Well, you will be happy to know that after last weeks blow/suck-fest, Crabby was vindicated with an Ugly Betty as charming and funny as season one, or at least before the writer's strike. I guess now that they've caught up paying their bills, they're happy again. I know I'd be happy if I were caught up with mine...
Sweet Christ, two guys are fighting over this?
We open with the song "All by Myself" and a visual of all the relationship books, tissues, and pictures of happier times piled on Betty like so much heartache. AAAAAAAH! Wow, Betty looks bad even for Betty. Holy crap. Then we switch over to Papi and AAAAAAAAAH! What is going on at Casa Suarez? Did someone break up with Papi too? Oh - no, he's just got a cold. Nice. Hope he remembered to call in sick. Oh wait...
Who switched my nose spray with pepper spray?
Hilda is dishing out scrambled eggs while they discuss Betty crying all night. God, that would be unnerving. Betty walks in and tells them to buy more tissues and that Hilda is out of her puffy eye cream. Man, the Avon lady could make a fortune with Betty, huh? Brilliant Justin puts cucumber slices on her eyes, although how those go with eggs I'll never know. They are worried because she hasn't been eating much since Henry left. No worries, Familia Suarez, Betty has a lot of reserves.
Betty tells her family not to feel sorry for her because, "Henry and I decided a clean break would be best." They are totally right on this one. Nothing like a long, dragged-out breakup to really suck the soul from you (raise your hand if you've been there!).
Hilda rushes Justin along because - go figure - she's joined the PTA. Yeah, the PTA of Coach Diaz. Papi tells Betty to take some time off of work, but Betty's doing the smart thing - immersing herself in tons of work. "I secretly hope the Mode drama never ends." Well, if it does, you'll be out of a job with the rest of the cast!
"Will the Mode drama ever end?" asks Suzuki St. Pierre while giving us his usual amusing update on Wilhelmina, the surrogate, and baby daddy Bradford's sperm. "Wilhelmina. A mother again? She's certainly been called one." Ha! I'd rate this as my comment of the episode, but I'm saving that for the end when one good one made me swoon bigtime kids. As Betty watches this on her computer, I see "Larry King" come up on the credits. Oh crap, when did this show start going after the AARP segment of the AARP?
What a mother!
Christina comes by to see if there is any news. The Meades are on a conference call with their attorney, who I'm guessing is vacationing on his own private cruise ship in the Aegean Sea thanks to all the work they've supplied him with this past year. "Oh, Claire Meade just looked at me. She hates me. I don't blame her," Christina says. Just wait until that kid you're carrying is a teenager stuck with Wilhelmina as a mother - talk about hate!
The Meades walk out and it's bad news. "Our father divided the company evenly among his children and unfortunately that includes future children." Don't they list out the children by name in wills? I did with my dogs. And apparently until the unborn child turns 18, Wilhelmina controls one-third of the company. Shouldn't they have a proxy for that, someone who doesn't hate the Meades? Why not Donald Trump? No, he and Daniel probably hate each other.
"That means?" Betty asks.
"Wilhelmina is back," Daniel says. On one hand, she is pure evil, on the other hand, this is going to be so fun! Marc is back too, which means Marc and Amanda are back too! YAY!
Separated at birth
Whoa! So is Willie's new lipstick, a bright reddish pink, the same color as her shoes, nails, pashmina wrap, and handbag. She is awesome and I totally and completely covet this look. "Let's do this bitch," she says. She gets off the Mode elevator and sashays her way through the Mode hallways.
Coooooooaaaaat! Well, wrap, actually. Just catch it already!
She meets up with the Meades in an OK-Corral standoff. "If she tries anything, call security." Oh whatever, you should be so lucky to have her back what with your busy sex life keeping you from actually editing the magazine.
"I can take her," Alexis says. Well, no argument there, tran-tastic.
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Comments (3)
Yay, I'm first!!
"Nothing like a long, dragged-out breakup to really suck the soul from you (raise your hand if you've been there!)."
*raising hand* That's why I'm reading this...to keep from answering the you-know-what's calls. I'd rather concentrate on Betty's crazy love life than my own. Thanks, Crabby!
1 of 3 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 24, 2008 8:07 PM
Too many direct quotes from the show made this recap too long. Just give us the action with some funny comments. Yeop.
2 of 3 | Posted by Calig | Posted on May 28, 2008 11:42 AM
love it love it love it
just the way it is...^in contrast to the above statement...
3 of 3 | Posted by sweetpumkin4ever | Posted on June 13, 2008 1:00 PM