing presentation at Ralph Lauren this afternoon, it would be great if we could do it together," he says to Marc's guffawing. Yes, this episode is really going to take us back to junior high. Also, explain to me why their CFO is doing a marketing presentation? This company's org chart must look like a freakin' snake ball, I swear to God.
I take that back, these snakes are
more organized than the Meade Corporation!
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Comments (3)
Good recap.
I agree that Molly didn't look so hot in that red dress. But I don't care for her, anyway. She has neither the raw sex appeal of models, nor the simple, honest, loyal personality that would make her appealing as a potential wife and mother. She DOES seems like a tease - someone who enjoys playing with men's emotions. Conman and Denial could both do better.
1 of 3 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 11, 2008 10:18 AM
I haven't finished reading the recap yet. I wanted to comment on this before I forget...
My mom's theory is that this episode was one of the ones that Lindsay Lohan got written out of, and replaced with Amanda. Because Amanda and Betty rooming together? Is too out there even in the Ugly Betty universe.
When is Ugly Betty gonna get a makeover? I can't stand her outfits. Two years working at a fashion magazine hasn't rubbed off on her at all? No wonder she's still an assistant.
2 of 3 | Posted by BlahBlah | Posted on December 11, 2008 11:37 PM
"Bad Ronald" was a movie from the 70s about a teenager guy named Ronald who kills a girl and his mother decides to hide him in a hidden room in their house and tell everyone he ran away. She dies -- another family moves in and he's still living in the hidden room. It's a really creepy movie and I was so surprised to see it referenced here
3 of 3 | Posted by murphena | Posted on December 13, 2008 5:51 AM