Ugly Betty – Episode 6 – Trust, Lust and Must

Daniel falls in instant lust with a mysterious beauty he sees in the Mode lobby (guest star Salma Hayek) and asks for Betty’s help in finding out the lady’s identity. Meanwhile, Betty and Hilda scramble to raise cash when they get some unexpected news, and Wilhelmina must deal with an unexpected house guest – her daughter (guest star Jowharah Jones as Nico).

Hayek plays Sofia Reyes and wears Daniel around her finger throughout the entire episode giving him a taste of his own medicine. He finally finds out her identity when Bradford introduces her as head of one of Meads publications.

The Suarez family woes build as they visit an expensive lawyer who points out that they need to raise a large sum of money to help their father with an immigration issue. Betty finally agrees to sell Herbalux products at Mode. Eventually this gets her in hot water with Wilhelmina, who surprisingly enough offers Betty twenty-thousand dollars, the amount needed for a lawyers retainer. But knowing Wilhelmina, there is something behind her generosity and Betty knows this. Nico stirs up troubles for her mother by shoplifting and putting on a show in corporate lobby.

Amanda has had her last straw of neglect from Daniel and finally confesses she was his “Monday” girl.

Fey Sommers decides to make a public appearance when Bradford pays her tomb a birthday visit. She quickly disappears adding to his bewilderment.

Ignacio Suarez finally confesses why he never applied for a green card or American citizenship, after being in the country for more than 30 years.

Ugly Betty – Episode 5 – The Lyin’, the Watch and the Wardrobe

It’s Halloween and Betty is in for a series of frightful experiences, ranging from showing up dressed for the Mode costume contest until she learns that there isn’t one, to dealing with her growing attraction to Walter, and tracking down a watch Daniel left at one of his many girlfriends’ apartments, but can’t remember which one. Meanwhile, Daniel pays a visit to his mom in rehab, and Wilhelmina is horrified to learn that she can’t fit into a designer gown.

Betty decides to have lunch with a person from accounting and seems to be enjoying herself when Walter unexpectedly walks in to the sushi restaurant right as she is being fed a sushi roll. She now has to deal with that, continue trying to find Daniels watch which so happens to be with Amanda who was his “Monday” girl and her fathers growing problems with a false identity.

Wilhelmina finally accepts certain things about her ageing process and has her version of an unexpected visitor, in the form of her daughter, right as she’s about to leave on a date with a man much younger than she is.

Daniel goes deeper to find out about his father’s relationship with the mysterious Fey and his biological mother.

Betty’s father finally confesses that he is in the country illegally.

After Mode is forced to abandon its big Christmas photo shoot because another magazine has copied the idea, Betty forms an uneasy alliance with Marc and Amanda. The three fear they may have leaked the idea to someone at the rival magazine. Meanwhile, Daniel and Wilhelmina reluctantly work together to come up with a new photo spread as Mode’s deadline looms, and Betty’s nephew, Justin, is oblivious to the turmoil as he spends a day at the magazine for a class project.

The trio goes through one and a half day of watching every department go through scrutiny by Wilhelmina and come out clean. It’s funny to see Amanda binge eat and Marc panic.

What seems like Fey, makes a phone call to Daniel who refuses to answer, saying his father has been acting strange lately and the answers are in the box.

Finally, Betty’s honesty gets the trio out of trouble, which Wilhelmina points towards another worker. The photo shoot is an almost exact copy of one previously done with the exception of a personal message to Bradford.

This episode begins with Betty unsuccessfully trying to get into a trendy club where the latest Mode party is being held. After attempting every trick in the bag Betty goes home, down and out, where older sister Hilda gives her a lesson about how she needs to “look the part”.

At Mode the crew discusses what the next photo shoot will be and who would be the prime person to shoot the feature. Through her Queens connections Betty manages to convince a bitter photographer, Vincent Bianchi, who never would have agreed to work for Mode again if it wasn’t for Betty’s Queens roots. Betty gets invited along to the lunch to meet him, and for the event, she gets a makeover. Once again the ruthless heckling of her coworkers causes her to feel too embarrassed to meet Vincent. She send coworker Amanda in her place.

