Original air date: 9/27/07

Show Recap:

Warning: spoiler alert here!

The first episode of season two was extremely touchy-feely, in my opinion. To begin with, Betty is running around like a chicken with her head cut off, trying to take care of Daniel and her job and denying that she is hurt over recent family events.  Henry’s running off to Arizona with Charlie has also clearly affected her greatly.

Daniel and Alexis are in the hospital after their car crash. Daniel is in a wheelchair and feels guilty, thinking he caused the crash. Alexis is in a coma until Daniel goes in to talk to her.

Once she wakes up, Alexis can’t remember that she got the sex-change surgery… a classic case of amnesia.  She can’t remember that she is no longer a male Alex.

Hilda spends several days holed up in her bedroom after Santos gets shot. For the first 50 minutes of the episode, we are fooled into thinking that he survived the shooting, because him and Hilda spend 24/7 in their bedroom, talking and reminiscing about what they almost lost.

But it becomes known at the end of the episode that Hilda had been imagining him all along… and he is truly dead, after all.

Meanwhile, Amanda tries to deal with the news that she is Fay Sommers’s daughter. She eats nonstop and gains a ton of weight.

Her and Marc try and figure out who her father is. It becomes quite clear that Bradford is her father…

Wilhelmina and Claire Meade (who has escaped prison and is staying in the Hamptons with her jailbird buddy) have another showdown.

Last but not least, Betty and Daniel hold a little “funeral” of sorts - they both lay their griefs to rest. Daniel vows to stop being addicted to meds. Betty vows to get over Henry…

…just in time for Henry to get off a bus, alone, in NYC.

Show Review:

I don’t always cry during sad movies and shows, but I definitely teared up a little at various parts during this episode. What is ABC doing to us?! Anyway, there were several touching moments during this episode, most of all, Hilda’s grief. I even almost teared up over Betty’s stress and predicament with Henry. Seeing Daniel in pain was also sad, although having Alexis wake up with some sort of amnesia was amusing. After all, it really is HER fault for the accident…
Amanda and Marc’s antics were a very welcome and light distraction from all the sadness - what a couple of crazy characters! (I love them!)

Overall, I enjoyed the episode, although I really hope that the show lightens up a bit in the next few episodes. There are plenty of juicy story lines left hanging…

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Hey you all, wasn’t the Season 2 premiere… interesting? And so sad? This show is getting really touchy-feely!

Anyway, I will be posting a recap, review and photos from the episode How Betty Got Her Grieve Back very soon - check back here on Tuesday (Oct 2nd).

I am counting down the days until Season two starts… I simply cannot wait.  There were so many zingers at the end of Season one.  Like… what will happen to Daniel and Alexis?  Will Wilhelmina really get to marry Bradford, or will his ex-wife and prison-mate do something to stop it?  What about Hilda’s fiance… did he really die?  What about Amanda, now that she knows who her mother is?

I guess we’ll have to wait and see!  In case you didn’t know already, the second season premieres this Thursday (September 27th) at 8pm.  It happens to be one day before my 30th birthday (which I’m dreading) but oh well.

For all the Betty Suarez fans, here are some photos of the very pretty America Ferrera at the Emmy’s last week.

You will probably notice more changes and updates taking place on this website in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, which story line are you all most intrigued or excited to find out about?  Leave your answer in the comments…

I don’t know about all of you, but I’m excited that Season Two of Ugly Betty is starting in a mere week! On September 27th at 8pm…

I’ll be catching up this website and beginning next Thursday, I’ll be doing post recaps and reviews and news again! This website is officially back from hiatus… and not a moment too soon.

America Ferrera has been all over the place lately in the media, magazines, etc. Lots of hype for the upcoming season… let’s hope it delivers!

Let me first say that this (in my opinion) was the BEST episode ever!

Warning: lots of spoilers ahead!

Show Recap:

A lot of events went down during the season one finale… Betty and Henry finally admit to each other that they are crazy about each other, only to have Henry’s ex show up during their first date and claim she is pregnant with Henry’s child; Daniel continues his use of drugs in order to “forget” about his other problem with women; Wilhelmina finally gets the proposal she has been waiting for; Amanda and Christina accidentally get locked in the secret room and end up consuming several bottles of wine while sharing secrets. Amanda discovers who her real mother is… and is shocked.

