Wow! Hilda's really sporting a beer gut, isn't she? As we begin this week's Ugly Betty starring perennial favorite Christine Baranski, the Suarez family is at home with Sports Guy Matt, now know as Rich Sports Guy Matt, feasting on breakfast.
Do I show you sit ups or condoms? I'm not sure.
Papi has made some sort of artery-clogging, heart-busting egg dish. I'm sort of surprised they are serving it with a side of grapefruit because Papi is probably on cholesterol meds and you can't mix grapefruit with it or you will DIE or worse.
Who knew something so innocent could kill you dead?
Oh! There's Elena! She won't let Papi eat his scrambled "espectacular," but instead says he should eat egg whites and grapefruit. She's trying to kill him, probably for the money! Should have bet on Connor, Elena. Betty spits her food out for some reason (lack of manners?) and says she has to get to the office. On a Saturday. What Betty should be doing is going to a job search group instead. I wouldn't trust my future to Daniel.
Klassy. Be sure to show that to Matt's mother.
Betty is also planning to go to a Rangers game with Matt later because she owes him for staying late at Mode one night. Matt says he read every back issue of Mode for like the last ten years and really prefers Elle. He tells Betty to meet him at his mother's house since he's staying there while his apartment gets re-gilded.
"Moms love Betty," Hilda says, probably because Betty seems so asexual. Matt says his mom is dying to meet Betty because she sounds like, "the daughter she never had." Yeah, the Mexican one! He tells her the address and Betty foolishly asks which apartment. "Uh, the whole building," Matt has to explain. Did you not catch the "billions and billions" speech from last week, Betty? You WERE there.
"Hello?" we hear from the living room and Hilda says, "Oh crap, I have a hair appointment, I forgot." Yes, because Saturdays are usually the slowest days for salons, dumbass. Please, save yourself the irritation and go wait tables somewhere. It's honest work and steady money. Turns out it's Karate Kid back from being exiled from the show for some reason.
You could make extra money if you expanded hair cutting
into neutering cats. Snip! Snip!
"Please, come in, your Excellency," Papi says to him. Really? He's a Jackson Heights, New York councilman, not the pope. Take it down a notch, Papi. Papi asks him to join them for breakfast. Hope he's not taking Lipitor or he'll be dead soon too!
Elena and Betty move closer to Hilda and tell her how cute he is, that he's single, that he likes her, and I'm wondering if they know Hilda's type? It's married bad-boy who dumps her when she's pregnant, in case they are wondering. "That's why he comes here every week to get his hair cut," Betty says. Or he's OCD. Save some for Locks of Love, bro!
Over at Molly's dorm room, Molly and Daniel are having a conversation about Derek Jeter, which I know I'd be totally into if I were dying, NOT. Daniel says she should stay in, he'll bring her some soup, and she should stay warm. Yes, that is SURE to cure her unnamable cancer. "Will you do it for me? Please?" He asks her. Yes, because her last moments should be all about what YOU want.
Let's go for quarter beers when I finish my paper!
Daniel goes to the office to talk with Wilhelmina about a photographer named Miles who is booked until Armageddon. Clearly he's the best and they should spend all of their money on him! Wilhelmina is wearing purple thigh-high boots that I initially thought were those stockings that just have boots at the ends, and I thought for a split second I was going to have to smash every TV in the house. Crisis averted, they are real boots!
Boots or tights or both? You decide.
In the meeting with Miles, they try to cut his price down by giving him full creative control. Yeah, that should cover his costs. As soon as they mention a cut in his fee he tells them the deal's off and he gets up to leave. Wish I could do that at work! "I'm a freakin' GENIUS man!" Miles said. He tells them to have the contract together by Friday or he's gone. I say, let him go. Aren't fashion photographers a dime a dozen?
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Comments (2)
Hey, Crabby! Nice recap.
I had the same thoughts about the people walking past the dinner party. Maybe they have special 1-way glass. You'd think a billinoaire could afford some nice drapes.
I don't think the woman Matt was hugging will be a romantic interest. Some sort of sister angle. He was so shy making moves on Betty, it is hard to imagine him even talking to a girl that hot unless he was related somehow.
(I know - it's a freakin' TV show!)
I want to slap Daniel for being so all about himself with Molly - who I used to hate, but who is starting to grow on me (like a tumor??).
1 of 2 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on March 20, 2009 7:56 PM
Great recap as always!
You mentioned Gio (well... pretty much ALL Betty's love interests which are more than I've ever had). So, anyway, you drag me to read your recaps (of course they are funnier than the actual show these days). I swear the Getty-signal worked better on me than the Batty-signal. Betty and Matt are sweet and all... but just that. Honestly... how much this show is missing some hot sexy Italian sausage...
You are right, we had never seen Betty with pants before... I hope we don't see that anymore, ever.
Baranski was great in the episode but could have been better. I just loved Willy ("Mama is downsizing!"), Marc and Ralph "Timberlake" Macchio in the episode .
""So what exactly do the two of you have in common?" she asks Betty. Isn't it clear, they are both huge dorks who dress badly. What more do you need?"
you are crazy... :D thanks for this. You've made my day!
2 of 2 | Posted by Beatrice B | Posted on March 23, 2009 3:22 PM