However, Amanda has no clue about life in Queens and things don’t quite turn out the way they are supposed to. Betty saves the day once again which impresses Daniel and further disgusts Amanda.

An interesting note as Bradford tries to get his hands on Fey Sommers’ death car and Wilhelmina primps for a big date

BEVERLY HILLS – If America Ferrera wasn’t already America’s sweetheart, the Golden Globes sealed the deal.
The 22-year-old star of “Ugly Betty” won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy Monday, and her show was named best comedy. It was part of a sweep for ABC’s new Thursday night lineup, with “Grey’s Anatomy” winning best drama.
 
Ferrera portrays Betty Suarez, a clumsy, chunky girl in braces trying to make it at a stuffy fashion magazine. Fighting back tears as she accepted her award, Ferrera said she hears every day from girls whose self-esteem is boosted by seeing her on the show.
“I don’t really see Betty as ugly,” she said later backstage. “I see her as closer to the real girls I see in life. The title is about how we tend to call ourselves ugly if we don’t reach the expectations that are set. There are millions and millions of ugly Bettys in our own lives, and we need to stop using that word, especially to ourselves.”

The series is a remake of a popular telenovela, and initially ABC had little faith in the show. It was scheduled for the TV graveyard of Friday nights before the network, sensing a buzz, moved it to Thursday, where it has flourished.

Actress Selma Hayek, one of the show’s executive producers, said backstage that its makers played down the farcical elements of the telenovela to make the American show more inspiring.

Television awards tend to be overshadowed by the movie winners at the Golden Globes, but the Globes have a reputation for noticing newcomers’ work before their bigger-named rival, the Emmys, and often the public itself.

That was again the case this year. NBC’s comedy “30 Rock” doesn’t have a big audience, but Alec Baldwin’s role as a megalomaniac TV network executive has enthralled critics. The Globes honored him as best actor in a comedy.

“I’m glad this isn’t too heavy because I just had hernia surgery,” Baldwin said after grabbing his trophy.

Kyra Sedgwick of TNT’s “The Closer” was named best actress in a drama, despite being up against two of ABC’s most-featured players in top-10 shows – Ellen Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy” and Evangeline Lilly of “Lost.”

Sedgwick plays a detective specializing in coaxing confessions in “The Closer.” Her win was a coup for TNT, competing against broadcast networks and HBO, and seemed to leave Sedgwick genuinely moved as she rose from her seat beside her husband, Kevin Bacon.

“This show has been an amazing gift, an unexpected gift – the best kind,” she said.

Otherwise, it was a good night for British actors. Bill Nighy was a best-actor winner for a TV movie or miniseries for his role in a little-known BBC America film, “Gideon’s Daughter.” The title character role earned a supporting-actress award for Emily Blunt.

Best-drama actor winner Hugh Laurie of Fox’s “House” is well-known, but he had to navigate a formidable category with Dr. McDreamy – Patrick Dempsey of “Grey’s Anatomy” – and Kiefer Sutherland of “24.”

Laurie said he had no acceptance speech prepared, even though he won the same award last year for playing a brilliant but flawed doctor. He managed to wing it, with his thanks extending to the show’s “wonderful crew.” He quickly realized his awards-show cliche.

“Somebody somewhere is working with a crew of drunken thieves,” he said. “But it’s not me. They smell of newly mown grass.”

Helen Mirren won the Golden Globe for best actress in a miniseries or movie for her starring role in HBO’s “Elizabeth I.” Among her competitors for the award? Helen Mirren, for her work in “Prime Suspect: The Final Act.”

Jeremy Irons won a supporting actor award for his work in “Elizabeth I.”

“Why is it that the jobs that are the most fun are the ones that give you awards?” Iron said. “It’s like you don’t deserve them.”