I was thinking, hasn’t she already been on the show? Isn’t it a law she’d have to have been by now?
The very slight smile she gave Betty at the end seemed to say, “you passed test #1. Not that there won’t be more tests.”
And get that makeover already! The outfit that (thank goodness Justin helped) she wore to the dinner really wasn’t that bad. I just don’t know how much more of Betty’s bangs I can take.
I like that they’ve gotten the Willi-Marc dynamic back on track. He’s not just her brainless flying monkey as he was for a while, and since they’ve both been wounded in love they seem to have bonded tighter. (It helps that the actors like each other; Marc was a 1 shot character- Willi was to be like Murphy Brown and unable to keep an assistant, but twixt the fact Murphy had been done/Devil Wears Prada already inviting comparisons twixt Willi and Streep’s character/the fact Williams really liked Michael Urie he became a regular).
I don’t think so. But now that they’ve got their Baranski badge (40 points) they need to follow with either
Bea Arthur (50 points- more if her plotline is as great as Betty White’s appearance)
or
An assortment of other icons from gay cult fave TV shows/gay TV icons that equals Bea (e.g. Elain Stritch [20 points] + Rue Mclanahan [15 points] + Vicki Lawrence [10 points] + Joey Lawrence [5 points])
And perhaps a season finale featuring either Cher or Dolly Parton as an idiosyncratic transgendered designer with OCD, kleptomania and Tourettes that surfaces when they sip champagne and it counteracts their meds and this during a major MODE Gives Back highly publicized charity gala. I’d give that one an easy 125 points if well done.
Carol Burnett as Judith Light’s older sister/aunt (or mother if she’d go for it) would also be a good addition.
How many points for Tony Danza as Claire’s new footman?
Not nearly as many as Katherine Helmond as her mother.
Since they hardly ever mention the other magazines, the way to save MODE might be to sell off most or all of the other ones. I don’t believe they’ve ever mentioned whether Hot Flash (Claire’s magazine for women over 50) was launched or if so whether it was a success.
I know the show has its rough spots, but Marc, Wili, Amanda, and Claire just make my day. I love them.
And Christine Baranski! Ever since she was on that show with Cybil Shepard she’s been a favorite of mine.
It launched, but according to transgender sibling, it wasn’t doing terribly well. Claire mentions writing some TMI article in a recent episode.
So how about this week’s?
I wanted to see Ignacio & Justin camping. Ignacio seemed more nervous than Justin.
The girls break up and get back together all in one ep. I hope this doesn’t have to be a weekly thing for awhile.
Willi needs to get sued for sexual harassment.
It bugs the crap out of me when I see Hilda doing Betty’s hair. How can Hilda even pretend she’s doing anything to it? She needs to grab some scissors and go to town on her. And what’s with the both of them getting hair spray? Since when do you hair spray what is basically long, straight hair?
I never really paid attention to the characters walking around in the background at MODE, but happened to catch a short guy with no shirt, a red vest and a matching fez. Later, another guy in a superhero cape. Has this been going on for a while?
Models for photo shoots?
I forgot to mention. What was up with the ladle? :eek: do the writers read the Dope?
Favorite lines:
“What is it with white people and Taye Diggs?”
and
“Does Daniel cry at work too?”
It was definitely sexual harassment but give her high stress state I’d cut her some slack. Though she needs to at least pay him triple for his services or whatever.
I’d also love to have seen Justin camping. So many possibilities: One of Eileen(isn’t that her name?)'s nephews could be [ideally] gay, or they could be straight but hot as blazes, or total (whatever the NYC Hispanic equivalent would be of) rednecks, and in any of those there’s a plot line. Plus, they just need to use that actor more because he’s talented and super popular with the audience (and because Daniel’s boring).
Ralph Macchio: still a pint sized hottie at 47.
Always nice to see one of your former crushes who isn’t all… well… Leif Garretty.
So if you were Betty knowing what she now knows, would you sleep with him?
And I was so disappointed in the Marc/Amanda makeover (or lack of). As mentioned in my quickly demised “what changes would you make to shows?” thread, I really think she could be much more attractive Betty without damaging the show at all. America Ferrera is never going to be conventionally runway model attractive because she’s short, curvy, swarthy, and has thick coarse hair (unlike pale or some black models she’d look horrible blonde) so she’s never going to be another Amanda if that’s what they’re thinking. It’s the same as when scruffy Cliff cleaned up into Sean Astiny Cliff. (One of my favorite lines was at the wedding when Marc complaining that he felt like “the baby abandoned at the prom where Mommy’s exploring her new found hotness”- also the great moment where they interrupt bickering to smile for the camera and go back to bickering.)
