TV Detail: Ugly Betty Review. Episode 3.4—"Betty Suarez Land"

Betty’s love life is usually the least compelling part of the show. She somehow manages to jump from cute boy to cute boy. You would thing the show was called Hot Betty judging by the slate of actors cast as her love interests. Nevertheless, the relationships are rarely ever as interesting as her relationship with her family and her friendship with Daniel.

Most of her relationships end with her significant other being sent to live in another state, and thusly, she doesn’t have to face the repercussions of her actions. Gio was the first relationship that Betty had to deal with. He had his heart broken by Betty and was not so willing to just forgive her and go quietly into the sunset. It was nice to see her finally have to deal with the end of a relationship and learn why jumping from guy to guy might be a problem.

Rebecca Romijn’s pregnancy forced her character to be hastily written off. Ugly Betty is hardly realistic to begin with, but a pregnant transgendered woman is too much for even this show to handle. However, it would have been fun trying to watch the show explain away Alexis’ increasingly large belly. A tumor would have been a nice soap-opera plot twist.

Daniel and Wilhelmina now have to be co-editors in chief. They are both really talented and despise each other, so I have to wonder how well it will work out for them. I do not see Wilhelmina intentionally doing anything to sabotage the magazine, but I also do not see her making things easy for Daniel. Watching those two square off will be almost as much fun as watching Marc and Amanda against Betty.  

The main players were put front and center in this episode, but the supporting cast really suffered this week. Marc was barely seen and Amanda felt like she was in a weird commercial for Healthy Choice meals. She was onscreen twice and both times she played second fiddle to unfortunate product placement. Consider it a low point in an otherwise solid episode.