Nov 13 2008
Ugly Betty Episode 3-8
TV.com: Tornado Girl - Betty tries to prevent an issue of Mode from shipping because it can result in a PR mess for the magazine. Meanwhile, Hilda’s business license is denied by the city, forcing her to go to other means to keep her salon alive.
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Recap & Review: Ugly Betty has had a bumpy season. With the entrance and exit of Lindsay Lohan, the departure of Rebecca Romijn, and new faces coming to the cast, this series is going through some changes. With the series also now filming in New York City, this is also causing some changes. Some are saying that this third season isn’t as strong as the previous two. I find myself still enjoying it.
This week, the editors are off to a retreat, while the assistants are left behind to play at Meade. Betty is given the final approval on the issue when Daniel leaves. She takes the responsibility seriously, and she approves it. However, when she gets back to the office, she finds out a major tornado has hit Kansas. On the cover of the issue is tornado girl. She tries to stop the issue from shipping, but she is only given four hours to reach Daniel or Wilhelmina. However, Claire suggested everyone give up their phones at the retreat.
Betty is trying to reach the editors, and she finally takes a road trip with Amanda and Mark. She does this after Hilda calls her from home. She has been denied her business permit for the salon, but she has the idea to make an underground salon. Betty doesn’t think this is a good idea. She probably should have thought about the road trip too because their ends up being an accident. She then tries to find another way to the retreat. When that doesn’t work, she uses skywriting to get through to Daniel. It costs them, but it works. She is able to get through to him, and he tells her he will call the loading dock.
However, Wilhelmina has another idea. She lets the issue move forward, and she talks Daniel into doing the same. It turns out to ruin Betty’s name, but the issue becomes the highest selling issue of Mode in its history. This is just what they needed to bring Meade out of its problems. As for Betty, she tries to help Hilda get her permit, even giving an passionate speech to the councilman for their area. The councilman actually comes through, and he finds a loophole that will let Hilda get a permit. She needs to sell things along with the hair cutting.
After this, she works on finding out why the issue still went out as it was originally shot. She finds out Daniel called to ship the issue. This hurts Betty, and she confronts Daniel. He tells Betty it had to be done. To make it up to Betty, Daniel confesses what he did on television, and then he says all profits from the issue will go to tornado relief. As for Mark, he has something to confess himself. He cheated on Cliff, and that is why he proposed. Betty talks him into being honest. He is, but we don’t see the result of it.
This episode just felt slow to me for some reason. Not much humor. More dramedy than comedy. This series has lost a bit of its earlier spark to me, but it can get it back. It just need a little work. Some new cast additions are coming up in the weeks ahead as well. They might shake things up in a good way. What did you think of this week’s episode of Ugly Betty? For daily television listings, check here.
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