And the ladle was too funny.
(Only because of SDMB obviously.)
That line totally cracked me up. Loved it.
Never. Not in ten million years. I was a little disappointed at the lack of someone telling Betty to run for the fucking hills. Dude’s cute, but not cute enough to put up with him being a nutcase.
Reading your post reminded me how much I miss the Marc/Cliff relationship. Plus, Cliff was easy on the eyes.
Sampiro - The ladle thing made me immediately think of certain dopers, too.
StG
I think they’re going for a Daniel parallel here. Filthy rich sex machine who has recently changed his ways for the normal woman of his dreams.
I too wish they showed Justin and Ignacio camping. It was seriously unfortunate that they came up with that storyline and didn’t actually flesh it out. They could have at LEAST had Justin say a few words about the experience afterwards.
Okay, who’s still here?
Last week’s episode, “The Born Identity” was a little tedious and irritating. Betty & Christina running around with the kidnapped baby was supposed to be comical but the whole thing was too predictable. Guess that’s it for Christina.
This week “In the Stars” was better. I got a kick out of Betty’s outfit picking up colors out of Mode’s decor. Unfortunately that meant tangerine and… lime green stockings??? And matching purse? Ugh. I think Betty’s costume designers just hate us or something.
I was so sure Ignacio was going to Chula Vista with Elena.
The aliens at the wedding were cool, especially the minister.
Anything else? Two more eps to go.
The costumer for Ugly Betty is Pat Fields, late of Sex & The City. And it shows. UGH!
I was actually surprised to learn this show’s been renewed. I’m guessing it had to do with their original deal when they bought the franchise.
It has gotten better in the past few episodes but it’s nowhere near what it was. I think David Rasche (or his character anyway) is a good idea.
Matt has quickly become the most unlikeable of Betty’s boyfriends so far. First there was the inconsiderate “left my wallet at home” moments, then the revelation he’s a sex addict, then the hissy fit he pitched over her trying to get his dad to invest in MODE when people were getting laid off (though he acknowledged that one at least) and now the revelation that he won’t commit to anything and gets pissy when called on it. As far as looks she should have stayed with Jesse or Henry, though he is a billionaire so if she can at least get pregnant by him it wouldn’t be a bad idea (child support for the next 18 years and then the kid’s trust fund can help you out).
Does anybody watch the Marc/Amanda Webisodes? Some of those are actually pretty cute.
So, if you could make out with any male character on the show, who would it be? I’ll eliminate Justin because while he looks more mature than he is he’s way underage, and… well, anyone else is fair game (though I can’t imagine anyone going for Ignacio). Assume that their orientation nozzle can be adjusted to your preference.
For me it would either be Ralph Macchio (who’s still boyishly cute at 48) or Marc/Michael Urie (very spankable). Daniel does nothing for me and Matt seems kind of icky.
I agree. They’re supposed to be the “hot” ones. Meh.
Does Cliff count? Nummy.
They need to bring Cliff back. That was my favorite Marc storyline by far- well, that and Mama Patty Lupone. It also gave the character some balance; about the only other side you’ve seen of him this season is that when he thought Willi was going to join Conner in stealing the Mead fortune and later when he thought she was going to steal a baby who wasn’t her’s he seemed slightly upset.
I did like Willi’s confrontation with Cal Hartley. “I stole a dead man’s sperm to rise in this company, trust me, I’m dedicated.”
If Vanessa Williams is secure enough (and I’m guessing that as long as she’s been around she is) I think they need to play up the absolute bombshell who is graduating to the “she looks GREAT… for her age” phase. Like Cleopatra with Augustus or Norma Desmond with Joe Gillis something that no straight man would once have turned down is now hit and miss, and that’s got to be stinging.
I think the best moments of a very lackluster season have been-
-The “me me me me me” fantasy sequence with Jesse
-Justin’s earning money as a street singer (and Hilda’s reaction)
-Nicky Blonski’s cameo
-The reverse-outing of Suzuki St. Pierre
Changes I’d make for the coming season:
—Either let Molly actually be terminally ill, kill her off, and let Daniel be so griefstricken he can never hear her name mentioned again (I don’t like the character, the actress, or the plotline) or else let her be so thoroughly evil she fakes terminal illness as part of a plot authored by Connor to get the last of the Mead fortune
—Bring back Cliff
—More Justin plotlines (I understand not going full boyfriend yet, but… there’s enough gaydolescent angst to fuel some plotlines)
Above all and first and foremost and lastly,
IT’S TIME TO LOSE THE BRACES AND THE BANGS.
How long do adult braces stay on anyway? And the bangs… even Hilda and Justin who live in the house with her could tell her to get rid of those.