Hilda meanwhile continues planning her upcoming nuptials with Nick while Justin rehearses for the school play. However, they are in for a terrible shock when during Justin’s show, Betty runs in with some bad news about Hilda’s fiance. Meanwhile, Betty finds out news that Henry might not be the father of Charlie’s baby after all. But Betty misses the plane because she is rushing to give the news to Hilda about Nick.

Lastly, Daniel takes one too many of the pills he is hooked on, and Alexis is forced to rush him to the hospital. But along the way, she realized the brakes were cut on Bradford’s car (which she is driving)… her little plot to have Bradford “offed” backfires, and she and Daniel get into a bad car wreck.

Show Review:

This was one of the best episodes all season! It did exactly what a good season finale is supposed to do: wrap up some important issues, yet create tons of drama and new story lines for the upcoming season.

I have to admit that this episode both shocked and moved me… I felt so sad for Hilda, and I couldn’t believe Amanda’s revelation. I was also glad that Wilhelmina got Marc back as her assistant because clearly those two were a work-match made in heaven.

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I’m putting this website on hiatus for a little while, as a few other projects have kept me super busy over the last couple of months.

Sorry for any inconvenience!  Feel free to browse the past episode recaps and reviews, however!

This episode aired on November 2nd, 2006.

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Wilhelmina’s life is thrown into chaos due to her daughter Nico showing up. Nico is determined to humiliate her mother; Wilhelmina is determined to get rid of her daughter (aka, ship her off to a boarding school in Switzerland).

Betty and Hilda find out that their father is an illegal alien; he will need money and a lawyer to get himself a lawyer so he won’t get deported. Hilda strongly suggests to Betty that she raise money by selling Herbalux, a weight loss herball supplement, at Mode. Meaning, she forces her to do it.

Betty finds an old picture of her mother, and Betty’s father refuses to talk about it. Betty feels lost because she knows he isn’t being truthful and he has always been the backbone of the family. Will her father reveal the truth behind the mysterious picture?

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Two major newspapers wrote about the Ugly Betty show phenomenon yesterday.  UglyBettyBlog was lucky enough to be mentioned in both articles, as a matter of fact!

You can read the LA Times article here, and the Boston Globe article here.  Both articles talk about how many women (Latina and others) can identify with the show.

Ugly Betty has also been named the #1 new show.  Exciting news!

Let me know what you think of the articles!

This episode was aired on October 26th.

Show Recap:

It’s Halloween… and lots of things are going on. First off, apparently Betty was the only one to get the “Mode Halloween Costume Contest” email, meaning she is the only one who shows up at the office in a costume. (Excluding Marc, who wears an Ugly Betty costume, funnily enough). Secondly, Daniel has apparently lost his watch at one of his conquest’s apartments last week. Only problem is, he hooked up with someone different every day of the week. Betty gets the fun challenge of finding out exactly who he was with every night and find the watch.

Meanwhile, Amanda is clearly upset that Daniel hooks up with women besides her. She has a little plan up her sleeve to get back at him. Betty gets asked out by a geek guy from accounting. Unfortunately her ex boyfriend Walter, who has just asked her to move in with him, walks in on them having lunch.

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This episode was aired Thursday, October 19th at 8pm.

Show Recap:

Isabella, a rival magazine, has stolen the entire holiday layout from Mode, and the pressure is on: who leaked the info?  The problem is that Betty, Amanda and Marc had all talked to Carlo (who works for Isabella) at Happy Hour at one point or another, but none of them gave ALL of the information.  Was it possibly “Fat Carol”, one of the other assistants at Mode?

Marc, Amanda and Betty form an uneasy alliance while they try and figure out who is guilty.  Wilhelmina and Daniel unfortunately have to team up as well - Daniel needs to come up with a new holiday layout pronto, and Wilhelmina agrees to try and find the “leak”.

During all the mayhem, Betty finds out her father has been using a fake Social Security card to get his meds…

Betty’s honesty is tested and the backstabbing continues in this hilarious episode!

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