Betty White throws down on 'Ugly Betty'
Ugly Betty gets past the grimness of Bradford's death to return to a more cheerful, wackier time. Alexis and Daniel get their sibling rivalry on, Betty and Henry go on a double date with Hilda and Gio and Wilhelmina tries to change her cutthroat image in order to woo investors. Oh yeah, and a Golden Girl!
Spoilers lurking in the freezer next to the Pinkberry.
Despite leaving a video message, Bradford didn't make clear who should run Meade Publications due to his lousy skills with the camera. Daniel and Alexis decide to duke it out in a paintball battle at the Mode offices. After a drive-by clothes rack sneak attack, Alexis takes out all of Daniel's team except for him and Amanda.
Poor Henry is feeling performance pressure since Gio, as annoying as he is, seems to be more exciting on dates. Betty loves Saturday Sundae nights where she and Henry eat themed ice cream creations while they watch a video, but Gio's comments suddenly makes these dates seem bland.
After perhaps the most awkward and uncomfortable food/sex scene ever (ugh), Betty convinces a reluctant Henry that they should go out and make the most of their four months left together. They meet up with Gio and Hilda, who are out dancing, but after feeling incompetent and catching on fire, Henry is understandably upset and leaves.
Meanwhile, Wilhelmina goes on a tear visiting the homeless, singing to sick children and all around mixing with the hoi polloi despite the possible exposure to germs. The investors are fooled for a while ... until Wil steals a cab from an old lady, slamming her fingers in the car door and then knocking her to the ground. Unfortunately, it's not just any old lady. It's Golden Girls star Betty White, and two bystanders caught the whole thing on camera phone.
In the end, Alexis triumphs over Daniel after a sneaky betrayal. Henry and Betty have reconciled, and Hilda proves to be more aware (even while drunk) than she lets on when she tells Gio, "You seemed to up your game when Betty showed up. I don't think I'm the Suarez sister you like." Ah, the chemistry finally is bearing fruit, but Betty and Henry still have 17 weeks and three days to go.
Wil gets totally played by Betty White, who decides to milk their "feud" for all its worth so she can make the round of talk shows. Finally, Wil admits defeat, declaring Slater dead, but then moves on to Plan B. Okay, major props to all the viewers and commenters who predicted that she harvested Bradford's still viable sperm from his corpse within 48 hours of his death. Yup, she's going to try to infiltrate the Meade company with her very own heir. I can't wait to see what she craves and what she wears when she's pregnant!
Other highlights/thoughts:
- Daniel to Alexis: "Why are you so strong? Did they give you super strength when they installed your vagina?"
- Christina: "The last surprise I had on a date was the wife knocking on the hotel door."
- You know, I'm just the audience for that movie "27 Dresses," but the product placement in this episode was annoying!
- It was predictable, but fun that Amanda and Nick Pepper's animosity turned into something a bit more friendly. She needed some company (besides Halston) now that Marc has Cliff.
- Betty reading Hilda's flyer: "'I Give Good Hair.' That's a little smutty. You might get those guys who hang out in front of the liquor store."
- How awful -- awfully great -- was Henry's makeover courtesy of little Justin? Uh, and Henry is very taut.
- I'm all for indie/foreign/art films, but Fassbinder really isn't a date movie, especially with ice cream.
- Kenny: "She's Alexis. Big as Texas. She knows what it's like to be both sexes."
- What's in a flaming pelican?
- Amanda: "It was Anna Sui. I know I should feel something, but I feel nothing. War has changed me."
- Betty White: "Oh great, I'm going on TV with whore eyes."
- Where's Cliff and Christina's husband Stuart?
Your thoughts? Who is your favorite Golden Girl?
My favorite part was the look Mark gave Wil when she said she thought that Betty White was just another old woman. I actually had to pause the TiVo for that one I was laughing so hard.
I agree with Courtney, the old woman line was definitely the best of the show - and possibly the best of this month thus far among all shows.
Oh and that remix they did was just great.
I think if Betty wasn't already smitten with Henry, she would be after this episode. I was glad we got to see her apologize to him before he came back to dance for her! So cute. And what "chemistry" with Gio? He's digging her, but why should she ever settle for strip club guy when she basically has the best guy in the world in love with her? They're so cute and sexy together (except for when Gio gives Betty bad ideas). Sorry, not seeing it.
I thought Amanda and Nick was really funny and hot, if likely temporary...Alexis seems to be having huge mood swings from the hormone patches...and I loved how Marc was optimistically thinking about eating breakfast again. Hopefully Cliff takes him out to eat once in awhile.
My favorite line of the night had to be the line from Betty White about the lesbian fan fiction about her and Bea Arthur. Priceless!
@ Elizabeth --
I'm referring to the chemistry between Betty and Gio in earlier episodes when he makes her angry. He enjoys making her really annoyed with him, kind of like how little boys tease girls. In one episode, however, he also pushed her to confront the fact that she wasn't pursuing her writing, which is her dream. Oh, and Gio isn't a "strip club guy," he's the sandwich store guy with big dreams. Ha! Now that I've defended Gio, I have to say I find him annoying as well. Let's see if the writers can turn his character around.
And is Henry the best guy for her? They both know he's leaving her in four months in order to be a full-time daddy to the kid he fathered with Charlie. And while a man doesn't have to be with his baby's mama, it looks like that's what he's intending. Does Betty really need this heartache?
My favorite line of the night had to be when Daniel says to Betty "I think I could run a magazine as well as Martin Luther King. Not Jesus though".
Alexis and Daniel are annoying. Wil and Marc make the show. Without them at Moade, I didn't care. Can I just say how annoying Alexis and Daniel are again?
Hanh, do you really think the baby storyline is going to develop as it's currently set up? I am still highly su****ious of Charlie, and given the wildness of Ugly Betty I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't even really pregnant. Or had at least fixed the paternity results (it was never really clear who called to tell Henry he was the father, but if it was Charlie herself I'm sure she's lying.) Anyway, I'm sure there's more to come! I really can't see Henry leaving the show, though perhaps that's just wishful thinking. I love Betty and Henry together, and Gio is hugely annoying.
This was just an awesome episode, and it was nice to see things back to the over-the-top-insane business as usual. I won't repeat what everyone else has said, and said well, but my favorite part had to be Rebecca Romeijn (spelling?) coming down the hall into Daniel's office on that clothes rack like some Valkyrie out of a Richard Wagner opera. It was funny with the entire paintball war, but that scene just had me on the floor. I'm glad everyone seems to be such good sports about playing their roles, and that they seem to be having fun. Too bad Wilhemina couldn't have gotten pegged with a few balls of yellow, but you can't have everything. I may be mistaken, but didn't Gio have facial hair last time we saw him? I almost forgot who he was. And while Henry sometimes makes me want to punch a brick wall sometimes, he came through when he needed to, so kudos to him. I just love this show, and this episode is one of the reasons why.
My favourite part was when Marc was on youtube checking out the willimena video and he said two queens already remixed it into a house song...and then they showed it!! I was on the floor - priceless!!