Nov 20 2008
Ugly Betty Episode 3-9
TV.com: When Betty Met YETI - Marc and Betty compete against each other for the Young Editors Training Program but only one spot is available. Daniel learns he is drawn towards Molly. Wilhelmina attempts to get Connor to notice her.
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Recap & Review: I have been a fan of Ugly Betty since the beginning of the series. This series, in season three, is not the same series that it once was. It is still a great series, but the changes we’ve seen in the past two months are definitely making the series change. We’ve seen Alexis go as Rebecca Romijn went on maternity live. Betty lost two male suitors at the start of the season, and both played big parts of what made last year interesting. Some might even say Ugly Betty moving its production form Los Angeles to Manhattan changed the series. It is still enjoyable though.
This week’s episode starts at the beginning of another typical day for Betty. Amanda is still staying at her apartment, and she has turned Betty into her own personal slave. This doesn’t set too well with Betty, and she tells Amanda this. Amanda doesn’t see a problem though. However, Betty’s day gets better when a former Mode employee returns, and he tells Betty all about a program he took part in called YETI or Young Editors Training Initiative. It was his ticket to becoming an editor, and Betty wants that more than anything.
She moves forward to apply to the program, but when she meets with one of the program advisers, she learns she only has 48 hours to put together her presentation, - a magazine she has to create herself. She gets right to work on creating a fashion magazine, but this says nothing about what she is. Everyone she tells obviously feels the same way. When you see Betty, you don’t see fashion magazine kind of girl. The problem is she learns someone else is also doing a fashion magazine, Marc.
This spells trouble for Betty. In fact, she even quits while she is ahead. However, her family pushes her forward to do what she should have done from the beginning - a magazine that shows her. Her magazine is B Magazine. A magazine that talks to young women about being themselves. Marc arrives though, and once again we have trouble. Marc has everything, including an entire magazine. However, Betty learns quickly that she was accepted into the program. Marc wasn’t, even with all that he did. Marc tells her though she was picked because of her ethnicity, and that’s all. She confirms this with a call to YETI. This takes a bit of the glory of acceptance away from her. Betty decides to drop out, and she gives her spot to Marc. However, Daniel puts a call in and tells the program also worked for another magazine that year, so both her and Marc could get in.
As for Wilhelmina, she has her eye on Connor, and she is ready to do anything to get him. Her first order of business is to get Connor out of town. She puts a meeting in Florida that she just needs him to attend. However, Molly is upset that he is backing out of a presentation to her class. To help, Connor asks Daniel to speak to Molly’s class. Daniel goes, and he and Molly once again hit it off. In Florida, Wilhelmina tries to work her magic over Connor, getting dinner out of him. The two talk over dinner. We end up seeing the two get closer along with the same happening with Daniel and Molly. However, Connor puts a stop to it.
Justin is also dealing with his own life as well. He has made friends with Randy. The two hang out a lot, and it looks like the two are becoming great friends. However, Randy becomes uncomfortable with their friendship, and when Justin offers to take him to a Broadway show, Randy tells him they need to stop seeing each other. This upsets Justin, and he decides not to go to the Broadway show. However, after he and his mother talk he takes her.
This episode wasn’t much on the humor, but a lot on the heart. That can work just as well with a series. Daniel once again comes through for Betty when she needs him most, and while Connor stopped Wilhelmina, Daniel and Molly get closer. No new episode next week. Ugly Betty will return after Thanksgiving. What did you think of this week’s episode of Ugly Betty? To find daily television listings, check here .
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