"Ugly Betty:" Beard with braces
Tonight on “Ugly Betty:” Betty (America Ferrera) dates Wilhelmina’s bitchy assistant Marc (Michael Urie)!
OK, we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here. When Marc’s overbearing and no-doubt homophobic mother (Patti LuPone) comes to town, Amanda (Becki Newton) contrives for him to try to convince her that he’s dating Betty (“I fell in love with you because of all that inner-beauty crap,” he says, explaining his back-story to Betty). And so they set up a dinner between the two families at Betty’s modest Queens home; as a gift, Marc brings a ceramic burro holding a cactus.
Meanwhile, Alexis (Rebecca Romijn) and Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams) conspire to oust Daniel (Eric Mabius) as editor of Mode. Again. Delighted with the scheme, Marc trills to Wilhelmina, “You’re so evil! I’m so going as you for Halloween.”
Go figure – the episode focusing on the proudly glib and superficial Marc turns out to be one of the most sentimental. One misstep the episode may make is that given her kindness toward him, it’ll be harder – or, at least, more contrived – for Marc to really viciously dump on Betty in the future.
- “Ugly Betty:” 8 tonight on ABC (Channel 7 in L.A.)
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