'Ugly Betty': Be my baby
This baby-centric episode of "Ugly Betty" was brought to you by Gerber Umami, Huggies Couture and Baby Mizrahi.
Spoilers, cuz that's how councilmen roll, yo.
Baby Got Back
Being a good friend, Betty consoles Christina after the DNA test proved baby William was actually Wilhelmina's. Imagine Betty's surprise then, when William is stolen at Mode, and it turns out Christina is the baby-napper. You see, Xtina believes that Wil faked the DNA results (okay, which one of you readers called it?), and that William is actually hers and Stuart's.
After a madcap run from the law and finding sanctuary at the Suarez household, Betty and Christina with William in tow call upon a higher power: Claire (cue angelic chorus). She arranges for another test to be administered, but at the last minute, cops (alerted by Marc who was eavesdropping) arrive on the scene. Later, Betty somehow appeals to Wil's better nature (as if), and Wilhelmina holds a press conference to reveal that ach, William is a good Scottish laddie after all.
Hit Me Baby, One More Time
While all this is happening, Meade has been preparing to wow investor Cal Hartley with an awesome presentation, complete with omelet bar (really, if anyone wooed me with a food bar, I'm theirs). The presentation -- with Mr. Hartley's reluctant acquiescence -- is put on hold, however, when the William-napping is discovered.
The next day when all the baby stuff is resolved, the Meades try to fire Wilhelmina since she no longer has a legal/blood hold on the company, but oddly enough, Hartley makes Wil's position in the company mandatory or he won't sign. He claims her sharky-ness is what's important and will balance out the Meades' niceness, or something lame like that. Whatevs.
Baby Boy
Finally, Hilda and Archie's relationship deepens as he announces he's running for Queens borough president and asks her to be on camera with him. It's a big step, as if he wants her "in his future." Yes, I'd say so. During the filming of the announcement at the Suarez home is of course when the baby-nappers make their appearance, but nothing goes amiss.
In the end, the saddest thing is that Christina (wah!!!!) and Stuart decide to move back to Scotland with little William. I mean, we knew that Ashley Jensen was leaving "Ugly Betty," but since Christina was Betty's only real friend, I'll certainly feel the loss.
Overall, this was an okay episode that was somewhat unsatisfactory, probably because it's just set-up for what comes later. I want a more Betty-centric episode with Matt and/or YETI.
Your thoughts?
Why didn't Wilhelmina make Christina return the $100,000 that she paid for the surrogate? Christina having sex with Stuart prior to the insemination was a violation of the agreement which would have meant that the deal was null and void and hence the money would have to be returned.
Overall another just blah episode. Only positive was that they found a constructive story for the Suarez family tonight.
Yep. Hilda in the Suarez house was the best part. Archie and Hilda have great chemistry... hope they continue to expand on that relationship.
Really liked the scene when Archie gave advise to Betty and Hilda. Another layer...
Still excited for the next three eps!!
Christina hadn't signed the surrogate contract until after she had sex with Stuart. Having rekindled their relationship she found out that Stuart needed an operation to save his life. She then agreed to the surragate contract only as means to pay for the needed operation. The only breech here was the inseminating doctor not having tested to find Christina already pregnant.
The twist: Christina is the mother and not Willy. Willy had the DNA test results "fixed". I see "fixing" DNA test results used as a plot device fairly often mostly in soaps but I still liked the twist though. Another twist that I liked is Mr. Hartley very adamantly and conditionally saying Willy had to stay. Must mean that Willy and Cal will be hooking up behind the scenes. As for Christina, I will miss Ashley Jensen being on the show. Secretly, I wanted her to be the mom and not Willy but where could the writers have taken Christina & the baby within the context of the show.
That was a good sendoff episode for Christina. We laughed when she was telling Betty how much she has seen her grow since she joined Meade, well except for her selection of clothes.
The Hartley scenario demanding that Wil remain at Meade or else he won't sign was pretty lame.
Now shouldn't Wil expect to be reimbursed for all the $$ she invested in Meade after selling her personal items since she's not considered an owner?
Amanda's strange skirt/dress was hilarious. Would have loved to see her navigating her way on the subway with that on.
So let's see. Will they replace Christina with another ally for Betty or...
love how they tried to hide ana ortiz's pregnancy with loose fitting empire tops and other tricks of the trade.
I think this season has had the one BIG storyline it needed to tie everything together and make for a satisfying season finale. (Like the mystery woman in the first season.) Instead they had a multitude of ittle plotlines that seem to disappear and reappear haphazardly, like the YETI program, Betty's romance with Matt, Iganacio and the nurse, Daniel and Connor's girlfriend, etc. It felt like they were kind of desperately searching for something that would work. It lacked the confidence of the first season.
Another week, another great Ugly Betty episode...so glad it's back. I knew it couldn't be Willie's baby, and I'm glad they at least got that part right instead of trying to get for a really shocking twist. However, I really wish they would've found a way to keep Christina on the show...I thought she was a great character. I'm interested in seeing how they fill that void - I think Betty needs some sort of similar confidant...we'll see.
The scene at the end was so beautiful, I'm really glad they used the song "Layers" by Asobi Seksu - this is the second week in a row where I thought they used a perfect song at the end to convey the emotion of the scene. A video clip of the scene/song is at http://modestcomplexity.blogspot.com/2009/05/ugly-betty.html