Watching Ugly Betty

Last week’s ‘Ugly Betty’ episode, ‘When Betty Meets Yeti,’ pitted Betty against Marc for a spot in the YETI program or Young Editors in Training. Only one could be accepted from Mode. Who would win this face off and why? The episode, as usual, was entertaining but I noticed a pattern developing that made the episode seem stale. It seems if the main characters do not have an ongoing plot, then they are destined to play out the same scenarios week after week. I’ll explain more after the jump and recap.

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This week’s new ‘Ugly Betty’ episode will have Betty and Marc going head to head for the same position. YETI is the Young Editors in Training program and could be the ticket out of Assistantville. There is only one spot, so both are out to impress and get it.

Not really a spoiler but I’m betting on Betty. Why? Well it is a show about her and this season they have been pushing her career forward. This could continue that storyline. For some time we’ve been hearing that Marc is looking out for himself and his career. If he doesn’t get in the program, it will be a good opportunity for him to show more of his plan to get ahead in the business.

Also in this episode will be Molly - Connor’s fiancee. Daniel has a huge crush on her but will he do anything about it? Wilhemina is also after Connor and you can almost bet that she will be making her move on him.

Plus there is suppose to be a plot with Justin befriending an unlikely friend. It’s unclear if this is the bully from the Broadway audition or a new plot. It had seemed that the bully storyline had come to a close since it was introduced and sort of resolved in one episode. I’ve noticed that some spoilers for episodes may not necessarily take place during that episode. This has left me hesitant to even mention anything other than the small blurb that’s found on ABC.com about the next episode. I guess we will find out tomorrow night.

‘Ugly Betty’ will be off for Thanksgiving but you can tune in to the a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

While the big shots at Meade are preparing for a corporate retreat, Betty is reveling in the fact that she gets to give final approval to the latest issue of Mode in the absence of Daniel and Wilhemina. This simple tasks turns into a nightmare. More after the jump.

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Betty’s crush on her neighbor causes her to do a lot of work this episode. Is Jesse really worth all of Betty’s efforts? The jury is still out on that but from what I’ve seen of Jessie, I would have to say no. This episode really highlights just how different Jesse is from Betty’s other romantic interests. Jesse seems more needy and so creates a different dynamic.

Amanda has been kicked out of her apartment and is living at Mode. That ends and so she shows up at Betty’s door looking for a place to stay. This is bad timing since Betty was planning to have Jessie over to cheer him up since he is down and out about his music career. Betty has to cancel her plans with Jessie.

Later, Betty attempts to ask her neighbor Jessie to a Mode party but he takes it as she is asking his band to play at the party since he had confided in her about being depressed. She doesn’t have the heart to correct him and so winds up throwing a separate Mode party on her roof.

The party is a huge success. Jessie is happy and seems to be into Betty. However, Betty later catches Jessie and Amanda making out. She gets mad and tells Amanda she needs to leave.

Meanwhile, Cliff asks Marc to move in with him. Marc is obviously against the idea, maybe scared of commitment? He puts off answering him and at Betty’s party, Marc cheats on Cliff. Cliff shows up at the party and then out of guilt, Marc asks Cliff to marry him.

Wilhemina learns the truth about Connor - but seems to get over it and develops a huge crush on him. She takes their situation as flirting until Connor mentions a he has a fiancee. Willie looks sad at Betty’s party after she learns this bit of news. The party ends but Willie stays.

Amanda apologizes to Betty and says she didn’t know that Jessie was her crush. They talk it out and Betty lets Amanda stay. Betty then heads to the roof to start cleaning up. Willie calls her over and they share a beer. It’s a real touching moment as both of these women are basically in the same boat when it comes to their love interest.

Wow. Tonight’s episode entitled ‘Crushed’ was something else. It was very emotional and moving at times.

Full recap tomorrow but Jessie does write a song for Betty. The song ‘Snowy Day’ was actually written by the actor who plays Jessie, Val Emmich. Val is a musician and his band is featured in tonight’s episode.

As the song was playing, I was thinking how great it would be to buy it. So it’s good news that it’s available through iTunes. Val has other songs available and his music has been featured before in ‘Betty.’ Earlier this year, his rendition of Tom Petty’s ‘American Girl’ could be heard.

Anyway, it was a great song for a great episode. My full recap tomorrow.

I’m incredibly late with this recap but was out of town for three days. Silly me thought I could get it done while visiting with family. The episode did not disappoint as Kimmie fell really hard. Oh karma sucks doesn’t it? Great episode and the full recap after the jump.

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