Posted by Dustin on 03.08.2009 at 7:16 pm

So this is two weeks of “Ugly Betty” thoughts. Again this is more focused on my thoughts rather than a recap, because I’m two weeks behind. Better late than never!

First I have to say that I am REALLY enjoying this show again. At the beginning of this season I was very “take it or leave it.” I was still tuning in every week, but I just didn’t love it the way I did when it first started. Now however I think they’ve really recaptured the spirit of the show and I’m loving it again. I think Daniel having Molly as a love interest and Matt for Betty has really helped. Now if we could only get Alexis back!

Betty and Matt kept dancing around each other in the past episode or two. Matt clearly likes her, he’s made it known. She wasn’t sure, and of course Henry popping up as a Facebook request gave her doubts. I was really disappointed here in what they did with Henry. During the end of his run on the show and all the nonsense with Charlie, I was really disliking Henry and how he was acting. Well Betty ended up finding out not only is he not “with” Charlie anymore, he has a new girlfriend. What! After all that this is what happened? I mean I wouldn’t want to condemn the guy with a life with Charlie myself, but for him to just go get a new girlfriend and not even try things with Betty again? Or to even reach out to her? I feel like they’ve ruined Charlie to the point he can’t be brought back, should the actor’s new up coming show show (Harper’s Island) airing next month fail.

Connor meanwhile decided to get back at Daniel . . . by stealing from Mode! He basically drained their whole bank account and prepared to flee, hoping Willy would come with him. It almost looked like she was, but she set him up to be busted by the cops at the airport. Unfortunately anticipating what could happen, he left on an earlier flight , but was hoping she’d still join him. I really didn’t like this either. Just like Henry, I feel they’ve ruined the character. There was always something a little shady about Connor, but I never expected this. I really liked him and Willy, and I liked his character in general. Tis a shame he went out this way, but it sets Mode up for an interesting challenge.

Molly told Daniel that she was dying of cancer, and she wouldn’t put him through staying by her side. She beat this once, this time she might not. She already put Conner through this once before. She ran out on him, leaving him stunned. He later though realized he wanted to be with her and hired people to find her for him. I HATE that they’ve done this to Molly! I was just starting to love her and Daniel. Why why why?

You know, given how much I don’t like what the show has done recently, it’s kind of odd I am enjoying it so much. It makes for good TV I guess! I am just optimistic Molly will at least have a good turnaround and she and Daniel will get a happy ending. I mean the man already lost a kid he thought was his. Don’t take Molly too!

With Connor absconding with their money, Mode was in big trouble. Daniel and Willy tried to get the government to bail them out, and it almost worked, until they were seen celebrating too early with a very expensive bottle of champagne. Ooops! Daniel then did what he could to save the magazine for a few months, he planned to sell off his own assets. WOW. I’m so impressed. The Daniel of a few seasons ago would not have done this. I am however having a bad feeling we could see a buyout and Daniel and Willy end up working for someone they both loath.

Meanwhile, The Suarez family got bad news, they were being evicted. The owner they had rented from for 25 years was forced to sell his house to his nephew or something, who was going to make it into a recording studio. They offered to buy it from him, but found out while they could get a loan from the bank, they needed to put 10K up front themselves.

Ignacio got the idea to challenge some local chef with a cooking show to a duel, part of this guys show. It was a Chicken Mole cook off, Ignacio would have won the 10 grand they needed. Of course he lost, and they realized the show was rigged! The chef was sorry, he needed to win so many just to keep his own show afloat. However in the end he not only hired Ignacio for one of his restaurants, he bought his mole recipe for 10 grand. Their house was saved! Loving that Ignacio has a job again. I hope we get to see him at work, it could be very interesting if they write things right.

During their struggles an anonymous check turned up, which Betty thought was from Daniel. It wasn’t, it was from Matt! We learned that Matt came from a wealthy background. The irony was Betty kept paying for their dates because Matt kept forgetting his wallet. He wasn’t a cheap date, he was just a space cadet.

Also one of the funnier moments came from Justin, who pan handled in time square and made 300 dollars. When Hilda and Betty found out he skipped school to panhandle Betty told him he was a very bad boy! When they found out he made 300 bucks, Hilda told him he was a very good boy! Loved it!