Ugly Betty

Thursday, April 24th @ 8 PM

ABC

Ugly Betty - Season 2 - Episode 14 - "Twenty Four Candles"

ABC.com

Betty's plans to spend a romantic 24th birthday with Henry are sidelined when his Baby Mama Charlie drops in unexpectedly. Will Gio be able to salvage Betty's big day? Meanwhile, Wilhelmina does her devious best to spoil Renee's blossoming relationship with Daniel by hinting there's some dark secrets in her sister's past. (ABC.com)

Marmot: Fugly Betsy is back!

Manatee: She is indeed! My first thought was, "Why am I watching this show, again?" I vowed during the strike to cancel my TiVo recording of the series. But here I am for the sake of this blog.

Marmot: This episode seemed a little better than the ones in the first half of the season, but I'm wondering if that's because I hadn't watched it in a while and forgot that it sucks.

Manatee: That's a possibility. I realized that I dislike all the characters, even Betty. The only one I kind of like is Gio. Everyone else is less than entertaining. I couldn't care less what happens to Amanda, Henry, Charlie, Mark, and Wilhelmina, Daniel, his sister, his mother, or Vanessa Williams' sister. That is about 98 % of the show.

Marmot: I really don't like Betty. Her appeal wore off halfway through last season. The only thing that kept me interested was the supporting characters. But lately, Vanessa Williams has been all Wicked Witch and Daniel has gone completely the opposite direction. In Season One, all the characters had depth. I wonder if that wasn't a criticism, that the show didn't focus enough on Betty.

Manatee: Perhaps, but with the focus on more on Betty, I find the episodes more predictable. Duh Charlie shows up, Duh Charlies gets sick, Duh Gio shows up late to work with cake and then gives Betty everything she wants and then Duh, Betty stills goes home to Henry. Side Note: Do you think Betty and Henry have sex? Or they are waiting?

Marmot: I think they have, but I'm note sure that I want to think about it that much. It's not a pretty sight, I'm sure. And I don't know what they'd be waiting for. He moves to Arizona in a few months/end of the season.

Manatee: Yeah, when is Henry moving? I thought it was coming up sooner than this? My thought is Henry will leave, she'll realize she likes Gio, Gio will move on and it will be a repeat of Season 1 when the guy from the office supply store commercials was on the show and played her BF.

Marmot: That guy was on My Name is Earl a couple weeks ago. He played Betty's ex boyfriend. I keep hoping that Jayma Mays (Charlie) will just replace Henry on this show. And Betty. And Daniel.

Manatee: I hate to say it (wait, who am I kidding, I really don't...) I don't like Betty - I find her super annoying. I've had enough of her Queens charm at Mode. She wants to be a writer but she sucks. She takes a class, steals an article, and nothing happens. She is a career assistant, and career assistants don't make interesting TV subjects. The only time she was promoted was Season 1 and that was a joke to get at Daniel (Salma Hayek's character "played" Betty).

Marmot: I don't like her either. But I did like it more when she was an annoying assistant instead of the lynch-pin for the whole Meade Empire. Maybe they should change it up next season, refocus the show, and call it Hot Amanda. Or Gay Younger Nephew.

Manatee: Yes, Gay Younger Nephew gets my vote! He's awesome! I really don't want to focus on another season - I can't believe they are bringing it back.

Marmot: This show is going to go until people stop watching it or until they stop watching Grey's Anatomy and forget that Ugly Betty is a better choice than My Name is Earl or Survivor.

Manatee: We should start a campaign to end the show? What can we send to ABC to get the point across?

Marmot: Season One DVD's with notes that say "Make it do this again"?