Posted by Dustin on 01.25.2009 at 7:55 pm

In the latest episode of “Ugly Betty,” Betty and Hilda were fighting over the best care for their father. Betty decided she could do her work and take charge of her dad’s health care, which of course meant she was bound to fail.

By the end of the episode, Betty realized she couldn’t balance both work and family, she told Amanda she was moving out and back home. I hate this! I have actually loved the relationship Betty and Amanda have formed the past few episodes. As it was commented to me, basically they turned Amanda into a human being as she’s been living with Betty. I agree, and I like it. I liked that Amanda was becoming more than the snotty receptionist who just insulted Betty. They were becoming friends, much like Betty and Marc were because of Yeti. I hope the show does not condemn Amanda back to her former role on the show.

Daniel and Molly went to the Caribbean for a vacation and just returned, as did Conner and Wilhelmina from the Swiss Alps. Conner and Willy couldn’t get enough of each other, and Willy’s work and meetings were being sacrificed for some afternoon delight. This left Marc trying to pick up the pieces. He made a major pitch to a client that Willy was too pre-occupied to remember, and he saved the account. Willy treated him like garbage, saying it was his job to make her look good, as well as being stepped on and take the blame for her when needed. She claimed to the client that Marc failed to come and get her, which he tried over and over to do. I felt so bad for Marc, I thought he was going to quit on the spot. Later Willy even realized she needed Marc and threw him a bone, letting him take an ad meeting with a client. She claimed they bored her and she would let him handle it, but it was her way of apologizing and thanking him.

Meanwhile Daniel’s vacation photos were accidentally sent to Suzuki St. Pierre, and he feared the gossip queen would expose him and Molly to the world, creating major internal strife at Mode. Daniel and Molly had not yet told Conner about them. Betty did some sleuthing, with the help of Amanda, and she tracked Suzuki down to a house in Jersey. In one of the best twists of the show, Suzuki was really one Byran Woo: straight man, husband and father of two! He couldn’t find work as himself, so he invented the gay dishy diva of Suzuki St. Pierre and people couldn’t get enough of him. This actually had me in stitches, I’ll never be able to look at Suzuki the same way again.

Bryan gave up the photos, realizing some secrets needed to remain a secret. Unfortunately the paparazzi caught a photo of another couple vacationing in the Caribbean, and in the background was Molly holding hands with a man. Daniel was cut out, but Conner saw the photo and realized Molly had another man. Uh Oh!

Connor is clearly going to be on a man-hunt, so to speak, for this guy. I’m not sure if he really has the right to be angry given he’s been shacking up with Willy every five minutes. Even before he and Molly ended things, the relationship was dead. He was too into his work to give her the time and attention she deserved. He’s much better suited with someone like Willy. I also fear that once again, Daniel will take the brunt of the fall for this when Willy was the one scheming to get Conner and pushing Daniel to seduce Molly (for her own selfish reasons).